(2547,578,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1056588582,1,0,1,1,1,1,'pvhouten','independent documentary/distribution','hello, hard to find a way to distribution of an independent music documentary about a coming artist (rolan bolan, indeed son of the late marc bolan (T.Rex) which I made, any suggestions how to find a good company?','63e397d71fb64e4047d16aadb0fdb512',0,'','kHg8Vhrf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2548,579,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1056778358,1,0,1,1,1,1,'igland','a way to make it convenient online to view films?','Hi all, what a great site! I have a question to anyone who likes foreign films or has  foreign film-related business affiliation: We are trying to make as many films as possible available for online downloads (in a protected format, like movielink.com) - Anyone with an advice, contacts, ideas would be greatly appreciated! I believe this may be the right way for people to view films that do not have large demand (for example, how many people in Vermont want to see Russian or Hungarian films? not many, so it doesn\'t make sense for Blockbuster to carry them, but paying $30 to view a film is sometimes a bit too much - no?)\nMany thanks!','5844b6521f11a1318b20eab6c8a64dc1',0,'','vnXqezoG',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2549,580,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1056841660,1,0,1,1,1,1,'mcren','Been searching for this movie for 3 years..1st time I\'ve asked 4 help','I have been searching for a foreign film which I saw on the Bravo channel back in the year 2000. I did not catch the title or what exact language it was in. I am hoping after my description someone will have the answer.\n\nThe movie takes place in a small european village set  approximately in the late 1700\'s (again I am not sure what language it is in but my best guess is German). It starts with a somewhat hectic scene of a mother giving birth to a boy (a bit vague at this point... sorry). The boy for some reason is disliked by his parents and is normally picked on on beat up by the other children (I remeber on scene in particular where the parents lock the boy in his room and some kids throw a rock through the window and some of the glass cuts him, it seems at this point he loses all love for those around him). Back to the story, near his home there is a small creek which has a very large stone which comes out from the water. The boy likes to sleep on this rock and puts his ear to it to hear the earth (or something to that effect). There is a old hermit who is banned from the town and lives near the stream. He befriends the boy and often gives him advice. Next scene... The boy has an evil music teacher at school who plays the piano horribly. The boy tells the teacher that is piano playing is punishment to his ears, the teachers responds by making the boy play in front of the glass, and his performance is brilliant enough to upset the teacher and help the boy realize he has found something that he loves. The village priest allows the boy to practise his music virtuoso on the church organ, and soon he becomes the church organist. His playing somewhat enchants the village and he is somewhat praised as a virtuoso.\n\nNext scene... He is older now... Late teens early twenties... One day he is having somesort of an episode and he goes to the rock in the creek to rest. From the rock he begins to hear all the sounds of the world at once, and the sound overwhelms his body and spirt and leaves him seemingly half dead. We he awakes his eyes have changed from blue to a fire-like red/orange. \nNext scene... He understands he is deeply in love with a girl from the village, and goes to the old hermit to guidance. The oldman helps him realize that this girl is in fact his soul mate. His passion for his music begins to stem solely from his love for her and his organ music becomes extremely brilliant. He begins to notice his best friend is jealous of the attention he is giving her but decides to pay his jealousy no mind.\n\nNext scene... The girl he loves is getting quite anxious to make love, but in the midst of his musical inspiration he is unable to do anything other than write and play the beautiful music in his mind. The girl becomes more impatient and desides to sleep with one of the other town boys. In the midst of his playing he feels and hears this wrongful act taking place and immediately leaps to run to her home. He finds her there and in some sort of scuffle the house catches fire and most of the village burns. His best friend then tells him that he is in love with him.\n\ncontinued on next entry.......................','93a74a717fac47925a07f6cd1df66ebc',0,'','25VvT0WC',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2550,580,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1056841710,1,0,1,1,1,1,'mcren','Re: Been searching for this movie for 3 years..1st time I\'ve asked 4 help','.................continued from last posting\n\nNext scene... The prodigy\'s love and passion for anything in life was completely taken from him after he found his soul-mate had slept with this other man. He no longer has the fire in his eyes nor the desire to play another note on the organ. He is extremely depressed and takes a job as a mason or carpenter of some sort and simply trys to forget his past and anyhting of his virtuoso days. One day a rich man shows up from the clergy and says he has heard that this town is home to this musical prodigy. He offers him a large some of money to travel to the center of the city to perform. He at first declines but after some thought and persuasion desides that he will do it. His best friend goes with him and when he arrives in the city he discovers that he is scheduled to perform and compete against other organists for a large crowd in this church.\nHis first idea is to run, but for certain reasons they will not allow him to leave. When his turn is called he sits in front of the organ for many minutes without playing a thing. The crowd starts to get restless and suddenly he play notes so load the wind from the organ blows the shutters open and the wigs off some of the spectators. He plays and plays... All the emotion that ever existed in his life pours forth with a genius and brillance unparralled, he knows this is his last performance. \nWhen he is finished playing the crowd is silent for a few minutes and then erupts in wild applause.\n\nHe immediately runs out of the church, his best friend chases him. He becomes very ill and more depressed as they begin their journey back home. He is dying and they both know it. His friend will not accept it and carries him on as far as he can. The prodigy asked his friend to carry him to the rock on the creek. In anguish he complies. The prodigy begins to come to peace with himself and slowly fades into death. His friend weeps helplessly.\n\nLast scene... The woman he loved is walking with her daughter by the rock in the creek where the prodigy died. \nShe tells her daughter there lies the man I onced love. My soul-mate (or something to that effect), then walks off.\n\nThis is the end of the movie. This is the single best movie I have ever seen. If anyone knows what the title of this movie is or where I can buy please let me know. Many thanks.\n\nMike Cosair \nmcren@mail.com','d4120148ef31819c1ff0bc2e47bb6248',0,'','RnFuc1i4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2551,580,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1056871622,1,0,1,1,1,1,'ladym','Re: Been searching for this movie for 3 years..1st time I\'ve asked 4 help','The film is called \'Brother of Sleep\' and it was actually based on a novel by that name. If you go to google.com and type in the movie\'s name you can read reviews on it. I\'m positive this is the film your talking about based on your great description.','b99f539f20be5711c0212ca796701f2b',0,'','Dcb9UgpE',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2552,580,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1057003398,1,0,1,1,1,1,'mcren','Re: Been searching for this movie for 3 years..1st time I\'ve asked 4 help','You nailed it. Thank you very much. You are awesome.\n\nGreatly Appreciative,\n\n-Mike','6ac6621b144d824232f0d9f90a6cf441',0,'','KtRSq4a5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2553,581,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1056866582,1,0,1,1,1,1,'CulinaryJen','Argentine movie help','I saw a movie from Argentina...it was from the 90s.  A woman takes her daughter and goes to the mountains, where her car accidentally falls into a lake.  While waiting for help in removing the car from the lake, they meet a woman and her two children, recently abandoned by her husband.  Together, they open up a Bed and Breakfast.\nDoes anyone know the name of this film?','b2201d09d72082be3eb60d42b1a2a3a2',0,'','tRhidgvw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2554,581,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1057011665,1,0,1,1,1,1,'auteur','Re: Argentine movie help','La Vida Segun Muriel (Life according to Muriel), directed by Eduardo Milewicz, is available on both vhs and dvd. Have you seen the Argentinean Oscar-winner La Historia Oficial(Official Story)? ','531357f2bee69899c8dab1ba151618dd',0,'','6m5vhA14',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2555,581,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1057014732,1,0,1,1,1,1,'CulinaryJen','Re: Argentine movie help','Hello!\n\nThanks for the reply!  Yes, I remember.  You are right, that\'s the title!  And yes, I have seen The Official Story.  I am about to see The Son of the Bride.','133a4e795bef03a8a1834d37a3ab0c92',0,'','T4mscfjX',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2556,582,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1056942308,1,0,1,1,1,1,'bigpoppa_2059','Jeanne Moreau on \"Inside the Actors Studio\"...','Did anyone else see this episode today? It was great to hear such a legend talk about working with people like Jean Paul Belmondo & Truffaut. BTW, glaring omission by host James Lipton: not even ONE question about working with Luis Bunuel, Antonioni or Orson Welles?','e26c68f6481062215fd217c5e6cc4d52',0,'','u8Ei695C',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2557,582,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1056961159,1,0,1,1,1,1,'oomingakus','Re: Jeanne Moreau on \"Inside the Actors Studio\"...',' I also watched Inside The Actors Studio with Jeanne Moreau. I wish Bravo would have more legends of international cinema on their station. This was the best program I\'ve seen on TV for weeks. Catch the rerun, if you can!','530e8d7f7d7d8ff699b53c383c69f9d1',0,'','iK9g3UBN',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2558,582,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1059420147,1,0,1,1,1,1,'tomdan34','Re: Jeanne Moreau on \"Inside the Actors Studio\"...','James Lipton is usually so interested in flattering and sucking up to the person he is interviewing that I can\'t be surprised that he didn\'t discuss much of substance.  He seldom goes beyond describing the sheer magnificent genius of the guest.','257aa02ecb9693acebf54c555cac9652',0,'','xfuB1RUC',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2559,582,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1059422638,1,0,1,1,1,1,'chris','Re: Jeanne Moreau on \"Inside the Actors Studio\"...','It is curious that Lipton has only now had a french actor/actress on being that he has close ties with France and speaks fluent french.Considering his usual guests i.e.Travolta,Willis etc.this was indeed quite refreshing even through the ommisions,as pointed out. ','3722db7bded21bc6430434ba0af4ed2e',0,'','lJ5vSe2k',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2560,582,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1060342601,1,0,1,1,1,1,'bigpoppa_2059','Re: Jeanne Moreau on \"Inside the Actors Studio\"...','Yes the ommisions really bugged me though. They talked about her singing career, her later films, directorial efforts, i.e. stuff nobody cares about! I mean not ONE question about working with the greatest American film director of the sound era, Orson Welles. Or making La Notte with Antonioni. He didn\'t even ask about her affair with Truffaut, which is something I think all film buffs wanna hear about. \n','3c03e3e9783ade48bbb3b73daf194322',0,'','JAWk5MNb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2561,583,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1056982595,1,0,1,1,1,1,'moviemaniac','Have anyone seen the movie, \"L\'Amant\" (The Lover)','Hi members:\n\nHey hv anybody seen the Lover that starred Tony Leung and Jane March.  What are your views? Is it erotic? Romantic? Boring? Typical?','660091668628076086a6211659dd0ccf',0,'','RiAvctE6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2562,583,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1057001105,1,0,1,1,1,1,'zampano','Re: Have anyone seen the movie, \"L\'Amant\" (The Lover)','It\'s been awhile since I saw it.  Can\'t remember it too well except that it was damn sexy (i was in my late teens so anything with even a bare shoulder would have done me in).\nThe movie is NOT typical.  It deals with some controversial issues.  Pretty obvious.  The girl is like 14.  And the man is Asian and girl white.  When is the last time you saw an Asian man white girl couple in the media?  In away like Lolita except its Lolita telling the story and also Lotila (did?) love the guy.','6a5973e7211ce99d3309e3bacabc0754',0,'','MzE36q2D',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2563,583,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1057001140,1,0,1,1,1,1,'zampano','Re: Have anyone seen the movie, \"L\'Amant\" (The Lover)','It\'s been awhile since I saw it.  Can\'t remember it too well except that it was damn sexy (i was in my late teens so anything with even a bare shoulder would have done me in).\nThe movie is NOT typical.  It deals with some controversial issues.  Pretty obvious.  The girl is like 14.  And the man is Asian and girl white.  When is the last time you saw an Asian man white girl couple in the media?  In away like Lolita except its Lolita telling the story and also Lotila (did?) love the guy.','6a5973e7211ce99d3309e3bacabc0754',0,'','DgqmMZrL',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2564,583,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1057039002,1,0,1,1,1,1,'moviemaniac','Re: Have anyone seen the movie, \"L\'Amant\" (The Lover)','Hi Zampano\n\nThank you for responsing to my query. Yes, u r right this movie is \"atypical\".  \n\nI hope u will be glad to know that the actress, Jane March was actually 18 years old when she acted in that movie. She was born in 1973 in England.\n\nFrankly, i m glad that J. J. Annaud took the opportunity to use Marguerite Duras\' semiautobiography to depict the relationship betw a Chinese man and an Caucasian woman. Asian men do hv beautiful butts too and are just as sexy and virile as any other.  \n\nCheck out my review of this movie. Forewarn: It is a little bit long.\nhttp://us.imdb.com/title/tt0101316/board/thread/1916239\n\nCordially yours\nmoviemaniac1991\n\n\n','faebf3539bd16b1f6068c12a73f6ebeb',0,'','PpjehgE6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2565,584,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1057000103,1,0,1,1,1,1,'zampano','Days of being Wild, upon 2nd viewing.','Would anyone think highly of Days of Being Wild compared to other WKW movies?\n\nStylistically, it is very similar to ITMFL.  With the oblique camera angels, shots off of relflections, wide use of colors moss/burgandy which gives the feeling a melancholy/nostalgic feel.  Like ITMFL, the motif of rain and water is prevalent.','2b8d7ecad443cab01d1520c0492cd93e',0,'','nfjV431w',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2566,584,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1057040361,1,0,1,1,1,1,'moviemaniac','Re: Days of being Wild, upon 2nd viewing.','i think the story-line is pretty good. The title is enthralling all right.\n\nCordially\nmoviemaniac','64055f88abcbd24bfef1a424c9a3ca66',0,'','Fuvgq31Z',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2567,584,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1057564065,1,0,1,1,1,1,'jessiemark1','Re: Days of being Wild, upon 2nd viewing.','Days of being Wild is my favourite movie of Leslie Cheung\'s.','2dc2cfc851dada423b2c527e58ce5fef',0,'','5uY1LDoK',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2568,585,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1057040101,1,0,1,1,1,1,'moviemaniac','Help Needed:  Movie Download','Hi Everyone:\n\nAt the outset, i m a fan of foreign films and also quite fond of L\'Amant.\n\nCould anyone let me know where i can buy and download this movie from the internet without having to get the DVD or VCD?\n\nYour kind assistance is appreciated.\n\nYour fellow foreignfilm fan\nmoviemaniac','ed545f28775b6362efd29525fada7ade',0,'','pkeQ0Srx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2569,586,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1057055505,1,0,1,1,1,1,'bigpoppa_2059','New Ingmar Bergman film...','I know there are a lot of Bergman buffs here so I thought I\'d show some info for his new movie. For those who don\'t yet know, it is a \"continuation\", if you will, of his 1973 film \"Scenes from a Marriage\". So essentially it is just revisiting the same characters but 30 years later. Read more about it at the link, but to add...is anyone else here really dying to see this film? I have not been this excited about an upcoming movie since I first heard about Scorsese & GONY 3 years ago. Hopefully Ingmar will win an Oscar since this will probably be his last movie. Send the man off in a fitting way.\n\nhttp://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hp&cf=prev&id=1808472986','4c4725a85f2660d774b972efcdc955a9',0,'','zuA59yHP',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2570,587,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1057163476,1,0,1,1,1,1,'dc.twins','Would like information concerning French TV series','Have read that this was a 1992 French television series -\n\"Serie Noir\" actor/host? Gregory Herpe. I would like more\ninformation on this. Have already checked with IMDb and they basically have nothing. Does anyone have this series  on video or know where I can obtain a copy?\n\nFYI: I am aware of the 1979 movie of the same name with\nPatrick Dewaere. Not interested in this.\n\nPlease e-mail me at - mvamant1968@yahoo.com\nThank you - Deborah','397c7d4e29ce34bf4133afc1c178337e',0,'','cQ6dxCkM',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2571,588,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1057163698,1,0,1,1,1,1,'dc.twins','RE: English documentary - \"Black Leather Jacket\"','Searching for a copy of the 1989 Nick Mead documentary\ntitled \"Black Leather Jacket\". It was narrated by actor\nDennis Hopper and traced the history of the leather motorcycle jacket. This doc won a Gold Award at the NYC\nInternational Film & TV Fest yet no one has it available on\nvideo! Is there anyone who can help me out =)\n\nThanks,\nDeborah','40524c62ba4d83b3672e199c30ecbae6',0,'','r7CueAmY',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2572,589,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1057228666,1,0,1,1,1,1,'groom_daniel','New here','Hi, I\'m new here. I\'m from New Zealand, and an MA student in Scriptwriting and Film Production. My favourite directors are Yasujiro Ozu and Eric Rohmer, and my favourite films are Tokyo Story, Duck Soup, Annie Hall and Tampopo. I\'m looking forward to talking about films. ','efcc6eac0d0dc54381e5d86b83cb265c',0,'','WwT6LeKX',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2573,589,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1057267716,1,0,1,1,1,1,'john-5','Re: New here','Welcome. I also love Tokyo Story and Duck Soup. Late Spring is another wonderful Ozu masterpiece. Rohmer is under-performing in the scoring here; I particularly like his summery films The Green Ray/Summer, Claire\'s Knee, and My Girlfriend\'s Boyfriend, though My Night with Maud may be his most accomplished. His films are distinguished by lightness, charm, use of (often lovely primary) colours, deft and natural dialogue, and ability to capture the essence of the seasons. His films are more cinematic than often credited, make clever use of subtle gestures and glances, and of location and nature to express mood. \n\n\n','976d066388888a2dd81cc352f21d1a54',0,'','r6GWqf8A',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2574,589,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1057279434,1,0,1,1,1,1,'groom_daniel','Re: New here','Ebert once said something to the effect that Rohmer writes about people you know, or wish you did. I always want to be friends with Rohmer characters, either because I know somebody just like them, or they remind me of myself (and how I\'d like to be). I\'m a big fan of Rohmer\'s later work, where he\'s in his 70\'s and still making films about the pursuit of love. To me there\'s nothing better than someone teaching you what they\'ve learnt from a lifetime of love. I love how his films are about small truths. That \"smallness\" kills me, because the emotions are so big. \n\nWhen a Rohmer character goes on vacation to the beach, that\'s when you realise how completely natural his direction is. His characters take long walks along the beach, expounding about life, love and longing, and as easy as it is for his characters to express intimate feelings, the same is truth for the way Rohmer films them. Anybody who\'s seen Rohmer knows about the rhythm of his dialogue, but his visual style has the same instinct, the same flow. I just think it\'s beautiful.\n\nI liked My Night at Maud\'s, although I felt it was bogged down by Pascal\'s Wager, I prefer his more character/story driven films. My favourite Rohmer film is An Autumn Tale, others include, The Green Ray, Pauline at the Beach and A Summer\'s Tale.\n\n','a7f5405c7072bdf8bcf456125f140ab0',0,'','e35EWmvw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2575,590,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1057322614,1,0,1,1,1,1,'groom_daniel','The surprising Ang Lee','I\'ve spent the last couple of days watching two early Ang Lee films, The Wedding Banquet and Eat Drink Man Woman. They\'re brilliant! I had no idea Ang Lee began his career making films like these. They remind me of modern day Ozu stories. I really need to see Pushing Hands. ','cbb464a063685e88ea970dd7aeb13bfe',0,'','dafK2T6Y',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2576,590,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1057796649,1,0,1,1,1,1,'asia_bebe','Re: The surprising Ang Lee','Yeah ANG Lee is a good movie maker wow i after lunchin of with CTHD it even made him more famous ! YES ! now gosh he is like in the HOLLYWOOD bus. WITH THE HULK and STUFF dang \ni am impress......\nms.mindy','7c70c387054c31ad0012c5caa3e32239',0,'','BQEYDigv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2577,591,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1057523689,1,0,1,1,1,1,'nickcin2000','Asian Picks for Festivals','In my city they are going to hold a foreign film festival. These are the movies playing that are from Asian countries. Can anyone say which are good and which aren\'t. Thanks!\n\n2LDK \n  \n36th Chamber Of Shaolin \n  \nAragami   \n  \nBad Guy \n  \nBang Rajan   \n\nBig Slaughter Club, The \n  \nBurning Paradise   \n  \nCome Drink With Me\n  \nCowboy Bebop The Movie  \n  \nDouble Agent   \n  \nDouble Vision  \n  \nDrive\n\nEye, The\n  \nFLCL\n  \nGodzilla X Megaguirus  \n\nGodzilla:Giant Monsters All-Out Attack\n\nGraveyard of Honor \n  \nGreen Snake  \n\nIchi The Killer\n  \nIn The Line Of Duty 4\n  \nInner Senses \n  \nIntimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan\n\n  \nKick The Moon  \n  \nLegend Of Ginko   \n  \nMagnificent Butcher   \n  \nMusa the Warrior    \n  \nMy Sassy Girl   \n  \nNaked Weapon    \n  \nNew Blood   \n  \nNothing To Lose   \n  \nOne-Armed Swordsman    \n  \nParasite Dolls   \n  \nPhone  \n     \nPublic Enemy    \n  \nReturner  \n  \nRoyal Tramp  \n\nSakura Wars: The Movie        \n  \nSaving My Hubby     \n  \nSaviour Of The Soul    \n  \nSex And Zen   \n  \nShangri-La   \n  \nShark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl    \n  \nSo Close   \n  \nSuicide Club, The   \n  \nSympathy for Mr. Vengeance   \n  \nTamala 2010: A Punk Cat In Space   \n  \nUltraman Cosmos 2: The Blue Planet     \n  \nUltraman Cosmos: The First Contact   \n  \nVampire Hunters   ','493fed887c1b883b86b1e47ab884402c',0,'','tCk9vZX3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2578,591,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1057529127,1,0,1,1,1,1,'kcpuden1','Re: Asian Picks for Festivals','I have Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance.  Well made movie, though its very violent. If violent movies don\'t turn you off, I highly recommend this one.\n\nSorry, I can\'t help with the rest, though I\'ve hear of a few of the others, I haven\'t seen them, so I can\'t really speak for those.  Have fun!\n','50f5135a8d8015fa2ab61178f98977da',0,'','MvtQaDFd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2579,591,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1057553903,1,0,1,1,1,1,'auteur','Re: Asian Picks for Festivals','ICHI is the goriest, most nihilistic movie I\'ve ever seen. INNER SENSES and THE EYE are decent horror movies. Some of these films are pretty old, like SEX AND ZEN, which mixes soft porn with comedy and fantasy. COWBOW BEBOP just had a wide release in North America. The film not to be missed from your list is the Korean MY SASSY GIRL.','89a77cef49d68dd8649c672342dd910a',0,'','ThNAXF7L',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2580,591,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1059635874,1,0,1,1,1,1,'patrik','Re: Asian Picks for Festivals','Well, it\'s probably too late, but this is what I have to say.  In any case, it\'s good to try to find movies even if there isn\'t a festival around.\n\nMovies I\'ve seen:\nThe Eye, In The Line Of Duty 4, Magnificent Butcher, Musa, Returner, Royal Tramp, So Close, Vampire Hunters\n\nI\'d recommend all of them except Vampire Hunters.  Royal Tramp should be seen with its sequel, though (maybe seeing both of them together would make the movies seem understandable).  In The Line Of Duty 4 is not to be missed - it\'s one of the best martial arts movies out there (go Donnie Yen and Yuen Woo-Ping!).  Returner really rocks, great action flick.\n\nMovies I haven\'t seen but would love to see:\nCome Drink With Me (with King Hu, you can\'t go wrong, right?), Double Agent (with Korea\'s Tom Cruise, Han Suk-Kyu), Double Vision  (Category III movies are always interesting to watch), Drive (if it\'s the one with Mark Dacascos, I\'ve been trying to rent it, but it\'s never there), Green Snake (Tsui Hark movies are usually good), Inner Senses (Leslie Cheung\'s last movie(RIP)), My Sassy Girl, Naked Weapon (only if you\'re into Wong Jing\'s crappy movies), One-Armed Swordsman (if it\'s the 1967 version, I\'d give my left arm to see it), Phone, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (both Korean movies that seem good).\n\nThat\'s what I think.  Hope I\'m not too late.  Even if I am, I think it\'d be worth looking for these flicks anyway.','38ba68d21b53c66f86f0ca07b0d56cbf',0,'','lA0TX1Ut',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2581,592,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1057595399,1,0,1,1,1,1,'katapult','Katapult Film Synopsis 2003','Katapult Film Ltd. of Budapest, Hungary accepts feature film treatments in any genre (comedy, drama, detective story, horror...etc.).  We are producing 2 full length films this summer/fall and are looking for material/writers to develop new projects.  Just send your 2-10-page synopsis to: Katapult Film Kft, Nádor u. 19, Budapest 1051, Hungary or katapult@axelero.hu.\nWe will get in touch with you within three months.\n','9f6e1f2f324855e6c23f3d710f752584',0,'','6kXaqlzL',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2582,593,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1057720654,1,0,1,1,1,1,'shinsono','Private Eyes','Private Eyes/16mm/B&W/SHORT/2002\nThe story of a man who is transported into the film he is watching on TV.\n\nI put my first short film on IFILM.\nhttp://www.ifilm.com/ifilm/product/film_info/0,3699,2471634,00.html\nCheck it out!\n','18a44632186d73681c045891fa0ad614',0,'','SjuAioFs',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2583,593,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1057771719,1,0,1,1,1,1,'pchuman','Re: Private Eyes','I tried to watch this movie but my internet is to slow to watch streamed movies do you have any idea where i could download it?\n','5da0ae676867cfc36519ca8bbd569589',0,'','AFm7uxMc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2584,594,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1057800178,1,0,1,1,1,1,'asia_bebe','AnyOne Seen A Brigitte Lin MOVIE? What do ya think?','So anyone seen A Brigitte Lin Chin Hsai MOvie! well her movies might be kinda old but, you knoe it\'s kind of startin to kick in theses days? I was surfin foreignfilms and didn\'t find much about her while is was a great ex-actress! ??????\n\nMs.Mindy \na great fan of BRIGITTE LIN CHIN HSAI','0088001639d3bf043a785c4c70f5f826',0,'','nJi0Gq6s',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2585,594,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1069999533,1,0,1,1,1,1,'renren8662','Re: AnyOne Seen A Brigitte Lin MOVIE? What do ya think?','I liked Brigitte Lin in SWORDSMAN II, she was very fascinating though she played the role of a man who turned into a woman. Very beautiful indeed!!!','409c149411fbfcf0cd386f0c41a09814',0,'','09Dl7LPm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2586,595,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1057800188,1,0,1,1,1,1,'asia_bebe','AnyOne Seen A Brigitte Lin MOVIE? What do ya think?','So anyone seen A Brigitte Lin Chin Hsai MOvie! well her movies might be kinda old but, you knoe it\'s kind of startin to kick in theses days? I was surfin foreignfilms and didn\'t find much about her while is was a great ex-actress! ??????\n\nMs.Mindy \na great fan of BRIGITTE LIN CHIN HSAI','0088001639d3bf043a785c4c70f5f826',0,'','YMSTNXEh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2587,595,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1058166415,1,0,1,1,1,1,'jessiemark1','Re: AnyOne Seen A Brigitte Lin MOVIE? What do ya think?','I\'ve seen a lot of films of Brigitte Lin such as Ashes of time,The Bride with white Hair,Invincible Asia,Chungking Express......It\'s all very great,she\'s a very great actress!','af86e247a266bea7148cfceaf86b978b',0,'','KunNWrTB',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2588,595,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1059636301,1,0,1,1,1,1,'patrik','Re: AnyOne Seen A Brigitte Lin MOVIE? What do ya think?','I love her.  I\'ve seen her in a bunch of movies, and I\'ve always liked her.  I first saw her in the Bride with White Hair movies and I fell for her.  I\'m kind of disappointed she stopped doing movies, but at least she has a long filmography.\n\nMovies that I very highly recommend: Zu: Warriors fro Magic Mountain, Ashes of Time and Chungking Express, and the Bride with White Hair movies.\n\nIf you\'re into Stephen Chow, check out the two Royal Tramp movies, and if you\'re into Donnie Yen, check out the Dragon Inn remake.\n\nI need to find Deadful Melody and the Swordman movies.  Those are probably very good also.\n\nShe\'s always great and I\'d look at anything she\'s in.','49ed94a60a119eb725f422ab75ef9766',0,'','hP16094A',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2589,595,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1061009647,1,0,1,1,1,1,'smurfrevolt','Re: AnyOne Seen A Brigitte Lin MOVIE? What do ya think?','hey patrik, what was brigette lin\'s character in Zu?  i don\'t remember her. But i do remember zhang zi yi was there.','deb82f502fb7d77ddccc0695c8bc600c',0,'','zc5tV72b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2590,595,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1061577922,1,0,1,1,1,1,'patrik','Re: AnyOne Seen A Brigitte Lin MOVIE? What do ya think?','Zu: Warriors from Magic Mountain is from 1982, and has Brigitte Lin as the Countess.  It also has Adam Cheng and Sammo Hung.  Legend of Zu is the movie with Zhang Ziyi (and Ekin Cheng and Cecilia Cheung and Louis Koo and...), and came out in 2001.  From what I know Miramax changed the name of Legend of Zu to Zu Warriors for whatever silly reason.\n\nI really hope you didn\'t see the Miramax version of that movie.  The  cut the flick some 24 minutes and did other despicable things to it.  If you did, then go see the real version of that movie, it\'s probably much better.','4abfcc8d29929f753b2ee4e21a0778fc',0,'','KEUVFkag',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2591,595,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1063374101,1,0,1,1,1,1,'smurfrevolt','Re: AnyOne Seen A Brigitte Lin MOVIE? What do ya think?','ok, i caught it on cable...i\'ll try to find that one, but it\'s very difficult here in the philippines.  ','05ef3ee30f0e0a7b492f33ed6a5179d5',0,'','TQdhE9c1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2592,596,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1057878731,1,0,1,1,1,1,'lwolf','UK films in US','Where can I find a list of UK films that have been distributed in the U.S in the past 10 years?\n\n','bcb43ded2f074ba818636e127b1f5fda',0,'','3yg2r60X',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2593,597,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1058283110,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Gaz','Alexander Walker has died','One of the greatest ever British writers on film - his absence will certainly be felt here in the UK.\n\n\nLONDON (Reuters) - Film critic Alexander Walker, who became one of Britain\'s most influential cinema writers in a career spanning 40 years, has died, his newspaper says.\n\nWalker, 73, fell ill earlier this summer and died while having tests for cancer at a clinic in London.\n\nHe earned a reputation as an outspoken critic and fell out with director Ken Russell, who hit him with a newspaper after Walker described his 1971 film \"The Devils\" as \"monstrously indecent\".\n\nHe spent 43 years at London\'s Evening Standard newspaper and wrote more than 20 film books, including the official biography of comic actor Peter Sellers.\n\n\"He was much more than a film critic,\" director Anthony Minghella, who is chairman of the British Film Institute, said on Tuesday. \"He was a champion for quality cinema in this country.\"\n\nHe was friends with reclusive film director Stanley Kubrick and was close to big Hollywood names such as Clint Eastwood and Katharine Hepburn.\n\nWalker won the British Press Awards critic of the year prize three times.\n\nHis love of cinema began during his childhood in Northern Ireland, where he watched countless films. He said Orson Welles\' \"Citizen Kane\" changed his view of cinema and remained his favourite film for life.\n\n\"I never make snap judgements,\" the Standard quoted him as once saying. \"I let it stew.\"','0e230bf2f331644b65f108d45d427c4a',0,'','vQyjnYRZ',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2594,597,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1058307379,1,0,1,1,1,1,'john-5','Re: Alexander Walker has died','Yes, a very knowledgeable and perceptive writer. I have a fine book by him on Kubrick, whom he admired greatly. But he was also much too reactionary, politically, too often a  repressive moraliser, for my liking. Still, there aren\'t many writers of his expertise to fill his place.','2f63aa13488c797ad767f11288d2e30e',0,'','HWB4mF3x',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2595,597,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1058393750,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Gaz','Re: Alexander Walker has died','I didn\'t always agree with his views myself - I suppose you could say he was our Paline Kael.','5740377e997918cfbb0c6138bd229f2e',0,'','WxaXmBJv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2596,597,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1058393771,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Gaz','Re: Alexander Walker has died','Or Pauline, even.','b3f36fae2d845d94bbced279376cb7e1',0,'','b8rVamQh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2597,598,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1058284234,1,0,1,1,1,1,'jessiemark1','What do you think of Shahrukh Khan?','I\'ve seen three of Shahrukh Khan\'s movies.They are Koyla,Asoka and Devdas.They are really great!Shahrukh Khan impresses me very much!His acting skill is really good!','90a28908cfbbb7001bd1db678611bfd3',0,'','a1KZjhUV',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2598,599,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1058396345,1,0,1,1,1,1,'shumidas2004','What do you think of Mithun Chakraborty','Mithun Chakraborty is one of the best artist, an actor I have seen in Bollywood film industry.  He is world class actor.  He is done some great classic movies, like Mrigaya, Gudia, and many more. He is a genius actor.','b8e16663447d25f7581abd3bd732cb9f',0,'','WEpyZb7R',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2599,599,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1058648189,1,0,1,1,1,1,'r_omuz','Re: What do you think of Mithun Chakraborty','He is one of the talented actor I have seen in Bollywood.  He is a world class actor.','3f9249876e01667d533807772bdf9cf5',0,'','GxEXo67l',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2600,599,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1061599016,1,0,1,1,1,1,'IndianSummer','Re: What do you think of Mithun Chakraborty','OMG! Mithun Chakravarty a good actor ???\n\nwhile you are entitled to your opinions, please don\'t let anyone in india find out about your views on Chakravarty\'s acting skills. you would be laughed at on your face. \n\nhe is thought of as one of the worst actors to be ever allowed to act in indian cinema and his movies are routinely made the butt of jokes by every indian, from the beetle-sellers in the crowded by-lanes of banares to the techies drinking beer in a banagalore pub. the redicule attached to chakravorty\'s non-existent and rather loud \'acting skills\' is such that even the music composers who happened to make the music for his films are laughed at.\n\nif mithun chakravarty\'s movies are the only indian movies you guys have seen and you say you happen to like them, then i can only shudder in response.\n\n','c89081da82c725143467919ac6ff3755',0,'','03vjr5Md',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2601,600,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1058637149,1,0,1,1,1,1,'rob.freeman','Film Find for Rob','I\'m trying to find out the name of a film, it is one that I can\'t seem to get out of my head!\n\nFacts: American Boy in Candaian University, Meets French Canadian girl and has a relationship etc...  Gets the conscript and has to goto to vietnam.  Girl gets info saying that he has been killed in action.  Girl has baby and visitis relatives.  And then they tell her that he did not actually get killed and is in a hospital.  all live happily ever after.\n\nAny Clues?\n\nThanks in Advance\n\nRob','fabc184a8f772ea0f775e01fbd465041',0,'','g98ls7MV',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2602,601,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1058822578,1,0,1,1,1,1,'jmspic','Almodovar and his use of music','Has anyone found out the new music cd by Bau. He is the artist that did Raquel for Talk to Her so I was wondering if anyone knew anything about it.','bd5425bd74ab50d7e74c662280691b7e',0,'','ScLN193r',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2603,602,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1058915748,1,0,1,1,1,1,'groom_daniel','Almodovar\'s Live Flesh','I watched Pedro Almodovar\'s Live Flesh last night. \n\nIt\'s absolutely brilliant. I clapped many times in my living room, and applauded it for its brilliance. How can someone be so thoroughly clever! It\'s remarkable. Its flow took me with it, and I felt completely happy while watching it. I don\'t want to give any of the plot away, because it\'s endlessly inventive. It\'s based on a Ruth Rendell novel, Live Flesh, but it feels like more of a meditation on the subject or theme of the novel, since it has Almodovar\'s trademark style all over it. Suffice to say, if you liked Talk To Her and All About My Mother, you should like this too. It\'s part of Almodovar\'s so-called, \"mature phase,\" and more proof that Almodovar may be the greatest living, working, filmmaker.','2e4a433a25bce3785cd16eb3705814da',0,'','TngbQxtV',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2604,602,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1062097054,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gnixon29','Re: Almodovar\'s Live Flesh','I agree...I\'d put it right up there with Hable Con Ella.  I love his style.  ','907b8735cac7bf58e77dcd3707a7f5a3',0,'','fLFM3PhK',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2605,602,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1062324923,1,0,1,1,1,1,'bigpoppa_2059','Re: Almodovar\'s Live Flesh','I love Almodovar but Live Flesh just didn\'t do it for me. But it is WAY better than Flower of my Secret, which I hated and is by far my least fav Almodovar pic. I do not think he is the most important director making films today (that would be either Wong Kar-Wei or Godard) but he is certainly good. I really do not enjoy his earlier films (except for Woman on the Verge) but All about my Mother & Talk to Her were masterpieces. IMHO of course.','7c680c1fcd21945aeb74e80fc1832c11',0,'','FveLgBDH',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2606,602,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1063545727,1,0,1,1,1,1,'groom_daniel','Re: Almodovar\'s Live Flesh','I was probably over-excited when I said Almodovar is the greatest working filmmaker. I still think Live Flesh is a brilliant film, so he\'s undoubtedly my favourite at the moment. I don\'t see how Wong Kar Wai is any more important, though, like Almodovar and Takeshi Kitano, he\'s a stylist. As for Godard, has he really been an important filmmaker since the 60\'s? His film theory seems more important these days, but there\'s been a real move away from auteur theory in recent times. \n\nAbbas Kiarostami seems to be the most important filmmaker at the moment.  ','4d555a0389f5c27afbf7e8d6f4430828',0,'','USB8Zrnt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2607,603,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1059002738,1,0,1,1,1,1,'shaylahilt','Does anyone \'Love Liza\'?','My friend wants to rent \'Love Liza\' tonight, and at the risk of wasting precious time, I thought I\'d consult the message board to see if anyone has seen it.\nThanks!','27c2ceaef7b362ab4728fa5a203347d9',0,'','4GqiUcpL',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2608,603,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1059009225,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Gaz','Re: Does anyone \'Love Liza\'?','I really wanted to see it at the cinema, but somehow missed it. I\'ve heard only good things about it. Todd Louiso strikes me as the kind of guy who would be a good indie director, and I think Philip Seymour Hoffman is always worth watching. I\'d take the risk.','868453737cd1be4f2342237dbd7086fb',0,'','zxXjL8WH',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2609,603,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1059176590,1,0,1,1,1,1,'ryanjan','Re: Does anyone \'Love Liza\'?','i saw it - i wouldn\'t say that i loved it but don\'t get me wrong, it was a really good film. Phillip Seymour Hoffman gives just about the best performance of the year in it, which makes it worth seeing alone. it\'s definately worth rental price, you won\'t be dissapointed.','3030bbbf4de2e8f624d56aff73647f10',0,'','31B4e7ao',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2610,603,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1060945972,1,0,1,1,1,1,'bigpoppa_2059','Re: Does anyone \'Love Liza\'?','PSH made a much better film this year (and this really is his best perf ever) in \"Owning Mahoney\", which is about a compulsive gambler. From the same director of \"Love and Death on Long Island\" from a few years back. EXCELLENT movie.','42696afb4bac957b21b0fcbe9cb4baa5',0,'','7HckNeKX',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2611,604,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1059258616,1,0,1,1,1,1,'ckw58','Africa in the Picture','looking 4 info on this pic......came out about 1999 or there, a 12-year-old paraplegic wants to be the first female news vendor in Dakar, an unlucky musician who hopes to win the national lottery\n','a55933c0f85f895285482d321435e09b',0,'','LYVwUzaX',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2612,604,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1059533469,1,0,1,1,1,1,'briandarr','Re: Africa in the Picture','\"Africe in the Picture\" is not the name of these two movies.  It\'s the name of a series of African films produced for broadcast on PBS, and hosted by Danny Glover.  The films in the series included: \"Faat-Kine\" by Ousmane Sembene, \"Daresalam\" by Issa Serge Coelo, and the two films you\'re talking about.  They are by the late Senegalese director \nDjibril Diop Mambéty, and they are part of an unfinished series of short features called \"Tales of Ordinary People\".  \"Le Franc\" is about a musician who dreams of winning the lottery.  \"La Petite Vendeuse de Soleil\" is about a young girl who sells newspapers.','d16673f5dc028cdb926ffc062bba03f0',0,'','l2StWD9L',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2613,604,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1060409414,1,0,1,1,1,1,'ckw58','Re: Africa in the Picture','Thanks i did see it on PBS one late night and caught my intrest so i wanted to know more about it.\n','4267f56fcad9acb8a971dd66af52cf5c',0,'','PdAs0MNV',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2614,605,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1059392502,1,0,1,1,1,1,'groom_daniel','10, Abbas Kiarostami','I went to the Auckland International Film Festival recently, and saw new films by Ken Loach, Tian Zhuangzhuang and Mike Leigh. They were all good films, but not as good as work they\'ve done in the past. The exception was Abbas Kiarostami\'s 10. Not only was it the best film I saw at the festival, it\'s right up there with his best work. It\'s not as beautiful or lyrical as Through the Olive Trees or the Wind Will Carry Us, it doesn\'t have his serene (and often moving) use of landscape, but in terms of story it\'s as insightful as anything he\'s done. It\'s even more minimalistic than Taste of Cherry, (the entire story takes place inside a car), and even more inventive in terms of narrative (it\'s structured around 10 car rides and the conversations that take place). As a whole, it explores, \"the lives of Iranian women through the accumulated details of everyday conversation,\" (All Movie Guide), but for me, the heart of the story is the relationship between the driver, Mania Akbari, and her young argumentative son, Amin. Amin is angry that his mother divorced his father and married someone else. Thorough the course of the film, Amin moves from being incredibly insightful for his age, to parroting prejudices and attitudes he could\'ve only heard from his father or other adults, to being a right little shit at times. The way Akbari handled her son, despite her apprehensions that he was becoming mean (or that her husband was turning him against her) was at times so gentle. She\'s a bold, modern Iranian woman, strikingly beautiful, who at first using too much zest in trying to convince her moody son that her divorce was for the best. Later, when family have decided that it would be best for Amin to live with his father, the way she tries to forge a relationship between them out of their tense car rides was really moving. There\'s a whole lot more to the story than just that, but that\'s what moved me the most. Just a really small story about simple human truths that have much bigger consequences outside the car. I was pretty happy to be let in on the conversations. ','b27de1e2dcbab4fd803aa4adc3b3d7ec',0,'','ACVuzmcX',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2615,605,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1060343329,1,0,1,1,1,1,'bigpoppa_2059','Re: 10, Abbas Kiarostami','It is certainly his most strictly formal and restricting movie, but I too loved it. I made a thread a few months back saying how I felt Kiarostami was way overrated and many more worthy Iranian filmmakers were being overlooked. But after reading Jonathan Rosenbaum\'s (the best American film critic since Pauline Kael) essays and re-evaluating his movies, I love them. My favorites are still \"Close Up\" and \"The Wind Will Carry us\", but I did love \"Ten\" very much. ','e01314f77efae691af8a750f0ee9cd15',0,'','s4buhT06',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2616,605,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1060438204,1,0,1,1,1,1,'auteur','Re: 10, Abbas Kiarostami','Kael was a provocateur whereas Jonathan Rosenbaum is a teacher. There are only two active narrative film-makers as interesting as Kiarostami: Hou Hsiao Hsien and Atom Egoyan. ','0eaa8446986a3920f9fad1ef6d11853d',0,'','ilbnPGaW',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2617,605,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1060860792,1,0,1,1,1,1,'bigpoppa_2059','Re: 10, Abbas Kiarostami','I agree completely. I think Hsien is the greatest living narrative filmmaker on the planet today.','f480b56561c3b77907b4414aaff3a6dc',0,'','Y2MgCHUW',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2618,606,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1059430582,1,0,1,1,1,1,'pianoflu','Kids sharing a pair of shoes-Indian?','I rented a movie once about a brother and sister who had to share a pair of shoes.  They would meet in an alley to exchange the shoes and go to school.  I think the boy entered a race and won??  Does anyone know the name of this film?  ','0747b9e40230b25d5d0a2b1688c6c6b7',0,'','pdVPrLzA',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2619,606,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1059442008,1,0,1,1,1,1,'kcpuden1','Re: Kids sharing a pair of shoes-Indian?','The Name of the Movie is Children of Heaven, directed by Majid Majidi.  You might also want to check out Baran, also by Majid Majidi.  Both DVD\'s are avaible from DeepDiscountDVD.  I enjoyed both of the films.  Lots of good movies coming out of Iran.','67f769aa37d2d2f9e791b08dc41402df',0,'','1chuvyWl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2620,606,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1059458497,1,0,1,1,1,1,'pianoflu','Re: Kids sharing a pair of shoes-Indian?','Thanks so much!  That\'s a great movie.  I\'ll definitely check out Baran too.  ','e97b8a75567f99b37500579a4e9e70ea',0,'','0oVFPDpC',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2621,606,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1059604789,1,0,1,1,1,1,'FF-jason','Re: Kids sharing a pair of shoes-Indian?','Great film. Please note that it\'s from Iran, not India.','c9eca5ed22c5b15aa7aaa0d702b3578b',0,'','uVkyUBS4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2622,606,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1059617748,1,0,1,1,1,1,'kcpuden1','Re: Kids sharing a pair of shoes-Indian?','Yes, its from Iran, as I said : \'Lots of good movies coming out of Iran\'.  Not sure where you got India?  Though, nothing against films from India, Apu Trilogy is one of the best films ever made, amongst several other great films from India that I\'ve seen.','5dd634b46c5aeb51e4421f5941473482',0,'','fqmJEhry',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2623,607,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1059637410,1,0,1,1,1,1,'patrik','I need info for Japanese flicks','Anybody know a good place for information about Japanese movies.  Right now I\'m trying to find out when Returner 2\'s coming out, but I can\'t find anything on it.  Information about that or a news site would be very helpful and appreciated.\nThanks.','30166a48255b1bee212fe39212efabd0',0,'','eFsofpjX',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2624,607,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1059693186,1,0,1,1,1,1,'briandarr','Re: I need info for Japanese flicks','I don\'t know if there\'s enough news on this site to be helpful, but I like it:\n\nmidnighteye.com\n','14526af3ce0128961cb97cad437fb19e',0,'','cw976ELK',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2625,607,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1059982911,1,0,1,1,1,1,'patrik','Re: I need info for Japanese flicks','You\'re right, there isn\'t any info on the movie, but thanks for the site.  I\'d never been there before.  I\'ll check it out regularly from now on.','208d175491e9090d0cbcf80072a3a9df',0,'','dJL2iutR',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2626,608,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1059812651,1,0,1,1,1,1,'MTovah','Sex and Lucia','Would anyone know the name of the song that Lucia strips to in the movie Sex and Lucia?  ','417d28cfc5b7b0c2278dae32ad920056',0,'','UfSFGNRr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2627,608,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1059926925,1,0,1,1,1,1,'lionelz','Re: Sex and Lucia','I love this song! It is \"Yo Marco El Minuto\" by MALA RODRIGUEZ . Como lo sabia yo, tengo lo que tu quieres... ','36d4f1b2b7adc45e321034524349c224',0,'','kLw2JCSX',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2628,608,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1060152569,1,0,1,1,1,1,'MTovah','Re: Sex and Lucia','thanks so much','ac5822b64dd18e07cec9410e23c0503e',0,'','VyUMiLZe',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2629,609,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1060137575,1,0,1,1,1,1,'rob.blackman','Tribute To Marie Trintignant RIP','I Was very saddened to listen to the Progress of Marie Trintignant who sadly died in France on Friday August the 1st 2003 after an Incident at a Hotel Room in Lithuania.The Family Requested that she be flown home to France where she died on French Soil very Understandably.she was only 41 and the Mother of Four Children.A Brilliant Actress who really did not always get the credit she deserved.I First saw her in Ponette playing the Mother so well as ever.I Will never forget the Charm and comical moments that she gave in The Story of Women in 1988 playing a Loveable Prostitute.The Parisian Friendship tale of Portraits Chinois was the next film i saw her in.She Looked so Beautiful in that film and really was a very Talented Pretty Lady.I Loved Her role with Jean Rocheforte in the 1993 Comedy Wild Target as she often asked Men,Who much do you Weigh,For obvious Reasons.I Think she had a very good talent for playing mildly Comic roles.I last saw her in Deep in The woods although it was virtually a cameo role.I For one will miss her so much and She will be very much missed by everyone connected to French Cinema.She comes from a Family who have given so much to French Cinema with Her Father Jean Louis Trintignant and Mother Nadine.Our Thoughts are with Her family at this time and i will really miss this very talented Lady.I Have a lovely Picture of her at home where she looks so stunningly Beautiful i love that wonderful smile that she always gave in her performances and i will treasure this Picture as a memory of a very wonderful Actress.','7e84d01eba1977d223d9bedf5619cbd4',0,'','CRoMdDmh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2630,609,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1060464116,1,0,1,1,1,1,'thegreatken1','Re: Tribute To Marie Trintignant RIP','*sniff*\n\nI had read about that on the BBC News website.','bb3de263ff0a8a0bafbadbaaefdf020d',0,'','nodypGKZ',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2631,610,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1060158225,1,0,1,1,1,1,'aleone','Trying to Find Out Title of German Film','Can anyone tell me the title to this German movie I saw years ago on HBO or one of the movie channels.  