Foreign Films

[Black Suit]

I've recently been watching alot of foreign films just to see the differences in cinematic style and I've come across a few gems..


1. Haute Tension (High Tension) - I'm sure many of you have heard or even seen this film, but it was my first experience watching a French horror film and I was blown away. The way director, Alexandre Aja, manipulates the viewer in this film is magnificent. Grade A film.

2. Audition - This is a Japanese film I'm sure many of you have heard of. This is a very disturbing psychological mindf**k that will never leave your mind. This is the first film to ever make me gag and made me look away. Beware of the brown bag.

3. I Stand Alone - This French film focuses on several pivotal days in the life of a bitter former butcher as he rages against the world. This film really shocked me because there is a scene where it will make anyone watching feel extremley uneasy. It's something truly horrific that it touches you at your core and I guess that was the intention. To show what a horrible man this is and yet you emptahize with him at the same time. Really good film, directed by Gaspar Noe.

4. Irreversible - This is another French gem directed by Gaspar Noe. Starring Monica Bellucci and Vincent Cassel this film tells the story of a man and woman and the terrible assault she endures. The film is told backwards and from the perspectives of the main character. This film contains a 9 minute rape scene and it is very disturbing. Although it is done tastefully and it is not glorified in any way. It is told only because it is neccesary for the story. And it sends the message that Time Destroys All.

5. Naked Blood - This film really grossed me out, but I enjoy the gore and the suffering so this is my cup of tea, may not be for most of you. This film is about the a scientist who is conducting an experiment on three young women. The scientists son has created his own toxin meant for one thing only: make pain feel like pleasure. Now he secretly adds a few drops to each of the women and then, it all goes insane. One of the women, loves to eat. The other woman is into piercings and the other woman has insomnia. The effect that results from them feeling pleasure from pain is truly unbelievable.


Any other foreign films anyone would want to reccomend?

[demorgan]

1) OLD BOY----THIS AND LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, SHOULD BE YOUR NEXT WATCH..TRUST ME
2) THEM------ALOT BETTER THan the strangers
3) let THE RIGHT ONE IN------TRULY AMAZING
4) THE PROPOSITION-----
5) iNSIDE---BEATIFUL VIOLENCE AT TIMES, get the unrated, its alot harder
6) ANYTHING BY DARIO ARGENTO---WELL, ALMOST ANYTHING
7) DEVILS BACKBONE=====one of del toro's finest
8) TALE OF TWO SISTERS----PERFECT
9) SYMPHANY FOR MRS VEGEANCE----PART OF THE VEGEANCE TRIOLOGY, BEST ONE IS OLD BOY
10) TOKYO GORE POLICE----OVER THE TOP GORE
11) BLOOD----THE ORGINAL, NOT BLOOD+, ITS AN ANIME
12) MURDEOUS MAIDS---INTERESTING WATCH.



if there was only 2 you should watch, then watch
OLD BOY & LET THE RIGHT ONE IN


if you like any of my suggestions, then there are alot more where those came from.

[demorgan]

Oh, and if its out yet
HUNGER

[Spooky]

I think Let The Right One In is one of the best foreign films to come out within the last 10 years or so. It is a truly amazing film. Definitely something I can recommend to any King fan.

I also agree with demorgan about Oldboy. Another stunning film.

[Srbo]

Das Leben der Anderen

Impacto

Das Experiment

Schultze gets the blues

Talk to her

Tell no one

The barber from Siberia

Underground

Amelie

Infernal Affairs

[busy91]

hmmm...I didn't see my 2 favs.

Jean des Florette and Manon de Source

[Oogway]

The Experiment (Das Experiment) german
Amelie french
Underground serbian
Old Boy south korean
Das Boot german
The Isle (Seom) south korean
Good Bye, Lenin german
Life Is Beautiful (La Vita e bella) italian
Brotherhood of the Wolf (Pacte des loups) french
The Hate (La Haine) french
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring south korean

[Srbo]

Very cool list, Nicos.

[adrianmarley]

Old Boy (S. Korea)
Audition (Japan)
Switchblade Romance aka Haute Tension (France)
Das Boot (Germany)
All About My Mother (Spain)
Amelie (France)
Amores Perros (Mexico)
Shoah (France)
Ichi, The Killer (S. Korea)

and far too many others to mention....

[demorgan]

might as well throw in.
Night watch
day watch
Ashes of time