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Cymro
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| RadgeJougal wrote: | If ever you wanted evidence of American cultural domination - here it is. I could count the films from elsewhere on this list on one hand. I'll try and redress the balance.
My favourite Scottish film? That's another thread.
My favourite English film? Withnail and I
My favourite Australian film? Mad Max I (kind of)
My favourite Japanese film? Yojimbo
My favourite French film? Hard to say, maybe Amelie
My favourite Russian film? Ivan the Terrible part II
German? Goodbye Lenin
New Zealand? Once were Warriors
Spanish? Intacto
Italian? Most of the spag westerns
I also loved Angels of the Universe, but because it's come from Iceland, you can't get the fecking thing anywhere. If it was American everyone would have heard of it.
There was also a great Greek film I saw, but I can't remember the name of it. |
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SLG
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| Haha, it is a shame there is so little exposure for non english language films here though. I went through a phase where I watched a lot of scandinavian films. Angels of the Universe is a fantastic film and I would recomend anything by Lucus Moodysson (who made Lilja-4-Ever). Like Radge says, they're often hard to get a hold of and I download most of the ones I watch. |
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Rinty
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| Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 1:37 pm Post subject: |
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I think the two italian pictures on my list beat any spag western.
The list was for the best films of all time, most of them are naturally american as that is where the worlds biggest cinema industry is.
Of course, not all of "american" films listed have exclusively american people involved. |
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| Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 2:35 pm Post subject: |
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World's biggest cinema industry? I thought that was Bollywood.
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Cymro
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 10:42 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | I went through a phase where I watched a lot of scandinavian films. |
Perv!
Just bought the soundtrack to In the Name of the Father now. Brilliant song by Bono on it, and along with Whiskey in a Jar by Thin Lizy and Voodoo Chillie can't go far wrong! |
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ladyinthemists
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| Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 1:19 pm Post subject: |
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okay...so I'm totally old fashioned but here are my favorites:
- all the Charlie Chan films (1939's-40's)
- all the Sherlock Holmes films (1940's)
- all the Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers films (1930's-40's)
- The Wizard of Oz (1939)
- The Women (1939)
- Rebecca (1940)
- Laura (1944)
- all the Thin Man films (1930's-40's)
- all the Abbott and Costello films (1940's-50's)
- the Humphry Bogart-Lauren Bacall films (1940s)
- all the Sonja Henie films (1930's-40's)
- any classic musicals and comedies staring: Betty Grable; Alice Faye; Carmen Miranda, Olivia DeHavilland, Jean Arthur, Claudette Colbert, Barbara Stanwyck, Kathryn Hepburn, Don Ameche, John Payne, David Niven, Cary Grant, Cesar Romero, Danny Kaye, Gene Kelly, S. Z. Sakall, Henry Fonda, Edward Everett Horton, Jimmy Stewart (1930's-40's)...just to mention a few of my favorite actresses and actors.
and more currently:
- Somewhere in Time
- The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
- all the Harry Potter films
and I'm sure I left out tons of others that I consider favorites
(did I also mention that I am a hopeless romantic? I think I was born in the wrong era!)
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Babygael
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| Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 6:20 pm Post subject: |
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LITM, I think that you and Kathyv will get along just fine!!!!
Fer wance, I agree wi' cymro! 'Whusky in th' jar? U2? Ok! I love the Welsh! 
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RadgeJougal
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| Cymro wrote: |
You're just showing off! |
A wee bit, but I'm sick of the notion that all films have to be American, have an American in them, or comply to American cliches. There's hundreds of other cultures in the world, and dozens of them make films too! |
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RadgeJougal
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| Rinty wrote: | | Of course, not all of "american" films listed have exclusively american people involved. |
Nah, but the usual Hollywood tactic is to buy off the big stars of various countries, and put them in their films, e.g. Richard Burton, Marlene Dietrich etc.
Usually these folks' careers, after Hollywood either don't improve, or get worse - Burton made some real turkeys for Hollywood. Classic example, Irene Jacob, who made some half decent French language films, then got shunted into The Big Brass Ring - bet you've never heard of this. In the French speaking world, she was a big star, in the Hollywood one, just another woman to show her bits and pieces off in not very good films. |
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Pip
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I don't think I could pick one, but a few films that I keep coming back to are
The Third Man
Kes
Great Expectations (1946 version)
Gladiator
High Noon
Unforgiven
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Ice Cold in Alex
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgoisie
The Lavender Hill Mob
The Long Good Friday
Witchfinder General
Dawn of the Dead
Secrets and Lies
Festen
Blade Runner
The first two Terminators
Clerks
and, for me the best Scottish film,
Gregory's Girl.
It's all a bit subjective though. I have very fond memories of The 'Rescuers' and 'Speed,' but it has as much to do with the time and place that I saw them.
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RadgeJougal
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| I love "Kes" myself, and have done for years. Talking of Ealing, I reckon "Kind Hearts and Coronets" is a good film too. |
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Babygael
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| Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 9:02 pm Post subject: |
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'Six sense"... best 'Ghostie' Pcture ever!!! No competition, American or otherwise!! 
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Jimbo
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| Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 9:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Hitchcock's Psycho... great suspense |
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Babygael
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The best drama, 'The wind that shook the Barley'
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I loved 'Whisky Galore,' an old film but entertaining. I also love all the old epics like Ben Hur, the Robe, Spartacus etc. Gone with the wind was another one I really enjoyed.
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Rinty
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"Nah, but the usual Hollywood tactic is to buy off the big stars of various countries, and put them in their films, e.g. Richard Burton, Marlene Dietrich etc. "
No, I meant that Holywwod films are made with writers, editors, cinematographers, designers, who are not exclusively american. Holywood is the world's centre for cinema and artists of all nationalities gravitate there, so films might be "holywood" as in commercial and righteous but not necessarilly "american". If London or Toronto was where the film industry had developed the same sort of films would probably be being made there right now. |
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Ron Blanco
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| Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 8:29 am Post subject: |
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| Surely Dumb and Dumber must be up there? |
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Morph
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| Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 8:31 pm Post subject: |
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best Scottish film has to be Trainspotting. I know its main stream and al that, but name another film that has launched the careers of so many?
Also rentons rant about the Scottish is so funny, although only if your Scottish, no one else can put us down like that
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RadgeJougal
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| It's interesting to compare Hallam Foe with Trainspotting - totally different concepts. |
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| Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 10:37 pm Post subject: |
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in no particular order
American Beauty
American History x
Lost Highway
Mullholland Drive
Scream
Transformers the Movie (animation)
The wind that shakes the barley
Freddy got fingered
Donnie Darko
Nowhere
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