It is basically they story of a mother and the subsequent generations of her family until her death.  Her daughter is a child prodigy, who then has her own daughter later in the film.  There is a intellectual who commits suicide.  Recent film, I think late 90\'s.  Basically about life and death, good flick.  Anybody remember this movie?','634dbe1ea166ca90dc73eac2baa53232',0,'','M6lE7uph',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2632,610,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1060185298,1,0,1,1,1,1,'jpmccusa','Re: Trying to Find Out Title of German Film','It sounds to me like the Dutch film \"Antonia\'s Line\".','c14fdc7a1a7a52e241c857bfb5fa106e',0,'','vfncp8h9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2633,611,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1060509479,1,0,1,1,1,1,'nina*','the lost scenes of Queen Margot','I posted on this topic in dvd discussion board.. but.\n\nHas anyone seen uncut version of Queen Margot?\n     I\'ve heard that it should have a whipping,\'severed head\non lap\' & a rape scene(s).. can anyone confirm?','36d677e58f03358bc63bd393c0d6b2ef',0,'','yosHnGlS',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2634,612,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1060707253,1,0,1,1,1,1,'little_ned','Calling All Film & Videomakers: The 2nd Annual Substream Film Festival','The 2nd Annual Substream Film Festival is currently accepting submissions for this years\' program.  Films of all genres and lengths are welcome, including studnt work.  Please visit www.substreamfilms.com for more information, or email info@substreamfilms.com','227460dc1e948bc66f01f7cbe4d34098',0,'','sjJPonfG',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2635,613,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1060740269,1,0,1,1,1,1,'uka100','Looking for a raunchy sex comedy','Could anyone recommend me a raunchy sex comedy, any language especially french. TIA!','7c8cfa065f689a09326dc3523cf7c79c',0,'','P3EkgYi7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2636,613,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1060757008,1,0,1,1,1,1,'jpmccusa','Re: Looking for a raunchy sex comedy','1. \"Cheerleaders\" (1972), recently released on NTSC DVD\n2. \"Wilt\"','20ed4846796c4a40abcf3f29fb5ca0bb',0,'','m5k6a0rc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2637,613,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1060773551,1,0,1,1,1,1,'nina*','Re: Looking for a raunchy sex comedy','It\'s not really that raunchy (not that I\'d nesessarily watch it whit my mother) but how bout Le Libertin.. ','a3da8130f4be2a77627a276aab2cce02',0,'','hG0upzbF',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2638,613,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1060825232,1,0,1,1,1,1,'auteur','Re: Looking for a raunchy sex comedy','MENAGE with Gerard Depardieu, Michel Blanc and Miou-Miou is the one I recommend. It\'s only available on vhs.','0a808fd9d3c73c0c87cd139044227375',0,'','su96Xo7q',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2639,613,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1060834049,1,0,1,1,1,1,'FF-jason','Re: Looking for a raunchy sex comedy','[film=1350]Going Places[/film], also by Bertrand Blier, is another good one.','7729476575c5708f728aefc78e2d4f87',0,'','y1nr0RWv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2640,613,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1060864674,1,0,1,1,1,1,'uka100','Re: Looking for a raunchy sex comedy','WOW! theyr\'e all great thanks alot :).','09f55cdde90b54527c24d82bf1b9bd15',0,'','Z24EHeWp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2641,613,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1060871918,1,0,1,1,1,1,'uka100','Re: Looking for a raunchy sex comedy','Also could someone name a few more english ones?','6f0b23ffed303561b71ef18976acb368',0,'','YjBJoiPa',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2642,613,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1060894358,1,0,1,1,1,1,'ladym','Re: Looking for a raunchy sex comedy','I really enjoyed \'The Nouvelle Eve\' I think in english it\'s called \'The New Eve\', this movie is in french and I think it could be consider a comedy.','c1a19434a044d1eca19d1b59c15f96e3',0,'','JLUQ38Wi',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2643,613,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1060935158,1,0,1,1,1,1,'nashdoc','Re: Looking for a raunchy sex comedy','Perhaps, this is pedestrian, but \"Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down\" is a sexy mindful.','5c51ac146bc4bc1e5d27b07e2fdcd39c',0,'','P9kHpvF1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2644,614,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1060742898,1,0,1,1,1,1,'evannblack','Wanna see how a true independent film gets made?','I\'m making my first feature film \"Wildflower\" and have set up a website to give you real insight on my journey to getting this project made. It\'s still in its early stages, but I figured anyone visiting this site might find the site interesting. The web address is www.helpmakemyfilm.com.','bdfe296ac761aa0ed8fbafbc650a5d7f',0,'','8Lhtp5XF',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2645,614,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1060945446,1,0,1,1,1,1,'bigpoppa_2059','Re: Wanna see how a true independent film gets made?','Might I just say Evann that you are a very attractive woman...now that that\'s outta the way...I might be able to donate a buck or two to your site (being an avid Paypal-er). ','b6c171cf222860d60e1d04aca5e821a4',0,'','fUPmbSzD',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2646,614,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1060967031,1,0,1,1,1,1,'evannblack','Re: Wanna see how a true independent film gets made?','Hey Big Papa,\n\nAny donation helps and is appreciated. There\'s a donate button on the front page if you just want to donate a dollar, if you want to donate more go to the donate page. All donations & sales from the website are made through PayPal so you know the payments are on a secure site.\n\nThanks for visiting the site and keep checking back. The first wacky stunt will be announced within the next two weeks. I had a few hurdles to overcome with finding sponsors but I\'ve figured out a way around it. \n\nEvann Black\nwww.helpmakemyfilm.com','f67da65954de0fa3433d4aaf1db39a21',0,'','tv3rw2qy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2647,614,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1061566991,1,0,1,1,1,1,'groom_daniel','Re: Wanna see how a true independent film gets made?','I really admire your initiative. I\'m an MA student majoring in scriptwriting, and I was wondering what draft you\'re up to in your rewrite? I hope your film gets made. I\'ll try to denote some money. ','4f098c000979dd5065c3c8580b6bb4c8',0,'','WBtVpcmR',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2648,614,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1061578449,1,0,1,1,1,1,'evannblack','Re: Wanna see how a true independent film gets made?','That would be rewrite 10+. I stopped counting after 10. I\'ve done a lot of work to refine the script and make every scene mean something. I\'ve also made the script in so many variations with the end result different each time. \n\nThe last rewrite that I did though was the one where I knew I was on the right track. The original 1st draft script went from a \"Mahogany\" type story to more of a \"Leaving Las Vegas\" feel. I\'m sure you can imagine how many scripts were in between. Everytime you rework a script, you usually find new elements that you could never have seen in the first draft. I know once I\'m done with this rewrite, I will be tweaking until we shoot but this is the complete story now. I don\'t feel like I\'m missing something, I just feel 100% confident in what I have. I never felt like that before with this project.\n\nGood luck at MA. As an actress I always had a lot of respect for the writers but since I started writing my own projects, that respect has grown 10-fold.  People mistake the director as being the heart of a good film but they\'re wrong.  Any great film starts with the script. There are plenty of great directors but if the script is awful, there is nothing anyone can do (director, actors, or even special effects) to salvage the film (ie. Jurassic Park II). \n\nKeep track of what\'s going on and tell your friends. The more support I get helps the momentum. And if you\'ve ever worked on an independent set before, you know all you have to lean on are the people helping you.\n\nEvann Black\nwww.helpmakemyfilm.com','582743625374770dd4ac6f129a669edc',0,'','sEuD8Ay2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2649,615,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1061330058,1,0,1,1,1,1,'amudsen','I need the name of a movie','I\'mlooking for a movie about a jewish family (a story of several generations wich ends in WWII), who owns the formula of a liquor \nThanks!!!!','c927f458f8b1b3ecdd0fe4b22c65ee79',0,'','g2tWqcNH',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2650,615,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1061340007,1,0,1,1,1,1,'chris','Re: I need the name of a movie','This is a very good movie with Ralph Fiennes called \"Sunshine\"from several years ago that was set in Hungary and is easily available.','0f3efda9d1a4c725fe2d7c30d2695c89',0,'','QEUFTN2z',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2651,616,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1061426947,1,0,1,1,1,1,'dlbu','FILM PACKAGE BASED ON  \"LOVE IN TIMES OF CHOLERA\".','Seen this package five years back.Most attracting one was \"Miracle in Rome\".Any one seen or interested please contact.','df26b312c6d78fd53592b21acfa41c37',0,'','Z9bV7vB4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2652,617,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1061696753,1,0,1,1,1,1,'nina*','Films about mental ilnes & depression..','Films about mental ilnes & depression,any recommendations? ','b47bcbde6eecf0f51ae3f0ec394ba990',0,'','iozNPgd5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2653,617,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1061737012,1,0,1,1,1,1,'kcpuden1','Re: Films about mental ilnes & depression..','Repulsion by Roman Polanski','24e53eb31f13a46bc82c1b9ed36370ab',0,'','sjGwWZPt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2654,617,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1061779451,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gratefultiger','Re: Films about mental ilnes & depression..','Fred Wiseman\'s..\"Titicut Follies\"(USA 1967) a very heavy Doco set in a insane asylum,hard too watch at times, sad\n& brutal.','e31e313fe6980c7fd267b69f11196c29',0,'','NLVpkMDl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2655,617,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1061892206,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Slohands','Re: Films about mental ilnes & depression..','A couple off the top of my head would be two Bergman films - \"Through a Glass Darkly\" and possibly \"Winter Light\" - although the latter is part of the existential angst theme of his \"faith trilogy\", so maybe not exactly what you\'re looking for.  There is also a very good British picture from the mid-sixties called \"Morgan\" about a man who goes somewhat insane as a result of personal conflicts.  There is also Truffaut\'s \"The Story of Adele H.\" about delusional sexual obsession.  \"Repulsion\" was mentioned.','06d1d2e0143c9c2f7bf9cd519c0251c5',0,'','wVCzb5ZB',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2656,617,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1061894685,1,0,1,1,1,1,'zzzooom','Re: Films about mental ilnes & depression..','Betty Blue (Beineix)\nDespair (Fassbinder)','b9869bc1dbba6c37c16c2aa48dc7869c',0,'','tkpH5KiF',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2657,617,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1061958770,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Mr. West','Re: Films about mental ilnes & depression..','\"Fear of Fear\" by Fassbinder: as housewife (Margit Carstensen) feels like she\'s losing her grip on reality.','320795298fe40bd913c0fbccd9fc5e20',0,'','8BTs4tu6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2658,617,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1062354358,1,0,1,1,1,1,'dixie','Re: Films about mental ilnes & depression..','Woman Under the Influence with Gena Rowlands, directed by John Cassavetes; Spider with Ralph Fiennes, directed by David Cronenberg; the Collector with Terrance Stamp directed by William Wyler','c2f58b0ce4e33c44537119262b69a743',0,'','A4yh7vC3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2659,617,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1062438971,1,0,1,1,1,1,'pre-tender','Re: Films about mental ilnes & depression..','sorry for not choosing from foreign ones but i do not have a huge seen-list in foreignfilms, so here is my recommendation The Pi ( Darren Aronofsky ); a great indie film as the debut of Aronofsky, it is on the top of my top20 list and it exactly fits your desire; story of mentally ill but at the same time genious Max Cohen...\n','b2962d5947ac00031541ab5049f93d20',0,'','aDQZTM8y',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2660,617,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1062968280,1,0,1,1,1,1,'indigo','Re: Films about mental ilnes & depression..','\'Angel Baby\' (Australian) a love affair between two mentally-ill people, a moving and sad film which swept the Australian Film Institute Awards (best picture, director, and actors)\n\n\'Angels of the Universe\' (Icelandic) a man developes schizophrenia after a bad love affair, very eloquent and somber\n\n\'Betty Blue\' (France) a classic\n\n\'One Flew Over the Cuckoo\'s Nest\' (American) classic Academy Award Winner\n\n\'A Beautiful Mind\' (American) winner of some Academy Awards\n\n\'Girl, Interrupted\' (American) Academy Award Winner\n\n\'The Caveman\'s Valentine\' (American)\n\n\'The Saint of Ft. Washington (American)\n\nI mention the American movies since they are also good films about mental illness.\n\nHope this helps.\n','77bea227febaf64a6f813d259ff273da',0,'','6bAtSQUo',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2661,617,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1065805351,1,0,1,1,1,1,'nina*','Re: Films about mental ilnes & depression..','Thanks all,I\'ll certainly be looking out for a lot of the titles..:-)\n','a6b169baf43af90fd162e5e8bb63236c',0,'','1aMF2egA',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2662,617,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1065819998,1,0,1,1,1,1,'jpmccusa-1','Re: Films about mental ilnes & depression..','\"Alan & Naomi\" with Lukas Haas\n\"Julien Donkey-boy\"\n\"Leolo\"\n\"Affliction\"\n','469fddc7f8d6d4ee94074858b0dc0909',0,'','6GutVSQe',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2663,617,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1065828052,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Gaz','Re: Films about mental ilnes & depression..','Some of the films on this thread are more likely to cause mental illness and depression than to inform about them...','1f5d222ed5ad481db229cfe953fbafaa',0,'','07mKTk3R',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2664,617,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1066670746,1,0,1,1,1,1,'christopherbaggins','Re: Films about mental ilnes & depression..','Bad Boy Bubby','769ce91b5c3152d7cc96ff08852fb03f',0,'','PdvAjrYQ',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2665,617,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1068505751,1,0,1,1,1,1,'ustink','Re: Films about mental ilnes & depression..','Not foreign, but-\"I Never Promised You a Rose Garden\"  was a favorite of mine growing up in my \"teen-angst\" phase.  Better yet, read the book...','9805654c6d9aee69a38ec2c1e0179c8b',0,'','MzfZD32u',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2666,617,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1069091269,1,0,1,1,1,1,'jh66','Re: Films about mental ilnes & depression..','DEAD RINGERS(198? dir.Cronenberg) -stars JEREMY IRONS as twin gaenocologists in the US-one strong & extrovert, the other his opposite.\n\nthey rely on each other so much that when the studious weak one crumbles into insanity, the other follows with horrifying results(as befits a Cronenberg film about their profession!!)','7a40528864861f8a5a894bf488677832',0,'','TAivQB1f',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2667,618,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1061730204,1,0,1,1,1,1,'firefly_priestess','Help with a French film about citroens!','Hi all,\nI need some help with the title of a french black and white film I saw a few years ago! All i can remeber of the plot is that there was a gang stealing citroens (i think) and then driving them somewhere! I know it\'s not much to go on but, any help would be apreiciated.\nThankyou   ','a10573d58a85d0384a38b0ee634a71fe',0,'','KuaZNbAo',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2668,619,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1061850470,1,0,1,1,1,1,'dlbu','NET CLUB OF PARALLEL MOVIE VIEWRS','Friends,   \n        Why can\'t we talk as a group? Please say your views about a GOOD MOVIE.All those who share same attitude can go together,share the views &convey news about movies they came across.This will help the ineraction to make it good and faster.....dlbu.','200b63d0705d21d0ee4f84232a439a8e',0,'','9tZPrwuk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2669,620,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1061943318,1,0,1,1,1,1,'bigpoppa_2059','The ending of Sex and Lucia...','Could someone with more insight and intelligence than I please explain what happened? I can\'t tell whether at the end whether the whole story was the guy writing on his comp and the daughter dying and stuff was all made up or what?...','722ca0d0ed5a44f1d2ff4268d024ed50',0,'','uzjmTZUe',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2670,620,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1062085801,1,0,1,1,1,1,'smurfrevolt','Re: The ending of Sex and Lucia...','I think all of those things certainly happened, but the thing is, Julio Medem, the dirctor is letting the characters move on with their lives and forget about it.  It\'s a metaphor, or let\'s say, a lesson for people to just move on with their lives after a stressful and traumatic experience.  ','891773285f3474b713222351b1c5819d',0,'','XNKQVzeD',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2671,620,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1062324278,1,0,1,1,1,1,'bigpoppa_2059','Re: The ending of Sex and Lucia...','Thanks...I really wasn\'t sure whether or not it was all made up but many fine people like yourself have said this same thing. Makes watching the film a second time much more enjoyable. ','2462a02d37893a9a2120edd4e4493080',0,'','DqahCvde',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2672,621,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1062196597,1,0,1,1,1,1,'pretty_bitter_pill','I need the name of an Italian film','i only caught the last bit of it on tv late wednesday night but it was black and white with subtitles and it was based on a true story. the plot involved a man who was taking money from his wife to give to his lover by pretending he had a bar. he realized he didnt love his wife at all and when he tries to break it off with his lover she says \"kill her\" and walks away dropping a pile of money in the snow. he picks it up and goes home telling his wife that everything was a lie but that it was all over. she locks herself in the bathroom and he pleads with her to open the door telling her he\'ll stay with her forever, he knocks down the door just as she\'s holding a straight razor to her throat. she tells him shes suffocating so they go for a walk in the rain, stopping at a bench in front of a church. she tells him that shes dreamed of him all her life, asks him to kiss her and says \"you dont love me\". she brings out the straight razor and tells him to kill her. you see her taking her shoes off and rubbing her feet in the mud and then blood drops and she lays still. he leaves her there and goes to meet his lover. they go away and are caught 3 days later, both sentenced to death and never speak to each other again. ','f42306a88bb605fbdacd82cec6c00f06',0,'','1sduqCQK',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2673,622,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1062309809,1,0,1,1,1,1,'dixie','courtiers','could you please tell me the name of a film I loved (but forgot the title) about a witty french courtier in the pit of courtiers fighting it out for their place in the court?\nNot sure if it was foreign, but it wasn\'t Ridicule.\nIt was soooo good -- insult piled upon insult --the best man won indeed!\nThanks I hope.','56d2d5de54a4e07bb101ba922bfccce4',0,'','AST3bqsl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2674,623,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1062352814,1,0,1,1,1,1,'EddieSchmit','Foreign Films For Highschoolers','Does anyone know of a good movie that would keep the interest of high schoolers and also be appropriate at the same time?  I am thinking Ringu and Amelie.','14879b41abdad8b7a7fcfce9d89b4b75',0,'','kuhULYJR',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2675,623,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1062356527,1,0,1,1,1,1,'dixie','Re: Foreign Films For Highschoolers','Delicatessan by Jean-Pierre Jeunet; Run Lola Run by Tom Tykwer; Black Mask by Daniel Lee','48340a9bd92380f8e5df1ac5a61b7759',0,'','AQtZUBaz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2676,623,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1062990512,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gratefultiger','Re: Foreign Films For Highschoolers','Amores Perros,Ashes of Time,Hana-Bi,Sonatine,The Killer,\nHard Boiled,Shadows of our Forgotten Ancestors,Mirror,Show me Love,Aguirre Wrath of god .hope this helps..cheers','a5715360cca048c635b995dbbb838744',0,'','45uEJFeV',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2677,623,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1063004254,1,0,1,1,1,1,'auteur','Re: Foreign Films For Highschoolers','Ozu\'s GOOD MORNING is entertaining, easy to follow , in gorgeous tecnicolor and easily available for rental. This comes in a flawless transfer from Criterion. The protagonists are two boys who are brothers. ','f3c32d1760aa4bc84816a202c00567ed',0,'','KAdFfJuM',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2678,623,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1063005043,1,0,1,1,1,1,'auteur','Re: Foreign Films For Highschoolers','I love the films recommended by gratefultiger but several including AMORES PERROS are way inappropriate for teenagers. SHADOWS and MIRROR are way to contemplative and philosophical to sustain their interest. Others like SONATINE are too violent. ASHES OF TIME is one of my favorite films of the 90s but teenagers may be frustrated by its lack of narrative coherence. ','16aaec9d2730151d59936fb927045772',0,'','oSTNRLjQ',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2679,623,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1063081181,1,0,1,1,1,1,'pchuman','Re: Foreign Films For Highschoolers','I am a high school student her is my top ten:\n\nAmelie (2001)  \nHana-bi (1997)   \nThe Bicycle Thief (1948)   \nBattle Royale (2000)  \nThe Road Home (2001)  \nFanny and Alexander (1982)  \nHard Boiled (1991)\nSeven Samurai (1954)\nAguirre, Wrath of God (1972)\nThe Seventh Seal\n\nNot that all of these are good for all high schoolers some like Fanny & Alekander would be to slow for mos teenagers.','d976e12ec396bd2a0132e08efe75e144',0,'','0EQsh7bA',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2680,623,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1063087524,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gratefultiger','Re: Foreign Films For Highschoolers','Dear autuer ,haven\'t u got kid\'s? maybe you are underestimating their intelligence,too violent u say,what about too artistic,the aussie kids love that stuff man!\nmuch superior to a lot of hollywood crap,surely yankee kids aren\'t wimps! i know my kids do ...cheers','1947424cb860ca9029cf9b19f472ddbf',0,'','tE7oNzhJ',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2681,623,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1063107624,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Gaz','Re: Foreign Films For Highschoolers','I\'m with gratefultiger here.\n\nHow about La Haine - the political side may or may not appeal, but it\'s relevant to teenagers the world over.','9a7b2a0ca9a536ca98618d2091913d7a',0,'','bHeGWsqN',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2682,623,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1063146949,1,0,1,1,1,1,'auteur','Re: Foreign Films For Highschoolers','The point here is to be helpful to eddieschmit. He provided examples of films he considers entertaining and appropriate to high schoolers, who can be as young as 13. My teenage daughter Chelsea wouldn\'t find THE MIRROR entertaining and she is placed in gifted classes. Most parents I know would consider AMORES PERROS and several films mentioned above including LA HAINE inappropriate. AMELIE and RINGU are milder and definitely appropriate to high schoolers.','349f4f9f2b5adb7a5dddd0e3ff3f2378',0,'','LiA6ZPjv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2683,623,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1063176239,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gratefultiger','Re: Foreign Films For Highschoolers','To each his own and let\'s leave it at that shall we!my darling loves a clockwork orange,but she\'ll come round,after all,as pete townshend once said \"the kid\'s are alright\"..cheers \n','b3b0dd0e348de69ed2ef0e3fdafdf65b',0,'','e6DKfxhy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2684,623,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1063189464,1,0,1,1,1,1,'smurfrevolt','Re: Foreign Films For Highschoolers','1. Amelie\n2. Amores Perros\n3. Malena\n4. Cinema Paradiso\n5. Ratcatcher\n6. The Dangerous Lives of the Altar Boys (this is American, but still worth watching)\n7. Dreams Akira Kurosawa\n8. Jin-Roh\n\n\nThese are what i can come up right now.  i was hoping to get to ten...\n','f9fdb0ef01a25f6471a8dc1f55417e29',0,'','XhgUGQf5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2685,623,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1063189627,1,0,1,1,1,1,'smurfrevolt','Re: Foreign Films For Highschoolers','1. Amelie\n2. Amores Perros\n3. Malena\n4. Cinema Paradiso\n5. Ratcatcher\n6. The Dangerous Lives of the Altar Boys (this is American, but still worth watching)\n7. Dreams Akira Kurosawa\n8. Jin-Roh\n9. My Life as a Dog\n10. City of God\n11. Kids (Gus Van Sant)\n\n','587bc1f7ee412761946c20a62218356d',0,'','NtZ2l5AL',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2686,623,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1063243485,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Gaz','Re: Foreign Films For Highschoolers','Ratcatcher is not the most accessible film, at least not I would suggest for American kids, and Kids is another one of these forbidden films (assuming you mean the Larry Clark/Harmony Korine film - don\'t know one by Gus van Sant). I\'d probably leave Kids until they\'re over 13...','c1843cdd14adbbb251c813bbcc2654df',0,'','ZCQPgBTp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2687,623,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1063373391,1,0,1,1,1,1,'smurfrevolt','Re: Foreign Films For Highschoolers','well, doesn\'t high school cover 13-18 year olds in the US? i think they can take it.','0e21ad00e4f1515fe8f3081777eaee52',0,'','3cMeaLGx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2688,623,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1063381340,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Gaz','Re: Foreign Films For Highschoolers','I was joking - I wouldn\'t advise that anyone under the age of about 16 or 17 watch Kids. Even then it will hardly suit everyone.','64ed426fdabd1beaea091ecf7f0eb2bb',0,'','Rc3p7bmw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2689,623,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1063549209,1,0,1,1,1,1,'groom_daniel','Re: Foreign Films For Highschoolers','I thought Show Me Love was a good recommendation, simply because it\'s a film about teenagers. Some parents might object to its sexual content, though. Y Tu Mama Tambien is perfect, too, but you\'ve got the same problem of sexual themes. My advice is to find a good Coming of Age film, Childhood drama or Teen film, unfortunately most foreign directors use these genres to explore more complicated aspects of adolescent, especially sexuality, so you get films like Louis Malle\'s Murmur of the Heart. My Life as a Dog is an excellent choice, however. The other route to take is something with an MTV appeal, like Run Lola Run, Ringu or Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Amelie is a fantastic film, but the hardest thing about this is picking a film that will appeal to both boys and girls. The boys would really go for something like Beat Kitano, the girls however might not. ','b973f573ab415f12dcfd9798b7233673',0,'','cRMNBGmX',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2690,623,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1063625246,1,0,1,1,1,1,'smurfrevolt','Re: Foreign Films For Highschoolers','Hey Gaz, yeah, Kids by Larry Clark.  Sorry for the mistake, but high schoolers these days are more mature and more exposed to sexual themes and violence...While I\'m at it, maybe they\'d appreciate A Clockwork Orange too...for the older highschoolers.  ','061af21765bb5891adf25ba2474fdeca',0,'','UPnsm4eT',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2691,623,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1063682249,1,0,1,1,1,1,'manicmo','Re: Foreign Films For Highschoolers','I taught High Schoolers a film history course and their favorite was Fitz Lang\'s M.Umbrellas of Cherbourg was another popular film. \nThanks for the above suggestions from everyone. I\'ll look into them too.','351bbe9e506035ecd850c2a0ccac0ef6',0,'','YfltTHZe',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2692,623,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1063922001,1,0,1,1,1,1,'jpmccusa-1','Re: Foreign Films For Highschoolers','1. \"Kikujiro\"\n2. \"Kahlekuningas\"\n3. \"Aguirre, Wrath of God\" definately\n4. \"400 Blows\"\n5. \"Stolen Children\"\n6. \"Huviretki Painajaisiin\"\n7. \"Yolngu\"\n8. \"The Year My Voice Broke\"\n9. \"Devil\'s Backbone\"\n10. \"Le Jeune Werther\"\n11. \"Cross My Heart\"\n12. \"Once in  Blue Moon\"\n13. \"Max Is Missing\"\n14. \"El Mariachi\"\n15. \"The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly\"','8c505b498a4eba0ca53a6b7bd67134bf',0,'','3jNxgPb4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2693,623,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1064052976,1,0,1,1,1,1,'bigpoppa_2059','Re: Foreign Films For Highschoolers','Good call on \"Once on a Blue Moon\"...frickin\' love that movie. Def. good for high schoolers i.e. young adults.','1eca7f8ff7ea6c7f314cdeee5d4de285',0,'','mfB8Nq2V',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2694,623,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1064780781,1,0,1,1,1,1,'dixie','Re: Foreign Films For Highschoolers','They might also get a kick out of Babette\'s Feast.','e2808b7bf2fb0bb50261fcdebf1b6428',0,'','ZyXjk910',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2695,623,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1065852483,1,0,1,1,1,1,'texan_gal','Re: Foreign Films For Highschoolers','A little bit of history:\n1) Grave of the Fireflies (Japan and WWII)\n2) Das Boot (German U Boats)\n3) Au Revoir Les Enfants (war-time France)','67b4661de127bc2a0d6db181a0e81231',0,'','jJ91lBtb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2696,624,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1062439270,1,0,1,1,1,1,'pre-tender','Please Recommend...!','well i ( again) need recommendation from u ; names of good! films about fether&son relationships from foreign and US movies ?','fa0c89c07f83d6fd89c3dd1bcdf9d174',0,'','doVlRzFe',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2697,624,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1062460383,1,0,1,1,1,1,'felipejuanfroilan','Re: Please Recommend...!','Between one mother and her daughter:\nSTELLA DALLAS, of King Vidor.','5f64f2d8f893ba2a208136871096f269',0,'','2Jfwdqx8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2698,624,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1062465399,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Gaz','Re: Please Recommend...!','Kieslowski\'s Dekalog 1\nLes 400 Coups\nand, though I hate to say it, Ron Howard\'s Parenthood - this has probably the strongest focus on father-son relationships.','1f3d891f18660f4300750ae109b7a3af',0,'','FNpfWzmk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2699,624,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1062967235,1,0,1,1,1,1,'dixie','Re: Please Recommend...!','Affliction, great movie with Nick Nolte and James Colburn (he won an Oscar and Nick Notle should have as well.) ','b96e723bfd49fbd2b943634f7e587cce',0,'','kNJx3ect',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2700,624,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1062968587,1,0,1,1,1,1,'indigo','Re: Please Recommend...!','\'American Heart\' starring Jeff Bridges and Nick Furlong\n\nMade in 1992 and filmed in the Seattle area.\n\nAbout a father (ex-con) and son (streetkid).','74470fc738a80bd1ce888628c35951ff',0,'','oU8xYri4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2701,625,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1062966095,1,0,1,1,1,1,'indigo','greetings all','hi all,\n\nglad to have found this site again, last time it was not so elaborate...\n\ncheck my profile for some of my favourite foreign films (as i add new ones when they come to mind)...\n\njust ordered \'The Bad Sleep Well\' and \'Gonin\' today...\n\nto add to my Kurosawa and Kitano collections...\n\ni really dig foreign films, they give you another world and culture viewpoints...','1e5770e8d10daeacf76204d73f81270d',0,'','c3riBSk7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2702,626,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1063099463,1,0,1,1,1,1,'invalidgreen','Recommendation','If you would be so kind as to post some recommendations for films for me.  I am a young single mother of two and do not care to be indulged with excess sex.  Some innuendo, hidden camera angles, etc are fine, but no full blown stuff please.  Also, please be respectful of my viewing preferences...as I will be with yours.','dacf2927f3fe18619ecaca0f88ae125c',0,'','BUtP2yzJ',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2703,626,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1063154404,1,0,1,1,1,1,'kcpuden1','Re: Recommendation','Here\'s a few, no sex, that I recall: Three Colors Trilogy by K. Kieslowski, To Live by Zhang Yimou, Blue by K. Kiwslowski, Tree of Wooden Clogs, Barking Dogs Never Bite by Bong Joon-ho, anything by A. Kurosawa, A time for Drunken Horses by B. Ghobadi, Apu Trilogy by S. Ray, Taste of Cherry by A. Kairostami, The Wind will carry us by A. Kairostami, The Pianist by Roman Polanski, L\'Atalante by Jean Vigo, Wild Strawberries by Ingmar Bergman and The Day I became a Woman by M. Meshkini.  Well, that\'s something to get you started with.  If you need more, let me know.  Also, if you see any of these and like them, then I can supply you with more movies along the lines of those you like.  Enjoy.','f71e29e2f48575d1ab2727f86e3fcbb0',0,'','Dpnis1X7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2704,626,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1063154616,1,0,1,1,1,1,'kcpuden1','Re: Recommendation','Just to correct mistakes.  Blue is part of the Three Colors Trilogy.  Tree of Wooden Clogs is by Ermanno Olmi, since I mentioned Olmi, may as well add Two Women, note, Two Women has a rape in it, but its from the 40\'s or 50\'s so you don\'t see much.','3bda62270451513fd199acf24d7f21e0',0,'','dn8Vm7ge',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2705,626,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1063547566,1,0,1,1,1,1,'groom_daniel','Re: Recommendation','I would love to recommend some films, but I need to know what kinds of stories you like, as in genre, mood or tone. I don\'t want to recommend stories of unrequited love or doomed lovers, if you really want to see the hope and promise of love. Likewise I don\'t want to recommend a tragedy if you feel like a comedy. Also, if there are any foreign cultures you\'re interested in, that can be helpful. ','97525f6ed0142ebbcc0e3ae23b24b71c',0,'','HUVfTEr4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2706,626,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1063567715,1,0,1,1,1,1,'invalidgreen','Re: Recommendation','As far as genre, I\'m not particular. As long as the story is decent.  Some nations of interest for me are Spain, Mexico, Argentina, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Russia, and Japan.','1fa99030790c9e5f5e9612051c0d4e36',0,'','9xXS8DAh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2707,626,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1063613448,1,0,1,1,1,1,'groom_daniel','Re: Recommendation','I recommend these films:\n\nLate Spring, Yasujiro Ozu\nEat Drink Man Woman, Ang Lee\nAutumn Tale, Eric Rohmer\nTo Live, Zhang Yimou\nPather Panchali, Satyajit Ray\nChildren of Paradise, Marcel Carne\n\nAnd for you and your children, Miyazaki\'s animated feature, My Neighbour Totoro','60758628c11746b3be3b34d45ea6e17e',0,'','4BdU95yz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2708,627,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1063315705,1,0,1,1,1,1,'wcsampey','new viewer','Hi, i\'m new to foreign films. I\'ll be watching my first one tonite called y tiem moma or something like that. anyone have any other recommendations','dd86bb21a3adf2e318225c18649f0ef3',0,'','3QDyKrA2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2709,627,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1063320443,1,0,1,1,1,1,'FF-jason','Re: new viewer','If you\'re interested in modern cinema, have a look at our top 25 new foreign films list:\n\n[url]http://www.foreignfilms.com/top100.asp?films=new[/url]','cd20131af1295151b0d7f85ebd5748bd',0,'','9CkABzQy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2710,627,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1063326112,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Gaz','Re: new viewer','If the film you\'re watching is Y Tu Mama Tambien, and you enjoy it, you might like other recent Mexican films like Amores Perros or El Crimen del Padre Amaro.','2ff70f410e434564ca16ae3d281ce1a6',0,'','m6UQiBXz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2711,627,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1063373464,1,0,1,1,1,1,'smurfrevolt','Re: new viewer','try chungking express.  ','eb30b58448669e73d45f2395fac11652',0,'','Z5LcCW3y',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2712,627,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1063390976,1,0,1,1,1,1,'wcsampey','Re: new viewer','Thanks for your suggestions. Unfortunatley I watched the ytiem momma last night and i shut it off halfway thru. I\'ll check out more, like that 8 1/2','1ff9821443b2513e0d7cc74a77692b47',0,'','JYuG2Vgv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2713,627,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1063503452,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Mr. West','Re: new viewer','Coincidentally, I shut off 8 1/2 in the middle of watching it...\n\nWhy don\'t you tell us what your favorite English-language films are, so we\'ll know what you\'re into?','cbbafc1497efe9b445c5a93f7410348e',0,'','1PjCyFqY',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2714,627,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1063544637,1,0,1,1,1,1,'groom_daniel','Re: new viewer','Why didn\'t you like Y Tu Mama Tambien? It\'s a really good film.','94bc91bc78ccf898175ddaa4c107af82',0,'','JKtk70rB',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2715,627,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1063551766,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Gaz','Re: new viewer','Preferable to 8 1/2.','11788723655fa1197418e0da3d6a8577',0,'','3hNbrCwQ',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2716,627,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1063624906,1,0,1,1,1,1,'smurfrevolt','Re: new viewer','i\'ve only watched Y tu mama tambien and not 8 1/2 but it\'s not that bad.  Maybe not for the squeamish...','99918399daec86f7d1ea4c2e53d9790e',0,'','vMC9JiB2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2717,627,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1063679416,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gratefultiger','Re: new viewer','i would have thought that 8 1/2 was one of the most technically accomplished of all films,a real film buffs delight,it needs to be viewed again & again, it grows on you as La regle du jeu does.','648b5531de500fb6801273761cc9bad8',0,'','8sDuym5z',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2718,628,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1063344923,1,0,1,1,1,1,'FF-jason','Foreign Films for Beginners','Hello everyone,\nI\'d like to set up a section on the site that provides film recommendations for those just getting started. Help me compile a list of recommendations in this thread.\n\nThanks,\nJason','cc69689f0311e746cae24641297d68a4',0,'','m3yPxr1b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2719,628,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1063373547,1,0,1,1,1,1,'smurfrevolt','Re: Foreign Films for Beginners','amelie could be on the list.  chungking express, malena.  ','49556b67f5802c80c197cc361ae2d5fa',0,'','PRT3XerU',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2720,628,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1063380944,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Gaz','Re: Foreign Films for Beginners','Les 400 Coups\nFanny and Alexander\nWild Strawberries\nAu Revoir les Enfants\nAguirre, Wrath of God\nThe Enigma of Kaspar Hauser\nKnife in the Water\nJean de Florette/Manon des Sources\nLa Haine\nY Tu Mama Tambien','0cee8e6f69e71d3394a4c22d6c710a09',0,'','74Qigmop',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2721,628,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1063410473,1,0,1,1,1,1,'kcpuden1','Re: Foreign Films for Beginners','Here\'s a few :\n\nThe Wind will Carry Us by Abbas Kiarostami\n\n8 1/2 by Frederico Fellini (though this might be a bit much\n                            for some beginner\'s)\n\nL\'Atalante by Jean Vigo \n\nKadosh by Amos Gitai\n\nThree Colors Trilogy by K. Kieslowski\n\nWild Strawberries by Ingmar Bergman\n\nA Short film about Love by K. Kieslowski (or all of the \n                                          Dekalog)\n\nSalaam Bombay by Mira Nair\n\nYomimibo By Akira Kurosawa \n\nBangkok Dangerous by the Pang Brothers\n\nViva L\'Amour by Tsai Ming-Liang\n\nStanlingrad by Joseph Vilsmaier\n\nBehind the Sun by Walter Salles\n\nVengeance is Mine by Imammura Shohei\n\nRed Cherry by Zhang Li\n\nAmores Perros by Alejandro G. Inarritu\n\nWoman in the Dunes by Hiroshi Teshigahara \n\nOpen your Eyes by Alejandro Amenabar\n\nZero Kelvin by Stellan Skarsqard\n\nMadadayo by Akira Kurosawa\n\nDersu Uzala by Akira Kurosawa\n\nTin Drum by Volker Schlondorff (though this one might be \n                                be a bit much for some \n                                beginners)\n\nThe Merchant of Four Seasons by Rainer Werner Fassbinder\n\nThe Great Silence by Sergio Gorbucci Spaghetti Western\n\nDiabolique by Henri George Clouzot\n\nThe Seventh Seal by Ignmar Bergman \n\nWooden Man\'s Bride by Jianxin Huang\n\nHigh and Low by Akira Kurosawa\n\nThe Tree of Wooden Clogs by Ermanno Olmi (one of the best\n                                          movies I\'ve ever\n                                          seen) \n\nThe Obscure Object of Desire by Luis Bunuel\n\nDairy of a Chamber Maid by Luis Bunuel\n\nBelle De Jour by Luis Bunuel\n\nThe Road Home by Zhang Yimou (Had me crying like a baby)\n\nOrdet by Carl Theodor Dreyer (might be a bit much for some \n                              beginners)\n\nDas Boot by Wolfgang Petersen (possibly the best war movie\n                               ever)\n\nAquire the Wrath of God by Herzog (though mentioned, can\'t \n                                   be mentioned enough)\n\nRepulsion by Roman Polanski\n\nSonatine by Kitano Takeshi \n\nKiller by Darezhan Omirbaev\n\nHuman Condition Trilogy by Masaki Kobayashi \n\nEureka by Shinji Aoyama\n\nAli Fear Eats the Soul by Rainer Werner Fassbiner\n\nAudition by Takashi Miike (might be a tad scary for some)\n\nThe Sacrifice by Andrei Tarkovsky (might be a tad slow for \n                                   some)\n\nCome and See by Elem Klimov\n\nBarking dogs never bite by Joon-ho Bong\n\nIn the Mood for Love by Wong Kar-Wai\n\nPlenty more, but that\'s a good start.\n\n                                          ','3d39b89f50e69bf4bde51aa9cf4436d6',0,'','GAHjFZtf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2722,628,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1063546803,1,0,1,1,1,1,'groom_daniel','Re: Foreign Films for Beginners','I\'d tend to recommend films with a straight forward narrative. I know when I first started getting into foreign films it was because of films like Kurosawa\'s Rashomon and The Seven Samurai, and Bergman\'s Seventh Seal. Rashomon isn\'t exactly a straight forward narrative, but it\'s easy to understand that it\'s a story told from four different perspectives. Pather Panchali is a good film for beginners, a well told, conventional story with a good rhythm. Although, to be honest, something modern like Amelie really is perfect, especially given it\'s conventional ending. That isn\'t to say that new viewers can\'t appreciate a \"cinema of ideas\", I just think it\'s better to see the great storytellers first. ','8115e5e96a343e4d66167e61d322d807',0,'','DBJKW0Qb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2723,629,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1063468072,1,0,1,1,1,1,'dmarcogliese','Cuba Film Festival','           Key West-Cuba Heritage Institute, LLC         \n\n        http://www.keywestcubaheritageinstitute.org/\n\n             417 Angela St. Key West, FL 33040\n\n      Telephone 305-295-8706     Facsimile 305-295-6496\n\nHi everyone,\n\n   I am not looking to spam this message board, but I work for a company which offers a trip to the Cuba Film Festival for Americans leaving out of Miami.  Simply put, we are trying to find people interested in going and this appeared to be a great location to spread the word around.  We already have several groups leaving from California and the more the merrier.  The more the merrier and I apologize if this post isn\'t appropriate.  Thanks\n\n   Don\n\nHello,\n    My name is Don Marcogliese and I am the Boston regional representative for the Key West-Cuba Heritage Institute.  We are currently offering two sessions to the Cuban Film Festival and this is a great opportunity for lovers of the cinema to explore one of their interests in a unique setting.  The schedule of our trips and more information can be found below.  Thank you for your time and please do not hesitate to contact me by email if you have any questions about the Key West Cuba Heritage Institute or it\'s programs.\n\n 1. Culture and Cuban Cinema: This trip occurs during the Cuban Film Festival(www.habanafilmfestival.com)\n\n        November 30-December 6\n        December 7-December 13\n\nPlease view the link below for the current itinerary\n\nhttp://www.keywestcubaheritageinstitute.org/cineitinerary3.html\n\n\n   The Key West-Cuba Heritage Institute is a multidisciplinary institution whose mission is to advance research and teaching on Cuba-United States history and related fields, expand contacts, and enhance public awareness of Cuba in the United States.  The Institute’s educational programs prepare United States citizens to understand the history of Cuba and Key West from the perspectives of centuries of cultural and socioeconomic exchanges.  The Institute is interested in both breadth and depth of inquiry in a wide variety of fields, including the humanities, sciences and social science.  \n   \n   The Key West Cuba Heritage Institute offers several itineraries through the end of 2003 for interested parties in the New England area.  Please note all active United States government issued licenses expire by the end of 2003 and legal travel opportunities to Cuba will not be available in 2004 due to the presidential election.  \n  \n     \nDon Marcogliese\nBoston Regional Representative\nKey West Cuba Heritage Institute\ndmarcogliese@keywestcubaheritageinstitute.org\n','781015816671df6ad1df3a53efcf1914',0,'','NbgGxha7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2724,629,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1065892763,1,0,1,1,1,1,'dmarcogliese','Re: Cuba Film Festival','Hello everyone,\n   I hope you are all having a great week and I would once again like to thank everyone who has responded to me about our programs to Cuba.  Please contact me if you are interested in enrolling in these exciting programs.\n\n   A number of people have informed me their availability in 2003 prevents them from taking part in these trips.  As I have mentioned before, all travel licenses expire at the end of this year and future U.S. policy of allowing travel to Cuba has not been finalized.  That being said, if you are interested in visiting Cuba in the future please send me your information so I may keep it on file and contact you when the new policy has been finalized.  Please note this may not occur in 2004.  Thank You.\n\nDon Marcogliese\nBoston Regional Representative\nKey West Cuba Heritage Institute\n617-908-5583\ndmarcogliese@keywestcubaheritageinstitute.org','7e626dcd5636f93039953985f958be7c',0,'','kZNbSJEY',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2725,629,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1065904364,1,0,1,1,1,1,'dmarcogliese','Re: Cuba Film Festival','Here are a couple of news stories. One involves the Key West Cuba Heritage Institute\'s concert in Key West Sunday night October 12th featuring Los Van Van and the other involves Bush\'s speech concerning his policy on Cuba.\n\nhttp://keysnews.com/278851031916435.bsp.htm\n\nhttp://abcnews.go.com/wire/Politics/ap20031011_417.html','92bb18fbf718a572ac8fc84701b0378f',0,'','lcJqmVz6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2726,630,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1063522906,1,0,1,1,1,1,'rr165','I film I saw in Europe... help me figure it out!','Hello! Please help me figure out this movie. It\'s about these 2 rings. This mild mannered guy had one of them.... I think he is Yugoslavian.. he goes elsewhere and this girl gets him high and seduces him and steals the ring. She is able to assume the appearance of other girls (or maybe it\'s because he was high and confused) An interesting part of the movie is that where-ever they are they speak the language of the place (english, german, serb) with no subtitles...... anyone have any ideas? Any info would be great. Thank you','35db1c774381c7c482a90dccc6dbeee3',0,'','pHku2ioS',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2727,631,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1063681403,1,0,1,1,1,1,'manicmo','I need the name of this japanese film','This was a contemporary Japanese film. It begins with two siblings, boy and younger age girl, going off to school on a bus, waving goodbye to the mother. That is the last time they see her. The bus gets hijacked. The children survive and are found living alone in their home ( I cannot recall why the parents are not there) The bus driver also survived and hunts them down. He finds them living in squalor. He moves in, looks after them and sometime after takes them on a long bus ride through a countryside, a remote area in Japan,to finally arrive at the seaside. Along the way the boy has given himself up to a police station for something he did. My memory is dim in parts but the movie has haunted me for  years since I saw it. Does anyone recognize this?','5842d4b66f503c8e0e88d8289f9b16f2',0,'','hwVjJmPo',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2728,631,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1063738748,1,0,1,1,1,1,'auteur','Re: I need the name of this japanese film','Shinji Aoyama\'s EUREKA is simply one of the best films I have seen in the past few years. The film was released in 2000 in Japan but too few have seen it in North America. I think that the almost 4 hour running time scared distributors. I decided to buy the import DVD because I know I\'ll want to watch it several times in the future.','5021575785ea8a68393d4487e43eaf83',0,'','D1lXMbrH',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2729,631,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1063761249,1,0,1,1,1,1,'manicmo','Re: I need the name of this japanese film','WOW! Thank you so much!!  I agree it was a stunning film. Now where do you go to find it? Definately worth importing but from where? Any ideas?','5f49ede999770d854640e3edaa16d6ec',0,'','fDlLdiTz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2730,631,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1063762034,1,0,1,1,1,1,'kcpuden1','Re: I need the name of this japanese film','You can get the film from HKFlix.com, which is where I got mine.  There are numerous other places : Amazon.co.uk and MachiavelDVD.com to name a couple.  Note, to my knowledge, currently PAL format only.  Agreed, this is simply a great movie.  One of the better recent movies I have seen.  ','42ccc93b91b8a0cffd537a85c55b9ca9',0,'','aKt807P5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2731,631,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1063763717,1,0,1,1,1,1,'auteur','Re: I need the name of this japanese film','There is a widescreen NTSC version that\'s always available on ebay for $16 to $22 including shipping to the US. You can choose English OR Mandarin OR no subtitles. There are two copies from different sellers available right now. The image quality is excellent.','69b44d809dc5ee3d21ca6bbc67e42d6c',0,'','CnJZh8Hq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2732,631,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1063936701,1,0,1,1,1,1,'manicmo','Re: I need the name of this japanese film','Done. I\'m so grateful to you both.','b9583a99691c8546c537d43c780cb5e0',0,'','7pcmhUVM',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2733,632,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1063733715,1,0,1,1,1,1,'miketripp','Rashomon - Film Discussion','So...  I\'m using the local public library to catch up on a lot of the films I feel like I should have seen but never got around to watching.  It\'s great because the library near me actually has a large foreign film DVD collection and the rentals are free for 3 days.\n\nAnyway, last night I watched Kurosawa\'s \"Rashomon\".  The movie definitely lived up to my expectations.  I do have some questions that others might be able to shed light on.