foreign films

[fluxrad]

I swear I thought I was the only guy who'd seen La Haine before.

A few years ago a friend of mine gave it to me for Christmas. I was the happiest guy in town.

[shant]

We had a very cool film teacher in hgh school who opened us up to it. Great film, but as Ms. Frenchy confirmed, we are missing out on some stuff in the translation.

[wildzer0]

A few movies that are sort of considered arty and culture like but are still entertaining:
I Stand Alone (Germany) It follows a depressed, angry out of work butcher while we hear his inner monologue as he plots suicide and murder. Great movie.

Tetsuo the Iron Man (Japan) Classic super artistic film from the early 80s with an insane soundtrack that influenced people like Darren Aranofsky among others.

Man Bites Dog (France) - A documentary crew follows serial killer through his day and ends up involved in the crimes.

Salo: 120 Days of Sodom (Italy) Really interesting, extreme and political allegory that uses a Marquis De Sade story to illustrate the fascism going on in Italy when the film was made.

[Macdaddy Warsaw]

I'll just point you towards the films of Jean Renoir. Personally, my favorite director, his camera movements are so fluid and dynamic, it makes watching the film fun. Watch The Grand Illusion and Rules of the Game. Rules of the Game is one of my favorite movies, but Grand Illusion is a little more accessible since the story isn't about high culture and instead about war.

[Sightless]

KONTROLL

a very good Hungarian movie.

[ClockWyze]

Life is Beautiful..

if you haven't already seen it

[IronDragon1]

I'm noticing a real dearth of "classics" here so:

-Ikiru

-The Seventh Seal
-Jules et Jim
-Metropolis
-The 400 Blows
-Cinema Paradiso

And to fuel rampant ethnocentrisim:
-To Live
-In the Mood for Love

No Man's Land

[pryor15]

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-Jules et Jim
-The 400 Blows


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that whole antoine donel series is fantastic. plus, the last metro and some of the godard films are worth watching.

No one has mentioned
The Bicycle Thief

I saw this movie in my film class and I was just thrown off over how amazing it was. De Sica is one greatest filmmakers. This is a film coming out of the Italian Neo-Realism period. You should also check out films coming from the French New Wave, such as the Godard's films as someone mentioned.