Cultivate an appreciation for foreign film

I really did like this film. It reminded me of the commune I live in when in my middle-college years, the years between “fraternity house” and “swinging single bachelor pad”. trailer

I tried very hard to like the sequel, the same people coming back together 5 years later in “the Russian Dolls” but could not like it. Perhaps it’s time for another try. Trailer

to be “more worldly”

This was an incredible first film – I loved it. I had no trouble at all with reading the subtitles or staying with the story. I had to cover my eyes a few times over some gruesome violence, but aside from those few moments, I found the story to be rich and complex and the visuals stunning. I wish I could give a proper review – this film deserves it. It was excellent; even though I cried at the end, it was a complete pleasure to watch.

Yippeeeeee!!! I’ve just joined Zip.ca and ordered my first foreign film!!

I have a short list of ‘top picks’ to begin with, thanks to a brilliant and generous friend. I don’t believe I have ever watched a foreign film, but I’m most excited to view these first few (list to follow later).

I have no idea how long this DVD will take to arrive in my mailbox, but oooooo, I hope it’s soon!

I have “cultivated” an appreciation for foreign language film—I have seen enough now to recognize which foreign films are good ones and which are not worth watching, and have established quite a repertoire. For example,

• Turtles Can Fly (Bahman Ghobadi/Iraq (Kurdistan)/2004)
• In July (Fatih Akin/Germany/1999)
• Up and Down (Jan Hrebejk/Czech Republic/2004)
• Dark Horse (Dagur Kári/Denmark/2005)

• Kandahar (Mohsen Makhmalbaf/Iran, Afghanistan/2001)
• Downfall (Oliver Hirschbiegel/Germany/2004)
• The City of Lost Children (Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet/France/1995)

Any recommendations from you?

The only thing left to do now is to watch some of the “classics” like Fellini and Kurosawa—