\n\nI\'ve read in numerous places that the ending is rather open to interpretation and the point of the film is that subjective truth lies in the mind of those watching.  Every telling of the story an interpretation of the mind that experienced it.  I also seem to have read that the final \'witness\' version must be the \"T\"ruth as evidenced by the validation the woodcarver gets from the priest in the end (restoring his faith in man).\n\nUnfortunatley, the library DVDs don\'t have the written inserts and I know that the criterion collection version had an excerpt from Kurosawa\'s autobiography in which he spoke of the film.  \n\nAnyone have any insight, thoughts, reviews or critiques of this Japanese cinema classic??\n','b4a20cc18ca14af9b5a3c23d5da25222',0,'','bmvULrEh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2734,632,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1063737954,1,0,1,1,1,1,'auteur','Re: Rashomon - Film Discussion','NONE of the tellings of the story is the Truth. The point of RASHOMON is that even when we mean to tell the Truth, even when we are not conscious of altering the Truth(lying,embellishing,withholding,etc.), we cannot achieve absolute truth. We can only achieve a truth that is subjective because we only perceive a portion of reality and that portion is \"filtered\" through memory, personality, cognition, language, etc. When Priest exclaims: \"I have seen hundreds die like animals but THIS is terrible\", he is referring to this inherent ignorance, this human limitation.\nTowards the end, the Wood Dealer and Priest hear the cries of an abandoned infant. Wood Dealer decides to adopt the baby even though he has several mouths to feed already. We see him smiling(the film\'s sole smile),walking away from Rashomon gate, baby in arms. The film proposes that human suffering and ignorance, which is a given, can only be abated through love and self-sacrifice.','8022eb01209e483d8a134848cb430f6f',0,'','tUDJLgMl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2735,632,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1063754986,1,0,1,1,1,1,'miketripp','Re: Rashomon - Film Discussion','\"The film proposes that human suffering and ignorance, which is a given, can only be abated through love and self-sacrifice.\"\n\nAhhh...  sometimes I can be a dolt..   I wasn\'t seeing it from this perspective at the end of the movie but it makes perfect sense.  I got the idea that all of the stories were made up of each person\'s interpretation of what happened but didn\'t make the explicit connection that the woodcarvers redemption is on account of his acceptance of the child (humankinds love and grace).  I knew there was a message there (thus the reason for the child) but you succinctly summed it up.  Thanks.  ','82b28c1f9042f3247e153029435214c2',0,'','icTU1GZ5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2736,632,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1063812405,1,0,1,1,1,1,'groom_daniel','Re: Rashomon - Film Discussion','Donald Richie\'s Focus on Rashomon is worth reading, if your library has it. \n\nWhen Kurosawa\'s assistant directors couldn\'t understand the script and wanted an explanation, he told them, \"Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing…You say that you can\'t understand this script at all, but that is because the human heart itself is impossible to understand. If you focus on the impossibility of truly understanding human psychology and read the script one more time, I think you will grasp the point of it.\"\n','8a799a936ccc11986200fb3cc00228f0',0,'','vYbSFZhx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2737,633,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1064089993,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Ria','Terminator 2 - V1, V2, V3','Has anyone else seen all 3 versions?\n\nThe 1st is of course the cinema version (which is actually very hard to get a hold of unless you still like to buy videos).\n\n2nd is the directors cut, now on DVD.  It has a lot of extra footage that I think add a lot to the film.\n\nHowever, I have also seen a 3rd version on Laser Disc (copied to video form a guy that fell for LD).  I can’t remember if anything was different during the movie but the end was totally different.  It ends with you seeing something that look like ‘the’ playground.  A man is pushing a kid on the swing.  Sarah’s voice is narrating.  She says (something like): “Well 2029 came and went, nothing happened.  I still get that feeling but it’s much further away now”.  It zooms in on an old lady sitting on a bench.  It’s Sarah.  The man pushing the kid on the swing is Connor, now grown up.\n\nHas anyone else seen the 3rd version?','47d282db75678958f85dea87a8982bc4',0,'','YSoNJrnw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2738,633,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1065562615,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Ria','Re: Terminator 2 - V1, V2, V3','Surley someone\'s else have seen them?','263b6b3f07fc74cdc8084df00e3ded8c',0,'','gGUvjW3d',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2739,633,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1065576133,1,0,1,1,1,1,'auteur','Re: Terminator 2 - V1, V2, V3','You should be watching classic foreign films instead of three versions of a Hollywood action flick. Your favorites list looks anemic. Nothing older than that classic El Mariachi film eh?','58543efe7b35b392613d2840f391e0ed',0,'','tbGkQRxh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2740,633,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1065649441,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Ria','Re: Terminator 2 - V1, V2, V3','They are my [b]favourites[/b].  That doesn\'t mean I haven\'t seen anything older than that.\n\nMostly I find \'classic\' movies highly overrated.  Perhaps they were something in their day but now they\'re nothing execpt to those holding on to their youth.','7aad14ac430547b79766c5e652bbca4e',0,'','0XYTB6Qc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2741,633,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1065668701,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gratefultiger','Re: Terminator 2 - V1, V2, V3','Dear Ria, Classics do one thing others cannot do they stand the test of time,as you get older you will understand that! i am not patronising you as i like the Terminator myself as did believe it or not Tarkovsky! cheers ','1ea39f40e08e2de52bab6e218b31c65e',0,'','yAQnhe6i',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2742,633,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1065704610,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Gaz','Re: Terminator 2 - V1, V2, V3','Well I\'m not exactly holding on to my youth, and I rate \'classic\' movies very highly. It is a mistake in any case to judge a movie \'classic\' only when it has attained age. There are modern classics too. Only a Philistine would condemn classic movies in a sentence.','1718f035e1340720d88da1b69a0faac6',0,'','QgqwUodr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2743,633,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1065704695,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Gaz','Re: Terminator 2 - V1, V2, V3','BTW\n\nPhilistine  \nSYLLABICATION: Phil·is·tine \nPRONUNCIATION: AUDIO: fl-stn, f-lstn, -tn     KEY  \nNOUN: 1. A member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century b.c. \n2a. A smug, ignorant, especially middle-class person who is regarded as being indifferent or antagonistic to artistic and cultural values. b. One who lacks knowledge in a specific area.  ','14f3a235d1f2f9f370c0d04c394bcf13',0,'','shF4U3Cz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2744,633,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1065742076,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Gaz','Re: Terminator 2 - V1, V2, V3','Incidentally, I have just seen Godard\'s Le Mépris at the cinema - a rare privilege - one of those occasions where it is justifiable to use the phrase \"They don\'t make \'em like that anymore.\" This is the kind of film which, with all the care and funding in the world, and for all sorts of reasons could never be made in this day and age.\n\nAlso the film which contains possibly the greatest on-screen Philistine (while we\'re on the subject) - Jerry Prokosch (Jack Palance). \"I like gods; I know exactly how they feel.\"','bcd788891cbd65049c914a01de087e4f',0,'','JLYqayl0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2745,633,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1066037493,1,0,1,1,1,1,'stof_','Re: Terminator 2 - V1, V2, V3','Dear Ria,\nI know the ending your talking about, I\'ve seen it before on a T2 special. It was the original planned ending for the film. However at the last second they decided it was no good, so they filmed a stretch of Highway and gave Sarrah the narration piece. I hope that clears things up for you.\n\nand to everybody else, can\'t someone ask a question without getting hounded for their film taste? people like all kinds of films for all kinds of reasons. If you can\'t help answer the post\'s question, just pass on this discussion!\n','d6e2f59d7521bc3da3e708f372a68c84',0,'','Rd2ia8sW',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2746,633,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1066096022,1,0,1,1,1,1,'chris','Re: Terminator 2 - V1, V2, V3','Here Here stuf,but I guess you know the old saying about opinions and everyone having one.It was just a question for Petes sake.Talk about Philistines!','a15274373a6e05efad8ee5c0122b1e85',0,'','j2Yr9W3k',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2747,633,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1066670344,1,0,1,1,1,1,'christopherbaggins','Re: Terminator 2 - V1, V2, V3',' I\'ve got a great suggestion for all of you. Rent Bad Boy Bubby','956651586555a46033480398f5cf5592',0,'','dAT3yP62',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2748,634,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1064092999,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Ria','*SPOILERS*','[b]How come no one here warns for spoilers?[/b]  Isn’t it common curtseys to warn someone if you are going to spoil a movie for them?  They may want to read what people though of it without being told all about it.','7688ced25008b9ce59e69c1125794442',0,'','H5F1b670',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2749,634,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1064353483,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Ria','Re: *SPOILERS*','Please DON\'T do a movie review and tell all the details in the movie!','97fac6990115eb570dad60d1cc4f0dc3',0,'','MNjkWnUD',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2750,634,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1064458666,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gratefultiger','Re: *SPOILERS*','A sensible comment, i hope they are paying attention','550565707d2c8603385c5a96bb063f4e',0,'','9itqxepa',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2751,634,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1065414553,1,0,1,1,1,1,'nina*','Re: *SPOILERS*','+It should be illegal to show more than the first 1/3 of a movie on the trailer..  \n\n\n','0498c5765e2a80283b2d881531d797e9',0,'','kHpLvVDA',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2752,634,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1065562337,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Ria','Re: *SPOILERS*','Arghhhhhhhhhhh so agree about trailers too.\n\nI was flicking through channels and all of the sudden heard \"& the scariest thing about \"Cabin Fever\" is ...\"!!!   So now I know what it is.  \n\nArghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh usless muppets!','ff2199e9c94f8e691f99401cc978f8b4',0,'','ZAcrCWV1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2753,635,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1064313162,1,0,1,1,1,1,'groom_daniel','Whale Rider','I was wondering what people thought of Whale Rider, or New Zealand films in general, since that\'s where I\'m from. ','b16cff35776071b6248e3bbfa02aea8b',0,'','hbTePcaq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2754,635,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1064407070,1,0,1,1,1,1,'pre-tender','Re: Whale Rider','Hello, i have not seen Whale Rider yet but to talk about one film; The Piano by jane Campion, it was great and it is on the second position n my top20 list, after seeing it i decided to see not only more Campion films but also more New Zealend films.\nAlso landscapes in The Piano was so great that i decided to see New Zealand as a tourist but i need few yers to be able to afferd a trip to there :) , even one night i dreamed Nez Zealand\'s shores :) in my dream...\nKeep making good films and keep those beauties clean...!','917a2289ebe152e020f000dd3588f6aa',0,'','2mqz0Ztw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2755,635,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1064458555,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gratefultiger','Re: Whale Rider','Hello Tuncay try the Kiwi (NZ) films,\"the navigator\"(a film of time Travel& Spirituality) & \"UTU\" a study of the maori in colonial times,the powerful \"once were warriors\" maori in modern society. 3 gems i hope u come to love..cheers chas','2ce04eed8d03bb924fab331162739c30',0,'','yVdTXBFi',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2756,635,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1065471159,1,0,1,1,1,1,'bigpoppa_2059','Re: Whale Rider','I\'ve seen Whale Rider twice and I\'m taking my mother to see it this weekend with me. The climactic scene with the whales swimming thru the water with the girl on its back is transcendent.','6d553ca42ebb9bc9b721e937af233e89',0,'','8U3LiPr2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2757,635,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1065555637,1,0,1,1,1,1,'jasjesbe','Re: Whale Rider','Vincent Ward\'s [b]Navigator[/b] was an extraordinary film, and I\'ve been waiting a long, long time for a DVD edition that can do justice to its quality. \n\nSomething, let\'s say, like Criterion\'s job on [b]Walkabout[/b], Nicolas Roeg\'s australian masterpiece.','4c35f27f72c5dcb146e8472193f1e478',0,'','cRUhi4aw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2758,636,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1064399316,1,0,1,1,1,1,'john-5','Brecon film society season','As publicist for our film society in Brecon, Wales this is to invite any of you who live in range to come to our current season of films. As we\'re a not-for-profit organisation i hope this ad is acceptable. \n\nThe Man Who Wasn\'t There came and went on 1 Sept.\n\n6 Oct; La Grande Illusion\n3 Nov; City of God\n17 Nov; Talk to Her\n1 Dec; The Closet\n5 Jan; The Man without a Past\n19 Jan; Touch of Evil\n2 Feb; Werckmeister Harmonies\n16 Feb; The Colour of Paradise\n1 Mar; Persona\n15 Mar; Dirty Pretty Things\n5 April; The Leopard\n3 May; Russian Ark\n7 Jun; At the Height of Summer\n\nComments welcome, attendance (Brecon cinema) even more welcome. ','e910d01bfb00ebd5fe7815e069c7ac1d',0,'','XqAREnrK',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2759,637,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1064783897,1,0,1,1,1,1,'dixie','Ballad of Narayama','Imamura\'s version of The Ballad of Narayama is my all-time favorite film. Does anyone know if it is available on DVD as I can\'t seem to get it anywhere? (I need English subtitles). Does anyone like this film as much as me?','271e9368ff0b3bbd7d221e31dbd1d8a3',0,'','aUuf4hDG',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2760,638,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1064804089,1,0,1,1,1,1,'plutonium','le grand buffet','hello, \ni need some help finding a movie\n\n\"le grand buffet\" is the title i think\n\ni dont know much about the movie, just that it involves a bunch of men basically eating excessive amounts of food, and eventually dying from over eating.\n\ncan anyone help me?','ec4a61c198bf61d08a7c3f780edf37ae',0,'','cCusWmE2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2761,638,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1064850039,1,0,1,1,1,1,'ilibenzon','Re: le grand buffet','I saw this film 10 years ago on a festival. The director is Marco Ferreri. Good movie, fun to watch\nYou probably can rent it from Netflix or buy. I think I saw this one selling on Amazon','17dcdaba016cdf00fbe06ce6d26fc1ba',0,'','aPzj0Kou',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2762,638,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1064876335,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Gaz','Re: le grand buffet','La Grande Bouffe','63fbb49e85419dd66a3fcfe2abc30d76',0,'','aGTF29zh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2763,638,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1065063261,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gratefultiger','Re: le grand buffet','La grande Bouffe what a hoot, if you can\'t find it gaz i may be able to help.it is a very funny film i know i have it somewhere finding it\'s the problem.','4b0312e8724f3c1ab4f9ab1446711bcd',0,'','aunfL6ls',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2764,638,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1065100342,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Gaz','Re: le grand buffet','Actually I\'m not looking for it, though if I wanted a copy there are some available from Amazon.co.uk Marketplace/ZShops.','b45eb9b857977eb5b1015ef588d22958',0,'','Dx5qylU3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2765,639,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1064974673,1,0,1,1,1,1,'cdtdata','Buying public performance rights','Hey, does anyone have the names of some good distributors that sell the public performance rights with their films?  Zeitgeist does, but I would like to find some others in addition.  Thanks!','fe777fd884ba646ae915a50ed3ada847',0,'','XEtAK9TU',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2766,640,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1065213927,1,0,1,1,1,1,'returner','Asian Action Film: THE RETURNER Out:10/17 See The Trailer!!','Hey we need some help promoting this sick new Japanese Anime Action Flick: THE RETURNER.. We are looking for fans of this movie in SF, LA, San Diego, Seattle, Boston, Chicago, NYC and Honolulu to help us with promotions. \n\nYou get compensation for your efforts. Real easy stuff and not time consuming. \n\nWrite: returner@soulkool.com \nif you wanna help!! \n\nOr go to http://soulkool.com \nand click THE RETURNER movie poster and hit \nSIGN UP NOW!! \n\nBelow is a description of the movie and a link to the trailer. \n\nTHE RETURNER combines the hyper-real action of THE MATRIX with the futurism of MINORITY REPORT in a frantic race to save mankind. \n\nhttp://www.sonypictures.com/movies/returner/ \n\nThe year is 2084 and the human race is fighting an alien militia to save the last remnant of civilization.  A young heroine named Milly  (ANN SUZUKI) escapes the war and jumps back in time to present-day Japan in an attempt to change history and prvent the demise of her people.  Milly\'s return lands her in the middle of a local crime war between Miyamoto (TAKESHI KANESHIRO), a street-smart gunman, and Mizoguchi (GORO KISHITANI), Japan\'s crime leader.  Milly must coerce Miyamototo to help chase down the extraterrestrial and save the human race...But first Milly must convince Miyamoto she\'s for real.  In the visceral, dark, cold world of the streets, these two fight against the evil and ignorance that will destroy everything. \n\nhttp://soulkool.com\n','91964e1dcff152dcaed5496c6d8673f8',0,'','qdvunz10',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2767,641,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1065279331,1,0,1,1,1,1,'DIDIER','error?','i noticed that Le Salaire de la Peur (1953) hadn\'t been listed in top 100 films.why?\nit has 101 votes and scored at 8.5','74eea506095a40707e7fde1785469932',0,'','uQ8pjxqG',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2768,641,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1065279709,1,0,1,1,1,1,'DIDIER','Re: error?','sorry terribly!\nit\'s been registered in English title','77ca042b600bf475dad592c550bd1cbe',0,'','P4BwAUzu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2769,641,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1065281327,1,0,1,1,1,1,'DIDIER','Re: error?','this time i really found a big error\nJean-Hugues Anglade -a french actor has four entries at this site\n[url]http://www.foreignfilms.com/person.asp?person_id=35412[/url]\n\nhttp://www.foreignfilms.com/person.asp?person_id=63464\nhttp://www.foreignfilms.com/person.asp?person_id=36657\nhttp://www.foreignfilms.com/person.asp?person_id=1561\n\n\n\n\n\n\n','6b4d5bb9498c0a5e1e6caaf2a29a7e6d',0,'','3zjUcmMZ',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2770,641,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1065281825,1,0,1,1,1,1,'DIDIER','Re: error?','imdb used to have 2 entries on johnny hallyday\nnow they \'ve know that the french one hasn\'t been a stuntman ever\n\nand much more filmography errors\n','84b3d5f9867727cafb2cfa99ae08fef9',0,'','M2b5tCrR',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2771,642,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1065482548,1,0,1,1,1,1,'thegreatken1','Bubba Ho-Tep','I don\'t know if we are doing any more US indie films, but who saw \"Bubba Ho-Tep\"?  It was a great movie.  Bruce Campbell was great as \"Elvis\" and I shook hands with him last Saturday.','2b1c3512db94d91471bf0bb7a2cf6e7c',0,'','NGhXxlgC',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2772,642,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1067078941,1,0,1,1,1,1,'bigpoppa_2059','Re: Bubba Ho-Tep','Cool...I would love to meet Bruce Campbell. The Evil Dead movies are my fav late night-hanging out with friends-while getting drunk movies. They are just so damn fun. I imagine he was a nice guy but what was he like? ','89f0413ef25e2f7780ad8ad1715f903f',0,'','82pPb1f3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2773,643,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1065651259,1,0,1,1,1,1,'brown4414','information wanted','I am looking for information as to the title and video availability of a japanese film in which one scene shows a boy falling from an apartment and getting up to say that he \"fall down go boom\".\n\nThank you,\n\nBill','ac45d3e040a5be6aa2379a37bf4f3301',0,'','QJsgUnex',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2774,643,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1065653257,1,0,1,1,1,1,'jpmccusa-1','Re: information wanted','This precise event occurs in Truffaut\'s \"Small Change\" (1976)','1f24cf818282c57fe92418d4230498b0',0,'','qnrWVXE2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2775,644,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1065729838,1,0,1,1,1,1,'texan_gal','All About Lily Chou-Chou: soundtrack','Does anyone know where the soundtack to All About Lily Chou-Chou can be obtained? I love the tribute to Debussy and found the music to be quite haunting. I guess it\'s all about the \"ether.\" Ha ha.','e33eb50b4e3d153c86e9825441f1f0bf',0,'','578UPNMH',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2776,645,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1065808084,1,0,1,1,1,1,'nbirkhahn','desperately seeking name of movie','Does anyone know the name of the movie which features a former Miss Universe (?) model and was filmed in different parts of the world?\n','31ae43cd61249f8fb44d92a385b01693',0,'','WYVkJgHe',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2777,645,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1065981464,1,0,1,1,1,1,'nbirkhahn','Re: desperately seeking name of movie','Okay...no one seems to be able to help me. How about some more info? The movie was about Eve (as in Adam and) as well as featuring the lead in her birthday suit throughout most of the movie!','894b8430b1b82b6f5acbd0b8f1c7f3bf',0,'','ueB60vdX',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2778,645,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1066100618,1,0,1,1,1,1,'nina*','Re: desperately seeking name of movie','\"Adam & Eve\" (1958,Mexico) starring Christiane Martel (miss universe 1953) directed by Alberto Gout.-? ','fa95a256eab0d8d995cae86bd6d520a7',0,'','CecTUi6M',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2779,645,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1066537042,1,0,1,1,1,1,'nbirkhahn','Re: desperately seeking name of movie','No, this movie was made and released recently.\n','1d486f641e4b27becae36ddb7d8c607c',0,'','MC7VosWk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2780,646,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1065842593,1,0,1,1,1,1,'nina*','Does anyone know this film?','I saw this movie 5 years ago.It was from the 80s or 90s,black & white,low budget,US or Canadian(?).I thought it was called \"Missing Hugh\" but I haven\'t found anything with that or any similiar title..  Anyway: a woman (in a polka dotted dress) goes to visit a friend she hasn\'t seen in a while,this man(Hugh?) is living with his boyfriend in a house by a lake (there are few boat scenes).During the visit,for some reason the guy just leaves one morning../Anyone?    ','dec329f7f24cddc55d355fa882ddab04',0,'','VuHv4Fyh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2781,646,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1065875075,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Gaz','Re: Does anyone know this film?','Apart from Hugh?\n\n[url]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0297737/[/url]','1a8b95ea87ba7fc5183713cd475adebd',0,'','Q23J4oPb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2782,646,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1065918966,1,0,1,1,1,1,'nina*','Re: Does anyone know this film?','That\'s it! Fantastic.. thanks!','5769ba908db8454008f77af57062ec07',0,'','l0WwoxMg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2783,646,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1065919017,1,0,1,1,1,1,'nina*','Re: Does anyone know this film?','That\'s it! Fantastic.. thanks!','5769ba908db8454008f77af57062ec07',0,'','8K9Ft1Ci',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2784,647,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1066131515,1,0,1,1,1,1,'groom_daniel','Woman of the Dunes (SPOILERS)','I\'ve been watching Hiroshi Teshigahara\'s Woman of the Dunes and the open ending left me wondering what happened to the woman. Did anyone else get the feeling they were going to kill her? Has anybody read Kobo Abe\'s novel? Does it reveal the woman\'s fate? ','b4dea54a4f2b85a445f33f429b168ef5',0,'','lqybUvCh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2785,647,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1066670177,1,0,1,1,1,1,'christopherbaggins','Re: Woman of the Dunes (SPOILERS)','go see bad boy bubby','eb4965ddb3c9b27c5c8f45a210fae82d',0,'','Fm0xk5Ba',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2786,647,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1066874024,1,0,1,1,1,1,'asukalangley2u','Re: Woman of the Dunes (SPOILERS)','I know what you mean and although I did not read the book, I think the woman died because she had an \"abonormal birth\". I think the kid at the end of the movie was her son','9753151f37f1e6c8c71f5a0146f2b0ef',0,'','Khs1pktZ',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2787,648,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1066390609,1,0,1,1,1,1,'nina*','Has anyone seen Dogville?','What did you think? ','b583c58f5ffac98c3e257ad5b2ed6c5c',0,'','Ugj92muK',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2788,648,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1066670134,1,0,1,1,1,1,'christopherbaggins','Re: Has anyone seen Dogville?','go see bad boy bubby an australian foreign film','4b6bfa70e3bc24d25daae79dcb3acf22',0,'','tQwsGUrT',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2789,648,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1066725937,1,0,1,1,1,1,'auteur','Re: Has anyone seen Dogville?','There is a constant tension that develops between realism and stylization here. The performances, shooting angles(except for 3 overhead shots), camera movement, and era-specific costumes emphasize realism. The one-stage setting, minimal props and voice-over narration emphasize the artificial and stylized. Again Trier\'s protagonist is a victimized female. [i]Dogville[/i] is a filmed play about the use of power and the loss of innocence. The closing credits over pictures of poor and derelict Americans to Bowie\'s \"Young Americans\" leave no doubt that, at least in part, 1930s Dogville,Colorado stands for the one superpower. Which is not to say the allegory doesn\'t apply elsewhere.   ','0de953199967d59712112fa60243541e',0,'','iRGfYna5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2790,648,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1066750875,1,0,1,1,1,1,'nina*','Re: Has anyone seen Dogville?',' The Ending credits I tought to be also just Trier\'s sence of humor, getting the media coverage he did after Dancer in the dark (about being anti-American), as well as to provoke the same people even more. (\'SPOILERS\' ahead..) Indeed this was another tale of a female martyr from Trier (what would Freud say?), but this time with a twist (thank god-lesnes). The most humiliating & dignity ripping thing happening to Grace, I would call the collar (/cross). Even so with all the raping going on..  In a way it was a calssic fairytale (/Hollywood?) story, whit Dogville being the evil stepmother and  everybody getting what they deserve in the end (even Moses got his). except for that usually the main caracter doesn\'t get her/his own hands bloody (not in the Disney versions anyway). So, the ending wasn\'t really so suprising, as it is the common one (in fiction anyway..). But next to Trier\'s previous films, with similiar caracters & endings, I tought it was a welcome one (-there was revenge to go around). Perhaps it made this one also the most likable one . The experimental settings as well as the chapters & narrator were very effective, I think. It will be interesting to see the 2nd part of the thriology; as well as how another actress will play the same  caracter, under the same direction. Also, this just might have been the most realistic picture about SOME small towns or communities (families?). ','098bd4720770d1a9af6ecac09c510445',0,'','LHaC3eTc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2791,648,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1066751346,1,0,1,1,1,1,'nina*','Re: Has anyone seen Dogville?','And Im sorry, but \"Bad Boy Bubby\" must be one of the worst movie titles I\'ve ever heard! It\'s up there with \"Show me love\". ','d5113b571b8da4e5b91d3df51e888d09',0,'','vYXc1VMo',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2792,648,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1067078614,1,0,1,1,1,1,'bigpoppa_2059','Re: Has anyone seen Dogville?','Bad titles true...both excellent films though.\n\nBTW, Dogville is def. anti-American. What I really am waiting for though is a chance to see Vincent Gallo\'s The Brown Bunny...','8129a42492b4450330caa2c33456359f',0,'','LpHehCZ2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2793,648,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1067099069,1,0,1,1,1,1,'nina*','Re: Has anyone seen Dogville?','I don\'t think the movie it self is anti-US, just the ending credits might be a bit slap on the face.. /taking a piss (on the flag?). In any case, good song & \"nice\" pictures. Brown Bunny sounds like it\'s going to b another \"Kids\" type of movie, I have a passionate hate affair with Kids. But hell.. if the French like it it must b good..! Even if the director is sorry for making it.\n\n\n','35d62377ec1ae9cccf96e917dbb9e80c',0,'','1ftqEG68',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2794,648,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1068576977,1,0,1,1,1,1,'ustink','Re: Has anyone seen Dogville?','Can you  get any more anti-American by pissing on The Flag?\nWell, I guess that different things could be done, but the mere fact bodily fluids were squirted on the flag surely cannot mean love for it.  ','9f590eff106c29023cb17b76e60cf352',0,'','BWL9DSm4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2795,648,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1068584638,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Gaz','Re: Has anyone seen Dogville?','I suppose a massive terrorist attack on New York might be thought of as more anti-US than pissing on the flag.','29650c1381f4aaea80fb24b8abe17cc3',0,'','Klpqas8n',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2796,648,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1068593012,1,0,1,1,1,1,'ustink','Re: Has anyone seen Dogville?','Do you think so?  Of course it was against the US, but it is widely known lots of international business was being done there.  Americans weren\'t the only ones hurt.  The flag is sacred only to the US.  That is, unless you are Johnny Depp.','10175ab4c59e24afa9d167819da02071',0,'','TMaCZ2Qv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2797,648,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1068599677,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Gaz','Re: Has anyone seen Dogville?','There have been lively political discussions here before about the war on terror, which have gotten (to use an Americanism) out of hand, so I\'m not going to say any more on the subject. Though I stick by my original point.','ca1c41b9e2b14527005a5477f7cf1e37',0,'','SuB3Zxy6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2798,648,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1068622035,1,0,1,1,1,1,'auteur','Re: Has anyone seen Dogville?','If by \"anti-American\" we mean critical of specific aspects of American domestic and foreign policy, then the term applies to the film. I propose that the final credits constitute von Trier\'s directive to correlate the characters\' actions(misuse of power, revenge,lack of compassion, deceit, etc.) with those of the US government.  ','2790c7bc63ec958e3aa0068dfc0b1360',0,'','9ydsKfMw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2799,648,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1068674268,1,0,1,1,1,1,'nina*','Re: Has anyone seen Dogville?','Ok, makes sense Auteur. & Nobody pissed on the flag Pims! I don\'t bow for flags or think of any flag is sacred, but by doeing eh something quite opposite to one I think one might give the flag in question the same kind of meaning.. (or meaning in general).','78f9dd9e3319eecf7c6877558cbc8aaf',0,'','4bD86lBP',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2800,648,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1068674411,1,0,1,1,1,1,'nina*','Re: Has anyone seen Dogville?','-as sacred','6a1be23061f4bdcc89e85f6640ca0d86',0,'','4wBfamRD',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2801,648,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1069666587,1,0,1,1,1,1,'bigpoppa_2059','Re: Has anyone seen Dogville?','BTW, for people who haven\'t seen the film, the end credits show pictures of slaughters and unjustices in America  throghout the years (slavery, Japanese internement camps, civil rights, racism) while David Bowie\'s \"Young Americans\" plays on the soundtrack. If that is not a slap in the face, I don\'t know what is. I loved the film so I don\'t personally disagree with it, but how can anyone debate that that is a statement on America (not a positive one either).','d31af7c8c06f0f514c05523e44e689f7',0,'','yS6340wZ',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2802,648,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1069680007,1,0,1,1,1,1,'nina*','Re: Has anyone seen Dogville?','I assume you mean me; I dont disagree about the connection between the ending credits & US, I aint deaf/blind. But without the ending credits there is nothing in the movie ITSELF that HAS TO have anything to do with US politics..history. Not, unless (besides the credits) the subject of the next part of the triology and the name of the triology is to count..  ','b0688f2e297198e5bb07e6d1040b2b0b',0,'','xzw694cM',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2803,649,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1066670682,1,0,1,1,1,1,'christopherbaggins','Where are all the Bad Boy Bubby fans?',' Hi I jut joined the site today and was shocked to see that no one had even voted for Bad Boy Bubby. I\'d just like to know if there are any fellow fans out there. If not, I implore you to go out and rent it. It is one of my all time favorite foreign films. It follows a mentally handicapped character who has been sheltered all of his life and is then thrust into the world with very little guidance. It starts very morbid and gradually turns into a rollercoaster ride sure to please. Hope you enjoy and if you do see it please vote and write.','649ef4e4d3eb92d9b135f3059041a7cb',0,'','XmUh902N',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2804,649,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1066672667,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Gaz','Re: Where are all the Bad Boy Bubby fans?','It\'s got an excellent reputation, that\'s for sure, and I know there are Bad Boy Bubby fans on this site. However, I think I\'d be more inclined to go and see it if it wasn\'t shoved down my throat on all the threads I look at, regardless of subject. Just my personal preference.','79efee92f93ec4052450d186566c689c',0,'','Ssu0Lvec',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2805,649,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1066712793,1,0,1,1,1,1,'nina*','Re: Where are all the Bad Boy Bubby fans?','Wow.. Does the movie send out brainwash signals..? (;-))','ec4e7084b113e97e147dd179030c1ca4',0,'','YZThC9BL',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2806,649,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1066898508,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gratefultiger','Re: Where are all the Bad Boy Bubby fans?','Bad Boy Bubby is one of those films that is that bad it is good.Being an aussie it is a cult fave with the \"heads\" here in oz,is it great? who knows? but it sure is popular!','3b2311577696e29c7e49b67273bc87cf',0,'','Ea19HTe4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2807,650,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1066834445,1,0,1,1,1,1,'ross_more','of freaks and men...and russians','This is one my favourite European films.  The cinematography is glorious-it brings you into a really disturbing world.  And it´s hilarious  although, it´s probably not very pc to laugh at exploited siamese twins.  The best thing about the film is the use of the camera to create a beautiful form in which manipulation, cruelty and despair are the subject.By comparision, the grittiness of The War Zone was pretty cold and isolating, which on top of the awfulness of the subject was just depressing-not that that is necessarily bad! Of freaks and men is one of the most progessively positive films to come out of Europe in the 90´s. That said....i´ll be on my way.','753bf87f0b603f9d8751f3d56f47003c',0,'','Nk5cyq4p',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2808,651,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1066837334,1,0,1,1,1,1,'grm','Granny and the Pumpkin','Here is a link:\nhttp://www.tele-medija.lv/video/kirbis.wmv\n\nwhat u think about it? :))))','618ef5d4aa71b08e1f50ab7176eafaaf',0,'','1tMFqoP2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2809,652,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1067254393,1,0,1,1,1,1,'yuvalho','name that film','hi,\ni am looking for the name of a scandinavian film from the late 80\'s, about a group of fishermen who get entangled in an espionage conspiracy on a deserted island.\ngreat movie.\nthanks a lot,\nyuval','a440af6acb299b6bae7bdfdcbc223bee',0,'','lJzgKpv0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2810,653,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1067540809,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gregb','Asian Cinema','I have a proposition to make. Asian Cinema should have its own top 100 list. It\'s essential because Asian films don\'t get viewed as much as European imports and that\'s why many great Asian films would never make it to the top of the regular lists. And that\'s our loss, because Asian directors have been doing some amazing work, especially in the 1990s but also before.','1f0a4e85d4a5d7cbf3d5110b849878ca',0,'','ir8oZkKp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2811,653,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1067564188,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gratefultiger','Re: Asian Cinema','Asian (for want of a better title) Cinema has been doing amazing work since the silent era! Study up & you\'ll see what i mean.i don\'t think the counties involved would like the term \"Asian\" as does not take cultural,political,social differences into account,Anyway China,Japan,Taiwan,India etc\nall have their classics!','fe466890fd0a5275bf0ef68efbdc95fb',0,'','mWKkGRxl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2812,653,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1067569680,1,0,1,1,1,1,'nina*','Re: Asian Cinema','You mean \"countRies\" ..Gratefultiger? / Gregb has a point; but oh Gregb how could you rate Amelie & La Reine Margot 1 ..oh why,why,why.. what has made you so cynical!? ','1d9107c5b31e2e163f13b8f5b36db87b',0,'','06oS79z8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2813,653,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1067571305,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Gaz','Re: Asian Cinema','Off the subject, but on the theme of ratings, it seems everyone has their own rating system. I haven\'t rated any film on this site lower than 5, because though I may be disappointed by a film, I can usually see the good things too; added to this, if I hear that a film is very bad, I will usually refrain from watching it. There seem to be some users whose ratings are spread out evenly from 1-10. Not for me.','25765c31f3749fdc0f546248743332ae',0,'','8koRMrqS',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2814,653,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1067575967,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gregb','Re: Asian Cinema','Well, to put it simply, even though I liked Amelie, I felt that it didn\'t deserve the high place in the top 100 it had occupied - so I used my vote to bring it to a lower place in the ratings. Incidentally, that explains my rating methodology. I rank based on how much I need to bring up/down a film to what I believe to be its deserved position in the list.','379cc44bec314ec6bc6ca44295503d60',0,'','UmKLBPnt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2815,653,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1067605815,1,0,1,1,1,1,'nina*','Re: Asian Cinema','Good call, Gaz. Naughty Gregb.. / Might be a good idea to do continental top 100s & splitting Eurasia in two parts would be the logical thing to do.. (as well as leaving north & south pole out?).   ','55ca97114d41d5e75e031e639923ceb4',0,'','KMsadD3W',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2816,653,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1067694412,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gregb','Re: Asian Cinema','Actually, the idea that I suggested has already been implemented. When you click on the Top 100, you\'ll notice that to the right of the list of movies there\'s a link to \"Top 100 by country.\" So if anybody wants to check out the best of Asian film, they can use this feature to see the top lists for China, India, and Japan. I do wish though that the link was on the left sidebar along with \"Top 100\" by decade so it would be more noticeable','0fdd4228997d3cec14fba475cf1ba1d7',0,'','oVK8jm6J',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2817,653,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1068661665,1,0,1,1,1,1,'kmcalma','Re: Asian Cinema','This whole idea about rating films is kind of a messy affair any way you look at it...It\'s ART for goodness sakes...if you want to get involved in numbers and statistics watch sports!','06ae5c79feea2f5f93674b979057a917',0,'','QFYiRjle',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2818,654,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1067740010,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Leo Africanus','\"Broken English\"','I thought this was an interesting film which focused on the problems of inter-ethnic romance in New Zealand.  It is also one of the few films which showcases Maori culture at least in passing.  The lead actress, which is eastern European, is absolutely gorgeous.  Anyone know her name?','cec870889c82d2e613455b6163691b21',0,'','cvC1Kw54',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2819,654,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1067775493,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Gaz','Re: \"Broken English\"','Aleksandra Vujcic','3352838cd6b8650dc5a629a86fdb76f5',0,'','60VJ41gH',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2820,655,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1067984621,1,0,1,1,1,1,'rmt240','Romantic Films?','Hi All:\nI\'m new here.  I just recently developed a heavy interest in foreign cinema, and I had a question for you all.  I\'ll openly admit to being a disgustingly hopeless romantic, and I wanted to know if any of you knew of any films out there that are romances and beautiful.  I don\'t mean all those really over-dramatic, unrealistic love stories, I mean truly romantic tales, i.e. Wings of Desire, etc.  I just recently watched In The Mood For Love and it was beautiful.  If you have any recommendations, that\'d be great.  \nThanks!\n\n-rmt240','3ccfad538df2607fe40bce2d2701db34',0,'','JqUe7mfs',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2821,655,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1067999536,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Gaz','Re: Romantic Films?','May I refer you to the thread below?\n\n[url]http://www.foreignfilms.com/topic.asp?topic_id=1714[/url]','c4d2e0cd309116c214068bc69364a2cc',0,'','0Hoh8CyE',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2822,655,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1068001706,1,0,1,1,1,1,'rmt240','Re: Romantic Films?','Thanks :)','44bf63f10c8a83e36a9b2e1a399c5d1e',0,'','YekHcZBo',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2823,656,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1068040474,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Mik','A city of God','I don\'t understand, how it could climb up so high so quickly?','ead317b4e564d274845a84b437cf86ff',0,'','uoEe0k8f',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2824,656,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1068321760,1,0,1,1,1,1,'HenryGinsberg','Re: A city of God','It needs a minimum of 80 votes to get on the list. When a film first aquires 80 votes, most of the people who have seen it are people who were attracted to the subject matter and cinematic style. People who aren\'t so attracted to the themes or style of City of God will be encouraged to see it because of it\'s high place in the top 100. Not being so into COG\'s particular style they are likely to rate it lower than those who have already seen it. I predict that a month from now, COG will have droped out of the top 10.','4d50b0e4068ea560d4d85315e7eb96dc',0,'','a9heyPb1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2825,656,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1068621197,1,0,1,1,1,1,'auteur','Re: A city of God','The film is technically brilliant but shallow and exploitative. I hope Henry\'s right because [i]City of God[/i] does not belong in the Top 100, let alone at #5!?! ','f24e41f54db887a31fb35eb92bc76641',0,'','PFRqZLBs',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2826,656,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1068677871,1,0,1,1,1,1,'HenryGinsberg','Re: A city of God','I would not agree that City of God is shallow. I think that there is a popular thinking these days that a film is shallow if it isn\'t a complex study of the human condition or an alogory on contemporary American society (infact we sometimes label a film as being shallow if it isn\'t anti-American). City of God is a (reletively) simple \"crime doesn\'t pay\" drama, which also manages to say quite a lot about the notion that we all in one way or another have our time at the top. On those strengths, I think it is a great film and certainly isn\'t shallow. And I don\'t think that calling it exploitive is a valid criticism, because that\'s what the film is supposed to be.','1d3c15f8bc6ddd3c8960022060e32d66',0,'','4r7spdU8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2827,656,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1068686267,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Gaz','Re: A city of God','Hmm, this raises the question: is there ever an instance where exploitation can be viewed in a positive light? Henry thinks so, I\'m not so sure, though I haven\'t seen City of God so I can\'t comment on this particular film.','81a46cf92f805ffd76a8e9040ebd789a',0,'','zfhbZQRi',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2828,656,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1068756138,1,0,1,1,1,1,'HenryGinsberg','Re: A city of God','Ok, when I said it is sopposed to be exploitative...that\'s not what I meant to say (infact, now I\'m not atall sure what I was trying to say at that point). What I should have said is that it is not fair to say a film is bad because it is exploitative when it is inevetable that a film of this type will present us with a situation where we could argue weather or not it is exploitative. You could argue that City of God exploits Brazilians in the same way that you could argue that The Godfather exploits Italians, but I\'m sure that the intention of the director in both of those cases was not to be exploitative. The argument I think could be made about COG is that it takes Brazilian slum districts and uses them simply as a platform on which to stage a gangster film. However when we see a film like Goodfellas, we don\'t imediately think of it as exploiting Italian Americans because we have already seen The Godfather. We have become familiar with a certain portrail of Italian Americans (which may well be unnjust)and the mafia has become a popular topic for American cinema. Since we have rarely or never seen a Brazilian gangster film, it is easy to single out COG as an exploitation. Incidentaly, when The Godfather came out and it was one of the first films to focus specificaly on Italians, it caused anger among the Italian American community, to the point that Francis Ford donated them a percentage of he film\'s profits and deleted the word \"mafia\" from the script.\n\nI don\'t think that exploitation can be viewed as posotive, but I think it is justifiable when it is aplyed to art. If COG had mearly aimed to entertain a large audience, then I would be inclined to say that it was wrong. ','52b37e205b175d5c597b609a52c5ca12',0,'','t1coea9x',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2829,656,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1068842846,1,0,1,1,1,1,'john-5','Re: A city of God','I had heard so much adulation for the film i was more than a little disappointed with it. Exuberant style etc but it simply wasn\'t to my taste.','3a95ed017d2a1c578e2680643a0eb611',0,'','BPalsu5i',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2830,657,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1068057126,1,0,1,1,1,1,'sheer','Illuminare Entertainment (Distribution company)','Hello filmmakers,\n\nIlluminare Entertainment is an International and domestic distribution company.\nOur goal is to help filmmakers find a place in the market.\nThe president of the company was Senior Vp of distribution for Sony Films\n\nIf you have any questions please email me\nsheer@illuminare-ent.com.\n\nAlso what do you think of Bollywood Films?\n\nThanks,\n\nSam Heer\nVP Acquisitions','59b8d9062a4f2b3ebebc5ed8982f079d',0,'','E6YlxRHe',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2831,658,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1068159067,1,0,1,1,1,1,'john-5','Maborosi- short review','MABOROSI\n\n The debut feature of Hirokazu Kore-eda (director of the widely admired \"After Life\") is one of a small, precious number of films for which i have felt lovesick.\n\n \"Maborosi\"\'s story is superficially simple: affected by the death of her grandmother and her husband\'s unexplained suicide, a young Tokyo woman starts new married life, along with her son, in a remote seaside fishing village, but finds the past continues to trouble her .Eschewing close-ups,the narrative draws the viewer in gradually, so that, as Tony Rayns says,intimacy is earned, not frivolously given. It is haunted throughout by a dark, almost overwhelming sense of mystery. The film\'s masterfully controlled mise-en-scene, contemplative pacing, \"off-screen space\" and quiet investment of objects (a bike, a teapot, a wisp of steam...) with both beauty and meaning, all recall Yasujiro Ozu and Hou Hsiao-Hsien. Its lighting is refined, at times, to the point of abstraction, while Masao Nakabori\'s photography is utterly, immeasurably exquisite. It is another treasure from the land of Mizoguchi, the isles of cinematic wonders. \n\n But \"Maborosi\" is not best served by hyperbole. It is an unassertive film, too shy, too pure and concentrated to seek the limelight. While compelled to tell of its elusive magic, i protectively fear its over-exposure. In publicising, am i breaking faith? It connects in secret. With the heart that is ready. ','d7d4f6c9a99d4ec6e24e298b41bab81c',0,'','c3n0RFPK',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2832,658,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1068183711,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gratefultiger','Re: Maborosi- short review','Fine judgement yes it does recall Ozu,also Naruse to me\na wonderful cinematic journey which requires attention.','4b944dcb4f10c2fa01b9a003f6f7449f',0,'','esc9AaNk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2833,659,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1068160392,1,0,1,1,1,1,'john-5','Russian Ark- review (in a sentence)','RUSSIAN ARK: ART HOUSE ODYSSEY.  \n\nRussian Ark is not only a film of incomparable technical ambition; a sinuous, languorous, labyrinthine ramble, achieved in a single, astounding 96 minute digital take, that glides stealthily through the gilded splendours of the Hermitage at St Petersburg, guided by an 18th century French diplomat- with audience and a mumbling off-screen \"spy\" joined as spectators to a sumptuous array of  paintings and sculptures (Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Canova..), classical concerts, a grand ball, specific historical pageants and figures, including a now young, now aged Empress Catherine II; it is also a pretentious, self-indulgent elaboration of the director Sokurov\'s thematic concerns, a preposterous virtuoso display of costumes and choreography (marshalling a cast of almost a thousand); an extraordinary, painstakingly rehearsed theatrical performance- replete with lugubrious longueurs- that renders editing redundant; a refined examination of the links between past and present, various art forms, Russian and European civilisation, illusion and reality;a culmination of certain arthouse aspirations that also serves as a beautiful eulogy of cinema history, subjectively recalling Last Year at Marienbad, Celine and Julie go Boating, Visconti\'s The Leopard, Bondarchuk\'s War and Peace, Anger\'s Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome, Ophuls, Von Sternberg, Kubrick et al; a noble, elegiac testament to celluloid and the prodigious ten minute take, an allusive celebration tinged with melancholy; a closure, an opening; a deliciously sensuous surreal journey from within a disturbed mind, a Carrollian wander through a cultural warren; an ego trip - with camera as eye for an I - for director and viewer alike, an eyes wide shut meditation on vision, voyeurism, identity; an intimate space odyssey of 2002, an ethereal exploration of Time, a graceful, ghostly reflection on transience and the echoing footfalls of history, a remembrance of things past, a Proustian sentence; a dream, death, eternity...and none of the above. ','0f61265008988e2716462b5d46a45377',0,'','dfg4e6x9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2834,659,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1068183502,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gratefultiger','Re: Russian Ark- review (in a sentence)','The film is a misunderstood (by the conservative,pro hollywood film critics in oz)masterpiece,when if ever will these clowns learn.Maybe too artistic for most who knows?\nbut the magnificent ballroom scene was worth the price of my ticket in spades.verdict 5 stars!','8f8a518d8f6ab6dea43840411da1d5b9',0,'','qfom1L5s',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2835,659,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1068234537,1,0,1,1,1,1,'john-5','Re: Russian Ark- review (in a sentence)','Yeah, my Visconti reference was to the ballroom scene. A clumsy review, but i thought i\'d try something different. Gilbert Adair did something similar for an article on Rope in his superb book \"Flickers\". Have you read it?','4b08c5e89d40ec7e8bc382e170d6ec02',0,'','ZUEGe8lR',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2836,659,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1068537891,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gratefultiger','Re: Russian Ark- review (in a sentence)','Yes tho gil was  bagged by some for his views, i like it,his articles on Renoir & Parajanov were very good. \nI meant 5 out of 5 for Russian Ark it is brilliant.','bc0e078b098d481a0e92040b823f4c51',0,'','owqS437Z',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2837,660,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1068350667,1,0,1,1,1,1,'kjandca','Japanese Films about World War II','Has anyone in Japan made a movie about the second World War? I\'m especially interested in a war movie from the Japanese military point of view such as \"Das Boot\". Is Japan\'s role in World War II still to tender a subject for filmmakers there to deal with?  \n\nThe only Japanese movie I can think of  is the anime classic \"The Grave of the Fireflies\", which has been recently released on a wonderful 2-disc Special Edition DVD. It\'s without a doubt one of the great anti-war movies of all time. The story is about two Japanese children - a fourteen year-old boy and a five year-old girl - who must try to fend for themselves after their mother is killed in the American fire-bombing of Kobe. Food is scarce and the people are desparate and in no mood to share what little they have with a couple of orphans. It\'s truly heartbreaking.\n\n','b8d5dff24ad82fe649d529d3faf7dcec',0,'','1nRkclUS',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2838,660,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1068363596,1,0,1,1,1,1,'auteur','Re: Japanese Films about World War II','[i]The Grave of the Fireflies[/i] is indeed a masterpiece. I recently shared the dubbed version with my ten-year old who was enthralled and deeply moved. I recommend those who\'ve already seen it a few times to seek out Mamoru Shinzaki\'s HADASHI NO GEN from 1983. Again this is WW II from a Japanese\'s child point of view, but it deals more specifically with the nuclear Holocaust in Hiroshima and attitudes towards the Japanese government\'s policies. Widely available on Image dvd.','5c7680df858f3255471f89b34e736acc',0,'','Mje89xgK',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2839,660,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1068366247,1,0,1,1,1,1,'patsfan86','Re: Japanese Films about World War II','Give The Human Condition trilogy a try as well as Fires on the Plain and the Burmese Harp.','9f9575d0ea86e3e975325bbe434d2b63',0,'','Usqm2vkz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2840,660,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1069168225,1,0,1,1,1,1,'medialu','Re: Japanese Films about World War II','An EXCELLENT film -- concerning Japan re: WW II = The Burmese Harp (aka) The Harp Of Burma ( 1956 ) = Magnificently - Done !\n\nRead the \" particulars \" on = imdb.com = available on VHS','e8f4ff6eb106f0d62170de270b2b6deb',0,'','RQ0N18BD',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2841,660,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1069293922,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gratefultiger','Re: Japanese Films about World War II','THe Human Condition Trilogy for sure,yet another great film(s) that needs more exposure patsfan\'s other 2 choices are excellent as well,Fires On The Plain is a fave of mine.','770243d59b9fba7c3cc93611e31d799f',0,'','4zBRmaWG',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2842,660,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1069302789,1,0,1,1,1,1,'auteur','Re: Japanese Films about World War II','Keisuke Kinoshita is a victim of neglect in the West. The director of [i]Ballad of Narayama[/i] directed a wonderful film about post-war Japan called NIHON NO HIGEKI. It\'s now available on Panorama NTSC region 0 dvd under the title [i]Tragedy of Japan[/i]. I recommend it.','5746fc3ea846f70250a3555a5bd8da17',0,'','7SXGHBT2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2843,660,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1069383620,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gratefultiger','Re: Japanese Films about World War II','Good call a magnificent film! imamura\'s remake is good,but i do prefer the original.','ce436b3e5f42a30a72d5cd5d0ff9d403',0,'','13q4oQZS',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2844,661,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1068416415,1,0,1,1,1,1,'john-5','Andrei Tarkovsky','The son of a celebrated poet quoted in his films, Andrei Tarkovsky was born in 1932, in the Volga countryside not far from Moscow. Undoubtedly the most important post-war Russian director, his status has been recognised in a range of international festivals and polls - Andrei Rublev, Mirror and Stalker featuring strongly in \'Sight and Sound\' and other major polls.\n\n\nTarkovsky\'s feature-length debut, Venice Golden Lion winner Ivan\'s Childhood (1962) is an accessible, welcoming introduction to the major themes (dreams and memories, freedom and childlike faith) and lustrous, ethereal landscapes, which characterise his career. A particular favourite of the late Krzysztof Kieslowski, its touching story of a young World War 2 scout makes for a lyrical companion to Klimov\'s \"Come and See\" (1985). \n\nCompleted in 1966 but delayed for several years by the Soviet authorities, the towering episodic epic Andrei Rublev stands not only as the most convincing portrait of the middle ages but with its ambitious scope, astounding set pieces and glorious colour finale -icons almost burst the screen- as a prime contender for the coveted title of \"greatest film\". \n\nIf the sometimes ponderous ruminations of Solaris (1972), a striking space odyssey inappropriately pigeon-holed as a socialist riposte to 2001, hint that Tarkovsky\'s mysticism may be better suited to Earth, it nevertheless has many fervent admirers. For Mark le Fanu, author of an exemplary book on the director, it is a \"majestic and achieved work of art\". \n\nAt the centre of his oeuvre, the fathomless autobiographical Mirror (1974) fully justifies Chris Peachment\'s exhortation to \"see it above all for a series of images of such luminous beauty that they will make your heart burst\". The sustained, ecstatic concentration of its poetry is unmatched. Once roundly condemned at home for obscurity, its reputation now rivals that of Andrei Rublev. \n\nStalker (1979) is an equally mesmerising experience: transcending its grim industrial setting, eerie, hallucinatory visions accompany the lugubrious trio who venture into its reality-altering radioactive Zone. \n\nReputedly only denied the 1983 Cannes Palme d\'Or by the machinations of Sergei Bondarchuk, Nostalgia concerns the awkward relationship between a Soviet professor researching in Italy and his pretty interpreter. A year before Tarkovsky asserted his artistic independence by voluntary exile in the West, its shimmering reveries already ache with homesick longing: never has a fog-bound Tuscany seemed so resolutely Russian. \n\nBy the time of his final film, set on a desolate stretch of Swedish coast, he was dying of cancer. Typically uncompromising in its pacing and anti-nuclear message, The Sacrifice (1986) is a stately, disdainfully imperious achievement. Enhanced by the masterful long-take cinematography of (Bergman regular) Nykvist, it is worth seeing for its opening sequence alone. \n\nThe director\'s serious moral concerns and probing scrutiny of spiritual malaise have inevitably prompted comparisons with Bergman, an admirer who proclaimed him \"the greatest, the one who invented a new language, true to the nature of film, as it captures life as a reflection, life as a dream\". \n\nFor all its Northern melancholy, Tarkovsky\'s cinema resonates with a radiant, redemptive optimism. In Andrei Rublev, the atrocity-haunted artist breaks his silence in wonderment at a novice bell-maker\'s leap of faith. Mirror begins with the remarkable curing of a stutter and Stalker ends, not in enveloping despair, but with Beethoven\'s \"Ode to Joy\" and a disabled young girl\'s telepathic movement of three glasses. In The Sacrifice, nuclear holocaust is averted by a seemingly mad religious conviction, while the single most abiding image is of a boy planting a tree. \n\nThe quite astonishing visual and aural imagery (rain, mist, fire, wind and grass rendered unmistakeably, inimitably \"Tarkovskian\") repeatedly makes the mundane miraculous, everyday elements and objects divine. And through Faith humankind can literally take flight. \n\nWith all seven features currently available, the auteur\'s rapturous, challenging, complex world - of witches, Tatar hordes, symbolic horses, mysterious stray dogs, forests, rivers, meadows, Brueghelesque snowscapes, Renaissance paintings, balloons, space stations and levitation - can be studied and enjoyed at leisure. \"Blazing with posthumous light\", this utterly unique set of films is ideal for collection. \n\n','e7fcdfce166fc0cc6de12423e9dad8bc',0,'','LxjGHyk9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2845,661,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1068537709,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gratefultiger','Re: Andrei Tarkovsky','I keep going back to the great man\'s films again & again as there is always somethig new to consider in his films,a mpoetic master with that russian love for landscape all thru his output,classical stuff.','4ad170d333e6053e0c438d4e9fdbe78a',0,'','b9EY3sUM',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2846,661,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1068928316,1,0,1,1,1,1,'bigpoppa_2059','Re: Andrei Tarkovsky','I don\'t understand how anybody could not love Tarkovsky\'s films. They all offer something to the viewer. The last shot in \"The Sacrifice\" is one of my favorite scenes all of cinema.','877af34df121ea8c771f58e6349a63b5',0,'','i7GbRHFJ',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2847,661,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071088435,1,0,1,1,1,1,'saratw2','Re: Andrei Tarkovsky','I have just received Andrei Rublev from Netflix. This will be my first Tarkovsky film.\n\nWhat other Tarkovsky\'s films should I see and in what order?','244d07e95a890172565d7a6d6ea15738',0,'','oGkgLiQM',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2848,661,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071093625,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Gaz','Re: Andrei Tarkovsky','You should see all seven of them (speaking as someone who hasn\'t seen all of them...) but Ivan\'s Childhood is a good one if you want something about humanity, or (The) Mirror.\n\nFor something a bit more apocalyptic/space age, try Stalker or Solaris.','77e34fdabc41278f7e1edddc8150afc0',0,'','Nfsr2HFg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2849,661,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071094153,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Mik','Re: Andrei Tarkovsky','I think, \"Andrey Ryblev\" is his best film. It\'s one of the best films ever made. I recommend you to see \"The Mirror\" and \"Nostalghia\". They are masterpieces! \"Ivan\'s childhood\" is Tarkovsky fist film - one of the most interesting and imressive films about war. His last film \"The Sacrifice\" is the will of Tarkovsky. \"Solaris\" and \"Stalker\" are also very interesting. Unfortunately, Tarkovsky created only 7 feature films. They are all worth seeing! I think, best of all to see his films in the chronological order - you will see development of his \"cinema language\". Congratulations!\nYou will soon open new interesting imressive world in the cinema - world of Andrey Tarkovsky! ','991f8bb82244b4dc5e49fd56245908e9',0,'','a4otqxsm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2850,661,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071100639,1,0,1,1,1,1,'saratw2','Re: Andrei Tarkovsky','Thanks so much for your help.\n\nNetflix does not have all of his films, but I will rent the ones they do have in chronological order.\n\nI forgot to mention, I have seen \"The Steamroller and the Violin.\"  Wonderful film. Beautiful characters, especially the little boy.','066148a8c3485c4378817fc8322a49a7',0,'','ygjVHFPK',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2851,661,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071108233,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gratefultiger','Re: Andrei Tarkovsky','Once you enter the world of Tarkovsky you will never be the same welcome aboard and enjoy.','511e9bb916efd5af8aeaf75ee3323229',0,'','QcUSVz8f',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2852,662,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1068553732,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Mik','Have anybody seen Paradjanov\'s films?','I think, it\'s one of the best directors of all time, but there is no his films on www.foreignfilms.com. I wonder, why? His poetic films are masterpieces. It\'s outstanding cinematography. His acting with colors, montage is unique.  But to my great surprize I haven\'t found here even one of the best films of all time - \"Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors\" and \"Sayat nova\" Tell me, why?','2bea03242b10b328757c10dc3ff1150b',0,'','pEAxoQfU',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2853,662,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1068554058,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Mik','Re: Have anybody seen Paradjanov\'s films?','I\'ve just found these films and page about Parajanov here. \nI\'m sorry. Let\'s discuss his films. What do you think about them?','7738c982ea1a6f9a300248ab7d3e65f9',0,'','kGeQ1jWt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2854,662,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1068661788,1,0,1,1,1,1,'kmcalma','Re: Have anybody seen Paradjanov\'s films?','I\'d like to watch these films but for the life of me cant find the damn things...','72e58c6e095889e339997f860333c8cf',0,'','YUWvRf23',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2855,662,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1068689186,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gratefultiger','Re: Have anybody seen Paradjanov\'s films?','The Maestro Parajanov\'s Masterworks are easily found in the UK (the best versions on VHS PAL) Connoisseur video supplies them, once seen/scene never forgotten as an old hippie with a haircut some of the visuals sure do bring back lovely memories,Parajanov is unique but don\'t buy Bloody NTSC from KINO Video as those gorgeous colours are washed out.PS don\'t tell me \"shadows of our forgotten ancestors isn\'t the best \"romeo & juliet\" of all,Sayat Nova\nis Sublime nothig like it & so influential,best of luck & welcome to the magical world of Parajanov!','c8a7dd49ede0848292a65853f34c7d1c',0,'','LtoR3Heb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2856,662,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1068842475,1,0,1,1,1,1,'john-5','Re: Have anybody seen Paradjanov\'s films?','Paradjanov doesn\'t feature very strongly here cos not enough people have seen his films. His visual style (and use of sound) is extraordinary; The Colour of Pomegranates surely among the most original and astonishing films. ','dd0353c50cca414f4d69aa39047d35e5',0,'','mYc7Q6NW',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2857,663,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1068579245,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Mik','\"The return\" of Andrey Zvyagintsev','What do you think about this new Russian film? Has anybody already seen it? \nI\'m from Russia, and it\'s very interesting for me to know, what people from other countries think about it. There are very contradictory opinions about it in our country. Many people think that, though \"The return\" won Golden Lion in Venice, it isn\'t an outstanding film, that it\'s only blind imitation to european films. But other people say that Zvyagintsev is \"second Tarkovsky\"...\nWhat about you?','c0d1fa6e176e9201af8d67475feb4208',0,'','pCP7gJ1v',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2858,663,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1068842672,1,0,1,1,1,1,'john-5','Re: \"The return\" of Andrey Zvyagintsev','Please say what you think! I heard it had a great reception at Venice and most critics expected it to win the Golden Lion (which it duly did). Some said it was the best Russian film since Tarkovsky. I look forward to it with great interest; unfortunately it hasn\'t got to Britain yet. \n\nMuch as i admire Russian cinema, fingers crossed you don\'t knock Wales out in Soccer!','08b93a39355f97e8fce56ad3bd846256',0,'','dwBzEJvx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2859,663,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1069082492,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Mik','Re: \"The return\" of Andrey Zvyagintsev','Ok, I\'ll say what I think about it.\nThis film is philosophical parable. It isn\'t connected with certain country and with certain time. That story could  take place anywhere. \nZvyagintsev shows us children to whom father has returned after ten years\' absence. It isn\'t, clear, if he was in prison or he has thrown them 10 years ago. He\'s trying to nurture them and to make of them the present men, and conflict arises between children and their father. Problems of children\'s growning-up, problems of children\'s psychology in general,  their first meeting with real tragedy, continious current of life and many others eternal problems are considered in this film.\nDirector\'s work impressed me very much. Zvyagintsev is indeed Tarkovsky\'s follower. His attention to man\'s psychology, participation of nature in the film referred us to Tarkovsky\'s masterpieces\nWell, my English is rather poor, that\'s why it\'s rather difficult for me to describe all my idaes about this film. In brief? this film is worth seeing.','dec7d82bf56278480561804d7ca696c6',0,'','BN0eptfQ',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2860,663,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1069082895,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Mik','Re: \"The return\" of Andrey Zvyagintsev','Oh, I forgot to say, that perfomance of Ivan Dobronravov is wondeful!!! I admire him!','ab645d1b2ca1d219021787d715769345',0,'','jvYamCKh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2861,663,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1069321884,1,0,1,1,1,1,'john-5','Re: \"The return\" of Andrey Zvyagintsev','Spasiba. Thanks very much for that. Zdorava. Your English is fine. Wales 0 Russia 1. Pazdravlyayu! You deserved it.','26717f01b0addcd5fec440d7e4bed157',0,'','BxLeC9tn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2862,663,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1069336626,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Mik','Re: \"The return\" of Andrey Zvyagintsev','Wow! You know Russian! :)\nI hope, you will like this film when it will in Britain.\nP.S. Don\'t be upset, team of Wales will go to Euro championship next time. \n','a7b6e4ea36581b2b1f508d7255d1460a',0,'','aEGmyd42',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2863,663,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1069355286,1,0,1,1,1,1,'auteur','Re: \"The return\" of Andrey Zvyagintsev','Every single Venice winner has had distribution in the UK and USA, and so will THE RETURN. But the film is recent and we often have to wait a year or more.\n\nThe best Russian director since Tark is Mr. Aleksandr Sokurov, the director of :DAYS OF ECLIPSE, MOTHER AND SON, MOLOKH, FATHER AND SON and RUSSIAN ARK. Sokurov belongs in the pantheon of master Russian directors.','8cbb81d02869add4e22f30df6874c29f',0,'','fly6qs4B',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2864,663,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1069370914,1,0,1,1,1,1,'john-5','Re: \"The return\" of Andrey Zvyagintsev','Sorry, Mik. I\'m a fake; i only know some useful words, but i am intending to learn more as i\'ve got a Russian phrasebook. Too often sport creates enmity, when it should bring nations closer together; i wish Russia well. You are overdue a successful tournament.\n\nBack to films. Have you seen any films by Boris Barnet? I would love to see some, like Okraina/ Outskirts, Devuchka S Korobkoi/ Girl with the Hat Box, The House on Trubnaya Square/ Dom Na Trubnoi, and U Samovo Sinyevo Morya/ By the Bluest of Seas.\n\nAndrei Rublev is one of the most awesome artistic achievements of the 20th century, chosen by the Vatican as the #1 recommended film. And in the summer especially i often think of Mirror/ Zerkalo- the beautiful light through the trees and the river. Tarkovsky should be much more widely known and appreciated, but we live in a world of helter-skelter action films. ','567dfb4d5363ec2e3f9ff94fa06541df',0,'','b7fuhzpJ',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2865,663,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1069439870,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Mik','Re: \"The return\" of Andrey Zvyagintsev','John-5, I\'m very glad to know that people from other countries appreciate Russian cinema, especially Tarkovsky. I thought that it\'s rether difficult for foreigners to understand his films - he\'s indeed a RUSSIAN filmmaker. He was an orthodox Christian, and religious theme  is very important for him. Of course, \"Andrey Rublev\" is the supreme masterpiece. I think, it\'s underrated in the world. \"Mirror\" is also one of the greatest films ever made, but I was surprised very much, that it\'s very popular in other countries (it\'s in TOP100 on the 9th place here). I thought, that it\'s purely Russian film. So, I\'m glad to know that foreigners appreciate Tarkovsky very much. I recommend you to see \"Nostalghia\". I think it\'s also a masterpiece. Most of people in Russia think that it\'s the best Tarkovsky\'s film after \"Andrey Rublev\".\nAs for, Boris Barnet. Unfortunately, I can\'t find his films. You see, in our cinemas we see only popular American commercial films (Matrix, Terminator and so on)... It\'s very pity... And I can\'t find DVD or VHS with his films','29b896b4e0b8bda7b1e44d6e9ce735d9',0,'','pQDSzm8c',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2866,663,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1069459313,1,0,1,1,1,1,'john-5','Re: \"The return\" of Andrey Zvyagintsev','I admire all 7 of his feature films (though i agree with Tarkovsky himself; he was less pleased with Solaris).\n\nYou may be interested in Senses of Cinema internet magazine, which has a fine article on him, and to see that Mirror in particular is doing very well in a poll of top 10\'s there. It was voted the favourite film of Russian critics in a 1995 poll, i think- a big change from when it came out and had a lot of criticism for being too obscure for the public.\n\nEisenstein is another great director who seems a bit out of favour at the moment, for some reason, but i\'m still a big admirer. We screened Battleship Potemkin at our film society, with specially composed musical accompaniment, and it was a success, of course.\n\nOh, and Man with a Movie Camera (Vertov) is a brilliant film.\n\nAnother less well known silent director is Yevgeni Bauer. He was overlooked after the 1917 Revolution but has been rediscovered. Have you seen anything by him? It would be a great shame if even in Russia your magnificent cinema tradition is overpowered by Hollywood. For instance, i wonder if the shower scene in Psycho would have existed (at least with the famous editing) if it hadn\'t been for Eisenstein and the Russian montage pioneers.','9d69462b19857d731e2e37c3f823ab3e',0,'','LX3xpNVc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2867,663,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1069685758,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Mik','Re: \"The return\" of Andrey Zvyagintsev','Dear john-5! Thank you for reference \"Senses of Cinema\". This site is very interesting. Of course, all Tarkovsky\'s films are great. But, as for me, I think \"Andrey Rublev\", \"The Mirror\" and \"Nostalghia\" are supreme masterpieces.\nI agree with you, Eisenstein is a great director. I think, he\'s underrated in the West. But his great contribution to cinematography is amazing. I think, \"Battleship Potemkin\" is one of the greatest films ever made.\nUnfortunately, Hollywood is everywhere even in Russia. There are only two cinemas in Moscow, where we can see masterpieces of Russian and foreign great directors. ','49ba419321806a80775ce0f8d1e8c9bf',0,'','CPkJrXDH',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2868,663,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1069796123,1,0,1,1,1,1,'john-5','Re: \"The return\" of Andrey Zvyagintsev','You will be pleased to hear that our local film society here in Wales screened Andrei Rublev and Mirror, also Burnt by the Sun, Alexander Nevsky and Battleship Potemkin (with my friend\'s specially composed score to accompany- he\'s a brilliant silent film composer). Perhaps we\'ll do Man with a Movie Camera next time (if we can\'t get The Passion of Joan of Arc), but he says there\'s already a superb score for it and he\'d rather do ones where there\'s obvious room for improvement. At our screenings, Andrei Rublev was probably admired most, but the fools didn\'t like Mirror much. That wasn\'t helped by a blazing public row between the cinema owner and our (former) secretary just before it started!! We will be showing Russian Ark in the Spring.','8d5ef91b81272bf2e138435d5bc4fe57',0,'','k0XMcZE7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2869,663,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1069897139,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gratefultiger','Re: \"The return\" of Andrey Zvyagintsev','Mik,we love our Russian cinema here down under i am waiting to view the film u mentioned also the great Sokurov\'s\n\"Father & Son\" Welcome aboard Mik...Cheers','6ea47559d5c7f0a90ca8001b50757781',0,'','5hifsJ9e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2870,664,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1068593350,1,0,1,1,1,1,'ustink','Finnish Films','Has anyone ever seen any really good Finnish films?  Also would like good recommendations of Dutch and Swedish movies.\nThanks!','57a1fbc9c712cc8932f4a800c85d2391',0,'','YecQwr1A',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2871,664,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1068599811,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Gaz','Re: Finnish Films','The films of Aki Kaurismaki are the ideal introduction to Finnish cinema - try The Man Without a Past - very dry and very funny (if it suits your sense of humour).\n\nBergman is the best place to start with Swedish films - Wild Strawberries and Fanny and Alexander are both good starting points if you don\'t know them already.','aa1d62d942d1eae944d909193643054e',0,'','vcP8AVrT',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2872,664,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1068741923,1,0,1,1,1,1,'ustink','Re: Finnish Films','thanks gaz. will try them out.  loved fanny and alexander,haven\'t seen wild strawberries yet.  heard finnish cinema was tiresome and boring so would like to see if that is true...','c755f525a07bde8afa135e49fa4db491',0,'','suY5aGWH',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2873,664,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1068743304,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Gaz','Re: Finnish Films','I think some people do have this experience, but if you try some of Kaurismaki\'s better films like The Man Without a Past or Leningrad Cowboys Go America (kind of a Finnish Spinal Tap), you\'ll soon find out.','38251dc1192a0a07807948029f86d614',0,'','CN3HErfJ',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2874,664,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1068747628,1,0,1,1,1,1,'ustink','Re: Finnish Films','finnish spinal tap.\nwho knew this existed?\nwell, besides Gaz.\nvery intriguing.  will be scouting obscure video stores ASAP\n','d6000bb9f7b3319004ea31274eb0cdbe',0,'','0XA7ERt6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2875,664,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1068788445,1,0,1,1,1,1,'nina*','Re: Finnish Films','If you can get you\'re hands on some 40s or 50s movies they\'re generally great.. (a bit naive & stupid sometimes, but in a good way). For example the \"Pekka Puupää & Pätkä\" movies directed by Armand Lohikoski are Fantastic. I suppose  they would be the Laurel & Hardy of the Finnish cinema scene.. two lovable idiots. I\'ll keep my mouth shut about the more recent stuff, but I am biased and anyway haven\'t really even seen that mutch of it.. (=successfully avoided). I suppose there has been some decent films made in the last few years(?). The Kaurismäki brothers at least have been doeing well, but I think they are actually more appreciated outside of Finland, witch tells something. Related to \"Fanny and  Alexander\", Jörn Donner was one of the producers of the movie and the only Finn ever to win an Oscar (4 the same movie). From his movies, I think \"Fuck! Images of Finland\" is mentioned on this site. BTW David Lynch is part Finnish witch should make sense if you\'ve ever been to Finland..;-). Some linx: some info/ history (& answers why it is what it is) of Finnish cinema can b found here.. www.sea.fi/english/cinema.html; Some movies witch one might have tought were shot in Russia (except moi, of course..eh) but they really weren\'t.. www25.brinkster.com/finhollywood/HollywoodgoestoFinland/       ','ddd30de3fe6d1acecc1892db13daf9b6',0,'','nM6WUuq4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2876,664,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1068842306,1,0,1,1,1,1,'john-5','Re: Finnish Films','The Estonian- set Finnish co-production Darkness in Tallinn is a heist film well worth seeing. \n\nFrom Denmark; Festen, Pelle the Conqueror, Babette\'s Feast, Mifune and classics by the great Carl Dreyer- Ordet, Day of Wrath, Vampyr. Lars Von Trier is a very popular and generally admired Danish director. \n\nSweden; Bergman\'s Persona, The Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries, Fanny and Alexander, Cries and Whispers are all placed very high in this site\'s top 100. Show me Love (Moodysson) is an excellent film about a teenage lesbian crush that develops into something more. My Life as a Dog (Hallstrom) is a childhood crowd-pleaser.','9ede2936189c663797c56628e6a4e11e',0,'','MymecV4s',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2877,664,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1068852442,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Gaz','Re: Finnish Films','Yes, I\'d forgotten about Lukas Moodysson. His most recent film, Lilya 4-Ever, is the best new film I\'ve seen this year.','40c13e1ee33a502608b98c29232acdea',0,'','ZUe3Nrmp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2878,664,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1069040559,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gratefultiger','Re: Finnish Films','Kauramaki\'s deadpan humour always appeals to me,lenigrad cowboys go to america is very funny as is all his stuff.\nDrifting Clouds is his masterpiece i believe.','5b83bddd0dbea5e286580ae04569912d',0,'','fYxSdPR8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2879,664,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1069376557,1,0,1,1,1,1,'jpmccusa-1','Re: Finnish Films','\"kahlekuningas\" is a lot of fun, but it has its serious side too.','eb21d619e9a8dae8f11bbe8ca832be51',0,'','nAo3yB07',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2880,664,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1069629325,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Ria','Re: Finnish Films','Swedish:\n\nLukas Moodysson also did [b]\"Together\"[/b] which is also a great film.\n\n[b]\"Emigration\"[/b] & [b]\"Immigration\"[/b] are very slow but really good.  Strangely they have dubbed them using (I think) the actual actors which have an incredibly strong accent.','890aa79224c25dc88d5c8c97325b2334',0,'','VlJb4DK0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2881,665,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1068759914,1,0,1,1,1,1,'ustink','American cinema as Foreign Film','For all y\'all non-americans out there, how do you feel about American movies?  I guess they would be \"foreign\" to you.  Just curious...','d838645640e3517616fedf53a1f473c7',0,'','iwUusfqN',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2882,665,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1068791909,1,0,1,1,1,1,'auteur','Re: American cinema as Foreign Film','I don\'t think it\'s spelled out anywhere but [u]most[/u] here believe the word [i]Foreign[/i] applies to the language spoken and not to a film\'s nationality. (Our own Academy uses this definition). Consequently, the Top 100 includes a mere 3 english-language films, none higher than THE SWEET HEREAFTER at #80. ','c691c2a6f4e75f10170f554be1c03251',0,'','tirogU1Y',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2883,665,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1068809138,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Gaz','Re: American cinema as Foreign Film','Yes, for the purposes of this site \"foreign\" usually means in a foreign language. I\'m British and I usually think of it this way.','aa2219268d5b61f57af317498357a219',0,'','6k0QzgdW',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2884,665,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1068864035,1,0,1,1,1,1,'kjandca','Re: American cinema as Foreign Film','Hmmm....I guess that means Canadian movies aren\'t \"Foreign\". Geez, I was feeling really smart and intellectaul watching Red Green\'s \"Duct Tape Forever\".','5aee11685a861f734a232067c0b64f47',0,'','bfnMxsw0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2885,665,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1069098150,1,0,1,1,1,1,'ustink','Re: American cinema as Foreign Film','So foreign is anything not spoken in English?  Unless it is  \"artsy\".  Would you say American English is different than say, British English or Canadian English?  Not that I am trying to start a debate, but I have noticed some of us are not from an english -speaking country and thought I\'d ask their point of view...','0a6f6cdc0b43b0757f0c6fb41014b19b',0,'','tBhKz8qo',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2886,665,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1069100178,1,0,1,1,1,1,'shopgal','Re: American cinema as Foreign Film','This discussion reminded me of the \"dilemma\" I had when I posted abt Foreign Film Fest recommendations, cos some of the films are actually \"local\" to some pple on this board.\n\nIn my country, American and Hong Kong films are very common, altho technically foreign, I still regard them as the usual films hence not \"that\" foreign. However films from Thailand, Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, Iran, Australia, NZ, UK and the European countries are less frequently shown and most of the times only during film festivals (either the annual one or the idividual ones held by the embassies). So I consider all of the them \"really\" foreign.\n\nSo in that sense, I consider UK, Australian and NZ English films more foreign than American English films.','572ddeb5b4b4148f05eb3b00dbeaae58',0,'','1abeBd8F',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2887,665,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1069165831,1,0,1,1,1,1,'disable_2001','Re: American cinema as Foreign Film','Do not comfuse anti-Americanism with foreign films (we\'re moving to a different level and it\'s not so simple at it seems).  Also it\'s not need to be a statistic explanation about this (english language-&gt;not foreign). I believe that a foreign film is every film that contains an aesthetism for each of you personally. Foreign film is every movie that\'s not trying to exhibit the \"fashion\" and mock you just for a purpose, to get a financial success and serve a system that has no relation with art.   ','89fbf863da23da947c8b0ba0a1b229de',0,'','SEC0vlNu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2888,665,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1069175462,1,0,1,1,1,1,'ustink','Re: American cinema as Foreign Film','Wow! I guess it never occured to me this would really end up as a debate on what defines Foreign Film.  All this to say, what is generally thought of American films through a non-American viewpoint.  Thanks for the insight of Foreign Film \"title\" guys :)','acbbdfa9482dd4f733318ccee4f3d24e',0,'','9Btmnv06',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2889,665,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1069180931,1,0,1,1,1,1,'auteur','Re: American cinema as Foreign Film','Can somebody please translate what disable wrote?','47b49f02b5ea9867fc5c1984821d867f',0,'','Y4SeVLW5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2890,665,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1069190262,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Gaz','Re: American cinema as Foreign Film','I think disable was trying to equate foreign films with independent film-making styles and companies. Personally I think it\'s more complicated than s/he does. It\'s too simple to apportion a genre to a country. One has to accept that each country\'s cinema is going to be influenced by that of other countries, hence, for instance, the Taxi films. Not exactly arthouse, are they?','6ca891a0268acc0a1600341f3cd8f7d1',0,'','rm4zX32b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2891,665,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1069193057,1,0,1,1,1,1,'auteur','Re: American cinema as Foreign Film','Thanks Gaz. I agree with you.','dc6c872d8abe129d26d417c37964b257',0,'','8ho3v0z9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2892,665,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1069194436,1,0,1,1,1,1,'ustink','Re: American cinema as Foreign Film','I was not trying to imply American as a genre.  Why are the films here catagorized by country, along with genre if we cannot  do the same with American?  I guess no one has anything to really say about films from the U.S since everyone is intent on debating the \"foreign\".  Oh well...','b4aca857f77d936e489393078c4aae71',0,'','54NSPVkL',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2893,665,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1069223696,1,0,1,1,1,1,'shopgal','Re: American cinema as Foreign Film','oh dear pims, sounds like all of us missed ur point? :P :)\n\nok, back to what u were original asking: \n&gt;&gt;For all y\'all non-americans out there, how do you feel about American movies? I guess they would be \"foreign\" to you. Just curious...\n\nAs I had previously mentioned, most of my local cinemas show American and HK films, so they are the staple. I find them more familiar than foreign. Therefore in general, I view both American (and HK) films as mainstream commercial films. Usually if I just want to watch s\'thing for fun (spare cash, spare time or Valentine\'s/X\'mas) I\'ll go for them.\n\nWhereas since the \"foreign\" films are rare, only during film festivals, so only the BEST gets shown (esp. the individual festivals held by the embassies, the standard is usually high), therefore I take the extra effort to catch most of them. Having said that, \"best\" seems to mean \"most commercially popular\" in this yr\'s film fest though, sigh... Fan Fan la Tulipe (French) was quite a waste of time.\n\n&gt;&gt;I was not trying to imply American as a genre. Why are the films here categorized by country, along with genre if we cannot do the same with American?\n\nYes, we can, as we all know, there are exceptional American films that touch the heart or expose s\'thing about the human condition/culture (which is my own personal measure for gd films). And the few  American films that do so, rank as highly as the few, good \"foreign\" films that made it into my country, for me.\n','6b39ca43cef6be2ca881a3f41972f4ac',0,'','LWAwkrxQ',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2894,665,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1069228960,1,0,1,1,1,1,'nina*','Re: American cinema as Foreign Film','I think the more commercial a (American) movie the more \"American\" it\'s viewed. I think it\'s pretty much the same every where.. (ingluding US) most US movies are seen as entertaining (or shallow/stupid), British as the older generations entertaiment/boring and French as intellectual or artsy (or fake artsy porn) and to watch any other \"nationality\" you must really question things (or b a communist or other similiar creature). And about what is foreign.. (sorry Pims) from an American point of view I\'d probably count most non US (weather it\'s in english language or not) films as forein.. And as US pop culture has pretty much, at least in some extend, spread every where, I\'d think that at least the \"mainstream\" movies people don\'t generally see as foreign (at least in the initial sense of the word, anyway) and love it or hate it as much as Coke or McDonalds. Allthow maybe most do watch them a bit more objectively than maybe movies from they\'re own country(?) (and some, like The Godfather movies I think some people seem to put into different category, because of the \"Italian American\" factor, I might b makeing that up thow.. but I think they seem to get a little bit more respect 4 that reason). I don\'t think language alone could be the thing to determine what is foreign and what is not, I think it totally depends from one\'s personal point of fiew. I was watching \"The Secret of Roan Inish\" (Irish) one day with some American english speakers (I don\'t meen to generalizise here-!) (Bush joke: Bush probably would have asked \"what language is this?\" and then refused to watch \"Iranian\" terrorist movie..), for whom it might as well been in Heprew (as well as the subject being from Mars). And why do some of those (US films) Brit DVDs have been dubbed in Cocney? (Meaning, that Im no\'t sure if English can b count as just one language..;-).  ','63e37d61e4a4edb46c2bfdfa5bb778bd',0,'','QHw5Dmpc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2895,665,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1069260524,1,0,1,1,1,1,'ustink','Re: American cinema as Foreign Film','thank u nina for your insight.  i guess this is what i was looking for.','f3310c8c2a3a3c349da46f000847b116',0,'','myU6M3kS',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2896,666,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1068873411,1,0,1,1,1,1,'shopgal','Film Fest coming up, need recommendations','There\'s a Foreign Film Fest coming up and they are offering the following (mainly french, I think). I can\'t possibily watch all so kinda hope some of you can recommend:\n\n1) The Spanish Apartment\n2) Fan Fan La Tulipe\n3) La Papillion\n4) Belleville rendezvous\n5) Bon Voyage\n6) Love me if you dare (Jeux d\'enfants)\n7) Last Life in the Universe\n8) Goodbye Lenin!\n9) Wir','4bf0e21455f5420b25ca567c3b18464c',0,'','Q90unr72',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2897,666,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1068898629,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Mik','Re: Film Fest coming up, need recommendations','I recommend you \"Goodbye, Lenin!\" It\'s lyrical, kind film. And director\'s work is rather interesring. So, I was impressed by this film. It\'s worth seeing.','af3511143b061e7a53f87808cd66d847',0,'','nDhcexfU',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2898,666,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1068928561,1,0,1,1,1,1,'lionelz','Re: Film Fest coming up, need recommendations','What I know about some of these movies:\n\n1) The Spanish Apartment\n\nIf I am not wrong, that is probably Cedric  Klapisch\'s  \"L\'auberge espagnole\". The movie is about a young French guy (played by Romain Duris), studying in Barcelona for 1 year with foreign students from other european countries. The expression \"auberge espagnole\" describes a dinner where everybody brings his own plate. Indeed, each one of these 7 students will bring its own experience to make....a funny and touching movie! One of 2002 hit movies in France.\n\n2) Fan Fan La Tulipe\nThis movie was made to be a blockbuster: Luc Besson produces a remake of a 1951 movie, now with Vincent Perez and Penelope Cruz (who speaks french during the movie!).From the director of Taxi 2 and Taxi 3(!). The movie seems to have been made for (dumb?) kids between 9 and 13.\n\n3) Le Papillion\nAn old man\'s life is changed by a little girl during his trip to find a scarce butterfly. I haven\'t seen it.\n\n4) Belleville rendezvous\n\nOne of the most expected movies of 2003 because Sylvain Chomet\'s latest animation movie (The Old lady and the pigeons) was nominated at the Oscars. There is a nice website in english ( http://www.bellevillerendezvous.com/ ). The \"story\" section will help you to get an idea of this film.\n\n5) Bon Voyage\nThe movie has a great cast (Gerard Depardieu, Isabelle Adjani, Virginie Ledoyen) but was a flop. In 1940, a young studend has to choose between a famous actress and a student, politics or deliquency, his past life or his new one...It\'s not a bad movie. It\'s just entertaining.\n\n6) Love me if you dare (Jeux d\'enfants)\nYou can avoid this one! The director wanted to make a new \"Amelie\"...The story of a girl and a boy who are meant to be together.\n\n8) Goodbye Lenin!\n\nA huge success in Germany and in France. The other message of this board seems to reflect the opinion of many viewers. I just found that is a nice way to discover German\'s life during the end of 1989 and the beginning of the 90\'s\n\nI did my best to express myself in English. I hope it will be clear...','dcc6c45b978655684858fc1e2f8b8ac6',0,'','zqcCr3tm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2899,666,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1069004148,1,0,1,1,1,1,'shopgal','Re: Film Fest coming up, need recommendations','Wow! Thanks to the both of u! \nEsp to LionelZ: it was v v kind of u to take the effort to go down the list and gave gd summeries of each, esp the bit abt what the expression \"auberge espagnole\" meant. No worries, your English is good. \nThink I\'ll catch The Spanish Apartment, Goodbye Lenin and La Papillion.\nThanks once again :)...','3ca2f1c620ba5c0fe609b46e55f8eadf',0,'','nlixDC2u',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2900,666,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1069056749,1,0,1,1,1,1,'bigpoppa_2059','Re: Film Fest coming up, need recommendations','My friend who attended the Cannes Film Festival told me that Fanfan la Tulipe is an embarrasement. All the critics & viewers walked out quiet as churchgoers because the word is that it\'s just really stupid and pointless. I loved \"L\'Auberge Espagnole\" a lot (great soundtrack too) so if you absoultely had to choose 1, I\'d go with that.','30f906cf2b6444917fe74185fce18183',0,'','izKwvGJS',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2901,667,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1069089014,1,0,1,1,1,1,'jh66','name of this french film?...please!!...','from memory this gritty and brilliant french movie(also set there,maybe Paris)went something like this;\n\na corrupt cop made extra money by violence and blackmail whilst on duty.\nhowever,one victim-an old man-comes forward and is led by the cops\' unsuspecting colleagues through the station in order to possibly identify the guilty man in person.\n\nas it was a process of elimination, our cop was called back from a case he was on(or corruption), to the station to be screened.\n\nknowing he certainly would be recognised, he threw ACID in his own face before returning- thus evading recognition when in hospital.\n\nafter a rapid self-discharge from hospital, he continues his trail of destruction and (i think) dies in a violent shoot-out at the end!!\n\nany ideas anyone?..pleease!!!','08225dde9d682591b708b078135c2955',0,'','nWFZpD2Q',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2902,668,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1069440949,1,0,1,1,1,1,'manals','Anyone seen Cenizas Del Paraiso?','Has anyone seen Cenizas Del Paraiso by Marcelo Pineyro? I think its Argentinian & its English title is Ashes from Paradise, & oh-my-goodness it is so wonderful!','fee8369dab66b1ffd3861c9f9bb8a66a',0,'','aKEtdZPb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2903,669,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1070323520,1,0,1,1,1,1,'bschoi','Not only martial art..other burgeoning genres?','Especially, for Asian films, you might quickly relate them with martial art and beatiful choreogrphy. However, do you think that American audiences are now getting interested in other genres such as drama or family(e.g. The Way Home, Korean) which deal with more delicate cultural matters than before? If so, this kind of autonomous interaction through film databases and online communities may facilitate such process and publicity?','9f2e78b5673354c292802268d11b7ee8',0,'','vuQ1prUl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2904,670,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1070364936,1,0,1,1,1,1,'john-5','Abraham Valley- Portuguese masterpiece','I\'ve just seen for the 3rd time this loose, referential 1993 transposition of Madame Bovary to Portugal\'s lovely Douro valley, by the now nonagenarian (and still amazingly prolific) director Manoel de Oliveira. Though the initial sublime relish of finding unexpected treasure can never be recaptured, i\'m as convinced as ever that it\'s a unique and formidable masterpiece. Its 3 hour length, languorous pacing, sometimes pretentious conversations and often snobbish or unlikeable characters won\'t be for all tastes, but.. it has a supreme elegance, subtle irony and dry wit, outstanding cinematography (by Mario Barroso), superb compositions, decor and use of scenery, and- not least- a hypnotic central performance by Leonor Silveira as the self-centred beauty married to a dull doctor, who embarks on unfulfilling affairs. \n\nGraced with Vermeerian serenity, and a rich but intangible sense of mystery worthy of Velasquez, it\'s as \"rounded, strange and deep\" as a noble vintage wine from the area\'s vineyards. One for the connoisseur (and who here is not?) to savour at leisure. \n','c14fa1821020fd2ab465a5c9430f1cfb',0,'','WCqN0acE',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2905,670,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1070503796,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gratefultiger','Re: Abraham Valley- Portuguese masterpiece','There you go again john. yes you are right a masterwork!\nD\'oliveira deseverves so much more kudos as even at his advanced age (90\'s)he makes films that make others look feeble. i am going home too view it again right now after i pick up a few beers ..cheers','67a0864baaf8913ac5edfe5fa880c4d4',0,'','03fT42KN',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2906,670,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1070741826,1,0,1,1,1,1,'john-5','Re: Abraham Valley- Portuguese masterpiece','You\'re one of the very few people i\'ve come across who\'s actually seen it- and i\'m very glad you agree. I don\'t remember seeing it in any critic\'s top 10.','b73b6e0021ebe15007572261f52075d3',0,'','hdYsgw9U',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2907,670,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1070852808,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gratefultiger','Re: Abraham Valley- Portuguese masterpiece','More People should see it especially women,as a matter of fact i shall recommend it to my darling daughter as an alternative to \"Kill Bill\" etc','d422033e0c2f2d6a0a811e9055e75c74',0,'','K6vPbVMX',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2908,670,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1070858003,1,0,1,1,1,1,'auteur','Re: Abraham Valley- Portuguese masterpiece','To begin with, I enjoyed John-5\'s comments very much. I think Mr. de Oliveira belongs in the pantheon of cinema masters. He has a unique vision, visual intelligence, and a very particular sensibility. I\'ve seen [i]Abraham\'s Valley, Journey to the Beginning of the World, I\'m Going Home, The Convent[/i]. I learned about him from critic Jonathan Rosenbaum, who claims Oliveira\'s masterpieces are [i]NO, FRANCISCA[/I] and [I]INQUIETUDE[/I], which I have not seen.\nI\'ve been able to track down two other Oliveiras on dvd: PARTY and THE LETTER. (Have you fellas seen \'em?) The latter sounds very similar to Abraham, which I enjoy and admire, but stop short of calling a masterpiece due to occasional slackness.\n\nLeonor Silveira has done little... except for gracing every film directed by MdO since her debut in CANNIBALS(88). A total of 14 films!','92e6cb10f2ffd8c04f3f03baed91bda5',0,'','qJYpd0mX',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2909,670,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1070878690,1,0,1,1,1,1,'john-5','Re: Abraham Valley- Portuguese masterpiece','Only Abraham Valley and I\'m Going Home have been widely available in Britain. I got a dvd of No or the Vainglory of Command from French internet shop Fnac. I was slightly disappointed as my expectations were so high (from its selection by Jonathon Romney in the excellent book Film: The Critics\' Choice, by Gilbert Adair in his superb book Flickers, and its place in Claire Denis\' top 10). It covers several quite diverse episodes (often none too glorious) in Portuguese history, as recounted to his colleagues by a soldier fighting in Angola. The main battle scene betrays its low budget (and there were difficulties encountered during filming) but is still impressive, and though the film is not always to my taste (there\'s one bold surprisingly kitschy segment) it\'s never less than interesting, provocative and original. When walking a stretch of local canal here, i invariably think of the film\'s lush Angolan vegetation and the opening sequence. \n\nAniki Bobo (1942), a film about children in the \"neo-realist\" style apparently, has a high reputation and was selected as one of the BFI\'s 360 Classics. Amor de Perdicao (1978) was a breakthrough for him and is generally considered among his best.\n\nIf only such films were accessible. ','df0b0debcfb095fc461106546db9e0b6',0,'','0EYUPyqm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2910,671,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1070547843,1,0,1,1,1,1,'jh66','\'police python 357\'','anybody please tell me if it\'s available on dvd?\n\nthanks.','9b855279a5f1d2975524c8140962cc63',0,'','FVq0l5Be',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2911,672,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1070615692,1,0,1,1,1,1,'bigpoppa_2059','David Hemmings dead at 62...','For all us fans of Blow-Up and just film in general, please read this article. RIP.\n\nhttp://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Movies/12/04/obit.hemmings.reut/index.html','796bd09959b1b59f78174b508a66ed24',0,'','qhLAoPrT',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2912,673,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1070698780,1,0,1,1,1,1,'dystopianfilms.ca','Bergman\'s Last Film','I found this on Yahoo...\n\n[b]A million Swedes watch Ingmar Bergman\'s latest film -- and last?[/b]\n\nSTOCKHOLM (AFP) - One million Swedes tuned in to watch the latest film by stage and screen legend Ingmar Bergman, \"Saraband\", which premiered on Swedish Television, the public broadcaster said.\n\nBergman, 85, has said \"Saraband\", a sequel to his 1973 film \"Scenes from a Marriage\", will mark the end of his career.\n\nDescribed by the director himself as a \"concerto grosso for four soloists\", \"Saraband\" returns to Marianne and Johan, the couple portrayed by Bergman\'s ex-wife Liv Ullmann and longtime friend Erland Josephson in the 1972 movie and who resumed the roles this time around.\n\nThirty years after their divorce, Marianne visits Johan who lives with a son he hates, Henrik, played by Boerje Ahlstedt, and his granddaughter Karin, portrayed by the young Julia Dufvenius, whom tabloid Aftonbladet called \"Bergman\'s latest chick\".\n\nJulia is a promising cellist who studies under her father. She is coping with her father\'s incestuous obsession, while he is incapable of mourning his wife Anna who died two years ago.\n\nTwelve percent of the Swedish population, and 30 percent of those watching television, watched the film, named after a Bach cello suite.\n\nThe Swedish press gave it warm reviews, though leading daily Dagens Nyheter said it regretted that it was not \"a spotless grand finale -- and certainly not the film that we would have liked to see.\"\n\nWhether or not the film will be shown in cinemas worldwide remains uncertain however, as Bergman has complained of the poor quality of the images -- the film was recorded in digital technology -- describing it as \"catastrophic\" in an interview with Aftonbladet.\n\nHe also said the film\'s stringent, austere and theatre-like style heavy on the dialogue would not work well on the big screen.\n\nBergman has repeatedly announced his retirement -- after his wife\'s death in 1995 he described life as \"a comfortable hell\" and vowed he would never film again.\n\nBut the man who traded 100 tin soldiers with his older brother to get his first movie camera has proved unable to stop creating, and he has remained active with film and theatre projects.\n\nHe has however slowed down somewhat. During the shooting of \"Saraband\" in Stockholm, he worked only every other day.\n\nSince the death of his wife, the last of the great postwar European filmmakers has lived in seclusion on the Baltic Sea island of Faeroe.\n\nBergman first won international acclaim in 1956, when \"Smiles of a Summer Night\" was shown at the Cannes Film Festival. He has since made more than 100 plays and some 50 films, including \"Cries and Whispers\", \"Wild Strawberries\", \"The Seventh Seal\" and \"Fanny and Alexander\", which won four Academy Awards.','2d914001d56e04f8384e4b1aa55e9b99',0,'','Hkd45S0c',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2913,674,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1070754819,1,0,1,1,1,1,'lena03','This years foreign language Oscars','So what are some contenders?  I thought City of God was good, but the material may not be suitable.\n\n','ec6ab3900c65f6a256d31243ce0bd4af',0,'','ra05Wtlf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2914,674,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1070759032,1,0,1,1,1,1,'jpmccusa-1','Re: This years foreign language Oscars','I\'ve heard that Italy\'s \"Io Non Ho Paura\" is a runner. I\'ve seen it, and I thought it was a contender.','738bf1d9e3042377bf9ce156494d39d3',0,'','XNgmkzUn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2915,674,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1070766320,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Gaz','Re: This years foreign language Oscars','It\'s too late for City of God to be entered, I think. I believe it was Brazil\'s submitted film for last year, but did not make the final five. I\'ve seen a list of all the films nominated, and (at the time, at least) didn\'t know any of them.','bbf27052b9eb1e000ad3741375cd6c5c',0,'','NRdjYyxo',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2916,674,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073303839,1,0,1,1,1,1,'hengcs','Re: This years foreign language Oscars','i also think City of God has been submitted last year, 2002. Anyway, I am hoping Russia\'s \"The Return\" will get in. I also hear good reviews about Germany\'s \"Good Bye Lenin\". \n\nMaybe we could take a hint from the Golden Globe nominations. 8)\n(1) The Barbarian Invasions From Canada\n(2) Good Bye, Lenin! From Germany\n(3) Monsieur Ibrahim From France\n(4) Osama From Afghanistan\n(5) The Return From Russia\n\nBut of course the Oscar list might be different.\n8)','39feeb9fcff037c24847335e2a3678c1',0,'','5t3KjUbm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2917,674,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073350967,1,0,1,1,1,1,'auteur','Re: This years foreign language Oscars','The Mexican submission will be ignored by the Academy. It\'s a Mexican-Hungarian co-production titled \"ARO TOLBUKHIN:In the Mind of a Killer\". It\'s a brilliant mix of documentary and fiction about a merchant marine from Budapest who joins a Spanish catholic mission in Guatemala in the late 70s and confesses to a series of murders of indigineous women and children. It\'s playing at festivals around the world, including every Latino fest in the US. Available in video in Mexico and Spain.   ','3157200ec774d9237a955f33391f8a27',0,'','Nawno7TE',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2918,674,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073436484,1,0,1,1,1,1,'FF-jason','Re: This years foreign language Oscars','Go here for a list of films from all 56 countries in competition.\n\n[url]http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2003/03.10.20.a.html[/url]','874ac5ab93161e41dced8b3b4ab46d4c',0,'','W004xs8z',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2919,675,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1070888130,1,0,1,1,1,1,'john-5','Tokyo Story','O.K. Well, over the last 2 years i\'ve said something about almost all my favourites, but i think it\'s the turn of Tokyo Story. Its plot is simple. An elderly couple living in the provinces go to visit their adult children in the capital but find only their widowed daughter-in-law, the lovely Setsuko Hara, has time and genuine concern for them. It\'s a superbly acted, quiet gentle film, full of generosity, wisdom, warmth, compassion, integrity and insights into family and generational relationships. \nIts cinematic techniques are typically restrained, with Ozu\'s trademark still and low camera (about shoulder height to someone seated on the floor), even editing rhythms, and carefully controlled shots that give meaning to simple objects, the local environment and a sense of space off-screen.\n\n It\'s ultimately extremely touching and beautiful and is one of the most admired masterpieces in world cinema, voted in the all-time top 10 in several major international polls, including Sight and Sound. I know many regulars here are well familiar with its qualities, but i hope anyone who\'s not seen it (and whose interests go well beyond the latest helter-skelter violent action movies) will give it a go.\n','a44a1712bf2aec94550f67e134f208f9',0,'','FpfTcAEV',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2920,675,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071031767,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gratefultiger','Re: Tokyo Story','What can i say a masterwork,along with \"late spring\" Ozu a true master.have you seen any of Naruse\'s films? Another film-maker of Zen like qualities,you won\'t get any argument from me concerning Ozu,and i do hope others check both directors out as it is a very rewarding experience.','27c974e2019c4b7684c6be0a3b3c6d6c',0,'','e3gUsC4X',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2921,675,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071050117,1,0,1,1,1,1,'ksparent','Re: Tokyo Story','I would recommend a Korean movie named \"Obaltan\" or \"The Aimless Bullet\" to anyone who likes \"Tokyo Story.\"  Unfortunately, the only surviving print isn\'t in great shape and has burnt-in subtitles (ENglish, fortunaely), but the R3 DVD is selling for less than US$10 and is a great movie.\n','ba1463292977a7985d2b30f17fb5a676',0,'','iZBn2Rsm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2922,675,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071081011,1,0,1,1,1,1,'auteur','Re: Tokyo Story','I want to buy it, based solely on your recommendation, but the only one on ebay sells for $20 +s/h. Where did you buy yours?','887b21a0a10251b14837bd827beebed0',0,'','gNkGZhKu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2923,675,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071461193,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gratefultiger','Re: Tokyo Story','Auteur hit mastersofcinema.org (one of the best of all film sites for us connoisseurs)then move to the Ozu site for all u need to know,you will be very impressed with this site i guarantee..cheers','4705c6c943118d8987a7e119f674574a',0,'','VbBLig8A',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2924,676,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1070946653,1,0,1,1,1,1,'ksparent','What movie is this?','I\'m asking for a friend. It doesn\'t sound like anything I\'ve ever seen.\n\nSmall boy in Italy, probably blond-haired, wants to be a painter, but his father doesn\'t want him to. The boy loves a famous fresco in the local church, which is usually kept behind a curtain to protect it, but is shown on rare occasions. He goes to the church to see the fresco, and is filled with wonder when he finally sees it. At some point, he also is able to buy some paints and pursue his calling. Maybe he becomes a famous painter?','993769637a5ca73fd6b6bed68d09b018',0,'','A5Ua9K3f',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2925,677,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071005069,1,0,1,1,1,1,'saratw2','Has anyone seen Le Boucher directed by Chabral?','I have not seen any of Chabral\'s films. But I am thinking of renting Le Boucher. What is your opinion of Le Boucher and of Chabral?','3005f29da130a86a834565b826910e38',0,'','0da7ZAUB',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2926,677,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071016267,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Gaz','Re: Has anyone seen Le Boucher directed by Chabral?','I haven\'t seen many films by Chabrol, but he is very highly thought of as a suspense director and I would recommend Le Boucher very strongly. Jean Yanne and Stephane Audran are both excellent and the film contains one of my favourite scenes in all cinema, a Baroque dance sequence performed by Audran\'s class. There\'s also the wonderful and original moment with the blood falling from a great height. Don\'t miss it.','380f5e5183790b845787ed2a24511e7a',0,'','9qJyci5R',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2927,677,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071031348,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gratefultiger','Re: Has anyone seen Le Boucher directed by Chabral?','Le boucher is a classic Audran is always cool,the epitome of gallic charm,with blonde hair to boot!','3955621aaa647fcb9eb2f2416b1f6d24',0,'','0HUGXlbD',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2928,677,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071280457,1,0,1,1,1,1,'groom_daniel','Re: Has anyone seen Le Boucher directed by Chabral?','I\'ve seen several Chabrol films. My favourite is Une Affaire De Femmes (The Story of Women). Le Boucher is a really good film. It\'s a psychological thriller, but there\'s little in the way of suspense. It\'s more of a nuanced character study in violence, morality and sexual frustration, sort of a cross between Hitchcock and Henri-Georges Clouzot. \n','1e6fd526cb8309ca2b4d124e9be8b814',0,'','WPQxL0if',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2929,677,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1072043598,1,0,1,1,1,1,'saratw2','Re: Has anyone seen Le Boucher directed by Chabral?','I just watched Le Boucher by Chabrol. It was really unusual and I loved it. I also watched it again with the commentary on the DVD which helped me see a lot of things I had missed. In some ways it was deeper than Hitchcock.\n\nNow, what other Chabrol movies should I see?','99024bbf08a5753e385fb6ee86c245be',0,'','CE4uHzLd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2930,677,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1072107747,1,0,1,1,1,1,'PerditaDurango','Re: Has anyone seen Le Boucher directed by Chabral?','You really can\'t go wrong with any Chabrol films which star Isabelle Huppert.  \nMy personal favorite is La Ceremonie which features some great acting from Huppert and Sandrine Bonnaire as well as suspense. The viewer gets a sense from the opening that something very bad will happen before the film ends.','8d2f6089450eaf12b32572c5a2899264',0,'','1W5CsG9m',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2931,677,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1072112589,1,0,1,1,1,1,'saratw2','Re: Has anyone seen Le Boucher directed by Chabral?','Alas, it is not on DVD so Netflix doesn\'t have it.\n\nI agree with you about Hupport. I saw her in The Piano Teacher and in 8 Women. She is wonderful and so versatile.\n\nI\'ll see if she is in any other Chabrol films at Netflix.','5f8bf8c5971722fcb6a26b0e7d351e1b',0,'','VWoeZJvy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2932,677,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1072132874,1,0,1,1,1,1,'groom_daniel','Re: Has anyone seen Le Boucher directed by Chabral?','Isabelle Huppert stars in Une Affaire de Femmes (The Story of Women). I think it\'s a film of depth and power, with an incredible human touch that makes it a joy to watch. Its \"smallness\" kills me, the story is told entirely through character relationships, but deals with such large emotions, and Chabrol shows so much restraint in getting genuine emotion and real feeling out of the story and subject matter. I thought it was magnificent. Violette Nozière is a similar Chabrol/Huppert film. \n','cf27d232195b3f6b38e13dd23fec265c',0,'','U1PTqMmi',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2933,678,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071008542,1,0,1,1,1,1,'s_t_w','I\'ve made a movie - download it!','Hi!\n \nI\'ve made an austrian low-budget comedy and it\'s now available for downloading with english subtitles.\n \nIt\'s about an 18-year-old boy, who makes the first party in his conservative parents place - but unfortunately he invites the wrong people in.\nYou can download the entire movie for free at [url]http://www.benjaminsparty.at.tf[/url] \nThe site also contains information about the cast & crew, the music, out-takes, pictures of the shooting and a guestbook for your comments.\n\nI hope you like it\n \n Stefan\n \n \n','ddb6b62c76ff93bb6d3bcc9b2f372698',0,'','3KqrCvG0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2934,679,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071283758,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gratefultiger','Bunuel\'s \"Robinson Crusoe\"','Where is this classic on Video/DVD, iheard contractual problems have caused the non release of it,i loved it as a kid,does anyone know if it is available?','981a6a6c3848e4b7a19fcd1cc94cb70d',0,'','5rb3vGPC',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2935,679,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071369760,1,0,1,1,1,1,'bigpoppa_2059','Re: Bunuel\'s \"Robinson Crusoe\"','I would love to see it too...I didn\'t even know he made this. Was is during his \"Mexican\" period in the 50\'s or earlier?','d7b31034ddaf9de99bf8f901dc3a91f2',0,'','lNAhqFDC',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2936,679,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071458738,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gratefultiger','Re: Bunuel\'s \"Robinson Crusoe\"','Yes big poppa dan o\'herlihy played crusoe the full title is \"the adventures of robinson crusoe\" & it was made in Mexico in the 50\'s Or there abouts,it is a film which has stuck with me over 40 years,i can still hear the beautiful soundtrack in my head after all these years, i hope to get to see it again before too long.','c448ce34a45e011252ccc23310e92a4b',0,'','qyAuMkoL',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2937,680,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071360318,1,0,1,1,1,1,'saratw2','Fassbinder\'s \"Ali: Fear Eats the Soul\"','I have just finished watching Ali:Fear Eats the Soul.  I am blown away. \n\nThe two leads were perfect. And the camera\'s long pauses with people framed within a doorway just adds to the loneliness.\n\nI was a bit confused about Ali\'s health condition at the end and what it would mean for the relationship.\n\nMy first Fassbinder movie and I loved it even though it was painful at times. Especially the rejection of the characters.\n\n\n\n','9a28c904aac87b28ae82322d20178c41',0,'','PAmnCxN5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2938,680,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071367966,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Gaz','Re: Fassbinder\'s \"Ali: Fear Eats the Soul\"','It was my first Fassbinder film too. A wonderful and moving piece of cinema, which still has perceptive things to say about our society and relationships.\n\nIt\'s so beautifully observed, the part when Emmi and Ali come back from holiday and everyone accepts them. You think that everything is going to be OK, but instead it shows up the weaknesses in their relationship. Thought-provoking stuff.\n\nYou have given me the impulse to watch it again - I\'ll dig my video out over Christmas.','dee9f13252010cc63ffb86a7436c37ea',0,'','gQ2d8LyR',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2939,680,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071369700,1,0,1,1,1,1,'bigpoppa_2059','Re: Fassbinder\'s \"Ali: Fear Eats the Soul\"','Did u get the Criterion version yet? IMO it\'s one of the best packages they\'ve done. Excellent booklet, special features, and a mindblowing digital transfer.','64cf5138fa87ac4e57cc68d4f8089952',0,'','VRfFkNmo',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2940,680,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071423492,1,0,1,1,1,1,'saratw2','Re: Fassbinder\'s \"Ali: Fear Eats the Soul\"','Yes, I rented the Criterian DVD from Netflix. But there was no commentary on it. However, the transfer was beautiful.','4ecf848c7ffcd6c654479d576050ed74',0,'','PxVX1y28',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2941,680,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071459190,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gratefultiger','Re: Fassbinder\'s \"Ali: Fear Eats the Soul\"','Based on Douglas Sirk\'s \"All That Heaven Allows\"\n(Fassbinder was a huge Sirk fan as his plots, colours & compositions show & i think Fear Eats The Soul actually transcends the original film no mean feat.One of my all time favourites & to me Werner\'s best.\nPS ali was the spurned lover of Fassbinder & i think suicided (that story would make a great film itself) but who to direct Ozon,Haneke,Noe?...cheers','204b303be0f0aeecd1f384e1400c63c3',0,'','JkDEi46a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2942,680,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071794781,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Mr. West','Re: Fassbinder\'s \"Ali: Fear Eats the Soul\"','Actually, the actor who played Ali (I believe) ended up killing someone in some sort of a sordid homosexual love crime.  He was thrown in prison, where he later hanged himself.\n\nYou may also be thinking of Fassbinder\'s later boyfriend, Armin Meier, who was jilted by Fassbinder and subsequently committed suicide.  The film \'In a Year of 13 Moons\' was Fassbinder\'s \"existential\" way of dealing with his grief and guilt after that incident.','05145044f814d8c7cab26dbd76dd3d6c',0,'','JEcle3bk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2943,680,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071795271,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Mr. West','Re: Fassbinder\'s \"Ali: Fear Eats the Soul\"','Saratw2:\n\nIt\'s good to hear about someone discovering my favorite director.  \'Fear Eats the Soul\' is a great one.  \n\nYou ought to check out \'The Merchant of Four Seasons\' too.  It was made shortly before \'Ali,\' and it\'s very similar as a sad (but vaguely off-beat) character study.  Also, I found the protagonist of \'Merchant\' to be far more intriguing than the two lead characters in \'Ali.\'','96628e5c521a7ea28b2056bc8af6986f',0,'','B9AMzciZ',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2944,680,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071801441,1,0,1,1,1,1,'saratw2','Re: Fassbinder\'s \"Ali: Fear Eats the Soul\"','Thanks, Mr. West.\n\nI\'ll see if Netflix has the film you mentioned.\n\nI really loved \"Ali: Fear Eats the Soul.\" The woman in it was so unbelievably real. Like people I see everyday in the grocery store. Not beautiful. Not made up. But oh so real. \n','373f90cc78017e725f34f61f757a9b46',0,'','d8DUX0Vj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2945,680,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071817532,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gratefultiger','Re: Fassbinder\'s \"Ali: Fear Eats the Soul\"','Saratw2 there is a top doco \"Fassbinders Women\" which i have\nit explains heaps about this marvellous film maker as like Bergman he was a great director of women,try & check it out.\n','37fedc653c75a5735d46a1f25e90595b',0,'','5ka8Xdp9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2946,680,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071864841,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Mr. West','Re: Fassbinder\'s \"Ali: Fear Eats the Soul\"','Gratefultiger:\n\nDid you get that documentary off of eBay by any chance?  As far as I know, it\'s not available commercially.  Was the picture quality okay?  \n\nthanks,\nCarl','4f47f8656fa7ab81d3998b43b514e948',0,'','tMj5Rigu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2947,680,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1072142839,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gratefultiger','Re: Fassbinder\'s \"Ali: Fear Eats the Soul\"','Mr West i taped it off SBS television here in Australia,\nthey are always putting great stuff on as it is not a commercial station it caters for our\"multi cultural society\"\ndown here & thank god it does.They just had Alain Resnai\'s \"workshop\" & this week a 100 min doco on Marlene Dietrich,followed by The Blue Angel so i guess we are spoit down-under.I also love Berlin Alexanderplatz by Fassbinder,\ni hope to get a copy one day,but it hasn\'t been on TV since the early 80\'s','3b67ecff0cba1ca9fe977cc075d58262',0,'','VmEh2YL1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2948,681,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071370072,1,0,1,1,1,1,'bigpoppa_2059','National Board of Review picks 5 best foreign films of the year','Just saw this on a message board. They were announced last week...so what do you all think? Agree or disagree with the choices? I personally loved them all except Monsieur Ibrahim...which hasn\'t opened near me yet. I love Omar Sharif so I can\'t wait. Anyway:\n\n1. Barbarian Invasions* \n2. Best of Youth\n3. Monsieur Ibrahim\n4. Autumn Spring\n5. Man on the Train \n\n* Best foreign film of the year winner','88b95aa7f5b8689572661024670fd5bf',0,'','gVyj3PKi',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2949,682,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071433856,1,0,1,1,1,1,'saratw2','I want to like Andrei Rublev...','I just started watching this film. I am so puzzled and I don\'t know who anyone is or where the film is going. Last night I watched about 1/4th of it and stopped because I didn\'t know what was going on. Today I started the film over and got to the same spot and stopped.\n\nThe black and white photography is beautiful. As is the rain. And the faces.\n\nBut what is going on? \n\nI\'m not giving up. I am going to watch the whole thing, but could someone help me with the plot and the things I should be seeing?','2a357958e4aaf34847d90aa35d2620bb',0,'','z1ZifHWY',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2950,682,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071449768,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Mik','Re: I want to like Andrei Rublev...','I recommend you to see all the film and then you can ask any questions about it.\nIt\'s about medeival Russian icon painter Andrey Rublev. \nHe leaves his monastery to go to another one and paint icons for the new temple.','3bbe3de47c4107aab9ccc822290fd4dc',0,'','FKuaLVZg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2951,682,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071457323,1,0,1,1,1,1,'auteur','Re: I want to like Andrei Rublev...','This is not a film for those concerned with plot, or  narrative logic. This is a film for true lovers of the medium, who recognize cinema as a visual medium, not a conduit to storytelling. To make a correlation between cinema and literature, [i]Andrei Rublev[/i] is closest to poetry. It needs to be approached as a poem. Now I watch it without subs, as to not to get distracted from the images.  ','2c10f7cb718069bf12671c4a3f6908de',0,'','eKarPXzR',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2952,682,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071459769,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gratefultiger','Re: I want to like Andrei Rublev...','Saratw2 don\'t give up on this Supreme work as it is a true\nclassic & you don\'t have to be religious to see it is about faith.Poetic,magical,brutal at times,but should be seen by anyone who needs to know what first rank cinema is all about.have we ever seen a film that evokes the times as well? The grainy photography,the mud,rain,snow,the churches\nmust be medieval Russia. The Bell sequence is worth the price alone.Verdict 10 stars!','976d14ece46820531da3aa37eb702894',0,'','jUulmGSP',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2953,682,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071499791,1,0,1,1,1,1,'saratw2','Re: I want to like Andrei Rublev...','Thanks for the encouragement. I am sticking with it and will just let the film speak to me without trying to get a plot - just letting the images and poetry wash over me.\n\n\n\n','75087afe01eafed6902d0ed0acc5e5cd',0,'','RswjkyQr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2954,682,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071531982,1,0,1,1,1,1,'groom_daniel','Re: I want to like Andrei Rublev...','\"This is a film for true lovers of the medium, who recognize cinema as a visual medium, not a conduit to storytelling.\" - As a scriptwriting major, this makes my head spin. \n\nHere is the plot for the first half of the film, from All Movie Guide:\n\n\"Commissioned to paint the interior of the Vladimir cathedral, Andrei Rublev (Anatoli Solonitsyn) leaves the Andronnikov monastery with an entourage of monks and assistants, witnessing in his travels the degradations befalling his fellow Russians, including pillage, oppression from tyrants and Mongols, torture, rape, and plague. Faced with the brutalities of the world outside the religious enclave, Rublev\'s faith is shaken, prompting him to question the uses or even possibility of art in a degraded world. After Mongols sack the city of Vladimir, burning the very cathedral that he has been commissioned to paint, Rublev takes a vow of silence and withdraws completely, removing himself to the hermetic confines of the monastery.\" ','a86b4fa2feece116e8f7fea19d98a7ea',0,'','RyTMUcYV',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2955,682,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071545029,1,0,1,1,1,1,'zenbunny','Re: I want to like Andrei Rublev...','I love Tarkovsky (particularly Stalker) and was very saddened that I didn\'t connect with this film at all. \n','fe72bb593c024c2173a06a6ada0effa2',0,'','n9KMUdu6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2956,682,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071617213,1,0,1,1,1,1,'auteur','Re: I want to like Andrei Rublev...','groom_daniel\'s criticism of my statement is valid, in that [i]Andrei Rublev[/i] has a plot. But plot that has little to do with the deeper aims and reach of this poetic and metaphorical masterpiece. ','9730ffdec8c81d9f6620aeed55627260',0,'','MUJGVtqx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2957,682,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071708000,1,0,1,1,1,1,'ehonauer-1','Re: I want to like Andrei Rublev...','I\'m posting this in several parts - too big to do at once!\n\nI actually spent the past four days writing a paper on Andrei Rublev. The plot can be hard to follow if you\'re not paying close attention, but there\'s nothing I haven\'t been able to figure out after repeated viewings. I tend to notice new things every time I watch it. Tarkovsky doesn\'t do the little exposition cues we\'re trained to expect from movies - he just puts it out there, like life, and you have to make sense of it. There are uneven time gaps between the chapters, a fade in and out and 2 years have passed, which can be a little disorienting.\n\nHere are some synopses of Part One. Contains SPOILERS, so if you haven\'t seen it, don\'t read it!\n\nPrologue: Yefim takes flight in a balloon while an angry mob attacks his assistants. We infer that Yefim is an inventor, and the angry mob is unhappy with his aerial experiments due to ignorance or superstition. Yefim\'s experimental balloon crashes, killing him. This segment\'s events and characters are unconnected to the rest of the film, it just sets up several of the themes nicely.\n\nThe Jester (1400): Andrei Rublev, Danila Chorny, and Kirill are three monks who leave their monastery for Moscow (ostensibly to gain experience painting). They take shelter from a rainstorm in a barn, where a jester is performing for a crowd. Two soldiers arrive and arrest the jester (someone has denounced him - can you guess who?). This sets up a repeating theme: those who are creative, inventive, or freethinking are the subject of great persecution in this medieval society.\n\nTheophanes the Greek (1405-1406): Five years later, Kirill seeks out the famous icon painter Theophanes the Greek. Kirill is awestruck by Theophanes\'s skill. The painter  enjoys Kirill\'s flattery and offers him a position as his assistant. Theophanes has heard of Rublev, as his reputation as an artist is spreading, and it is evident that Kirill is jealous of Andrei. He will accept Theophanes\'s offer only if it is made publically before the members of his religous order - most importantly in front of Rublev. Obviously Kirill has some self-esteem issues. When Theophanes finally does send a messenger to the monastery to request an assistant, he asks for Rublev. This sends Kirill into a jealous rage. Andrei\'s friend Danila is insulted because Andrei accepts Theophanes\' offer without discussing it with him. That evening, Danila and Andrei resolve their disagreement, while Kirill stews angerily in his room. Kirill gets so worked up that he tells off the entire group, accusing them of worldly pursuits, when he\'s really just consumed with jealousy. He abandons the order and reenters secular life. \n\nAndrei and his lazy assistant Foma begin to work with Theophanes the Greek. Andrei and Theophanes disagree on the purpose of art - Theophanes espouses a medieval form of the \"art for art\'s sake\" argument. He creates for God, not for people. He thinks the masses are ignorant and not worth bothering with. Andrei takes a more humanist approach, and takes pity on the suffering of the Russian people. He offers a personal interpretation of the Passion of Christ, which is depicted on-screen in a Russian winter setting. \n','553cd11d259b39051bafb18f0935061d',0,'','Yw2RM9ne',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2958,682,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071708082,1,0,1,1,1,1,'ehonauer-1','Re: I want to like Andrei Rublev...','The Holiday (1408)\nSeveral years later, Andrei is travelling with the guild (group of artists and assistants) he has formed, including Danila, Foma, Piotr, and Sergei (a young blond boy). They camp for the night on a river bank. It is St. John\'s Eve, and the local peasants are engaging in a pagan celebration. Andrei is fascinated, and plunges into the woods to investigate. He witnesses a woman (Marfa) making love in the woods. He comes across a witch in a cabin. He spys on her while she performs witchcraft. He is seized by 3 pagan men. Monks and priests are persecuting the pagans at this time, so they tie him up, telling him they will murder him in the morning. The witch approaches Andrei and asks him why he was threathening the pagan men with hellfire. They discuss the morality of the pagan religion. The witch kisses Andrei passionately. He is torn between his arousal and his vow of chastity. She frees him, he runs from her, then stops. They face each other. Cut to the next morning. \n\n(One thing I started debating while writing my paper - did Andrei sleep with the witch? I don\'t think there\'s any concrete evidence on way or the other, but it\'s definitely a possibility.)\n\nAndrei finds his way back to his camp, and refuses to discuss what happened with his best friend, Danila (feeling guilty?). As they continue traveling down the river, a group of soldiers and monks are persecuting the pagans on the river bank. Marfa, the woman Andrei saw in the woods, and her lover are being pursued and beaten. Andrei tells the young Sergei not to look. \n\n(Anyone ever notice that one of the persecutors is Kirill? I didn\'t until this past weekend and I\'ve seen the film a number of times. Very subtle.)\n\nThe witch also appears, swimming naked across the river to escape her pursuers. She swins inches away from Andrei\'s passing boat. He doesn\'t lift a finger to help her, even though she saved his life the previous night (and perhaps even slept with him). \n\nThe Last Judgement (1408): Andrei has been commissioned to paint the cathedral at Vladimir by the Grand Prince. But he is suffering from a crisis of faith, and can\'t bring himself to start the mural of the Last Judgement, a vision of hellfire and brimstone. The Grand Prince, the bishop, and Andrei\'s guild are all frustrated by his procrastination. Andrei\'s creative block is likely due to guilt regarding his actions during St. John\'s Eve. He tells Danila, \"I don\'t want to scare people,\" and this is what the pagan witch accused Andrei of - scaring simple people into believing in Christianity. Tired of waiting for work, Foma leaves Andrei\'s guild.\n\nAndrei is summoned to a meeting with the Grand Prince. There he plays with and recites scripture to the Grand Prince\'s daughter. He also meets Stepan, the Grand Prince\'s Captain of the Guard, and the masons who have been building the Grand Prince a mansion. Stepan is critical of the masons work. The masons inform the Grand Prince they have accepted a contract to build a mansion for his younger brother and are leaving immediately for Zvenigorod. Later we learn of the severe sibling rivalry between these two. Stepan, angry at the masons for humiliating his master, ambushes them with his troops and has them all blinded with swords. Andrei\'s young assistant, Sergei, was travelling with the masons, and is spared. He returns to Vladimir and informs Andrei of what has transpired. In sorrow and rage, Andrei splatters the white walls of the cathedral with mud (or paint, perhaps?). He instructs Sergei to read the Bible aloud. A \"Holy Fool\" (a madwoman) enters the cathedral. When she sees the dirtied wall, she breaks into tears. In the Middle Ages, mad people were thought to be blessed, and it was bad luck to harm them (this drives a lot of the key plot points later). Andrei walks out into a rainstorm to pray, followed by the Holy Fool. Danila understands that Andrei is still suffering from the guilt regarding St. John\'s Eve. \"Leave him alone,\" he says. \"Let God\'s servant repent.\"\n\nIf you found this helpful, let me know and I\'ll work on Part Two. ','51aab519096d247da88e3cdb0bce209b',0,'','4PchdENR',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2959,682,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071773813,1,0,1,1,1,1,'saratw2','Re: I want to like Andrei Rublev...','This is very helpful. Actually, I have watched only the first three sections, and have watched them twice before going on. \n\nSince you say there are spoilers in your analysis, I am only reading the part that I have watched. But I am going to print all of it out, and read after I finish the whole film.\n\nIt is a truly beautiful film. But I am so glad you are offering us some help with the plot.\n\nThank you so much.','8ef9b7330e77f6f7a83a7f8db463d8de',0,'','dEVXik5w',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2960,682,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1072229798,1,0,1,1,1,1,'zenbunny','Re: I want to like Andrei Rublev...','I\'m finding it very helpful too - please continue!  (And thank you very much!)','9d9018dcae6a9369e4e69835635f4acd',0,'','uFLeUSpM',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2961,682,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1072245126,1,0,1,1,1,1,'kmcalma','Re: I want to like Andrei Rublev...','Abandon all hope of understanding it... it\'s shite!','dcda4558692c7959114814e292580687',0,'','t80DyEx2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2962,682,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1072300643,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Gaz','Re: I want to like Andrei Rublev...','Very helpful.','2d37dc2dd440e050fbbe0feb40c34111',0,'','RNaVJuPX',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2963,683,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071516096,1,0,1,1,1,1,'SammyandPriya','how does foreign films differ from','Please help I need to know different ways that foreing films differed from the typical \"hollywood\" films','fdec9e5c68a5cfc460a0e5cee30120d0',0,'','TzZojfDW',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2964,683,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071517162,1,0,1,1,1,1,'nikki-1','Re: how does foreign films differ from','First, not all foreign films are great films. Some are just crappy movies in a different language.\n\nThat being said, I prefer foreign films to Hollywood films because they have more substance. Foreign films have better character development and they typically lay the characters out there and let the viewers \'feel\' who is likeable. \nHollywood movies are very \'in your face\'. They have the good guy and the bad guy and let you KNOW IT. Example, they\'ll show the good guy walking his dog, helping old ladies cross the street, being supernice to women, blah blah blah.\nThe bad guy is so bad, you either hate him on the spot or if you\'re psychotic, you want to be like him. The bad guy will sell drugs to 8yr olds, beat up women, have sex with 15yr old girls, and push granny down a flight of stairs.\n\nThe characters are laughable and do not have much substance. Hollywood movies are so overdone - if they try to portray a woman with lose morals, they\'ll have her sleeping with 10 plus guys and then some. Hollywood movies are excessive - too much violence, too much sex, too much crap. Yes, there is sex and violence in real life, but come on.\n\nForeign films are better defined - they delve more into the characters and don\'t focus too much on unneeded sex scenes when it is not needed. They also stay within the plot - ex: if it\'s a violent movie, you\'ll see raw violence. \n\nThere are very few Hollywood movies I like - A Few Good Men is one of them. This is one of the hollywood movies without the sex scene. Purely content.\n\nForeign films are more intellectual since they are not afraid of showing things the way the are. Yea, some people say they drag on and are a bit slow, but that\'s why I like them - time is spent on conversation, cinematography and not paying someone 20 million to show their breasts.\n\nThink of it this way - most people who watch foreign movies don\'t speak the language and rely on subtitles. If the movie is crap, the audience will turn that crap off.','ddba69c2296b8717b8c3567bfa5d1faf',0,'','21AodyfL',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2965,683,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071522210,1,0,1,1,1,1,'nina*','Re: how does foreign films differ from','Lol..you do pay a lot of attention to sex scenes, dont you..;-) In European movies they fuck for 30secs (and show it all); in the US movies they \"make love\" (half covered, saying corny lines like \"youre skin is so soft\")for 3 hours, but really never get to the point...','6667d142bc3f94a7bb55d61a29b691fb',0,'','X3MqfCms',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2966,683,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071526160,1,0,1,1,1,1,'nikki-1','Re: how does foreign films differ from','It\'s not that I pay a lot of attention to sex scenes. The problem is American movies are overloaded with sex scenes or innuendos, violence, etc.\nIf I\'m watching a movie like Exotica or any moving involving love/sex, I expect sex scenes, but the amount of sex in movies is ridiculous.\nMaybe it\'s just me, but there is no reason to have sex in ALL movies. It\'s just to get more ppl to watch their dumb movie. It seems that even the movie makers know their films suck which is why they throw in the sex scene. Nothing wrong about sex, it\'s natural but a sex scene does not make the movie - in some cases, it cheapens it.\n\nPerfect example: Titanic. Maybe if the director had spent more time on the historical aspect, rather than steaming up the car, the movie would have been a lot better. True, it made a lot of $$$, but I would not see it again. When the ship finally struck, it was like watching Niagara falls. The Poseidon Adventure was a lot better.\n\n','535ca02f88f0127b6606bba47854ac05',0,'','ubMTvGmw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2967,683,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071530082,1,0,1,1,1,1,'nina*','Re: how does foreign films differ from','True. I was just teasing.\n\nWhat comes to Titanic, I couldn\'t agree with you more. \nWhat comes to the movie...speaking of corny.\n         It\'s usually a bonus for me if a movie is costume one, but I hate it when they over do make up or the costumes are theathrical and it doesn\'t seem realistic. I can\'t stand some of those 40s movies were Victorian dresses are rather been cut in the style of the current fashion. It shouldn\'t be obvious in wich decade a costume movie is made, not in those made today anyway. And to get back to the point Titanic is so 90s.','26b747013a5f6a65b7f85bd8562b2ffc',0,'','RuhfPGn1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2968,683,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071530601,1,0,1,1,1,1,'nina*','Re: how does foreign films differ from','Oh and I think among the other actors, Kate Winslet really sucked in that movie.. There were no signs what so ever in her of upper class, victorian upbringing. Which also bugged me... Hate that movie.','6965541d4091c45c8a15e2188b92b6e5',0,'','UtXQdrfu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2969,683,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071677518,1,0,1,1,1,1,'smurfrevolt','Re: how does foreign films differ from','Not all Hollywood movies are crap, and shallow.  i quite liked \"Fight Club.\"  \"moulin Rouge\" too.  But you have to appreciate it for what it is, it\'s a musical, and I just had fun with the production, and they really worked hard on the choreography and all.  But plot-wise, forget it...\n\nAs for foreign films having less sex, not true.  If you have watched \"Sex and Lucia\"  and \"Y tu mama tambien\"  and \"Irreversible\" you\'d change your mind.  but yes, the really good foreign films would most likely stick to the story and not just stick in a bunch of sex scenes to have people crowding the movie house or something.','560b3b3e45f12c45bda8b9e8e5e29ab4',0,'','UqNicVSF',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2970,683,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071783828,1,0,1,1,1,1,'nina*','Re: how does foreign films differ from','Well dahhling, not ALL, just MOST...;-)\n\nTrue, there\'s certainly more \"on youre face\" nudity & sex in the mainstream European movies. -Are Europeans more ok with sex and nudity than Americans? \nI might say so, or maybe it\'s just the less amount of preachy christians; they know theyre place in here (just kidding here..:-). \nMoulin Rouge is Australian; do you just categorise it as \"Hollywood\", I could see why.. \nBTW. I might b the first to say this, but after few time\'s watching it, it starts to seem a bit slow..\n\nTo get back to the guestion (I never answered it in the first place..;p). My shallow view is that: I think the most obvious difference between Hollywood and \"other\" movies, is the BUDGET.\nAnd that the \"foreighn films\" actors less amount of plastic surgery..;p In Hollywood even the life time street junkie has, at least, uber white teeth...\n','a934e292f9e6c12bd73fce3495c26c60',0,'','qZNAr9Ll',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2971,683,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073522442,1,0,1,1,1,1,'samdeeks','Re: how does foreign films differ from','Hollywood (by and large) has replaced dialogue with visual gratification.  Foreign film (for many, many reasons - though budget / size of film industry is one) usually comes from more of a literary startpoint.  By this I mean that most of the powerful foreign films on this list are completely dialogue-driven (i.e. driven by script) and NOT simply the visual language of the image.  \nHollywood has become surface-obsessed (like our great capitalist western cultures) and this is reflected in the loss of language (and with it intelligence!).  The result? Jerk-off special effects (that move no-one, see Pearl Harbour) and the same paradigm-enforcing story told a thousand times.  Make no mistake, Matrix isn\'t some intelligent, new wave masterpiece.  It\'s just good old spunky, frail humanity defeating the machine / evil hordes. Like independence day and... and... and... everything else.  With, of course, a few intelligent exceptions.  Anyone seen \'Ivan\'s XTC\'? That was a thought-provoking film.\n\nSo, in response to the question: look at the different value placed on dialogue (language) in Hollywood and \'foreign\' films.  Look at the different value placed on the role of the image in Hollywood and foreign films.  Look at which tradition of film-making actually tells more than one story a million times.... You could even play a game: watch the first 2 minutes of a Hollywood blockbuster new release and, in a group of friends, write the story before you watch it.  If you let yourselves draw on everything you\'ve ever seen from Hollywood up to that point, you will pretty much get it spot on.  Because it\'s a foregone conclusion in most cases.\n\nDon\'t believe me? Ok - Try this: how many times has the slighlty maverick, ne\'er do well, rogue-ish unmarried drunk sacrificed his life to defeat the alien / enemy  - buying himself absolution at the same time?  You\'ll find it in many, many more movies than you think.','36fa377df301f6ecf5e5e883dfecb90b',0,'','oJ5kP61c',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2972,683,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073597897,1,0,1,1,1,1,'ustink','Re: how does foreign films differ from','movies are movies\ncrap is crap\nno need to get highbrow about foreign films;they just seem to have a different eye about them.\nit is such a bore when one has to get into the mechanics of a movie to back up their preference of them.\nagree that cinematography seems to be better than hollywood films, but again that is preference.\nit is pleasant to discuss films, but it\'s not like it\'s getting us to some nirvana plateau or something.\n\nabout the sex in films, there\'s just too much of it, foreign or otherwise.  doesn\'t anyone know how to tell a real story anymore? agree with the comment about sex selling films. most of the time it cheapens a movie.\n\nwill get off soapbox now. \nthis is not aimed at any of y\'all in particular-sorry...','60d420d67d5511ec891068742bd7da48',0,'','hSJGFe7U',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2973,684,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071607702,1,0,1,1,1,1,'john-5','L\'Avventura','For many the virtual definition of \"intellectual arthouse\", L\'Avventura is the seminal Antonioni classic that brought a torrent of jeers and boos at Cannes in 1960, for its length, slow pacing, sense of alienation and disdain for conventional plot. \"A Nightmarish masterpiece of tedium\" Time called it. \n\nThe main apparent storyline, and potentially fascinating mystery- of a woman who goes missing from a small island off the coast of Sicily while on a small group\'s yachting trip- is left to drift off, while a tentative and hardly joyous relationship develops between her fiancé and best friend who travel together in search of her. \n\nMy verdict on 3rd viewing; far from boring, cold, pretentious, self-indulgent, hollow nihilism, L\'Avventura is a mesmerising milestone that deserves to regain a place at the very forefront of film achievement. Aldo Scavarda\'s cinematography is serenely beautiful and quite outstanding, Eraldo da Roma\'s editing (though many complain the film should have been clipped) nigh on flawless, and the use of buildings and environment to suggest a range of complex, enigmatic feelings is masterful. Throw in a wonderful sensual elegance, enhanced of course by Monica Vitti, and even a deep, lingering sense of mystery- this despite the neglect of the original puzzle. \n\nIt\'s wholly cinematic yet feels like a great novel. At 2 hours 25 minutes i wanted it to go on and on. A film of immense nobility from a period of seismic international change, excitement and vitality (Les 400 Coups, Hiroshima mon Amour, Breathless, La Dolce Vita, Last Year at Marienbad, 8 1/2...) it towers over the mass of today\'s flashy, shallow, juvenile, derivative and overrated efforts like a colossus.','bebeee883e7029150916cf8119caea4c',0,'','6NLkUpJf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2974,684,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071712614,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gratefultiger','Re: L\'Avventura','Don\'t Forget John it also had Monica Vitti and i\'ll watch her in anything! but by the same token it is a better film than soome critics make out in fact much,much better!\n','1611c81a3418b5a8d66942c2229ce9e6',0,'','mD5oMrhN',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2975,685,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071624909,1,0,1,1,1,1,'hshowe','german movie about chess?','i saw a movie preview clip on the web a couple years ago about a german movie (or hungarian) that was about a woman and her shrink and the devil, or something. it was really image driven and glamorous and sexual-seeming, there was a chess board somewhere in it, big chess pieces i think, the name was die/der hast rosenbaby\" or somethinglike that. anybody know what i am talking about or how it was received or where I can get it?\nmy german is all forgotten:(.','0b41b0f7f879f1921a3dd7e8a8b4895b',0,'','QpfCBSoe',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2976,686,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071781880,1,0,1,1,1,1,'pre-tender','I need titles of Jewish Holocaust films.','I need a long list of jewish Holocaust film during WWII, no matter USA-made or foreign-film but need to hear popular-awarded-hihgly rated titles, please help me, thanks in advance for those who will reply.','0db67aa65212f5e1476ce8d53cf4237c',0,'','4eC5N7ZG',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2977,686,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071796599,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Gaz','Re: I need titles of Jewish Holocaust films.','I think one of the finest films dealing with the holocaust, although perhaps in a less head-on way than, say, Schindler\'s List, is Au Revoir Les Enfants. It\'s about a Catholic headmaster who allows three Jewish pupils to hide from the Nazis in his school. One of the most moving endings in all cinema.','adb695a9f1fe2c26262a7cdd75ac4fc1',0,'','CVs1k3Fy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2978,686,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071817950,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gratefultiger','Re: I need titles of Jewish Holocaust films.','Dear Tuncay Claude Lanzmann\'s SHOAH is the one over 9 hours of relentless investigation of the subject with no WW11,footage just rememberance,it is the most moving of documentary films The Barber shop scene always brings a tear to my eyes,do try &check it out Tuncay. Cheers Chas','4b276dcadc8fa2e5d4fd5604ca47aa55',0,'','adC1QWGy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2979,686,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071852635,1,0,1,1,1,1,'jpmccusa-1','Re: I need titles of Jewish Holocaust films.','1. Edges of the Lord\n2. Island on Bird Street\n3. Je Suis Vivante et Je Vous Aime\n4. Exodus\n','56f53e683103a3de2debeb8e8c7ff7a3',0,'','bPgyuML1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2980,686,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071854636,1,0,1,1,1,1,'PerditaDurango','Re: I need titles of Jewish Holocaust films.','Life is Beautiful\nDivided We Fall (Musime si Pomahat)\nThe Pianist','ab435152d9c5d3d28b541104d2de3152',0,'','YjApl83J',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2981,686,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071868721,1,0,1,1,1,1,'HenryGinsberg','Re: I need titles of Jewish Holocaust films.','The Great Dictator','457d4da48188df0a3f9a942fb5d7a9f5',0,'','NoZjRTtD',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2982,686,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071891065,1,0,1,1,1,1,'auteur','Re: I need titles of Jewish Holocaust films.','DEMANTY NOCI Diamonds of the Night 1964\nDE AANSLAG The Assault 1986\nIL GIARDINO DEL FINZI-CONTINI 1971\nKORCZAK 1990\nTHE BOXER AND DEATH 1963\nDAVID 1979\nEUROPA, EUROPA 1991\nWANNSEEKONFERENZ 1984\nTHE SHOP ON MAIN STREET \nKANAL 1956\nSHTETL\nKAPO 1959\nTHE DIARY OF ANN FRANK\nERA NOTTE A ROMA 1960\nSOPHIE\'S CHOICE\nTRANSPORT Z RAJE 1965\nTHE WHITE ROSE 1983\nAMEN. 2002\nMURDERERS AMONG US 1989\nTHE PAWNBROKER 1965\nSTORIES OF THE KINDERTRANSPORT\nTRIUMPH OF THE SPIRIT 1989\n\n','8278f1fb601d3c4e48de70003ac11cd1',0,'','Ebndh6Kz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2983,686,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071892974,1,0,1,1,1,1,'jpmccusa-1','Re: I need titles of Jewish Holocaust films.','About \"Island on Bird Street\": when I mentioned it earlier, I hadn\'t actually seen it, but my copy had arrived in the mail this morning. I have watched it since, and can tell you that it is a powerful bit of film-making. No doubt many will want to compare it with \"Edges of the Lord\", but I would have to say that the film it evoked in me most strongly was \"Empire of the Sun\"---both were based on autobiographical novels, though it must be said that \"Empire of the Sun\" seems to have had the larger budget of the two. Both films also boast a powerful music score, though \"Island...\"\'s is more downplayed. It will be interesting to see whether Jordan Kiziuk, the young star of \"Island...\", will have as long and varied a film career as hasd Christian Bale.','372e13c65e3ca9b89a2f1119077d58f8',0,'','4QJpkxVr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2984,686,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071894784,1,0,1,1,1,1,'kcpuden1','Re: I need titles of Jewish Holocaust films.','Night and Fog by Alain Resnais','d545607a79e8fea34f87889d472149d0',0,'','A3XsHpu7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2985,686,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071896541,1,0,1,1,1,1,'auteur','Re: I need titles of Jewish Holocaust films.','jpmccusa is not the first to hail Kiziuk\'s performance, so I was surprised to learn he never acted again. It\'s been 7 years since \"Bird Street\" was shot.  ','a1fc4a8e83b81170d83adfe0339aa9cc',0,'','rkctE6XL',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2986,686,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1072115608,1,0,1,1,1,1,'jpmccusa-1','Re: I need titles of Jewish Holocaust films.','Yes, I was surprised to see that Kiziuk seemed to drop out of the profession as well---I hadn\'t checked at the point of my last submission. \n\nOther holocaust films: \"Ivan & Abraham\" and \"Je Suis Vivante et Je Vous Aime\"','8c2431a928a6ee91e0f9e01b3f5ce44d',0,'','7MwmhuVL',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2987,686,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1072122993,1,0,1,1,1,1,'pre-tender','Re: I need titles of Jewish Holocaust films.','Thanks for those replyed my quesiton, i got a long list about what i seek, thanks a lot.','19c8c39d1b5730b0fba685f6eb7087d1',0,'','JLsS70Vo',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2988,687,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071798756,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Mik','The man with the movie camera','I think, this film is masterpiece. (By the way, it isn\'t Polish film, it was created in the USSR). Vertov is indeed a great director. Unfortunately, he is not as popular as Eisenstein.\nMontage is unique; magic, impressive view of the world. Different points of view to the world around: our eyes and \"cinema eye\". After viewing of this film you will see our world in a new fashion! Maybe Vertov\'s technique is the cinema of the future? ','0ea771fd9be4b2018bc2adae3cf654c0',0,'','0QbPstx5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2989,687,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071817628,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gratefultiger','Re: The man with the movie camera','Touche!Another one of my all time Faves,Vertov was a genius!','dcade864d7b57d2465a4dc480eab7bcc',0,'','BFp2LKJt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2990,687,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071857729,1,0,1,1,1,1,'vinod_indukuri','Re: The man with the movie camera','Currently, \"Man with the Movie Camera\" would be my submission for the greatest film ever made.\n\nAmazing that this film was made in the 20\'s itself.','20af8260ac6d596264e35c7b4ded5054',0,'','MTW0Cu5E',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2991,688,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1072124913,1,0,1,1,1,1,'saratw2','Isabelle Hupport\'s best movies','What do you think are Isabelle Hupport\'s best movies?\n\nI have seen The Piano Teacher and 8 Women. She was superb in both!  And what different roles they were. \n\nWould like your suggestions for other movies that are good that she is in.','3cabe9ade377c8395dc3f820d69d181b',0,'','6taEj5wZ',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2992,688,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1072171961,1,0,1,1,1,1,'auteur','Re: Isabelle Hupport\'s best movies','Ms. Huppert is perhaps the best actress alive. She has received 12 Cesar nominations for best actress and won awards all over the world. Ms. Huppert is very prolific and courageous. She has made a career of playing sexually adventurous women and murderers. \nMy favorite of hers is STORY OF WOMEN, Chabrol\'s 1988 film about a housewife turned abortionist during WWII. She plays murderers in Violette(\'78), La Ceremonie(\'95), Merci pour le chocolat(2001). Studies of sexual obsession include:Loulou(\'80),Love after Love(\'92), The School of Flesh(\'98),etc. The Lacemaker(her breakthrough role), Madame Bovary, Coup de Torchon and La Separation(\'94) are also highly recommended.\nChabrol and Tavernier cannot be appreciative enough. ','2a1d55c8de3b22ad7dcb38f8a9398b40',0,'','HSaeVAoK',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2993,688,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1072182126,1,0,1,1,1,1,'PerditaDurango','Re: Isabelle Hupport\'s best movies','Isabelle Huppert is fabulous in any role in which she is cast and as mentioned by auteur, she has great ability in portraying any range of characters (ahh much like my favorite actor Javier Bardem).\nMy favorite Huppert films are The Piano Teacher, and the Chabrol trio of directed La Ceremonie, Merci Pour le Chocolat, L\'Enfer. ','9851847e578e49997355c22e6ca5ee0a',0,'','QA8g9YxU',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2994,688,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1072462227,1,0,1,1,1,1,'john-5','Re: Isabelle Hupport\'s best movies','Magnificent actress indeed. So many fine films and performances; The Lacemaker, Violette Noziere, Sauve qui Peut, Loulou, La Cérémonie, Comédie de l\'Innocence, Merci pour le Chocolat, The Piano Teacher, 8 Femmes, among others. I\'ve not seen Story of Women, Coup de Torchon or Entre Nous. ','1abc1f87527246511996b22b535501a8',0,'','k28xHE6G',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2995,689,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1072223071,1,0,1,1,1,1,'dystopianfilms.ca','A low-budget Russian short film','Based on Fyodor Dostoevsky\'s Crime and Punishment, \"A Square Yard of Space\" is a low-budget Russian short film (with English subtitles), released this past summer. You\ncan download and watch the 15 min. video (requires Windows Media Player 9) at [url]http://www.dystopianfilms.ca/[/url]. The film mainly focuses on the main character\'s POV and explores his thoughts and dreams, while also providing memorable lines from the original novel. We would greatly appreciate any feedback/comments about the film. Thanks and enjoy.','1ab9486383b01d2cb95fc92490ee0a2f',0,'','35U8mxic',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2996,690,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1072349948,1,1,1,1,1,1,'bigpoppa_2059','Your Top 10  movies of 2003...','I figure if the critics can do it...so can the people who actually pay to see the damn things! Here\'s mine:\n\n1) Lost in Translation\n2) The Son \n3) The Man without a Past\n4) Lilya 4-Ever\n5) City of God\n6) Raising Victor Vargas\n7) Le Circle Rouge (saw in re-release)\n8) Sweet Sixteen\n9) Elephant\n10) TIE - Man on the Train & The Barbarian Invasions\n\nMovies I despised: Alex & Emma, Dumb & Dumberer, The Order, Matrix Revolutions, Cat in the Hat, Gothika\n\n','76428e77d9c895b49a375561da06fc7f',0,'','XbL3hs8j',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2997,690,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1072354060,1,0,1,1,1,1,'wanderingstar','Re: Your Top 10  movies of 2003...','I will post my list once I get around to seeing some more films -- but I must add that I do not understand this love for \'Lost in Translation\'.  I thought it was offensive and amateurish, though the cinematography is great.  It was nothing remarkable.  If I were the child of Francis Ford Coppola and the husband of Spike Jonze, I could have made a film just as good.','e15a43e8b71f7445e8a9ab6636225107',0,'','fR37s2Fo',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2998,690,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1072840191,1,0,1,1,1,1,'mark86b','Re: Your Top 10  movies of 2003...','I saw quite a few films this year but alot of them were crap. There\'s some movies I\'m looking forward to in teh near future which 2003 didn\'w quite deliver (like the release of Afghanistan\'s \"Osama\"). \n\n1. Bend It Like Beckham\n2. Foolproof\n3. Nowhere in Africa\n4. La Grand Seduction\n5. Sur Le Seuil\n6. Les Invasions Barbares\n7. Spellbound\n8. Russian Ark\n9. Whale Rider\n10. Bus 174','c2ea9d5aedd974c290c412482c79bec5',0,'','Ca5Mqpoh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(2999,690,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1072899911,1,0,1,1,1,1,'OHA','Re: Your Top 10  movies of 2003...','1. 21 Grams\n2. Lost in Translation\n3. City of God\n4. The Man without a Past\n5.\n\n Raising Victor Vargas','5e2a037c3fe7025fba04af5eaf71ef97',0,'','NEbUZt3o',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3000,690,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1072900141,1,0,1,1,1,1,'rough','Re: Your Top 10  movies of 2003...','if we include 2002 releases that we got a chance to see in 2003:\n\n1. Dogville - Lars von Trier - my mind\'s unanimous winner\n2. Squint Your Eyes (Zmroz Oczy) - Andrzej Jakimowski\n3. The Purified - Jesper Jargil (a documentary about Dogme 95)\n4. Blind Spot: Hitler\'s Secretary - André Heller (documentary but widely released)\n5. Russian Ark - Aleksandr Sukorov\n6. City of God - Lund and Meirelles \n7. Das Experiment - Oliver Hirschbiegel \n8. Man on the Train - Patrice Leconte\n9. Barbarian Invasions - Denys Arcand\n10. The man without a past  - Aki Kaurismaki\n\n[url]http://www.filmpropaganda.com/[/url]','79e9e8186f275c26000cbfc16987b570',0,'','obezT8KD',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3001,690,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1072904258,1,0,1,1,1,1,'par72','Re: Your Top 10  movies of 2003...','1. Lilya 4 Ever\n2. City of God\n3. Far From Heaven\n4. Spellbound\n5. The Magdalene Sisters\n6. Frida\n7. Open Hearts\n8. The Weather Underground\n9. Trilogy 1: On The Run\n10. Kill Bill\n\nAlso enjoyed: Goodbye Lenin, The Housekeeper, Whale Rider\n\nWished I\'d never seen: Spider, The Heart of Me','110009e118d54d4c93f2dc9ea8bd5c46',0,'','tkzhfv7o',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3002,690,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1072950350,1,0,1,1,1,1,'bigpoppa_2059','Re: Your Top 10  movies of 2003...','par72...nice list. For some odd reason, none of the major crtics have included Lilya 4-Ever on their list. If someone can tell me a more heartfelt, sensitive, and affecting film...I\'d be glad to listen.','5e44fa8faa85ed2c28dea4f32967f8ea',0,'','R1EvdhDV',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3003,690,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073144631,1,0,1,1,1,1,'fugl_foeniks','Re: Your Top 10  movies of 2003...','I saw \"Lilja 4-ever\" in the autumn 2002, and for me that was the best film that year. The film was brutal, and made me think. Lukas Moodyson is one of the most gifted directors to emerge in the 90\'s. \"Show Me Love\" (Fucking Åmål) was also good. ','0a754278e1f417f927d7c66cd8a39ab0',0,'','BXJCaj9r',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3004,690,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073148982,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Gaz','Re: Your Top 10  movies of 2003...','Lilja 4-Ever is the best new film I saw in 2003.','86dfce565c1cc7ee37aff4b3278fae6d',0,'','FwvqdzUh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3005,690,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073288407,1,0,1,1,1,1,'bigpoppa_2059','Re: Your Top 10  movies of 2003...','Where ya\'ll live, did City of God come out in 2002 or 2003? Some critics put it on their list last year and others put it down for this year. Sometimes all this release-date nonsense just confuses me.','c33f234de1c3891085020e8a1e0ff6a7',0,'','51XbjsSx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3006,690,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073343021,1,0,1,1,1,1,'fugl_foeniks','Re: Your Top 10  movies of 2003...','I saw it on the \"Films from South\"-festival in Oslo in 2002. However, it didn\'t come to regular cinemas here before 2003. The film is OK, but not as good as (almost) everyone claims. A fair ganster movie. But it\'s nice to know that a Brazilian film can make it into European and (Northern) American cinemas. ','07a5d8b3863caf95488a55177e30fcf1',0,'','EFY3WpNt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3007,690,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073343576,1,0,1,1,1,1,'fugl_foeniks','Re: Your Top 10  movies of 2003...','I think it\'s difficult to say what\'s the best film made in 2003 now. We probably haven\'t seen the best of last year yet. The Chinese film David Rosenbaum voted for as best film of 2003, \"Platform\", for instance, was made in 2000 according to IMDB. Have anyone of you seen it? It looks good. I probably don\'t get to see it before the DVD is released, though. ','00682dfbfb719cff3225a608fcda49a0',0,'','Lw1aUxJZ',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3008,690,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073347939,1,0,1,1,1,1,'fugl_foeniks','Re: Your Top 10  movies of 2003...','Play.com have all three movies of Jia Zhangke on DVD! I will order \"Platform\" right now.','5ad28a1ff04476467de4dd6400049631',0,'','FrDTbHR5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3009,690,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073350125,1,0,1,1,1,1,'auteur','Re: Your Top 10  movies of 2003...','If you mean Jonathan Rosenbaum of the Chicago Reader, his best of 2003 are Spike Lee\'s [i]25th Hour[/i] and Jafar Panahi\'s [i]Crimson Gold[/i]. \nIn 2002, his favorite is [i]Corpus Callosum[/i] followed by PLATFORM.','6727231661fa73f8e8c18db95a4e6737',0,'','arbFwTMt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3010,690,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073487386,1,0,1,1,1,1,'fugl_foeniks','Re: Your Top 10  movies of 2003...','OK. Maybe I looked at the wrong list. But my point was that we won\'t see many of this year\'s best films before next year, or maybe the year after that. ','7244dac1e80f020eecc48d68653a7903',0,'','Pt1fbmES',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3011,690,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073524241,1,0,1,1,1,1,'zenbunny','Re: Your Top 10  movies of 2003...','1. Dogville\n\nNothing else I\'ve seen this year even comes close. ','ce9bd4b75c37dc37ed684e82f0783037',0,'','gGxC3RML',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3012,691,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1072355505,1,0,1,1,1,1,'HenryGinsberg','Merry Christmas!','Somebody had to do it.','58771b6a1201d747c97e9e4142237299',0,'','sklJV2m4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3013,691,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1072411148,1,0,1,1,1,1,'nina*','Re: Merry Christmas!','If mine (my x:mas) would have been a movie, it would have been a surreal one...','2781d44761b0a0c54641dd3d6db836d8',0,'','3HxNU0mM',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3014,692,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1072428231,1,0,1,1,1,1,'aaron_davey64','Sexual Life Of The Belgians','Where can I find this movie on VHS or DVD?\n\nWhen I was 15 I was watching HBO and I saw this movie and I\'ve been wanting to see it again ever since and I\'m 20 now\n\nI just love the scene where the mother and father are in bed and then the father all of a sudden starts doing the mother in the ass...the aunt is hot too.','6b633405cbe07f44f6b3775a7a4a689c',0,'','P9CMerHw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3015,693,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1072464503,1,0,1,1,1,1,'fugl_foeniks','Is there a future for cinema?','I ask this because I don\'t find any of the films I\'ve seen from the last years very challenging, interesting or fascinating. Harmony Korine\'s two first films, made in the late 90\'s, are exceptions, but that\'s five years ago (just think about what happened in the world of film between for instance 1965 and 1970!). I don\'t see a director like Kiarostami bringing anything new to cinema. Why is it like this? Is cinema as an art form used up, or is it something about contemporary society that doesn\'t give space enough for inventive films? The answer is maybe both, or it could be that an explosive end to cinema is yet to come. Like in litterature, popular music and so on, there are not any periods in films anymore. Just think of the late 60\'s and 70\'s, with the American New Wave (Altman, Rafelson, Scorsese etc.), New German Cinema (Fassbinder, Herzog, Wenders etc.), Third Cinema (Rocha, Alea, Sembene) and so on. What kind of society are we heading towards, without proper art forms to express ourselves within? What can we do to save cinema?\n\nP.S. Sorry for spelling mistakes (if any).','b1d73e36ffd7852ff62d059476a93db7',0,'','RJmATCiE',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3016,693,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1072470669,1,0,1,1,1,1,'john-5','Re: Is there a future for cinema?','Cinema may not be dead as an art form as Greenaway says, but it seems to be falling into a deep coma. Imagine being around in France or Italy in the late 50\'s, early 60\'s; what an exciting time that must have been in comparison. We now settle for such pale derivative work, mistake special effects advancements, bigger explosions, more lurid violence and ever-faster funfair rides as if that\'s progress, when it\'s all part of a teeming unwholesome mass in the slough of despond, for me. Follow my \"20 greatest\" thread for the contemporary films that really fit the bill.','177578c573c972816f78965ac54ad044',0,'','6msCN2io',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3017,693,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1072602116,1,0,1,1,1,1,'groom_daniel','Re: Is there a future for cinema?','The 90\'s saw a renaissance in world cinema that\'s carried over to today. Asian cinema is stronger than its ever been. I don\'t have any complaints. ','5c87427332096a9fe2eb006015cb099a',0,'','kn5Hijrq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3018,693,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1072628653,1,0,1,1,1,1,'john-5','Re: Is there a future for cinema?','Yeah, there are more good international films from a wide range of countries- Iran, Latin America have also come on strong in the last decade. But truly great masterpieces are very few and far between, i think. Maborosi, Mulholland Drive, Ulysses\' Gaze the best of the last 10 years, i think, but even they are not the most original artistic groundbreakers. A clear and obvious leap forward has been too long in coming.','284d0f92ee01666f72c4c896101f73f6',0,'','fBwp1bMY',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3019,693,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1072683325,1,0,1,1,1,1,'groom_daniel','Re: Is there a future for cinema?','You don\'t get filmmakers like Mizoguchi anymore, but that\'s because of the fall of the studio system. Mizoguchi couldn\'t remember how many films he made, nowdays a director will be lucky to make 15 films in his career. People don\'t get the apprenticeships that they had in the old days. The exceptions are directors of rare talent. What makes up for that is diversity -- films from South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, The Phillipines -- that was unimaginable in Mizoguchi\'s day. If that\'s the trade-off, I can live with it. There\'s no shortage of talented people in the world, what\'s important is access to the technology. So long as people are making films, cinema is still alive. Unfortunately, it\'s expensive. I also think it takes time to appreciate what we have, people won\'t gain perspective on 90s filmmaking for awhile. It\'s much easier to be impressed by cinema from 50 years ago than the recent past, but 90s cinema was incredibly prosperous, eventually its best will be considered all-time classics.  ','b23481e7412fa7aa2b00f040ba2f6103',0,'','juNXZFqM',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3020,693,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073144421,1,0,1,1,1,1,'fugl_foeniks','Re: Is there a future for cinema?','I\'m sure that if something exciting will happen in the future of cinema it will take place somewhere in Asia. They invented film in France, but I can\'t name one interesting young director in the country. Sad. ','0c686c12fcfdd99a4fb38bc2e8cdb4f2',0,'','8SC7qKx1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3021,693,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073166061,1,0,1,1,1,1,'auteur','Re: Is there a future for cinema?','Cinema is alive and well. Some posts above reek of nostalgia. g-d makes sense, yet again. Part of the problem might be poor distribution and marketing of \"challenging\" fare. \nAs far as French directors, how about Laurent Cantet, Claire Denis, Olivier Assayas and Gaspar Noe. Francois Ozon and many others are less consistent, but still accomplished.\nI list 20 of my fave current auteurs in the \"modern directors\" thread and feel bad for excluding another 20 or so.  ','4fae9bb3fdf7bcdc594a5ee11b1643ee',0,'','XdjwsN1f',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3022,693,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073182255,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Gaz','Re: Is there a future for cinema?','Damien Odoul\'s Le Souffle is one of the most thought-provoking new films I saw last year. I have seen nothing to suggest that French cinema is dans la maison du chien.','e640ec6695daeaa45faa88bb092453f7',0,'','isGj9YtL',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3023,693,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073266125,1,0,1,1,1,1,'fugl_foeniks','Re: Is there a future for cinema?','I was maybe too hard on French cinema and modern cinema in general. There are great films being made today, and I can to a certain degree see cinema progress. However, most people only see Hollwood films, and that\'s really dangerous. Film should not be like what opera, theatre and modern music has become. It should be for the masses, not for an elite. I hope that will change. ','12c8cd0e5138682af89d93fe0a56a19c',0,'','tasSCpc0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3024,693,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073266464,1,0,1,1,1,1,'fugl_foeniks','Re: Is there a future for cinema?','By the way, I checked up \"Le Souffle\" on IMDB, and it looked real interesting. Do you know if it\'s possible to get this film on video or DVD (with English subtitles)?','8f41ed9fc315b860a28a5628baa7e573',0,'','oz8x3tHZ',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3025,693,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073313810,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Gaz','Re: Is there a future for cinema?','I think it\'s a great little film - it comes out on Region 2 DVD and VHS next month here in the UK.','c9a6e03e7f404963351829cc7eed39f2',0,'','g05GZdaN',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3026,693,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073347538,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Gaz','Re: Is there a future for cinema?','Good review of it here:\n\n[url]http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/2003_05/souffle.php[/url]','4b67c41d1838055f18c8021a7a52e21c',0,'','bVQMpSNi',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3027,693,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073347828,1,0,1,1,1,1,'fugl_foeniks','Re: Is there a future for cinema?','Thanks. I\'ve found out that the release date for the film is 23/02/04. ','b3b1c3feb454afd44d78978b7d232af8',0,'','b9KaA4BD',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3028,694,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1072464920,1,0,1,1,1,1,'quigley_brown','Title of Japanese film...','I am trying to find the name of a Japanese film I saw about ten years ago...probably made in the mid-1970s. The story, set in present day Tokyo, involves a scam by a husband and wife who push their young children in front of cars who pretend to be injured in order to extort money from the drivers. Any help appreciated.','b2fd94bbd705a1ef9bc01d9949804fa3',0,'','fLQMAiXR',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3029,694,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1072467834,1,0,1,1,1,1,'fugl_foeniks','Re: Title of Japanese film...','The film you\'re talking about is probably \"Boy\" by Nagisa Oshima, made in 1969. Unfortunately I haven\'t seen it myself, but I know it\'s supposed to be a classic. I have looked for a VHS or DVD copy of the film, but haven\'t found any. Someone should release more films by Oshima. ','a91837432d426e7dc3d0558b66bc17d3',0,'','uBMxytSf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3030,694,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1072468195,1,0,1,1,1,1,'john-5','Re: Title of Japanese film...','I\'ve not seen it, but sounds like Oshima\'s film Boy/ Shonen (1969)','babfc82c42deef097efe0b1ff9b224a1',0,'','1khL4xiH',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3031,694,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1072468309,1,0,1,1,1,1,'john-5','Re: Title of Japanese film...','Looks like i was checking this out just as Fugl posted.','f741d63ad6ff632379892fb135db2df5',0,'','CH2DEgka',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3032,694,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1072487377,1,0,1,1,1,1,'quigley_brown','Re: Title of Japanese film...','That\'s the one! Thanks','1f32f3a55185303a9778d588a658a860',0,'','yeKM4oqR',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3033,695,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1072593064,1,0,1,1,1,1,'leon_wilcox','UK Foriegn Film Channels','Could anyone tell me of any UK Foriegn Film channels available via SKY or other medium.\n\nThankyou very much','fb8738034432b872ae7577004c93688f',0,'','J1F5uiR0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3034,696,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1072648968,1,0,1,1,1,1,'saratw2','Majid Majidi - three really good movies','I love Majidi\'s films. I just finished watching \"The Color of Paradise.\" What a beautiful, sensitive movie. It touched me deeply.\n\nI have also seen \"Children of Heaven\" and \"Not One Less.\"\n\nHis films touch the heart. There is a beautiful simplicity about them - a quiet depth.\n\nHave any of you seen these?','24057be2544d5edaa7cb3aa2bd00a749',0,'','zBsxL2vP',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3035,696,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1072649927,1,0,1,1,1,1,'saratw2','Re: Majid Majidi - three really good movies','oops. Sorry. Just realized Not One Less is not a Majidi film. (It is still very good and about children.)','1e9cd124c47a3ff3ca573432863b68ff',0,'','Ngwc1r0K',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3036,696,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1072662766,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gratefultiger','Re: Majid Majidi - three really good movies','Both films are excellent! i love Iranian cinema,humanistic,\nultimately uplifting.i have a copy of colour of paradise at home,which i will view again over the new year. ','fbf00b8d3c845541ab1219883fc2d099',0,'','F5301Zcp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3037,696,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1072718971,1,0,1,1,1,1,'saratw2','Re: Majid Majidi - three really good movies','The Color of Paradise will be shown on the IFC (Independent Film Channel) on Jan.1!!! And again on Jan. 8.\n\nThought some of you would like to know.','30b575399f4adce72fafdd167340f34a',0,'','KfLglBmh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3038,697,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1072662354,1,0,1,1,1,1,'felipejuanfroilan','Talking about Max Ophuls','One of the most highly reputed directors is the French Max Ophuls. \nCritics normally praise the way he had to move the camera. He usually followed the characters with the camera, so the shots of their films are really long. Truffaut used to say that he sould be considered a neorrealist, like Italian directors.\nI\'ve seen the films:\nLa Signora di Tutti -1934\nLetter from an unknown Woman- 1948\nMadame De - 1953\nLola Montes - 1955\nI find something a bit annoying in the four films. The mains characters of those films are women that have inmoral behaviours: they  are wilful and unfaithful with their friends, husbands or lovers.\nNevertheless, they are shown as heroines, Ophuls goes far away from the human comprehension of Renoir. Ophuls explains that those women are victims from a society where men have the liberty and women not; so they are forgiven from the \"liberties\" they take.\nAt least, I consider that the purposes of Ophuls\'s films are widely left behind.\nOn the other hand, I recognize the care he takes making films. Lola Montes is doubtless one of the great classics of French cinema.','606aef565c2a6326aa42d3a077e32308',0,'','ew0QTaLR',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3039,698,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1072708933,1,0,1,1,1,1,'quigley_brown','I thought this was a foreign film site.','I\'ve noticed that on some subjects such as \'best/worst soundtracks\' or \'best films of the 70s,\' people are listing many American films. I thought this website was supposed to be for the discussion of foreign films. Perhaps discussing the influences of American films on foreign films or visa/versa is fine, but not on American films themselves.','def6372c3cc04c50de7174b12ce086a3',0,'','hN1LU2Z4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3040,698,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1072782490,1,0,1,1,1,1,'auteur','Re: I thought this was a foreign film site.','Let\'s not be too dogmatic about it.','f2ff910d800fba74f6601b1ef345b640',0,'','kDQcoaXU',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3041,698,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1072793622,1,0,1,1,1,1,'quigley_brown','Re: I thought this was a foreign film site.','I apologize. My comments were sort of made half heartedly.','0b54c981cd70959cf9dd86eca43ce6b2',0,'','wWc163Vu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3042,699,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1072805497,1,0,1,1,1,1,'fugl_foeniks','Sansho Dazu!!','I saw my first Mizoguchi film last night. I had heard that he was a great director, but I didn\'t know how good the film would be. Magic is the only word I can use to describe it! I saw the film on a TV screen, but still it\'s one of my top three film experiences ever. Today I rented \"The Life of Oharu\" from my local library, but I\'m gonna wait a few days before I see it. \"Sansho Dazu\" has more in common with poetry than to most movies I have seen before. The nature shots, the camera movement, the sounds, it was all just perfect. It was also interesting to see how the Medieval Japanese society was like. It is a sad, but beautiful story. I strongly recomend this film!','d98df02243e36ddea3cfd1b0c06cdc36',0,'','M5RrUzyD',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3043,699,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073343017,1,0,1,1,1,1,'john-5','Re: Sansho Dazu!!','Sansho Dayu/ Sansho the Bailiff, about the misfortune befalling the wife and children of an exiled feudal governor, is my favourite film, so i\'m absolutely delighted by your response. New fans/ converts to the great man most welcome. It\'s ridiculously low in the top 100 here, but that\'s due in large part to a  sudden flurry of votes, marking down Japanese films, 2 years ago. \n\nIt\'s engrossing and poignant, aches with longing, and the cinematography- ravishing landscapes in shades of luminous silver- painterly compositions and the serene fluid camerawork are sublime. As i\'ve said before, in one scene- lovely Kyoko Kagawa as Anju- a few ripples carry more impact than a Hollywood tidal wave. The final gentle crane shot over the beach, a model of typically unobtrusive technique, transcends the story and takes us into the world beyond.','7bdac4050572b91d66641a4d245089fc',0,'','17NnAgFR',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3044,699,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073343568,1,0,1,1,1,1,'john-5','Re: Sansho Dazu!!','I hope you\'re not disappointed with Oharu. Like Sansho and 2 others by Mizoguchi (Story of the Late Chrysanthemums, Ugetsu) it was voted in the top 100 in Sight and Sound\'s poll of international critics last year, and like Ugetsu and Sansho won the Silver Lion at Venice. It was the film that brought Mizoguchi to world attention, after Kurosawa\'s Rashomon\'s success the previous year. The lighting and camerawork are superb again, but it makes less use of beautiful scenery and i know it\'s a bit relentless in its depiction of suffering for some tastes. It has grown on me with repeated viewings, and the quality of the film-making once again transcends the painful moments depicted. Look for the famous Toshiro Mifune, rather uncharacteristically cast in a supporting role as Oharu\'s idealistic lower-class lover. Oharu herself is played by Mizoguchi\'s regular leading lady and one-time girlfriend, the great Kinuyo Tanaka, who was the mother in Sansho. You\'ll also recognise Eitaro Shindo (another Mizoguchi regular) who played nasty Sansho himself.','34550282ad443db6ff2e09227a95df1a',0,'','TeYKqsGd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3045,699,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073343664,1,0,1,1,1,1,'fugl_foeniks','Re: Sansho Dazu!!','Soory for spelling mistake: I meant Sansho DaYu of course:)','cfc4c83374e01b12073ff5dd99028806',0,'','Ej7WDKGk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3046,700,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1072840318,1,0,1,1,1,1,'mark86b','Osama','I\'ve seen some clips and heard alot about this upcoming Afghani import \"Osama.\" It hits North American theatres in limited release Jan. 16 but I was wondering is anyone else here anxiously awaiting the release of this film. It sounds amazing and looks like one of the best foreign films that I\'ve seen in a while. No offense to 2003 but the films this year didn\'t quite deliver. ','6639a8792d5a793fd811d050fbb311e5',0,'','nYJjQlop',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3047,700,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1072842297,1,0,1,1,1,1,'mark86b','Re: Osama','I made a mistake about the release date. It is released Jan. 30 in limited release. \nView the trailer at http://www.osamamovie.com/','52dac0ece85a187eb6ece6934dde90ac',0,'','cSMl6tgG',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3048,700,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1072950955,1,0,1,1,1,1,'bigpoppa_2059','Re: Osama','Looks good...no immediate release date here in Colorado but I hope to see it one day.','973663aca0bcb5eede8b37ee58537224',0,'','5JHq6r4e',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3049,700,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073020106,1,0,1,1,1,1,'nina*','Re: Osama','Lol. I tought it was about Osama Bin Laden...;-)\n\nYes, the movie looks good.','07ca9f63364d0d96c1e9d2871fa23c3a',0,'','jwne8FW3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3050,701,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1072963209,1,0,1,1,1,1,'miro007_us','some movies to download','\ni am not really into donwloading movies, but just to know, can you tell me what kind of foreign movies i can find on Kazaa? ','bc78d12f878a3ac575270e38d1a66f9f',0,'','nMGxsmtj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3051,701,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073020351,1,0,1,1,1,1,'nina*','Re: some movies to download','I\'d like to know that too.. & Is it worth the money?','d610b48e0ec3ccc15eacfecaf3185236',0,'','ePFsETGn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3052,701,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073081378,1,0,1,1,1,1,'HenryGinsberg','Re: some movies to download','I downloaded Un Chienne Andolou(Ithink that\'s how it\'s spelled) a while back on kazaa.','c759a7635f5de1d09032edd23a9e17b7',0,'','27wvQSN5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3053,701,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073111012,1,0,1,1,1,1,'miro007_us','Re: some movies to download','\ni saw Lucía y el sexo(Sex and Lucia) there like two days ago.\n\nby the way what movie is this Un Chienne Andolou? I didnt find any info on it here or any other place?? ','04e8f7539b01829fa0d212507871eede',0,'','ZkT23olx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3054,701,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073176188,1,0,1,1,1,1,'krevanskaren','Re: some movies to download','you can download almost any film, with exceptions, on winMX. I managed to d/load half of blacula but ran out of memory. ','016d4affe7eccba847f42fc78e7ad2d2',0,'','fHZhJ57Y',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3055,701,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073193996,1,0,1,1,1,1,'HenryGinsberg','Re: some movies to download','It\'s Un Chien Andalou. Sorry about the spelling mistake earlier. I got an F in GCSE French.','5394a2e864f9dec1211d8096e2a4ba99',0,'','JCYFmucM',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3056,701,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073202524,1,0,1,1,1,1,'miro007_us','Re: some movies to download','\nok, i just looked for info on this Un Chien Andalou and i cant believe what i found out. \nthis sureal classic is actually on Kazaa? i can hardly believe it. i will see if i can find it there, but i am really sure. ','a0750b0f5b954e6b7a94965831ed3a3b',0,'','iNDbdxnk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3057,701,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073524543,1,0,1,1,1,1,'zenbunny','Re: some movies to download','I highly recommend the eMule client for finding foreign and obscure movies.  I find lots of stuff there I haven\'t found on kazaa.\n(The only reason I resorted to this is because most of the films I want to see are either not available for rent in my city or not available in North America at all.)','64fd99d4d1df8c4bb1450b0e68eb0b71',0,'','EwA03exh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3058,702,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073005819,1,0,1,1,1,1,'groom_daniel','Mikio Naruse (SPOILERS)','Mikio Naruse is the most beguiling of Japanese directors. As Kurosawa said, Naruse\'s films are like \"the flow of a deep river, with a calm surface hiding a rushing, turbulent current below.\" I\'ve been watching When a Woman Ascends the Stairs, which in anyone else\'s hands, could\'ve resorted to melodrama, like a 1950\'s woman\'s picture, but with Naruse\'s deft touch, becomes one of the most sympathetic films I\'ve seen. On the surface, Naruse is not a remarkable director, but it\'s the rhythms of his films, and the blend of melodrama and realism that make him unique. Hideko Takamine plays a bar hostress in Tokyo\'s Ginza district, who has reached the age of 30, when Japanese women should either be married or become a proprietress of their own business. Takamine\'s Keiko (or Mama as her clients call her) is one of Naruse\'s proud, intelligent women, who is not immune to her passions, but refuses to make life easier by prostituting herself. Naruse is famous for stripping all hope from his films, but there\'s something painfully honest about the way Mama regroups after the disappointments she endures. There\'s a foreboding that when Mama falls, she\'ll fall harder than the rest, but she learns to live with herself after compromising her integrity -- an integrity that was her last vesitage of hope from the sorrow that Audie Block called, \"wound called life for which there is no salve.” The maturity of this film, which isn\'t one of Naruse\'s best or most famous, is astounding. Mama had my complete empathy. She so very human, and the sadness that punctuates her search for happiness is so much more unflinching than the good nature of Ozu or the tragic endings of Mizoguchi. Naruse seemed to be far more attune to the realities of the women he made films about. His films, \"affirm the impossibility of escape,\" as Senses of Cinema writer Alexander Jacoby describes. If the majority of men do lead lives of quiet desperation, then Naruse\'s films are a testament to that desperation. ','fe43b2b8046ce68695fd94a4dcb1f5cf',0,'','5PuLjA8d',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3059,702,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073522595,1,0,1,1,1,1,'samdeeks','Re: Mikio Naruse (SPOILERS)','hey, great to see that someone else has posted in 2004!! Was beginning to think that I was ranting in a graveyard. :-)','6d68fca94804df90105111ed9e0be28d',0,'','YgmfGh4j',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3060,702,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073560533,1,0,1,1,1,1,'groom_daniel','Re: Mikio Naruse (SPOILERS)','I\'ve just finished Late Chyranthemums, another brilliant and masterful film from Naruse. This film is from the same period that he made his masterpiece, Floating Weeds, and it\'s exactly the type of film I\'d like to make. As Alexander Jacoby points out, \"the measured rhythms of his editing, and the expressive use of interior space, tend simply to illustrate the content of the script, rather than creating meaning in the manner of Mizoguchi\'s stylistics.\" Some might wonder why I wouldn\'t choose to film like Mizoguchi, but if you continue reading the Senses of Cinema article, (and I think everyone should read SOS), Jacoby says Naruse has a style \"which consists in detail of characterisation and elegance of structure\" and a \"wisdom which consists in the strength of purpose and clarity of vision,\" and those things are a script writer\'s dream. Naruse is a script writer\'s dream. He\'s been a real inspiration to me, in this, my thesis year (when I\'m preparing for another feature length screenplay). These are the only Naruse films that are readily available, I\'m a huge fan of post-WWII Japanese cinema, and I swear it was like falling in love all over again. Naruse is great. ','7f693bcbd0a6cd777eb6bd01d7b78f02',0,'','AZTvXMB9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3061,702,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073574547,1,0,1,1,1,1,'kcpuden1','Re: Mikio Naruse (SPOILERS)','Groom,\n\n  Floating Weeds is by Ozu.  I believe you must be thinking of Floating Clouds, which is by Mikio Naruse.  Sadly, at this time, I\'ve seen neither of the mentioned films.  All of Ozu\'s films are in the process of being released on DVD, I have been purchasing them as they become available.  I believe Criterion is working on releasing Floating Weeds sometime this year.  As for Naruse, no DVD\'s yet, to my knowledge.','2b811546b120af9fcbb343b65c1bc565',0,'','2iNLqHMY',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3062,702,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073598807,1,0,1,1,1,1,'groom_daniel','Re: Mikio Naruse (SPOILERS)','Yeah, I meant Floating Clouds. I don\'t understand why there aren\'t more Naruse films available, since there\'s been retrospectives of his work. Ozu films aren\'t difficult to find. Ever since the centenary, they\'ve been showing his films on nhk in Japan, and Criterion also owns the rights to them. Floating Weeds is a great film that shows Ozu\'s sense of humour and good nature, with the undercurrent of another Japanese family falling apart. ','08687e9cea6ef77b0af9e450ffc3b42a',0,'','4R2yph5X',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3063,703,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073173318,1,0,1,1,1,1,'quigley_brown','Possible title of this film noir movie?','Not much to go on, B/W, 1950s, French director, set in dark U.S. bayou/swamp. Saw it years ago way back in my film 101 class.','5733a2d4c7f3a3ab27232b516645aa75',0,'','kguoPw4R',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3064,703,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073180098,1,0,1,1,1,1,'jdcopp','Re: Possible title of this film noir movie?','Jean Renoir made a film in 1942 called \"Swamp Water\" starring Walter Brennan, Walter Huston, and Dana Andrews.','2c4b2710e5842de9763c98a1d9c7ee8f',0,'','Hm2q6liS',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3065,704,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073267396,1,0,1,1,1,1,'fugl_foeniks','New Korean Cinema?','I want to explore modern Korean Cinema. Where should I start? Name some good films and directors.','85ebbb873c40a441e34bd313d938e6c6',0,'','JrlD6Hn4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3066,704,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073273579,1,0,1,1,1,1,'jpmccusa-1','Re: New Korean Cinema?','1. Ditto\n2. Address Unknown (it has a different title in Korean)\n\nCheck out www.hkflix.com for some fairly comprehensive Korean listings','a157538c1038cbf8ca6d2e12bd614eaa',0,'','9qzJ8Skh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3067,704,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073303314,1,0,1,1,1,1,'hengcs','Re: New Korean Cinema?','My recommendations\n\n(1) JSA (Joint Security Area)\n(2) Shiri\n(3) Friends (for this film, it would be better if you understand the Korean dialects in the earlier days)\n\n8)','8d39e4d0a17a0d2b2bca724cb36143c4',0,'','MwPgTZLU',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3068,704,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073308229,1,0,1,1,1,1,'groom_daniel','Re: New Korean Cinema?','Im Kwon-Taek is Korea\'s pre-eminent director. I\'d recommend Sopyonje (1993), and the slightly older Sibaji (1987). ','de280f97e00182a06cf12b7ddef77a28',0,'','kRqmU3FW',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3069,704,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073346010,1,0,1,1,1,1,'kcpuden1','Re: New Korean Cinema?','Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance Park Chan-Wook\nBarking Dogs Never Bite Joon-ho Bong\nThe Isle Kim Ki-Duk\nSorum Yun Jong-Chan\nOccasion of Remembering the Turning Gate Hong Sang-Soo\nFailan Sang-Hoon Ahn\nChristmas in August Hur Jin-Ho (Masterpiece!)\nBirdCage Inn Kim Ki-Duk\nSassy Girl Gwak Jae-Young\nLove Wind Love Song Park Dae-Young\nBus Stop Lee Mi-Yeon\nAsako in Ruby Shoes Jae-Young\nCamel Park Ki-Yong\nOasis Lee Chang Dong (Masterpiece!)\nIl Mare Hyun-Seung Lee\nOne Fine Spring Day Hur Ji Ho\nMarriage is a Crazy Thing Yoo Ho\nVirgin Stripped Bare by her Bachelors Hong Sang-Soo\nAimless Bullet Yoo Hyun-Mok (older movie, I have the DVD,\n                             but I haven\'t watched it yet,\n                             so I\'m just going on rep on \n                             this one)\n\nHkFlix is a good site, already mentioned, other sites to \nfind good Korean selections are :\nYesAsia.com \nDVDAsian.com\n\n2 Korean movies to avoid, No Blood, No Tears Ryu Seung-Wan\n                          Coast Guard Kim Ki-Duk\n\n','2cce175da748a1dc075b6134ce31d587',0,'','XeqAEp83',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3070,704,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073350312,1,0,1,1,1,1,'auteur','Re: New Korean Cinema?','[i]CHRISTMAS IN AUGUST[/i] [u]is[/u] a masterpiece. ','3f9b125f271bcbf22953ed9a98e40b5f',0,'','zqhBLXTg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3071,704,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073489996,1,0,1,1,1,1,'ustink','Re: New Korean Cinema?','Jibeuro-jeong hyang lee\nThis film is lovely and well made.\nShiri was also good','464b150af1ac00295db755ac82824408',0,'','2xTBdk3c',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3072,705,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073674522,1,0,1,1,1,1,'thereeldeal','Top 10 Films of 2003','Although my top 10 does not squarely fit in the foreign language film category, many of the films listed were produced and shot on foreign soil or by foreign cast and crew.  For instance, \"Whale Rider\" and \"Lost in Translation.\"\n\nhttp://www.oregonherald.com/reviews/mark-sells/top10b.html\n\n-Mark','4d4719ba259de254f03c9097e7c19288',0,'','Cn4QEs3r',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3073,705,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073685665,1,0,1,1,1,1,'FF-jason','Re: Top 10 Films of 2003','Nice list. Who are your Oscar picks?','421fd824a7cd41cd541410713205bfc9',0,'','nv3mAKto',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3074,705,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073696771,1,0,1,1,1,1,'groom_daniel','Re: Top 10 Films of 2003','Whale Rider came out in 2002. I don\'t think it\'s eligible for the 2004 Oscars. It won the AGF People\'s Choice Award at Toronto and World Cinema Audience Award at Sundance, but that was in 2002 and 2003. My nextdoor neighbour made the whales, incidently. ','1f8c1c92215502b88643052fef30455f',0,'','JzvV8hMb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3075,705,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073721858,1,0,1,1,1,1,'auteur','Re: Top 10 Films of 2003','This film premiered in the US on June 6, 2003. It qualifies for the Oscars but it\'s not a likely nominee.','452e23fa5c300e8d8be109892b4b8ba6',0,'','bGXqmFKQ',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3076,705,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073749980,1,0,1,1,1,1,'FF-jason','Re: Top 10 Films of 2003','It looks as though New Zealand didn\'t even submit a film for consideration this year....\n\nhttp://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2003/03.10.20.a.html','720a85d801f9ce5af0b65f695efa10ff',0,'','CmhGLcTS',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3077,706,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073764770,1,0,1,1,1,1,'saratw2','What are the best books on the general history of world film?','What are the best books on the history of world cinema, including (of course) foreign film?  (General history, not director specific)\n\nI want to purchase some so I can appreciate films even more.','db7080dad7007f3135abc527136336be',0,'','pvVNJm6K',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3078,706,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073775476,1,0,1,1,1,1,'fugl_foeniks','Re: What are the best books on the general history of world film?','An imporant book for me has been \"Derek Malcolm\'s 100 Personal Best\" (I think that\'s the title. Just search for Derek Malcolm on amazon.co.uk). It\'s not a normal film history book , but a selection of what he thinks is the 100 best films ever made, from \"Birth of a Nation\" to \"Raise the Red Lantern\". It was because of this book I was introduced to directors like Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Victor Erice. ','8c86a065326ac2a1eb6cfe672f53de14',0,'','nzr8KMdl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3079,706,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073778623,1,0,1,1,1,1,'saratw2','Re: What are the best books on the general history of world film?','Thank you!!  I looked it up on Amazon and have ordered a used copy.\n\nAre there other books?','06d346653881769455fb5d8b07943e6b',0,'','Mn8L6yzh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(6087,1375,5,53,0,'122.53.25.241',1238894965,1,0,1,1,1,1,'','Re: What do TV channels use to broadcast movies?','Hello there.  I work in a TV station, and when we broadcast movies (usually, these are films offered by the distributor for TV broadcast and we choose the set of movies we want), the source of the movies can come from all sorts of formats.  So yes, they can come from DVDs or even beta  (for classic local movies).  But then, that source has to be dubbed to miniDV, and/or ingested to the server before the actual broadcast.  As for what HBO or other channels use, I\'m not really sure what they use over there.  (although I hope we\'re not that far behind when it comes to technology...)   <!-- s:D --><img src=\"{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_e_biggrin.gif\" alt=\":D\" title=\"Very Happy\" /><!-- s:D -->','3faeb1a266ed409ca42a6ef125626007',0,'','3qf8jvzf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3081,706,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073793183,1,0,1,1,1,1,'FF-jason','Re: What are the best books on the general history of world film?','A couple of other books I would recommend that offer a good introduction to world cinema but also feature independents and lesser known titles...\n\n* The Off-Hollywood Film Guide\nby Tom Wiener\n- a nice compendium of foreign and independent titles\n\n* The 100 Best Films to Rent You\'ve Never Heard Of\nby David N. Meyer\n- not as many foreign titles but a nice book nonetheless.\n\n* The A List: 100 Essential Films\nedited by Jay Carr\n- The National Society of Film Critics\' chooses 100 essential films, including many foreign titles. In-depth essays on each film.','0006d6273a655520636c2d6f50b65582',0,'','w9GdlfFv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3082,706,3,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1073797460,1,0,1,1,1,1,'jdcopp','Re: What are the best books on the general history of world film?','David A Cook \"A History of Narrative Film\"\nWalter Kerr \"The Silent Clowns\"\nEphraim Katz \"Film Encyclopedia\"\nJames Agee \"Agee on Film\"\nFrancois Truffaut \"Hitchcock/Truffaut\"\nMarcel Pagnol \"Cinematurgie de Paris\" not available I believe in English','d91c4e43eb749646f22b9fdc665de863',0,'','lYJ3DwAS',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3083,707,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',959037067,1,0,1,1,1,1,'dan-2','The greatest living director?','Now that Kurosawa and Fellini are gone and Bergman and Antonioni are finally retired (finally!), I feel it necessary to throw another name in the ring for the title Greatest Living Director: Jan Troell.  (And I can already hear the majority of you saying \"whu?\".)','96e5c2212ad54b2244e4ec4ec0608165',0,'','pGdqPHgw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3084,707,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',959050930,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Thure','Re: The greatest living director?','I would rather go for this year\'s Cannes-winner: Lars von Trier. With his new film Dancer in the Dark, he has proven himself worthy of the title \"best (and most original) living director\"! ','d5aaed47ebc4a6ea8c90dcd1330fde5e',0,'','NzoDTpMx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3085,707,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',959128836,1,0,1,1,1,1,' Christina','Re: The greatest living director?','Since nationality specification was not made, I give the honor to Woody Allen. Proof that a comic genius can reign above wheat fields and tea cups!','7f42ccb6c416e8851fe0279f2df34b8f',0,'','adB2DY57',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3086,707,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',959159096,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Sarah','Re: The greatest living director?','Torn between Wenders and Angelopoulos myself... haven\'t seen enough of Angelopoulos\' films to really be sure, but the two films I have seen were definitely 2 of the best I\'ve ever seen.  Wenders - seen most of them and am a huge fan (even started a newsgroup) but I don\'t think any of his films are as ambitious and wonderful as the ones Angelopoulos has done....','3fd1ae10f986036e032ce93e9af81f4f',0,'','iTAkwsax',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3087,707,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',959322385,1,0,1,1,1,1,'dan-2','Re: The greatest living director?','I\'d have to disqualify Woody Allen, since we\'re dealing with foreign films [even if Woody wanted to be either Bergman or Antonioni at various stages of his career - with ludicrous results].','c227baf9b3503d03741e7363b4261181',0,'','xYlc7UTW',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3088,707,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',959322737,1,0,1,1,1,1,'dan-2','Re: The greatest living director?','Angelopoulos [sp?] is a good choice, if only because his work, rather like Kiarostami\'s, is virtually unknown or misrepresented - the usual fate of all aggressively non-commercial filmmakers.  Imagine either of them landing a lucrative Hollywood contract.  ','8781f1db6c72501f0a784e1d97ab3fff',0,'','kNg4Vvbi',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3089,707,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',959419158,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Sarah','Re: The greatest living director?','Just picturing some Hollywood studio trying to market a 3-hour Greek film to an American audience... hm... Might be fun to see them try.','711950b7c959dda22b0477fd27e23073',0,'','KcbX8dpf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3090,707,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',960308411,1,0,1,1,1,1,'acquarello','Re: The greatest living director?','Troell is good, but my vote for best living \"contemporary\" director would go to either Emir Kusturica or Julio Medem.  Von Trier shows potential, but his adherence to Dogme95\'s use of handhelds can make his films very difficult to watch on a theater screen.  Although one can always watch his films on home video, it relegates the role of foreign films to home viewing and takes away from the film going experience.\n\nSix months ago, the answer to this question would have easily been Robert Bresson.','5b525ed49c4fb943e62a77322326aef1',0,'','AqJGvYCd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3091,707,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',962232940,1,0,1,1,1,1,'shoehorn','Re: The greatest living director?','For me, the greatest living directors of international films are:\n\nHou Hsaio-Hsien\nAbbas Kiarostami\nZhang Yimou\nAndre Techine\n\n','8e2e9d22e84ac682a279f10895332dc8',0,'','dWRALZSq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3092,707,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',963410201,1,0,1,1,1,1,'mouse','Re: The greatest living director?','I\'d have to agree with Shoehorn on Zhang Yimou.\nHis films with the beautiful Gong Li are among\nmy all time favorites.','2da258403dbef84e0978ba2097127de7',0,'','0KQgDk3t',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3093,707,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',965189964,1,0,1,1,1,1,'AY','Re: The greatest living director?','I was lucky enough to catch a Hou Hsiao-Hsien retrospective about a month ago and I haven\'t been thinking about many other movies since.  I won\'t even pretend to have seen enough movies to decide on the best living director, but as far as the 90\'s are concerned, I don\'t think there are many bodies of work (outside of Kiarostami\'s, possibly) that can even begin to approach what Hou Hsiao-Hsien has done this past decade.  His movies have stuck in my consciousness like nothing else has in a very long time.','8c92281e7ff6aaeca14e50826939bcb2',0,'','smS0YDoQ',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3094,707,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',965236938,1,0,1,1,1,1,'C.A. Childers','Re: The greatest living director?','Lars von Trier, at least if you don\'t include american directors on the list.','72ea18ab0cd38c4a36f4c14a5cb05c1d',0,'','bWENjwFB',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3095,707,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',965815473,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Maconda','Re: The greatest living director?','Almodovar\nVon Trier\nZanussi (or is he dead...?)','8cc48a1b4e878b789568d7a3d247ea8f',0,'','r3hNmWfk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3096,707,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',965862527,1,0,1,1,1,1,'LF_CELINE','Re: The greatest living director?','I always hate having to pick out a \"greatest director of all time\", simply because...well, there are so many..\n\nI\'d agree with Kiastorami or Ho Hsiau-Hsen...Von Trier as a person can get on my nerves, but his films (with the exception of \"Zentropa\") usually blow me away...I\'d also like to throw Emir Kusturica on this list, along with David Cronenberg, Takeshi Kitano, Seijun Suzuki (is he still alive?), Tian Zhuangzhuang, Dario Argento, Lindsay Anderson, Ronny Yu, and Wong Kar-Wei.\n\nI\'d also throw Wes Anderson on any best living directors list...I know, he\'s an American, but hey...he did \"Bottle Rocket\" and \"Rushmore\"....what more can I say....','13654d9c1b95678c01df58f4a4bddebb',0,'','R5kfHbU9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3097,707,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',965948773,1,0,1,1,1,1,'LF_CELINE','Re: The greatest living director?','my bad...Lindsey Anderson\'s dead...','70360ce261dfe8f0b6b1b23c65e05fa5',0,'','x3URdsr1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3098,707,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',966492843,1,0,1,1,1,1,'BEK','Re: The greatest living director?','I totally agree on Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Abbas Kiarostami.  Two infallible filmmakers still working hard today.  I\'d also add Wong Kar-wai and Takeshi Kitano.  Wong Kar-wai is easily the best Hong Kong director of smart, arthouse films.  And Takeshi Kitano has made a lot of very dumb movies, but he got much better with Sonatine and his masterpiece Fireworks.','ff96ce14e7422c4802e4197e2e5f12e3',0,'','J4gtFlbc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3099,707,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',967958031,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Jepp','Re: The greatest living director?','Greatest living director? Probably Zhang Yimou. Greatest living American director (I can see the eyebrows being raised): David Lynch.','758e300b7da05fbb3ff9c1de70bc1077',0,'','4hbjs9tH',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3100,707,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',968690734,1,0,1,1,1,1,'katsuben','Re: The greatest living director?','Hou Hsiao-hsien, Raul Ruiz, Wong Kar-Wai, Alexander Kluge, Miklos Jancso.Then: Angelopolous, Kiarostami, Alain Resnais, JLG, Dusan Makavejev, Terrence Malick, Scorsese, Zanussi, Zhang YimouThen: David Cronenberg, Kusturica, Nikita Mikhalkov, Tran Anh Hung, Takeshi Kitano, Agnes VardaThen: Lynch, Fincher, Polanski, Federico Solanas, Soderbergh, Lars, Nagisa OshimaMaybe. (Unless they\'re dead already.)','e28f8d8a642492e293aa2969b01c9ba3',0,'','swjd6zXF',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3101,707,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',968795370,1,0,1,1,1,1,'LF_CELINE','Re: The greatest living director?','a few more to throw on:\n\nJulio Medim\nDeepha Mehta\nTony Gaitlif\nDavid Fincher\nTony Scott (yeah, his brother\'s put out 3 masterpieces, but Tony\'s been CONSISTENTLY better)\nWerner Herzog\nSam Raimi (I see a few eybrows raising)\nthe Coen Brothers\nGiussepe Tornatore\nChen Kaige\nTsui Hark (the Hong Kong Spielberg...except Tsui hasn\'t forgotten what fun is)\nErrol Morris\nDoris Dorrie','915d69b5e6d3ac6fa008e509255baa98',0,'','lyoxNbTe',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3102,707,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',968796311,1,0,1,1,1,1,'acquarello','Re: The greatest living director?','LF_Celine, finally, a second vote for Julio Medem! :)\n\nI also agree with Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Abbas Kiarostami.  Another name to throw in is Aleksandr Sokurov - I noticed that his name or filmography doesn\'t even show up on foreignfilms.com.  That\'s a shame.  \"The Second Circle\" and \"Mother and Son\" are quite visually breathtaking films to behold.\n\nacquarello\nwww.filmref.com','287323ef65168b450f6fb23821339240',0,'','QErCaNg5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3103,707,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1040608330,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gratefultiger','Re: The greatest living director?','after viewing mother &son &particularly russian ark i believe aleksandr sokurov to be along with luc-godard as the greatest living director','639eff7ee6e1e08b878e3d4ce87c6564',0,'','ri9HGtkE',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3104,707,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1040675533,1,0,1,1,1,1,'thegreatken1','Re: The greatest living director?','US\n-Francis Ford Coppola\n-Martin Scorsese\n-Woody Allen\n\nForeign\n-Tom Tykwer\n-Jean-Luc Godard\n-Luc Besson\n-Pedro Almodóvar\n','cdb05529e7d86e1d78da1fc0729e2133',0,'','mz5gCXdy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3105,707,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1041052233,1,0,1,1,1,1,'wpqx','Re: The greatest living director?','On the American side it would be David Lynch.  He is the most thoroughly exciting and interesting director working today.  For the foreign market though my money is with Zhang Yimou, undoubtably the best filmaker to emerge in the past twenty years.','9fe693f3ca0b65101d38a61fc89ac5c4',0,'','FhxLjd8f',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3106,707,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1044472878,1,0,1,1,1,1,'costas.antony','Re: The greatest living director?','I\'d like to include Makhmalbaf & Majidi - two incredible Iranian directors and contemporaries of the great Abbas Kiarostami. ','a9deedbfbbc55d93f9bb54ac48706e9d',0,'','dhv3RTDL',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3107,707,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1044472928,1,0,1,1,1,1,'costas.antony','Re: The greatest living director?','Oh yes, and Ang Lee.........','4b992a3638e23e3eae87018676592986',0,'','2WZRG9F6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3108,707,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1044505539,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gimferrer','Re: The greatest living director?','Bergman\n\nMedem\n\nPolanski\n\nKieslowski\n\nVictor Erice\n\nAlmodovar\n\nJean Pierre Jeaunet\n\n\n\nUSA;\n\nRichard Kelly (Donnie Darko)\n\nThomas P. Anderson (Magnila, boogie Nights and Punnch Drunk Love)\n\nArofsofsky (pi)\n\nSpike Jonze (Being John Malkhovitch and Adaptation)\n\nDavid Lynch and David Fincher','24484eab34e4051cede80549f4246acc',0,'','CyNRoD0V',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3109,707,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1044542908,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Gaz','Re: The greatest living director?','Afraid Kieslowski doesn\'t qualify for greatest _living_ director - he died in 1996 - but there\'s no question he was a great director.','5544cdb9c79de90aa1520ea3af011d37',0,'','H5zV8J0u',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3110,707,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1044609114,1,0,1,1,1,1,'bigpoppa_2059','Re: The greatest living director?','Since Godard is still making films, there\'s no question it would be him (how can u argue against that?) I wish Bergman was still directing and not just writing obscure plays and scripts. The best living American directors I think are Scorsese, Altman, Allen, Spielberg (leave me alone) and Coppola. The best living foreign ones; Jacques Rivettte, Eric Rohmer, Claude Chabrol, Aki Kaurisami, Almodovar, Angelopolous, Olivieria, and Wong Kar-Wei.','b7c320fb761f5519024533ba840456a7',0,'','lB6hT1yQ',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3111,707,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1045621910,1,0,1,1,1,1,'dbfilmmaker','Re: The greatest living director?','Americana:\nCoppola\nScorsese\nAllen\nTarantino\nFincher\n\nForeign:\nAlmodovar\nvon Trier\nTykwer','0c89dcc80bb62f2d2550a47b18ade75a',0,'','UZLw6nPJ',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3112,708,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',959043462,1,0,1,1,1,1,'dan-2','I\'d rather talk about \'favorites\'','Easily, my favorite foreign film is Jacques Prevert\'s The Children of Paradise.  Luckily, it\'s also a very long film, but it leaves so much room for interpretation and, dare I say it, inspiration.  The acting, for one thing, is probably the best you\'ll find in any other film, then or now: Barrault is especially brilliant as Baptiste, the speechless wisp of smoke in love with the all-too corporeal Garance.  An incredible film, unprecedented, miraculous!','8ce259b947eb15e2a58120f675d25698',0,'','lgRcvbpz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3113,708,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',965461815,1,0,1,1,1,1,'4seam','Re: I\'d rather talk about \'favorites\'','Speaking of inspiration, one of most inspiring film I\'ve seen was Jean Vigo\'s L\'Atalante. It has a lot of exprimental aspect yet very accomplished masterpiece.Too bad he died only at age of 29.','f2758be386e24ab72e0de92ec5b6ad3b',0,'','UQRwnX1c',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3114,708,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',965463987,1,0,1,1,1,1,'4seam','Re: I\'d rather talk about \'favorites\'','Speaking of inspiration, one of most inspiring film I\'ve seen was Jean Vigo\'s L\'Atalante. It has a lot of exprimental aspect yet very accomplished masterpiece.Too bad he died only at age of 29.','f2758be386e24ab72e0de92ec5b6ad3b',0,'','JcvpFC7u',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3115,708,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',974840368,1,0,1,1,1,1,'heather','Re: I\'d rather talk about \'favorites\'','*The Mother & the Whore* (J.Eustache)\n*Dancer in the Dark* (L.Von Trier)\n*L\'Atalante* (J.Vigo)\n*Rashomon* (Kurosawa)\n*Children of Paradise* (Prevert)\n*My Life to Live* (Godard)','a07d270a833f1037af5a33374266cf46',0,'','KoiCQbeS',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3116,708,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',978049836,1,0,1,1,1,1,'mikobandong','Re: I\'d rather talk about \'favorites\'','One of the best films I watched is The Conformist by Bernardo Bertolucci. However, I find it hard to rank Bertolucci among my 10 best filmmakers. My top 5 favorite films: Andrei Rublev, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, Pather Panchali, The Bicycle Thief & The Conformist.','0bf167791f79ede344f7fcb808aef868',0,'','hn1bLT7i',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3117,708,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',979679115,1,0,1,1,1,1,'patti5','Re: I\'d rather talk about \'favorites\'','Patti\'s top five foreign films of all time:\n1. 8 1/2. Fabulous, creative, spiritual non-linear masterpiece. Among the best uses of cinematic tecnique of all time.\n2. Rashamon. Magnificent photograpy, acting, moving and spiritual, very inspring.\n3. Seventh Seal. Deep exploration into life and Death. Loving look at the simple folk, understand of the nobility, and above all,\na courageous look at the fear of death, and the escape of those sweet little people at the end, who will get it later anyway. But I do love the man\'s(actor\'s) little escape, and the joyous feeling at the end.\n4. Winter Light. Unremmitingly bleak. I love it. (No sentimentality, that\'s for sure.)\n5. Cries and Whispers. Magnificently acted, fearless in showing the pain of death, family discord, yet there\'s that slight Bergman redemption of a happy family memory in the end(similar to the old man\'s memories in Wild Strawberries.)\n\nI appreciate your questions, comments on any of these. Thanks, have been dying toshare my favorites.','771c0d6d1d671e5c51983c2671fce0ef',0,'','RDWj4muS',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3118,708,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',979930612,1,0,1,1,1,1,'timofeevna','Re: I\'d rather talk about \'favorites\'','I always thought that The Children of Paradise was Marcel Carne\'s not Jacques Prevert\'s film. ','cbb27e052c97216ed5516ee8eea8c23d',0,'','v1BCXyZp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3119,708,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',980465282,1,0,1,1,1,1,'heatherfrank','Re: I\'d rather talk about \'favorites\'','Children of Paradise is by Marcel Carne!','30be16eb3491ad799b94a96ae7be3136',0,'','P0Cjp3Qh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3120,708,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',980857880,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Vox','Re: I\'d rather talk about \'favorites\'','\"Les enfants du Paradis\" is definately by Carné and finally has been released again recently both on video and DVD, so enjoy, because its arguably the best French movie ever made.','09e1c1e44e4b5548dea2d9017e58f52e',0,'','wS3pM6h9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3121,708,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1018998437,1,0,1,1,1,1,'john-5','Re: I\'d rather talk about \'favorites\'','To be fair to Dan-2 and Heather,Jacques Prevert scripted Children of Paradise,along with other famous Carne films-Le Jour se Leve and Quai des Brumes..He was also a well-known poet.','75dd8b5323dfbea126dbcc289687ad4d',0,'','e4BjYRtv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3122,708,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1019091028,1,0,1,1,1,1,'somegreatmovies','Re: I\'d rather talk about \'favorites\'','in no order: \n1. God\'s Stepchildren (Micheaux)\n2. Straight Story (Lynch)\n3. Where is the Friend\'s Home? (Kiarostami)\n4. Monika (Bergman)\n5. In a Year of 13 Moons (Fassbinder)\n6. Thieves Like Us (Altman)\n7. Outer and Inner Space (Warhol)\n8. Shock Corridor (Fuller)\n9. Band Wagon (Minnelli)\n10. Thin Red Line (Malick)\n... plus a few shorts: Hagop Hovnatanian (Parajanov) & Fireworks (Anger) & Window Water Baby Moving (Brakhage) & Jollies (Benning)','7a433641148edfb49413596e34da1a38',0,'','XJASrvEW',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3123,708,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1019131647,1,0,1,1,1,1,'john-5','Re: I\'d rather talk about \'favorites\'','What an interesting top 10,somegreatmovies!Glad to see The Band Wagon included.Will look out for the Oscar Micheaux-his films aren\'t very accessible here in Britain.Of the shorts,i\'ve only seen the Anger.I\'m always more pleased/intrigued by original,bold selections like yours,even when they\'re not always(the Fassbinder for instance)to my own taste.Can you say something about yourself,as you\'ve obviously huge viewing experience and knowledge,and i appreciate your postings.','9c315670b18e7d14888a5999d0862813',0,'','YVsx8tZy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3124,708,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1019169566,1,0,1,1,1,1,'somegreatmovies','Re: I\'d rather talk about \'favorites\'','Glad to know you liked my list... what about yours?  As for me, I\'m just a student (at USC) from Tweedle-yr-Ballsack, South Carolina (don\'t get me wrong, I love it here, there\'s just not much to experience culturally).  Most of the really great cinema I\'ve seen is the result of many years of attending every film festival I can, and taking trips to NYC as often as possible.  ...How about yourself?','2c58b6a963625cccaaaca5b06b3ab307',0,'','DNVK6Qb9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3125,708,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1019171909,1,0,1,1,1,1,'john-5','Re: I\'d rather talk about \'favorites\'','I\'m now the grand old age of 41!Have been obsessed with world cinema for well over a decade -before that i was interested,but not to the same extent(though i did study French cinema in the 30\'s as part of a uni French course in the early 80\'s).John Kobal\'s book of Top 100 Movies must take much of the blame/credit;when i bought it i\'d not heard of many of the films listed in the critics\'top 10\'s,which inspired me to more determinedly discover an exciting new world and started me collecting polls and selections.Living in Wales,i\'m some way from the \"action\"i.e London and the National Film Theatre,too.Have relied a lot on videos and screenings at our local film society,particularly as the TV channels,including the BBC,have shown less and less international films in recent years-part of a general cultural \"dumbing down\" i\'m afraid.You\'re to be congratulated on travelling a distance for screenings;for various reasons,this has been difficult for me recently.At least i managed to persuade a local Arts Centre to show more international films.There is an audience out there,which they\'d not expected!I do some amateurish writing for MovieMail.Oh yes,and favourites(which i\'ve listed elsewhere);Sansho the Bailiff,Paris Texas,Andrei Rublev,North by North West,2001:A Space Odyssey,Sunrise,Alice in the Cities,The Green Ray,Seven Samurai,Maborosi,Abraham Valley,Mirror,Some Like it Hot,Vertigo,Tokyo Story,Letter from an Unknown Woman,The Colour of Pomegranates,Partie de Campagne...As for short films,one i\'m keen to see is the Brazilian \"Isle of Flowers\"(Furtado,1989).Has anyone seen it?','8303e376ece9d169754931e55a117e6a',0,'','zurv6SyU',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3126,708,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1019196196,1,0,1,1,1,1,'somegreatmovies','Re: I\'d rather talk about \'favorites\'','If you saw The Colour of Pomegranates on video, you might also have seen Hagop Hovnatanian (on my shorts list)... it\'s often included at the end of the tape.','c9e81f40f355113626012635332a970e',0,'','iT0gElKw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3127,708,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1019802632,1,0,1,1,1,1,'zoe','Re: I\'d rather talk about \'favorites\'','Anyone here seen \"The Color of Paradise\" - mideastern film from a couple of years ago - I forget the country (Iran?) - Marvelous!  Anyone see \"I Don\'t Want to Talk About It?\" -- Spanish language film w/Marcello Mastrioanni -- but I can\'t find any info on it to add to this site -- I want to -- it\'s one of my favorites!','c949ab7110a08c8257de2de4bffbba51',0,'','LjJC01cz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3128,708,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1020048837,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gratefultiger','Re: I\'d rather talk about \'favorites\'','my best,\nla regle du jeu,colour of pomegranates,mirror,l\'atalante,\nnight\'s of cabiria,ordet,tokyo story,diary of a country priest,ikiru,la grande illusion,shadows of our forgotten ancestors,balthazar,sansho the bailiff,andrei rublev,taste of cherry.any thoughts on these masterworks?cheers from downunder.','52649cd9da5f31e963dec172de078bd4',0,'','MiXgphAK',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3129,708,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1020144495,1,0,1,1,1,1,'thegreatken1','Re: I\'d rather talk about \'favorites\'','Favorites:\n-Run Lola Run (Tom Tykwer)\n-Band Of Outsiders (Jean-Luc Godard)\n-Johnny Stecchino (Roberto Benigni)\n-Shaolin Soccer\n\nI need to watch more classics.','5fa7eaf9d7f2286835ab79a2364bc822',0,'','fVPqHvu0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3130,708,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1020831383,1,0,1,1,1,1,'trespalmas','Re: I\'d rather talk about \'favorites\'','Some of the films that gratefultiger1 lists- colour of pomegranates and shadows of our forgotten ancestors especially are incredible and really stay in your psyche (remember Marushka calling to Ivan between the hill and Valley?).  When I think of these films, the films of Angiopolus also come to mind- Suspended Step of the Stork was it?  Tokyo Story was also a good piece for showing the great generation gaps forming in Japan at that time- does anyone remember the name of the Japanese film, same period I think, about the man dying of cancer?  Looking at the all-time best lists, Kurosawa films are consistently up there.  Any thoughts on these?','b716b1d40b6d5dbdde075b862310906c',0,'','GCkoDyRt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3131,708,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1020839163,1,0,1,1,1,1,'somegreatmovies','Re: I\'d rather talk about \'favorites\'','Ikiru is the name of that one (wonderful film)... by the way... you didn\'t ask but I think Angelopopolus is kinda stale and dull (notice I didn\'t say boring... bad word to use).','c8f7f3cc259d1b54f7ca871cc0434ef5',0,'','ykSefjlV',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3132,708,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1021388143,1,0,1,1,1,1,'pia01evb','Re: I\'d rather talk about \'favorites\'','I really love Malle\'s Au Revoir Les Enfants,and Le Souffle Au Coeur but also Renoir\'s Partie de Campagne which is just so beautiful.Of recent films I love Audiard\'s A Self-Made Hero,Ullman\'s Faithless ans a really funny Czech film that I saw on Sunday called Loners.  ','278cd0178817c521b8b10af31bc46218',0,'','Fsy7V3MW',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3133,708,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1023603820,1,0,1,1,1,1,'ananda','Re: I\'d rather talk about \'favorites\'','Forgive me for trying to introduce movies from the East.\n\nI believe this movie goes well with those who love \'The Champ\'.  Sylvia Chang (the famous director for \'Tempting Hearts\' and more) and Chow Yun Fatt (yes, the master from Crouching Tiger) acted in this old movie called \'All About All Ah Long).  Watch the display of beautiful plots and remarkable acting.  One of those movies that may get you tied to the seat for the solid 2 hours.\n\nAnd I wonder why \'Swordman Part 2\' was not mentioned in this forum.  This movie is directed by the famous producer in the East - Tsui Hark.  This movie touches many areas - revenge, loyalty, betrayal, love (among 2 female, transexual and the male lead), transexual, power, greed and more.  It even won the Award for Best Costume, which I thought was better than those in SW.  If you like Gong Li, watch this movie for the superb veteran actress - Bridgette Lin.  She carried the charisma power in the movie, only to be matched by Jet Li (when he was better in the past).\n\nNo one here heard of Nang Nak from Thailand?  A nice movie about the legend of a female ghost who came back to wait for the returning husband.  It was like Titanic to USA, not that I like Titanic that much.\n','e0c51bea5fca7e958bb49118abefa3f5',0,'','6gvrVSRM',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3134,708,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1024360758,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Lafleurette','Re: I\'d rather talk about \'favorites\'','It\'s a shame that most Americans like you can only talk about french movies WITH SUBTITLES. You are very limited on what you know. Odette','271f1d7a301faf8c254e96d9c001b1d4',0,'','DRdpNnhe',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3135,708,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1026424452,1,0,1,1,1,1,'somegreatmovies','Re: I\'d rather talk about \'favorites\'','what a dumbass comment','78712e39b205fceb092a3f5f87614333',0,'','oKCBksWg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3136,709,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',959107070,1,0,1,1,1,1,'jman','In the Realm of the Senses','Nagisa Oshima\'s erotic masterpiece is based on the true story of an ex-prostitute and her deadly affair with her master. Though Oshima and the editor were arrested in Japan for violating the country\'s strict decency act, it really is about art, not porn.','a58b0ae6e35e3130aee556fbf1ba1f2f',0,'','sgiAuBVK',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3137,709,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',959154512,1,0,1,1,1,1,'dan-2','Re: In the Realm of the Senses','Oshima was an irritant.  He now does game shows.','4875e7f5a8df10f41283eb70d0bd201b',0,'','eDdqhRFx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3138,709,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',959186701,1,0,1,1,1,1,'jman','Re: In the Realm of the Senses','Takeshi \'Beat\' Kitano - now there\'s an irritant - also does game shows. That\'s modern day Japan, where TV is celebrity.','c17a5a301babdf22bfb547fb8f8c95b8',0,'','C9kXxDvs',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3139,709,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',959322222,1,0,1,1,1,1,'dan-2','Re: In the Realm of the Senses','And yet Kitano is celebrated as one of Japan\'s best directors!  Sort of the Japanese John Woo, without Woo\'s virtuosity [for violence, that is].  Imagine Ozu doing game shows.  Or Naruse.  Or Kobayashi.  Or . . .','1a69aeb50f5af25feb6a4d0a28ff93d0',0,'','hErDzKP4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3140,710,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',959140427,1,0,1,1,1,1,'dan-2','Best Actor Ever Made','Max von Sydow, now that Marcello Mastroianni is gone.','9501345964de834068fd6512dc4adaeb',0,'','kr3d4Tzh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3141,710,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',959809356,1,0,1,1,1,1,'sewsmile','Re: Best Actor Ever Made','Am looking for movies starring Louise de Funes.  He was very funny and often played comedy police officers.  Great voice and facial expressions.','a274c86bd56bbc2045351f73044af5ca',0,'','GcZfrozb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3142,710,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',961477968,1,0,1,1,1,1,'cinemasmooch','Re: Best Actor Ever Made','I have a thing for Australian actor Russel Crowe at the moment - a good balance of masculinity and sensitivity    ','9a52a32131b275902385b90fe02bad95',0,'','Vjm6ydUZ',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3143,710,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',963447337,1,0,1,1,1,1,'cinemasmooch','Re: Best Actor Ever Made','From USA Today, July 11, \'00: \"The Men of Our Dreams - Women swoon over Hollywood\'s strong-but-selfless ideal male\" (in part) -\nWhether by folly or forethought, Hollywood is offering up a new slate of \"mythical\" male heroes these days.  And women are eating it up with a spoon, complaining between helpings that contemporary men are falling short.\nThe new icon is often flawed, sometimes tortured, a confident and capable if reluctant fighter, battling whatever elements or evils keep him from a principled goal.  Most important is his overriding selflessness - the key factor separating him from today\'s self-absorbed male minions, women say.  By all accounts, this is not the Arnold Schwarzenegger \"Hasta las vista, baby\" brand of action tough guy.  Nor is he the Tom Hanks variety of sensitive, nurturing male in vogue in recent years.\nRather, he is a diciplined, sometimes-terse man of character, with a keen sense if responsibility to country, family, a simpler way of life or some higher purpose for which personal sacrifice is dead certain.  Mel Gibson\'s devoted dad-turned-combatant in \"The Patriot\" fills the bill, audience surveys suggest.  Russell Crowe\'s self-sacrificing Roman general, Maximus, in \"Gladiator\" is directly on point.  Samual L. Jackson\'s detective in \"Shaft\" works, as does George Clooney\'s fisherman in \"The Perfect Storm.\"\nIt\'s the tough guy and nurturing male all rolled into one irrestible package, women say.','61f8c8513a5b32e8ade0d10f5cc7a64d',0,'','FUBdr3ay',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3144,710,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',965862758,1,0,1,1,1,1,'LF_CELINE','Re: Best Actor Ever Made','I\'d say Chow Yun Fat.  He can portray powerful emotions with just the simplest of gestures.','c0274c5a4fc29ec59bfbcb107e81ad02',0,'','HYhN9P6k',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3145,710,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',966494612,1,0,1,1,1,1,'BEK','Re: Best Actor Ever Made','Takeshi Kaneshiro.  See Fallen Angels for proof.','1f8c6a887521eee61c819f36cef11323',0,'','AHDFaNvi',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3146,710,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',969961038,1,0,1,1,1,1,'CClaudel','Re: Best Actor Ever Made','Best actor I ever made? Best actor Hollywood ever made? Best actor God ever made?\nLet\'s get specific. And, hey, this is too long a list. Let\'s qualify it and make several lists...','eed7a1c1386e77c67e844de03a0d9e0e',0,'','gqWc9GHx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3147,710,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',970986516,1,0,1,1,1,1,'mjkeitges','Re: Best Actor Ever Made','Alain Delon, for one performance: \"Le Samourai\"','ff70d699d75da969a5ca9e76378ddf59',0,'','ReDLm6u9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3148,710,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1041056400,1,0,1,1,1,1,'wpqx','Re: Best Actor Ever Made','Well if you\'re talking actor, then you can\'t ignore Marlon Brando.  Regardless of his sparse and disappointing work over the last twenty or so years, you can\'t deny his greatness prior to that.  And he could count for those insisting it be foreign.  His work in Last Tango in Paris is enough to earn him the greatest actor ever title, if you don\'t agree see the film again.','73636f9e7a5c511f3d1484696b6f1518',0,'','bDrN5L3K',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3149,711,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',959233166,1,0,1,1,1,1,'jman','Best of \'99: RUN LOLA RUN','Although it\'s hard to compare this film with the classics of foreign cinema, RUN LOLA RUN is one of the most entertaining films I\'ve ever seen, period. Even my parents, otherwise subtitle-phobic, enjoyed it.\r\n\r\nPerhaps this film marks a new movement in cinema, much as Truffaut\'s THE 400 BLOWS marked the beginning of the French New Wave?','1cf8fe94ea71f88151ffe756ddf4d848',0,'','GAW08CtS',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3150,711,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',960307373,1,0,1,1,1,1,'acquarello','Re: Best of \'99: RUN LOLA RUN','Actually, my vote for best film would go to either the Dardennes\' \"Rosetta\" or Almodovar\'s \"All About My Mother.\"  Tykver\'s \"Run Lola Run\" seemed more of a triumph of style over substance.','d72677769f4a46495b4815ee38dac25f',0,'','qT7bzYgJ',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3151,711,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',961867622,1,0,1,1,1,1,'jman','Re: Best of \'99: RUN LOLA RUN','Which brings us to a good question: must a film have substance in order for it to be a good film? Or is it enough to present us with an original idea that is entertaining and challenges ordinary filmmaking techniques?','111e33fe980295ca98d6e8d41f1e2d46',0,'','6A1DLF3g',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3152,711,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',962132992,1,0,1,1,1,1,'acquarello','Re: Best of \'99: RUN LOLA RUN','Good point.  My personal preference would be for substance, but that\'s certainly a preference for visceral reaction over technical precision.  This probably has much in common with the Truffaut/Godard debate as well.  I would pick Truffaut because of his narrative, but I will concede that Godard is the superior film maker of the two.\n\nTake the case of Alain Resnais\'s \"Hiroshima mon Amour\" and \"Last Year at Marienbad\", which are both structurally elliptical and thematically similar in the exploration of time and haunted memory.  I tend to watch \"Hiroshima mon Amour\" more often because of the engaging story.  Although \"Last Year at Marienbad\" is more visually stunning, it seems fragmented and serves more as an adept technical exercise than a treatise of human existence.  ','55cce5599bf434cbf17c914db547e150',0,'','d1ptmDSV',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3153,711,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',965237102,1,0,1,1,1,1,'C.A. Childers','Re: Best of \'99: RUN LOLA RUN','LOLA Was an empty and weak example of foriegn bubblegum. Classic case of style over substance and most likely intended to be a vehicle for the director\'s music career, moreso than anything else.','bbf5725b5a2c2da85aded95b7afce4e1',0,'','y5TzRqEv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3154,711,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',965345735,1,0,1,1,1,1,'whiterat','Re: Best of \'99: RUN LOLA RUN','RUN LOLA RUN was utterly worthless. Like watching MTV as a tape loop. \nPeople are so quick to praise something seemingly innovative without ever stopping to think about why this \"innovation\" had never been done before. \nSometimes things aren\'t done because they shouldn\'t be! Innovation is not an end in itself. There is no style/substance dichotomy. Style is part of substance and vice versa. When one is unsuccesful in one area one is unsuccesful in both.\nSuch is the case of RUN LOLA RUN.\n','7c8e83eff60a1df4a59249221922c37b',0,'','2gMmqo1R',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3155,711,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',965347639,1,0,1,1,1,1,'jman','Re: Best of \'99: RUN LOLA RUN','According to the above criteria PULP FICTION is \"worthless\".','4888d4e2cc01c69c8600342be00f6455',0,'','K3ob5HWm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3156,711,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',965425509,1,0,1,1,1,1,'chris','Re: Best of \'99: RUN LOLA RUN','Run Lola Run is neither worthless or MTV trash,take it at face value and stop trying to disect it and its a good entertaining film which you can just plain enjoy.','0da882335702c1682487531803ee0e1a',0,'','aVjBchLG',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3157,711,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',965463333,1,0,1,1,1,1,'4seam','Re: Best of \'99: RUN LOLA RUN','I completely forgot that LOLA was a foreign film until I ran into this board ( not that I saw a dubbed version ). I didn\'t see every foreign film being released but I liked a documentary film on klaus Kinski, \"My Best Fiend \" by W. Herzog. I found it highly entertaining.','2f964cdffdba9129500335aa5e117081',0,'','mpJXFSNL',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3158,711,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',966026414,1,0,1,1,1,1,'cinemasmooch','Re: Best of \'99: RUN LOLA RUN','I found it very entertaining and I especially liked the high-energy soundtract.','305ff4f5d1ff0215101efdfb6ac249fa',0,'','W19cgRkt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3159,711,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',966492568,1,0,1,1,1,1,'BEK','Re: Best of \'99: RUN LOLA RUN','Run Lola Run is DUMB.  It takes the awareness of a fruit fly to cut anything to a music track.  Judging by how much music this movie had, it actually took only half a fruit fly to edit.  A new record!  See \"Magnolia\" as a good example of lots of music not adding anything to a dumb movie.','89bc6b2cdf350aa7bd79c132d0bb1ce5',0,'','ToNCu9PK',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3160,711,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',966565066,1,0,1,1,1,1,'cinemasmooch','Re: Best of \'99: RUN LOLA RUN','Are you calling me a fruit fly?','6cd9aadf5e4cb5361b9632b92ccdcaa8',0,'','erUT7skL',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3161,711,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',966720266,1,0,1,1,1,1,'daveman','Re: Best of \'99: RUN LOLA RUN','This is so much drivel at the theatres, why quibble over a film that was atleast unique and entertaining.  I have seen the film several times and it is just entertainment.  It\'s not War and Peace and I am sure that the people behind the film weren\'t trying to create War and Peace.  ','b880b3d78c5f542e63367c8b9d13c3ca',0,'','E4vmxJhH',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3162,711,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',967282412,1,0,1,1,1,1,'dan-2','Re: Best of \'99: RUN LOLA RUN','\"Kinetic\" is what movies are supposed to be.  It\'s when they try to slow things down to make a \"statement\" that they cease to be so.  Not that statements are a bad thing.  LOLA\'s point was that its medium was the message - but the title SPEED was already taken.  And they hadn\'t a budget for a bus and all those explosions.  Destination: Hollywood!!! (ALAS) ','458635c7d813774a374b93f6a9fb2c32',0,'','51vJkVxW',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3163,711,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',967344779,1,0,1,1,1,1,'OK,so','Re: Best of \'99: RUN LOLA RUN','To reduce debate about film to \"style\" versus \"substance\" is\noverly simplistic, I believe. Are the \"City of Lost Children\" or \"Raise the Red Lantern\" victories of \"style\",\n\"substance\" or neither. \"Rin Lola Run\" has been the victim of what we in Australia call the \"tall poppy syndrome\". Twyker produces a brilliant electric offbeat film, and no-one knows how to handle it. To overly praise the director for this creation, however, may be ill-advised. Tarantino, after all seems on reflection to be a one genre director who, when all is said and done, is ineffective at deploring violence, and eventually may pale in the face of such incredible films as \"Funny Games\". It\'s true that some films are meant to be enjoyed, but this film can\'t easily be dismissed as pop trash. The film comes closer to masterpiece than mess, and I, for one absolutely adored it, and could watch it five times before I sat through \"Manon des Sources\" again, for example.','eeaf5918c3a4825f4ae9bf5ff69bcf4d',0,'','1gwM90ey',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3164,711,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',972469933,1,0,1,1,1,1,'videolionvideo','Re: Best of \'99: RUN LOLA RUN','RUN,LOLA,RUN is a great example of a succesful marriage between a simple story,great editing,and great music featuring Franka Potente also on vocals.look at all the imitations on iFilm and you\'ll see why this film is head and shoulders above the rest.Paraphrasing a quote from ALL ABOUT EVE...Cinema is everyone but not for you exclusively.\nThere is room for films that are entertaining and films that are more profound....I find Run,Lola,Run falls in the middle...also looke for Franka Potente and Anna Loos in teh German thriller ANATOMIE...great soundtrack again and very entertaing thriller.','5f2f68b1a256f01df0a3e3c330bb954d',0,'','cAD178hT',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3165,711,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',975558173,1,0,1,1,1,1,'IngysDayOff','Re: Best of \'99: RUN LOLA RUN','My favorite film of 1999 and the decade was \"Eyes Wide Shut.\" A perfect film, about dreams, not sex. The most misunderstood in many a decade. I also loved Leos Carax\'s \"Les Amants du Pont-Neuf\" and the Dardennes\' \"Rosetta.\" So far for 2000, Wong Kar-Wai\'s \"In the Mood for Love\" and Claire Denis\' \"Beau Travail.\" ','f237f13bb7039462d4c3164a333510ed',0,'','0ovkaf1V',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3166,711,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',979930962,1,0,1,1,1,1,'timofeevna','Re: Best of \'99: RUN LOLA RUN','For 1999 my favorite would be ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER\nFor the foreign films released in the U.S. in 2000 it would be AN AFFAIR OF LOVE ','c641ae6e4a104c91b3e1078ca2759c06',0,'','uVmcvJHw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3167,711,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',980541737,1,0,1,1,1,1,'heatherfrank','Re: Best of \'99: RUN LOLA RUN','What did y\'all think of Tykwer\'s earlier film \"Winter Sleepers\"? ','328b10c0a2f397b22d6bbb5926142860',0,'','GTbnK8wL',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3168,711,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',980857642,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Vox','Re: Best of \'99: RUN LOLA RUN','Run Lola Run of course is all form and zero content, but when I saw it, that was fine by me. I don\'t think it\'s merely an MTV clip, but of course calling it the best of 1999 is somewhat over the top. It succeeds in what it set out to do, however limited its goals were; in that it is well made and in my view very enjoyable movie.\nI don\'t know about \"the best\", but THE movie experience of 1999 for me was \"Fight Club\".','2eb4d8b25f9efe8b5379cd05d245f172',0,'','B1rSDhQF',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3169,711,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',984146902,1,0,1,1,1,1,'meininki','Re: Best of \'99: RUN LOLA RUN','I simply cannot understand why everybody says \"Run Lola Run\" doesn\'t have any substance.\nIt does. It is about how tiny things can change our whole life. Now this idea might not be totally \nnew, but still I would never call RLR a muic video without any content.\nAnd I\'m sure Tom Tykwer didn\'t make the music because he wanted to start a musical career.\nIn an interview he said he simply likes to be part of every step of the production, he likes to\nhave the control when making a film, so consequently he also did the music himself.\nYou should go and watch his other films \"Deadly Maria\", \"Wintersleepers\" or his newest one\n\"The princess and the warrior\". They are VERY  different from Lola.\nAnyway, nobody talked about the actors. Franka Potente of course is great and, in my opinion,\nMoritz Bleibtreu is simply the best actor to have come out of European Film in recent years.','99f48b4a303e0e1f41b2fc7e9f9c118d',0,'','03lAXbiz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3170,711,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',988597981,1,0,1,1,1,1,'PunkWashGurl','Re: Best of \'99: RUN LOLA RUN','I loved Run Lola Run','c6ebce00be32e2000aa4d5810e30a547',0,'','NYB2xQKC',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3171,711,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',988698050,1,0,1,1,1,1,'katsuben','Re: Best of \'99: RUN LOLA RUN','apparently Tykwer is making a film from a Krzystzof Piesiewicz (Kieslowski\'s collaborator) screenplay. of course one feels is will be more in the vein of WINTER SLEEPERS than RUN LOLA RUN. more evidence that RLR is merely an advertisement for green card aesthetic purposes.','b30ff4456fc2503f7de551b3e5fb09f9',0,'','PRdNMy4c',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3172,711,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',988787828,1,0,1,1,1,1,'nana','Re: Best of \'99: RUN LOLA RUN','style vs. substance?\nnature vs. nurture?\nlove vs. hate?\ncan\'t have one without the other right?\n\ni hated run lola run...\nthough i loved yi-yi on both notes.\n---nana\n','8867bfc9d86d6d749004de614fe988c5',0,'','XFfTsuvU',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3173,711,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',989120583,1,0,1,1,1,1,'maya','Re: Best of \'99: RUN LOLA RUN','Nana, You are starting to sound like funkyduck or are you the same person?','59d7587ba52dc37e76ac84a936bfd8a7',0,'','ph97Tu8U',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3174,711,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',991618813,1,0,1,1,1,1,'simon','Re: Best of \'99: RUN LOLA RUN','RUN LOLA RUN was a graet film. It was brave. I liked the snapshots of possibilities. But the idea was unoriginal. Is it possible for style to make substance or vice versa?','5380dbd35634eecc91910bad24e92e55',0,'','39ehVCa0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3175,711,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1001470130,1,0,1,1,1,1,'jwcox','Re: Best of \'99: RUN LOLA RUN','I thought it was also a great movie. I also love Germany, German people, German food, etc. But, I don\'t understand German very well, and I\'ve found out that if you don\'t understand German, it\'s a very harsh sounding language, especially at high volumes, like they used in the movie. It\'s a movie high in suspence and action, but all that screaming (in German) and loud music and streaking cinematography (as she was running) made for a very stressful movie. I enjoyed it when it was over, but it was a little too busy for me while I was watching it.','355d9f989be266f5ed96b6ca238e2a96',0,'','VcnX2uvB',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3176,711,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1021325072,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Peter196783','Re: Best of \'99: RUN LOLA RUN','I AGREE WITH MAININKI ABOUT WHAT HE WROTE ABOUT RUN LOLA RUN (RLR). LITTLE EVENTS COULD CHANGE OUR WHOLE LIVES. I CAN\'T UNDERSTAND WHY NO ONE ELSE SEEMS TO GET THE GIST OF THIS MOVIE. FOR ANOTHER SIMILAR THEME, READ: THE ANCIENT HUNTER? BY KURT VONNEGUT. THE MUSIC IN RLR MOVIE IS UNBELIEVABLE! WOW!','c8ee8fee67089f7f31d83e1689ca4fdb',0,'','K9Ss2t4n',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3177,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',959409368,1,0,1,1,1,1,'sanford-x','Best Director Live or Dead','I submit the following:\r\nPasolini\r\nWenders\r\n\r\nIt is hard to say who is best live or dead. Plenty will throw down their ideas, flex their egos, say this and that, but all that matters in film is what titillates the senses, what grabs the eye, throws you on the ground and screams \"watch me\". SO I humbly submit the above two, maybe not the best, but by far the most thought provoking.','a4b7d42a859ae40c58d75e36f3972d73',0,'','rcTmtHov',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3178,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',960307641,1,0,1,1,1,1,'acquarello','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','My vote would go to Carl-Theodor Dreyer who continued to defy established cinematic language throughout his career.','7b31171bba95fb16456889344cf174c3',0,'','vaZSCkil',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3179,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',962288058,1,0,1,1,1,1,'VoiceOver','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','Andrei Tarkovsky; nobody else even comes close.','70004b21407d51a18b9dea53ea58a1db',0,'','PLqpxKY7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3180,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',962292543,1,0,1,1,1,1,'jman','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','Anyone trying to answer this question should have a look at the work of Kenji Mizoguchi (1898-1956). Don\'t let the dates fool you, his films are complex, suspenseful, entertaining, and way ahead of their time. In particular, see <a href=\"/film.asp?film_id=1012\">A Geisha</a>, one of the best films ever made, period.','788863ea124fd168d31e3bbb2c5e77cf',0,'','Db2g8VQx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3181,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',962299806,1,0,1,1,1,1,'acquarello','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','I\'ve only seen 5 Mizoguchi films:  Sansho Dayu, Ugetsu Monogatari, 47 Ronin, Story of the Last Chrysanthemum, and Life of Oharu--and he definitely has my attention.  I\'d put him on par with Ozu (around #3), just slightly below Tarkovsky and maybe Bergman.  If Geisha is anything like Life of Oharu, I\'ll be depressed for weeks.','3a2edb7174b6022eeeaa79a1eb0bb734',0,'','q6fvikuB',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3182,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',962859321,1,0,1,1,1,1,'dan-2','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','Best! Best!! Best!!!  What a silly and unproductive game.  Like naming the Best Composer/Painter/Poet of All Time.  All I really know is I have a few favorites, but why they appeal to me before any others is entirely personal and ultimately quite mysterious.','bbeee6485ab64344cfeef030b3704aaa',0,'','7CQTYbdK',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3183,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',963836572,1,0,1,1,1,1,'VoiceOver','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','Since this is a thread about best-worst lists, don\'t be surprised if posted messages do just that. If you don\'t like it, don\'t post here (= this thread), makes no sense complaining about it.','54c0fc01bdd12dd74ad9cc5ddccaeb33',0,'','CBuaLy0W',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3184,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',964194622,1,0,1,1,1,1,'cathouse','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','All the above certainly qualify, especially the Japenese directors.  But my all time favorite was the little tramp, Charlie Chaplin.','a79b52a5958f9827c17cbcc0f44aad63',0,'','qfxt1Jua',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3185,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',965816509,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Maconda','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','uhm...Bunuel and Yimou Zang. How come no one mentioned them before?','4c75b0e87ed4ecb18a67c64ba0419b1b',0,'','ePrs3D5u',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3186,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',965863221,1,0,1,1,1,1,'LF_CELINE','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','My submission-\n\nCharles Chaplin\nFrancois Truffaut\nCarl Theodore Dreyer\nAlfred Hitchcock\nJean Renoir\nAkira Kurosawa\nLuis Bunuel\nSeijun Suzuki\nIgmar Bergman\nStanley Kubrick\nMartin Scorcesse\nAbbas Kiastorami\nDavid Cronenberg\nRobert Bresson\nJean Cocteau\nLindsay Anderson\nRoman Polanski\nWerner Herzog\nFritz Lang\nTerrence Fisher\n','27a79884a372ef5a5395a386030547c9',0,'','NzWDhrXG',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3187,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',965905020,1,0,1,1,1,1,'RickyFitts','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','Akira Kurasawa\nStanley Kubrick \n    ---(minus eyes wide shut....which was a trajedy that it was his last film.)','db392336cf13af23f90da275e56eff8b',0,'','l2uvcgsG',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3188,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',966845371,1,0,1,1,1,1,'CClaudel','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','\n1.Welles\n2. Hitchcock\n3. About 30 others','03fcfd2ae4f33d95bddd758f3d18da14',0,'','zivuZ6k8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3189,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',967450537,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Jepp','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','Francois Truffaut.\n\nI have many other favorites, but no one else comes close to Truffaut. ','da7aaf70f8cfbcb7fec787c828b7b004',0,'','vX5wu7aF',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3190,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',967755072,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Garrett Anderson','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','Hard to say best, but favorite living are Takeshi Kitano and Peter Greenaway, dead Kubrick, Fellini, Kurasawa, and Pasolini.','5565dae80249ed96769ec87d7a787fbb',0,'','Xkz5hW68',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3191,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',968690921,1,0,1,1,1,1,'katsuben','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','Hitch.Then: Welles.Then: Antonioni.Then: list the rest below. BELOW. B.E.L.O.W.:)','1119a07211295ea941e2caa0c9a1e603',0,'','Q42uSPly',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3192,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',968794061,1,0,1,1,1,1,'MAGGI','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','Does anyone remember Visconti??????','e869da0221d4649943984e87b9de2c73',0,'','r61o8yE3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3193,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',972469540,1,0,1,1,1,1,'videolionvideo','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','KIESLOWSKI ---- DECALOGUE,BLUE,BLIND CHANCE,& NO END\nHITCHCOCK -----VERTIGO,NOTORIUS,PSYCHO,MARNIE,REAR WINDOW\nALMODOVAR----ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER,WOMEN ON VERGE,LAWS/DESIRE\nGILLES MIMOUNI-----L\'APPARTEMENT  (Great First Film)\nROBERT LEPAGE ----LE CONFESSIONAL,NO,POSSIBLE WORLDS','787abeed3501d297c5d0c72ab14b7032',0,'','380sVBuD',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3194,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',972490470,1,0,1,1,1,1,'nitin jagdish','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','my absolute favorite one shot: luigi fulci\'s \"don\'t torture a duckling\" (even with the grotesquely obvious dummy at the end)\n\ngenre subversives: david cronenberg (is it horror, or masterfully sculpted cartharsis/melodrama?) john woo (is it action, or the poetry of nostalgia?)\n\nusual suspects: tarkovsky, godard, truffaut, lang, leigh, kurosawa, fellini (8.5 and amacord notwithstanding), and the american contingent (welles,scorsese,coppola,allen,lee)\n\neveryone\'s favorite whipping boy, but i love him: roberto benigni    \n\nspecial mention: nothing depresses me more than seeing what a forgotten master satyajit ray has become. his \'apu trilogy\' ranks as one of the ten greatest achievements in film, and several of his other films [such as \'devi,\' \'charulata,\' and \'the home and the world\'] were merely masterpieces that would have been peaks for other directors. although he adapted from plays, novels, and novellas, his movies were pure cinema. as i prepare to make my first movie, i watch his movies for inspiration.  \nand yet, he is not mentioned in the same breath as bergman, kurosowa, et. al., directors whom i would place a notch below ray. finding ray\'s pictures (other than the trilogy) in the u.s. is difficult, if not impossible. oh well. \n\nunlikely pick: bob fosse\n\n\"flavor of the month\" who will last: lars von trier','4846f323e9074fea4cc686f7aa6c5be5',0,'','foqxDGVE',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3195,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',974895585,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Tulse Luper','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','Luis Buñuel\nDavid Lynch\nPeter Greenaway\nAlexandro Jodorowsky\n\nThe best four directors of all time; In that order.','604234a2ca90c377e9eeda08a6ce4889',0,'','zVwLHFZo',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3196,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',975122704,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Tony Block','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','Luis Bunuel.  He made great, great films for almost 50 years starting with his great surrealistic films of the late 20s/early 30s, his great mexican (The New World) period from 49 Los Olvidados to the mid 60s Extermintaing Angel/Simon of the Desert & his great Spanish/French (European) phase from 1960s Viridiana to the 1970s Discreet Charm.  He never failed to amaze, charm, change & educate us.  cheers, Tony Block','ed64c9c5fe4b57b1cff1083a7bac7279',0,'','pBJlQm1x',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3197,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',976320891,1,0,1,1,1,1,'bardamu_72','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','Nitin-actually, most of S Ray\'s films HAVE been re-released by Columbia.  The prints were re-mastered by James Ivory (of the Ivory/Merchant team)...\"The Adversary\", \"The Chessplayer\" and \"Home And The World\" (tr?) are the only ones left to be re-mastered as far as I know.\n\nAnd I agree about S Ray...he was simply amazing, but he\'s often overshadowed (by me at least, but I\'m sure by most people) by his mentor Jean Renoir simply because they both dealt with similar subjects in similar ways.  But Ray is somebody who SHOULDN\'T be forgotten, and he\'s starting to get a cult following up here in Seattle, so I guess that\'s good.','709b9770aea267fb6e7e8f53b05d1972',0,'','d8wKuW3r',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3198,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',976725623,1,0,1,1,1,1,'nitin jagdish','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','bardamu_72, thanks for the info. i shall contact sony.\nmy knowledge of renoir stops at grand illusion [which is something i\'ve been meaning to correct], but i understand your point. at that the same time, ray\'s visual style strikes something deeper within me. this is an area for further exploration. ','4b154b7791c0d9bb2759681cef970a7e',0,'','9RPEAV7w',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3199,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',976816067,1,0,1,1,1,1,'acquarello','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','It\'s great to see Satyajit Ray\'s name mentioned.  Months ago, at another forum, my efforts to promote the Apu Trilogy quickly degenerated to idiotic Simpsons jokes.\n\nAs for the VHS tapes of Ray\'s films, I have the following from Columbia/Tri-Star, so I can confirm that, although the prints aren\'t perfect, they are all very good to excellent:  The Apu Trilogy-Pather Panchali/Aparajito/Apur Sansar; Mahanagar (The Big City); Jalsaghar (The Music Room); Charulata (my favorite Ray film); Jana Aranya (The Middleman); Devi; Two Daughters (edited version of Three Daughters).  They run at $20 retail each.\n\nThe following films are available from Facets, but no seems to be able to give me an opinion as to the quality of the prints, so I haven\'t picked them up yet:  Days and Nights in the Forest; The Stranger; Distant Thunder; The Chess Players; The Adversary.\n\nNot all of his films are available on video, but at least, some of his best films are.\n\nacquarello\nhttp://www.filmref.com','1d979965053f0a56f9c685d65ab79186',0,'','0lEW6uAK',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3200,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',977957221,1,0,1,1,1,1,'mikobandong','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','Tarkovsky, Fellini, Bergman, De Sica, Antonioni, Bunuel, Truffaut, Satyajit Ray and Polanski - not necessarily in that order from Fellini down.','005ff22a28bdc0c64678a7d3ffcaa76f',0,'','5KnBR8Ft',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3201,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',979931290,1,0,1,1,1,1,'timofeevna','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','Bunuel. There was no other director whose last films, made when he was well beyond his sixties would be even better than his earlier films.','1c9dd503b959b9863a637471816d902d',0,'','nGx0Wbhq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3202,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',982534537,1,0,1,1,1,1,'cola','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','1. Ingmar Bergman (Best Film: PERSONA)\n2. Andrei Tarkovsky (Best Film: ANDREI RUBLEV)\n3. Charles Chaplin (Best Film: CITY LIGHTS)\n4. Robert Bresson (Best Film: AU HASARD BALTHAZAR)\n5. Orson Welles (Best Film: CITIZEN KANE [duh])\n6. Alfred Hitchcock (Best Film: VERTIGO)\n7. Federico Fellini (Best Film: 8 1/2 [duh, again])\n8. D.W. Griffith (Best Film: INTOLERANCE)\n9. Akira Kurosawa (Best Film: SEVEN SAMURAI)\n10. John Ford (Best Film: THE SEARCHERS)\n\nOther greats are Sergei Eisenstein, Kenji Mizoguchi, Jean-Luc Godard, Francois Truffaut, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Yasujiro Ozu, Dziga Vertov, Jean Renoir, Stanley Kubrick...\n\n...too many to name, and there\'s no way I could rank them all!','3b47493a59a8a8699ff44481987523ae',0,'','wTKptkXi',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3203,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',982555081,1,0,1,1,1,1,'firetree65','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','1. Tarkovsky \n2. Resnais\n3. Bergman\n4. Antonioni\n5. Satyajit Ray\n6. De Sica\n7. Bunuel\n8. Altman\n9. Fellini\nAlso Eisenstein, Renoir, Ford, Polanski, Bertolucci, Dreyer, Hitchcock, Chaplin & Welles. ','00ef543c1fa6a064b7cc704d3cbf554d',0,'','Ea9oPAyC',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3204,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',982555367,1,0,1,1,1,1,'firetree65','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','Ooops, how could I forget Kurosawa and Ozu.  Ozu should be before Fellini and I\'d place Kurosawa somewhere else. Darn, it\'s so hard to rank these great directors. Just now, I remember I missed Bresson, Babenco, Schlondorff, Fassbinder, Tavernier... and the list goes on and on.','b51b35206e507ea75dd36ae71f011384',0,'','2UM0oW5f',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3205,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',984653890,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Gaucho','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','Debating abtou the best director... i find this interesting because almost or none of those people posted the messages haven\'t chosen Steven Speilberg... As well my choice would be 1. Charlie Chaplin (All of his films are priceless)\n   2. Steven Speilberg (Colour Purple, Empire of the Sun,   Schindler\'s List and Saving Private Ryan)\n   3. Alfred Hithcock (Veritgo and Psycho)\n   4. Bernando Bertolucci (The Last of Emperor)\n   5. David Lean (Doctor Zhivago, Lawrence of Arabia and The Bridge on River Kwai)\n   6. George Lucas (Star Wars series)\n   7. John Ford (The Searchers)\n   8. John Huston (The African Queen)\n   9. Sergio Leone (Fistful of Dollars, Few Dollars More, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly)\n  10. Akira Kurosawa (Rashomon)\n  11. Ang Lee (Crounching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)\n\n   That s my list....\n\n','e3ae2aaf476033dae6dcf462220b5caf',0,'','mFHgc9C2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3206,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',986936223,1,0,1,1,1,1,'BigBeatDM55','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','Here is my list:\n1.John Ford\n2.Alfred Hitchcock\n3.Orson Welles\n4.Federico Fellini\n5.Akira Kurosawa\n6.Ingmar Bergman\n7.Francois Truffaut\n8.Jean Renoir','535988ea0a6737ba74d525861f3beffa',0,'','JQHhzV7r',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3207,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',986944635,1,0,1,1,1,1,'cola','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','Oh! Nobody has mentioned Sergei Paradjanov\'s name yet, so I\'m going to.  SHADOWS OF FORGOTTEN ANCESTORS is one of the greatest films ever made.  THE COLOR OF POMENGRANATES is close behind (forget what AMG says about it being superior).  He\'s a very different kind of filmmaker, but deserves to be acclaimed alongside Tarkovsky.','c3c338e74383e08aff4dcca60aaa4063',0,'','ieoN9Tdu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3208,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',986964089,1,0,1,1,1,1,'katsuben','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','Rather than merely making these purely personal lists, would someone like to set up some criteria for proper argument? I mean, even Andrew Sarris has his pantheon.','f7b6d2a3f08f4acc21ccdf0fa595a419',0,'','nu68yftV',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3209,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',986998615,1,0,1,1,1,1,'firetree65','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','Funkyduck, that\'s an interesting proposal but I doubt if that would find better results in naming best director after what you call as \"proper\" argument. Film makers or film students would probably better come up with a criteria wherein the every aspect in film making is properly or equally weighed down and shared in. I remember in the 60\'s when film students and critics were ecstatic with the coming of Godard\'s films and almost everyone regarded him as the greatest film maker of all time. Expectedly, innovation generally takes a great weight in finding the best. I thought so myself when as a young teen, I thought Bertolucci\'s technical expertise was what made up for a great film. This decade, we have Lars Von Trier, Wong Kar-Wai and possibly Atom Egoyan pumping adrenaline for serious film buffs. But for regular film buffs (where I belong), it is difficult not be personal about a film or a director. For instance, if I were to choose the best director in form and narrative (that would include editing) I would find Resnais hard to beat. For visuals (which should not be confined to surrealism or dazzling qualities), Antonioni is unparalleled and maybe Bertolucci trailing behind. For originality, complexity, Godard comes to mind. For ensemble acting, the neo-realist directors and perhaps Bergman. Fellini for over-all rhythm. In none of these categories does my favorite director Tarkovsky emerge the best and yet he to me is greatest filmmaker of all time. I can\'t even think what his greatest film is because every one is. His films\' form, rhythm, visual and verbal (which is the most visceral aspect in his works) have touched me like no other films ever did. \n\nFor dan-2, I don\'t mind sharing my personal views. It\'s fun to find out what others think. If you don\'t feel like sharing yours, then don\'t. This message board is for people who want to post their views, personal or otherwise.  ','05ca56c9d06947c632d1d9f41dd2ac32',0,'','Tc073xnm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3210,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',986999860,1,0,1,1,1,1,'acquarello','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','Okay, I\'ll bite.  I alluded to the reason behind my submission of Carl Theodor Dreyer back in June (second post from top), which was his constant experimentation to create something original and unique in each of his films.  His philosophy was never to create the same film twice.\n\n\"The President\" – Used montage in this early silent film, even before Eisenstein.  Used non-professional actors (before Robert Bresson) who were chosen based on facial characteristics that displayed the emotions that he wanted to convey.\n\n\"Master of the House\" – Dreyer shows versatility by directing a successful, popular comedy, in addition to his more serious fare.\n\n\"The Passion of Joan Arc\" – a completely innovative film in the use of variable distance close-ups that had not been done before or duplicated since. \n\n\"Vampyr\" – Dreyer experimented with the idea of visually translating the dream state\n\n\"Day of Wrath\" – Defied film convention by showing a denounced witch (Herlof\'s Marthe) as being tied to a tall stake then allowed to \"fall\" (or dropped) onto a bonfire, instead of the conventional image of a person tied to the stake then set on fire.  This made the death seem quicker and more \"humane\".  Also, all of the actors were selected because of their angular features, except for Anna Sverkier (Herlof\'s Marthe) who has rounded features, and whose character represents a secularity and \"earthiness\".\n\n\"Ordet\" – Symbolic use of light and shadow.  The character Johannes, who was mentally ill for most of the film, was underlit relative to the other characters in order to suggest his state of mind.  When he commands the miracle, his lighting intensity is the same as the others in the room in order to show that he is now rational.\n\n\"Gertrud\" – Experimented with the creation of a \"statuesque\" film in order to reflect the moral and social rigidity of the period.\n\nacquarello\nwww.filmref.com','39f5bac044690d83bf03ad6a9353d1ce',0,'','5hmSPTuF',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3211,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',987025535,1,0,1,1,1,1,'maya','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','it\'s good to hear that \"some\" people on this forum are down to earth and honest about who they realy are. thanks firetree.','eada0dc7c231cfd2e34799635f6f84ee',0,'','5UV2rYy1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3212,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',987025971,1,0,1,1,1,1,'cola','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','Interesting.\n\nBut if you\'re seriously looking for the single most important, influential and innovative filmmaker in the history of the medium, there is but one man: D.W. Griffith.  Yes, his best pictures are old.  Really old.  THE BIRTH OF A NATION is a struggle for many people to sit through (I personally found it quite engaging), and INTOLERANCE is an incomparable ordeal.  But with those two films, Griffith laid the groundwork for every important \"discover\" that would follow.  Lev Kuleshov\'s students penned the theory of montage after a copy of INTOLERANCE slipped through the censors.  Almost every important director sites Griffith as an influence, and those who don\'t are only fooling themselves.  Some say that there\'s been nothing original since Griffith, and while I tend to disagree, there\'s no doubt that almost everything springs from the original cinematic supergenius.\n\nAfter Griffith, Sergei Eisenstein is doubtlessly the most influential director of all time.  As I said above, the Kuleshov students \"invented\" montage after seeing INTOLERANCE; it was Eisenstein, however, who truly set the theory into stone.  BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN is still often regarded as the greatest film ever made, though it has fallen down on the critics\' lists somewhat in favor of CITIZEN KANE, LA REGLE DU JEU and the like.  Certainly, no film is more studied than POTEMKIN internationally.  And Eisenstein\'s six other films are all landmarks in their own right.  His small body of work truly forms the heart of modern film tradition.\n\nAfter Eisenstein?  Here it gets difficult.  I\'d have to say that Charles Chaplin made the next greatest mark on the global film community, despite his many shortcomings.  THE KID, THE GOLD RUSH, CITY LIGHTS and MODERN TIMES are some of the most enduring silent films (the last two\'s status as \"silent films\" beind somewhat in question).  Chaplin was not a very significant person in the actual development of narrative film, however.  Therefore, I\'d have to stick both Jean Renoir and Orson Welles in after Eisenstein, and quite a ways ahead of Chaplin.  Renoir\'s body of work is for me the most impressive of all directors.  THE GRAND ILLUSION and THE RULES OF THE GAME are still two of the greatest films ever made; I might go so far as to call the latter THE greatest.  Welles, however, probably made the greater impact.  CITIZEN KANE, despite all arguments to the contrary, remains the most influential of all American sound pictures.  THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS would have been an equal masterpiece had so much of it not been lost.  And TOUCH OF EVIL defined the film noir genre as well as any feature, before or since.\n\nThere are other names, as well, that should be added to such a list.  John Ford was simply a titan - there\'s little that I can say about him, except that his masterpiece, THE SEARCHERS, sends chills down my spine to this day.  And Bergman is my personal favorite, the director who speaks to me the most, and whose artistic vision I find the most intriguing.  Both Andrei Tarkovsky and Sergei Paradjanov made quite an impact on me...particularly the former, whose ANDREI RUBLEV is one of the most treasured installments in my collection.  And still others--Robert Bresson, Yasujiro Ozu, Akira Kurosawa, Satyajit Ray (you\'re right, it\'s a shame he\'s gone forgotten for so long), etc.--deserve to be acknowledged for their mighty contributions.\n\nBut Griffith and Eisenstein deserve the top spots, in that order, given the truly objective criteria.  They simply changed EVERYTHING, and for ALL time.  Every one of their films belong in an art museum, alongside the paintings of Rembrandt and Picasso (not that those painters works would be side by side, but you know what I mean).','4d21e4a1255b7fd3557735158714a405',0,'','zj7K3BnG',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3213,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',987230674,1,0,1,1,1,1,'inzer','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','test','098f6bcd4621d373cade4e832627b4f6',0,'','qfhikaV9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3214,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',988154058,1,0,1,1,1,1,'maxdname-1','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','Whoops, did someone forget FW Murnau?\n\n1931	Tabu,1930	City Girl,1927	Sunrise,1926	Faust ,1925	Tartuffe,1924	The Last Laugh,1922	Nosferatu, 1921	The Haunted Castle...\n\nNot a bad body of work for a 10 year span','33a59863de6ced730b9154740ebc92f1',0,'','n6JhlMk1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3215,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',988424179,1,0,1,1,1,1,'cola','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','I sure did.\n\nF.W. Murnau: what an amazing director.  Also one of history\'s most tragic.  I must confess of having seen SUNRISE for the first time only recently; it dumbfounded me.  I never thought myself capable of being so moved by a piece of melodramatic fiction.  And, of course, THE LAST LAUGH and NOSFERATU are exemplary pieces of German Expressionism.\n\nAlong with Griffith and Eisenstein, Murnau is probably one of the most influential silent directors.  However, I still contend that the two former film figures made a more lasting and crucial mark on cinematic history.','5cd5efe82fc87d2629abb748f098e606',0,'','Q7Lxiw2o',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3216,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',988595880,1,0,1,1,1,1,'PunkWashGurl','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','i have MANY favourites! but right now i think that Alejandro Gonzalez Iniarritu is a genius!!! Amores Perros was a WONDERFUL movie.. it left you thinking... for a long time. it was such a good movie, the director was a GENIUS, and then you learn that that was his 1st film.....','6fca38098824c5858b9a7a35d43d0894',0,'','lfnpSmMd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3217,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1010090540,1,0,1,1,1,1,'john-5','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','i was about to ask a similar question-though there\'s always the difficulty in separating the personal/subjective,i.e.\"favourites\",from the objective.,i.e \"greatest\".\nAnyway,my own favourites are:\nMIZOGUCHI,Renoir,Tarkovsky(pleasantly surprised to see so many of you rate him),Hitchcock,Kubrick,early Wenders(his later work has been a terrible disappointment).To a lesser extent, Rohmer,Ophuls.... I \'ve greatly admired those Angelopoulos films i\'ve seen.\nOf course,  Kurosawa,Bergman,Fellini,Welles,Godard,Bunuel,Kiarostami,Kieslowski,Dreyer,Bresson,Eisenstein and Ozu have been important and still greatly admired by many.And Murnau, for Sunrise especially, also Nosferatu.(Silent films aren\'t seen enough by the public, should be more accessible internationally).Of British directors,Michael Powell is surely the best,though i know Lean has many American admirers.The critical esteem of De Sica, Chaplin,Griffith has faded,i think.Truffaut has been rather overrated,in my opinion.I\'m not at all enamoured of Spielberg, but if you\'re judging \"greatest\" by commercial success(i hope not!)...\nImportant directors from relatively neglected areas include;Ray,Sembene,Chahine,Dutt,Ghatak.Indian Cinema is only now receiving close attention,and Africa and Latin America still await proper recognition;the international consensus and \"canon\" of greats will evolve...','c9acaf1d5f853dac8fc7944a85b86d89',0,'','mYJxClgf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3218,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1010109686,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Ockien','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','No way Tarkovsky\'s the man and so is Kubrick doesn\'t get much better than them in my opinion! They have both passed and have left little in the way of quantity as in they weren\'t prolific, but it\'s worth it if most or all of your films are considered classics.','96ec4fc80965d53301d0c1f389d634af',0,'','fJD0BuhS',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3219,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1010148150,1,0,1,1,1,1,'john-5','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','My surprise about the frequent mentions of Tarkovsky is not a reflection on the standing i think he should have,(as the fact i list him as one of my favourites makes clear),just that i hadn\'t realised quite so many people share my opinion.He\'s certainly a lot less well known in Britain than,say,Bergman,Fellini and Kurosawa,but then the wider public here aren\'t connoisseurs of World Cinema!Bergman of course considered him \"the greatest\".Andrei Rublev and Mirror are absolute masterpieces.\nI neglected to mention some important American directors:Ford,Hawks,Altman,Scorsese,Allen, and several fine current international directors;Hou Hsiao-Hsien,Yang,Zhang Yimou(though his recent efforts have been relatively mediocre),Almodovar(i\'m not his greatest fan,i must admit,but i have enjoyed most of his films)...\nNot many mentions of female directors so far, i notice.','6f568d4f6e82f60ee5137bbc71338503',0,'','FMQ7vnhz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3220,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1010212705,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Ockien','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','Don\'t you mean we are conoissuers of world cinema? Cause I know about all of those people and I live in Canada. I also must say I notice that people who are not american cite Scorsese\'s  King Of Comedy as highly praised and does not get the recognition at home perhaps from film reviewer\'s though. But of course this isn\'t nessecarily true, it\'s just what I\'ve noted, like Taxi Driver, Mean Streets and Goodfellas are also good, my personal favorite is Goodfellas but Raging Bull I don\'t like as much. Tarkovsky is in the same league as Bergman, Kurosawa, Fellini and any other director you consider great.','3c15df4f9ef2b3bf69c2fdf3c414bd32',0,'','W7dR2JFn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3221,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1010279283,1,0,1,1,1,1,'john-5','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','i\'m not sure i\'ve made myself clear.When i said \"here\" i meant in Britain, not this website.It\'s been my impression from various polls,critical and public opinion i\'d come across,certainly in Britain,that Bergman,Kurosawa and Fellini are better known and probably more highly esteemed than Tarkovsky.This certainly doesn\'t mean i agree with the situation-far from it.So,as i love and admire Tarkovsky greatly,in fact more so than the 3 directors i mentioned,i was pleased to see a large number of this website users also rate him as among the very greatest.I DON\'T mean the British are connoisseurs;i\'m bemoaning the failure to properly recognise Tarkovsky\'s qualities.So as far as i can see,we\'re on the same side on this one!','94d991d9cdec731145f6053c8e7467b9',0,'','mdGJlpZF',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3222,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1012988242,1,0,1,1,1,1,'mani_fh','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','1. Fellini\n2. Kiarostami\n3. Trantino\n4. Kustrica\n5. Lynch','a8d3d842c8ea6d7a4fe928bb1f25e07d',0,'','fmwrpalv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3223,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1013003596,1,0,1,1,1,1,'somegreatmovies','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','O. Micheaux\nJ. Rivette\nK. Anger\nS. Brakhage\nO. Sembene\nD. Lynch\nJ. Ford\nJ. Demme (though I have no great affection for Silence of the Lambs)','c8ce20364ee377585c1e91be5b8d908d',0,'','DHE6LsMa',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3224,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1013051442,1,0,1,1,1,1,'somegreatmovies','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','Oh yeah...\nM. Mahkmalbaf\n...how could I have forgotten?','0cc7f14e40a99cfd84173e62328453ac',0,'','CnilWVUz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3225,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1013051813,1,0,1,1,1,1,'somegreatmovies','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','Also...\nE. Yang\nW. Wenders (solely on the stregth of \'Wrong Move\')\nC. Denis\nA. Warhol\nS. Spielberg\nB. DePalma\nM. Scorsese\nR. Altman\nV. Erice\nC. Chaplin\nR. Flaherty\nN. Ray (for \'Bigger than Life\')\nH. Hawks\n...this is fun','38806ed124d71a3b009de61e0ad7cc4f',0,'','S2DGKqh8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3226,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1013208052,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gary-2','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','Hitch is most prolofic...\nTarkovsky in a class by himself...\nPersonal favorites include Eric Rohmer and Ming-Liang Tsai\nGosh... there are so many... Antonioni, Bergman, Dryer... but what about Robert Bresson ?','278cc360f93016aa651285889e27eea8',0,'','51SRYkXx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3227,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1016069349,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gratefultiger','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','the imcomparable jean renoir is still the greatest does anybody rememember him ? the wisest man to make films,other greats dreyer,bresson,parajanov,tarkovsky,kurosawa,mizoguchi,ozu,\nnaruse,kiarostami,murnau,fellini,luc godard etc','6e90af03f54cdf54ec9d301791cee3d5',0,'','yedCp0TX',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3228,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1016251393,1,0,1,1,1,1,'humanbeing','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','MR STANLEY KUBRICK is the greatest of them all !','36715dbb7c114128ac85a004c4248a8f',0,'','sCWKhkju',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3229,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1016663867,1,0,1,1,1,1,'HASSELBAINK007','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','CLAUDE CHABROL MIKE LEIGH KEN LOACH CLAUDE CHABROL KEN LOACH MIKE LEIGH CLAUDE CHABROL MIKE LEIGH KEN LOACH CLAUDE CHABROL MIKE LEIGH KEN LOACH CLAUDE CHABROL MIKE LEIGH KEN LOACH Oh Ok Bunuel then','574df3c4e641717df2a80135ab8cea7e',0,'','UtuLnmgd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3230,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1018334042,1,0,1,1,1,1,'catthan','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','why no mention of Zefferelli','ec3c8509a2d117188650b222bdf1dce6',0,'','6K4xiDvj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3231,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1018671259,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Taxidr5091','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','I really think that Andrei Tarkovsky is the greatest!  But besides him there are:\nFellini\nBunuel\nBergman','d4d5ef33cd8648819887366a98509323',0,'','mUj3QSe5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3232,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1018671449,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Taxidr5091','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','I really think that Andrei Tarkovsky is the greatest!  But besides him there are:\nFellini\nBunuel\nBergman\nScorsese\nNeil Jordan\nMike Leigh\nLars Von Trier\nVittorio De Sica\nKurosowa\nTruofaut\nGodard\nKubrick\nErrol Morris(Even though he does documentaries)\nWoody Allen\nDreyer\nDarren Aronofsky\nI know that there are hundreds that I have foregotten','1d20ef5a52ab17ee56bb77d16fecb0eb',0,'','mfCPsuJV',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3233,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1018672167,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Taxidr5091','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','I forgot to mention Nicholas Roeg mainly because I can\'t believe no one has really mentioned him.  \"Walkabout\" was one the most gorgeous films!  For that alone he should be considered.  Also what about Coppola, I know that he\'s really awfull now, but \"The Godfather\" and \"The Conversation\" are masterworks.  I guess I judge a director on a sole film than on an entire body of work.  For instance David Gordon Green is a fantastic director, he made \"George Washington\" to prove it, yet he\'s not really considred great because he hasn\'t made as many films as Bunule or Kurosowa have.  Just some food for thought.','62ae598d46023ac1c4315bae5cdec2e4',0,'','cMznJ6gA',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3234,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1020228996,1,0,1,1,1,1,'arosen1','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','Of course the great Pier Paolo Pasolini and Werner Herzog the mad poet!  Honorable mentions to Elio Petri, Fellini, Visconti, Godard, Antonioni, Alain Tanner, Ken Russell, Franju etc... ','b02393c9cbdff5e94bd3eb038d5f57d4',0,'','z7sPFBkC',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3235,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1020229345,1,0,1,1,1,1,'arosen1','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','Of course the great Pier Paolo Pasolini and Werner Herzog the mad poet!  Honorable mentions to Elio Petri, Fellini, Visconti, Godard, Antonioni, Alain Tanner, Ken Russell, Franju etc... ','b02393c9cbdff5e94bd3eb038d5f57d4',0,'','aoX1x9kU',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3236,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1026160748,1,0,1,1,1,1,'jasonrichardsmith','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','Lets cut through the bull...we all knowthe best director ever was and always will be............\nKUROSAWA!!!!!!!!!!\nIkiru \nRashomon\nred beard\nseven samurai\nThe Lower Depths (shiver!)\nRan\nDreams\nStray Dog (brrr!)\n\ndefinitely the most important movies\n','1e7289008dd981673d915c6c57a66659',0,'','reDxWUoc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3237,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1027323956,1,0,1,1,1,1,'patsfan86','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','For what it\'s worth, I\'ll take\nAkira Kurosawa\nSeven Samurai\nRed Beard\nYojimbo\n\nF.W. Murnau\nNosferatu\nThe Last Laugh\nFaust\n\nVittorio De Sica\nBicycle Thief\nUmberto D\nTwo Women','8e865683f351af00f993fba454c41579',0,'','fJZBev8C',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3238,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1028107299,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Ockien','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','Hasn\'t this debate gone on since the dawn of filmakers? Like that one did ya.','98565b55164ad961374aa98e235b70de',0,'','hEq6N9wL',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3239,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1029037125,1,0,1,1,1,1,'shiraz2','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','this one\'s a toughie!\n\nBunuel\nLang\nDreyer\nTruffaut\nFellini','8157d59b90119a4977eb82f3d8db42e8',0,'','lpmRCfeH',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3240,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1034795708,1,0,1,1,1,1,'admin-2','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','Dead:\n\nLuis Buñuel\nOrson Welles\nFederico Fellini\nMichael Powell\nHoward Hawks\n\nAlive:\n\nIngmar Bergman\nMartin Scorsese\nAlejandro Amenabar\nMohsen Makhmalbaf\nYhang Yimou\n','2e4f282ab6875d6cf7a22d657161ee84',0,'','uvD2gjxX',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3241,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1041053488,1,0,1,1,1,1,'wpqx','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','Ever would no doubt be Stanley Kubrick.  On the foreign side though I would probably have to honor Ingmar Bergman.','8b85a052bd799d87aa216c9bb2c78bcd',0,'','D35jUe7q',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3242,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1041702922,1,0,1,1,1,1,'foxglow17','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','I\'m not even going to try to sort this out..\n\nDarren Aronofsky\nMartin Scorsese\nCameron Crowe\nFrances Ford Coppla\nStanley Kubrick\nDavid Lynch\nLarry Clark\n\nOf course in a few minutes I will end up remembering a few others that I cant live without...\n\n','d66cc7646cfc95ef8bd1c3b9f3e18bf0',0,'','2sC6LQoH',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3243,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1042707052,1,0,1,1,1,1,'wvq','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','Here\'s a spur-of-the-moment list of five.  (The order here is very roughly preferential.)\n\nDreyer\nLang \nMizoguchi\nOzu\nRenoir  (I haven\'t seen anywhere near as much Renoir as I ought to have seen, but I have an excuse for this deplorable ignorance on my part:  most of his work is (I think surprisingly) hard to find here in the U.S.  I don\'t doubt that I\'d think him even greater than I do if I were more familiar with his work from the 30s.  Sadly, it may be a while before I find out just what sort of effect this would have on my opinion of his oeuvre.)\n','1a4ce4e46fe8a8e85d0fd9626504f064',0,'','8KLhTEwJ',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3244,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1042788883,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gratefultiger','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','renoir is truly the master,he made it all look so easy&his films don\'t date,he &welles have probably inspired more great directors & films than just about anybody.also the great robert bresson deserves wider public acclaim if he made a bad film i haven\'t seen it & i have most of them!','ba2a0b354805d1cbe2da8458ae78bf7f',0,'','mY0X7rgK',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3245,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1043824633,1,0,1,1,1,1,'yesmon','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','Orson Welles and following him in no order: Renoir, Murnau, Ford, Kubrick, Ozu, The Archers, Bresson, Scorsese, Kurosawa, Bergman, Fellini, Altman, Lang, Godard, Eisenstein etc.','053993ea731e41c063789023eb574dc4',0,'','pYr0mvSJ',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3246,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1044610746,1,0,1,1,1,1,'bigpoppa_2059','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','Greatest director of all-time is a tough question. I noticed some people mentioned Japan, and I personally think Ozu is better than Mizoguchi and Kurosawa, but that\'s just me. Best American director to me would have to be Orson Welles, and best foreign (vague I know) director either Jean Renoir or Carl Dreyer.','629c159534cc9fe8045b8ad0cfd1e9c7',0,'','xyl82PSq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3247,712,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1045621981,1,0,1,1,1,1,'dbfilmmaker','Re: Best Director Live or Dead','Top 5:\nKubrick\nCoppola\nScorsese\nKurosawa\nHitchcock','1fb1fa373d7f59bd3fd762836ca8b20e',0,'','vMPqNogC',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3248,713,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',960494148,1,0,1,1,1,1,'kinkster','Seven Samurai','Arguably Kurosawa\'s best - certainly on the top of *my* list.\n','7c659bf26c6138d3fd3898bd67dbbf98',0,'','DaY9Gsdi',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3249,713,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',960693410,1,0,1,1,1,1,'dan-2','Re: Seven Samurai','Kurosawa\'s best \"inarguably\" for me (and Donald Richie).  All of his obsessions and talents converge in this movie, which I\'ve seen maybe 20 times (and loved each and every time).  I even show it occasionally to people who aren\'t into foreign films at all - and they are inevitably impressed by it.','80b6be345c4d9aac0e2855660504087a',0,'','Ud6sxquQ',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3250,713,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',966845259,1,0,1,1,1,1,'CClaudel','Re: Seven Samurai','On my top ten list. Powerful. ','2b33436488be06815ecfebb7ef159781',0,'','kFDlew75',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3251,713,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1041056568,1,0,1,1,1,1,'wpqx','Re: Seven Samurai','Your shameless trumpeting of Seven Samurai amuses me.  Now I am not one of those inhuman monsters who will bash the film.  It is excellent and one of his best, but it isn\'t his very best.  For my money his best film would be the much later Ran.  I may be completely alone in this opinion, and yes Mr. Richie makes a very good point, as he also does for Rashomon, Ikiru, and Throne of Blood among others.','60c7ef664d9080ed0d8f9e570a2a7ca1',0,'','qzalN6pF',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3252,713,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1041220635,1,0,1,1,1,1,'patsfan86','Re: Seven Samurai','Seven Samurai has it all; high drama, romance, action, character development, and a great plot all leading to a truly classic crescendo.  Seven Samurai is ten times the film Ran is; just my opinion.','5bc00d5c4f0724a32a018814f68f639d',0,'','1p2ZKdFb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3253,713,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1041272547,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Bacchus33','Re: Seven Samurai','I don\'t like Seven Samurai and I\'m not that keen on Kurosawa\'s other films either.  I think that this is one case of the man being more interesting than his work.','8561104801886a562b26733970f7c19b',0,'','BPrMJ9D3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3254,713,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1043487868,1,0,1,1,1,1,'infobs','Re: Seven Samurai','7 Samurai is drinkable, like a bad cognac, it has too much of everything but none of what makes a great moment.','537071ab95e37a94bc1631d0d13657f6',0,'','G4yDMS6s',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3255,713,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1043718166,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gratefultiger','Re: Seven Samurai','I fancy Ikiru,Ran,Throne of Blood ,High & Low above Seven Samurai tho i still love it!he was a great director no doubt.i wonder how many modern film makers could make a film as excellent as RAN in their old age? few if any i say.\n','683f4cfc5fb8728325cef369bdbf24ed',0,'','SqLFfYXG',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3256,714,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',961687736,1,0,1,1,1,1,'jman','Best Godard Film','My favorite is Masculin-Feminin.  What\'s yours?','e9287c57437a102d5f2293d5b6a46d46',0,'','zGmUbaC0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3257,714,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',961810365,1,0,1,1,1,1,'dan-2','Re: Best Godard Film','Haven\'t seen very many of his films, since I\'m not a fan.  But A Bout du Souffle is still enjoyable.  Godard\'s plaufulness, which grew a little arch and political in the worst way by the late \'sixties, is still fresh in 1959.  ','d235180c08466042906dcd4b08e7d763',0,'','2Qcp401S',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3258,714,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',962394096,1,0,1,1,1,1,'sanford-x','Re: Best Godard Film','I\'ve been asked this question many times in the past and I always respond with a resounding \"Hmmmm...\"\nI always have a hard time picking favorites from the extensive Godard catalog of works. I always get a kick out of watching \"Peirrot le Fou\", but my favorite is still a tie between \"Week End\" and the ever-engaging popular favorite \"Alphaville\".','8fe4db3ffc87d219539c6107aa84a55c',0,'','dPih3rUA',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3259,714,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',965786470,1,0,1,1,1,1,'bavasawa','Re: Best Godard Film','I\'d say Breathless followed by A Band Of Outsiders. Alphaville was also good. Of course those are the only three I have seen hehe.','fc44d280fd615af450b0320a0156bc39',0,'','fAXSZP3Q',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3260,714,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',965863432,1,0,1,1,1,1,'LF_CELINE','Re: Best Godard Film','hmmm...Godard usually bugs me...I\'ve seen a lot of his stuff, hoping it would be better than it usually is...I really liked \"Weekend\" and \"Masculin/Feminin\", but \"Contempt\" is the one that I always go back to...','e314ea99f7083cf35a02d6b78450c4a8',0,'','pLH89cja',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3261,714,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',965879844,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Tony Block','Re: Best Godard Film','1. Alphaville\n2. Weekend\n3. Bande a part\n4. \n','8fe33dd53424d1fc5c334c60cab3f1ae',0,'','vnRqi3Fd',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3262,714,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',965880092,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Tony Block','Re: Best Godard Film','1. Alphaville\n2. Weekend\n3. Band A part\n4. vivre sa vie\n5. Contempt\n6. Les Carbonieurs\n7. Pierrot le Fou\n8. Woman is a Woman\n9. Masculine Feminine\n10. Hail Mary\nAnd I\'m sure I forgot one or two. cheers Tony Block','07865352ed2787640bd2adf81c7611e0',0,'','rqJR6laQ',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3263,714,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',966129248,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Tony Block','Re: Best Godard Film','Oops I forgot Breathless.  See my previous reply.  It should go between Weekend & Bande a Part. ','1b411d852d087751e12aa7655f6d0fc6',0,'','vG5B0ucm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3264,714,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',966192446,1,0,1,1,1,1,'setsuko','Re: Best Godard Film','JLG is my teacher.\nI learnd culture,philosophy,politics in his films.\nAnd my Best Godard Film is \"Le petit soldat\".\nPerhaps,it\'s one of the most beutiful film in the cinema history.','520bcc4ccebd8b5d63cce37e86e3c3e3',0,'','KPYjAzHQ',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3265,714,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',966224192,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Tony Block','Re: Best Godard Film','In Sept on friday nights Turner Classic movies is apparently doing a tribute to the French New Wave.  Off the Top of my head I know that they are showing at least 5 Godard films including the rarely seen Le Petit Soldat, & Les Carbinieurs.  They are also showing Alphaville, Vivre sa Vie & A Woman is a Woman.  They are also showing films by Charbrol, Resnais, Trouffaut & others.  Check out Friday night on TCM in Sept. & you won\'t be disappointed.','8adb16b105ac58815de709d8b7d7c5b8',0,'','WSVFg0Bl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3266,714,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',966401350,1,0,1,1,1,1,'setsuko','Re: Best Godard Film','Unfortunately,I haven\'t  seen \"Les Carbinieurs\".\nI heard it\'s important film.\nRecently,I saw\"Histoire(s) du Cinema\".\nJLG said Cinema history began by Manet.\nFor me ( major Modern Art History) ,it\'s full of suggestion.','a200fbfe12283b9965c69dc97daa2147',0,'','jpqRw5vz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3267,714,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',967754296,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Garrett Anderson','Re: Best Godard Film','Weekend is my favorite. It made me feel good after a particularly rough break up.','4c372b3a657923c9f23c712fb9a011b5',0,'','aWNgxopZ',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3268,714,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',968207479,1,0,1,1,1,1,'solent','Re: Best Godard Film','I find this to be a difficult choice. I consider all the 1959-67 films to be parts of a whole, so to speak. The best place for anyone to start is with A BOUT SOUFFLE. The posts to this list seem to be subjective so I will be personal and plug DUEX OU TROIS CHOSES [TWO OR THREE THINGS I KNOW ABOUT HER] as the one Godard film that encompasses all his thoughts and theories. The film still embraces the remnants of a narrative structure, it utilises Godard\'s favourite metaphor: prostitution and it points the way to socio-political-philosophical theorising . Above all of this, the film still remains a film about film. Actors act and discuss the reality of life and films. This film itself is seen as a product of this same reality. Easily found on video: get it!','cbe7d12eafcde3664b01d489f70cd7a5',0,'','oghDcx20',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3269,714,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',973163216,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Dizzy_Bird','Re: Best Godard Film','Band Of Outsiders!!!','9610eb7c28e987ce90fc8bad5a4c1df1',0,'','8CtLKAnF',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3270,714,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',973624605,1,0,1,1,1,1,'nitin jagdish','Re: Best Godard Film','weekend had me in tears, it was so funny.\nmy life to live had me in tears, it was so moving.\nking lear had me in tears, it was so boring.\nforever mozart had me in tears, it was so criminally ignored.    ','e0cb0980207786b56999918829d2af0c',0,'','aNRTjrWv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3271,714,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',973915217,1,0,1,1,1,1,'katsuben','Re: Best Godard Film','i\'m surprised \'Vivre sa vie\' isn\'t a major favourite','a09c75258f4a532bd8905d92fbf58e3e',0,'','EWwr4v8L',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3272,714,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',974839882,1,0,1,1,1,1,'heather','Re: Best Godard Film','*Vivre Sa Vie* -- *My Life to Live*, but *A Woman is a Woman* follows close behind.','205b2703c4e7a42ecf076c53c53622dc',0,'','7SbHxecW',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3273,714,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',974895322,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Tulse Luper','Re: Best Godard Film','Weekend. Unquestionably.','b13cfcb0fad9b28db1d2e738fc1671b9',0,'','kvQ6zaLn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3274,714,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',975558052,1,0,1,1,1,1,'IngysDayOff','Re: Best Godard Film','I have only seen a few Godard films, but he is perhaps the best. My favorites include \"Weekend\" (perhaps the best film I\'ve seen) and \"Pierrot Le Fou.\" I also loved \"Alphaville\", a film which remains my favorite foreign Sci-Fi film. I have been unable to find most of his work, sadly, it seems you must buy them first, and with a short budget, you\'re pretty much screwed. Come on, television...AIR HIS FILMS!','abb2351c09fb1edefd01da6e9976f7d7',0,'','1dBVZ8RQ',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3275,714,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',977889929,1,0,1,1,1,1,'solent','Re: Best Godard Film','Just out of interest: did you see BAND A PART on video or cinema or both? If on video: was it a clear print or was it a dub off of a 60s print [many cuts, bad contrast, difficult subs, etc]? This is one of my fave films too. It captures many Godardian themes and also has a good sense of historical reality throughout.','e67c123aca5d4592de8e179759a7519f',0,'','FitJz8km',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3276,714,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',978555264,1,0,1,1,1,1,'pthibodeauxp','Re: Best Godard Film','Masculin feminin. It is godard\'s most interesting and most coherent. The characters talk like real people. It almost serves as a template for the great dialogue in Kevin Smith\'s movies','882572aebef8820cef2b612c10cc3077',0,'','4hv3CPHp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3277,714,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',979931111,1,0,1,1,1,1,'timofeevna','Re: Best Godard Film','BREATHLESS, PIERROT LE FOU, ALPHAVILLE and WOMAN IS A WOMAN','772cfe1d0d47c3474bf82e81043d2afb',0,'','xUYn1V2q',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3278,714,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1035014530,1,0,1,1,1,1,'admin-2','Re: Best Godard Film','WEEKEND\n\nBecause it\'s the best Buñuel film Buñuel never made','ebf5281fe02cbd6490f7386d8323bf43',0,'','mDQEqTU1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3279,714,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1040149213,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Bacchus33','Re: Best Godard Film','Vivra Sa Vie, followed by A Bout de Souffle','fc0ad65887733cff4ff19f0f82ae87f4',0,'','q205Mjpx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3280,714,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1040675604,1,0,1,1,1,1,'thegreatken1','Re: Best Godard Film','\"Bande a Part\" (Band of Outsiders) is the only Godard movie I saw.  It was a great movie, too.','a0ca4d3d58e8743356d683acf71c86ad',0,'','b1Ulpxmt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3281,714,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1040692661,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gratefultiger','Re: Best Godard Film','i love most of his work \"in praise of love\" is a truly great french film,he has lost none of his touch or wit for that matter,thank god he is still around.','714995a599faa9211fbdd55e43b00b5f',0,'','tpGwFCxP',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3282,714,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1041052122,1,0,1,1,1,1,'wpqx','Re: Best Godard Film','Without any real rivals it would be the Weekend, the culmination of all his experiments and to date his finest film.','a5699f2ea8604ac839e7f1bfa5061c95',0,'','uwEWsbxm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3283,715,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',961822323,1,0,1,1,1,1,'jerry','Esoterica','Does anyone have an idea where a 1940 film with Alida Valli might be found, if at all, Manon Lescaut.\n.\nAlso a 1950s French film, Clochmerle.\nI said esoterica','2a59d858f5832ba03a88c6d2a2af76c1',0,'','FMvY8g2c',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3284,715,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',966845491,1,0,1,1,1,1,'CClaudel','Re: Esoterica','Jerry:\n\nI can\'t answer your question but maybe you can tell me more about \nAlida Valli, who is in my #1 movie, The Third Man. I just think she was remarkable\nand wish I knew more about her and her films. ','4a343632fad8f5c5d0f04be130460851',0,'','7v8m1tY0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3285,715,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',976071597,1,0,1,1,1,1,'kraljibi','Re: Esoterica','About Alida Valli; although I have seen her in various films, try the next two for the beginning. You will have a double pleasure, a very good actress and a great film.\n- \"Senso\" by Luchino Visconti 1954\n- \"Spider\'s Strategem\" by B. Bertolucci 1969-1970','f7724c993f0eb5e7a879a6c36bcaaf53',0,'','Et0elCMv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3286,715,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',976072040,1,0,1,1,1,1,'kraljibi','Re: Esoterica','About Alida Valli; although I have seen her in various films, try the next two for the beginning. You will have a double pleasure, a very good actress and a great film.\n- \"Senso\" by Luchino Visconti 1954\n- \"Spider\'s Strategem\" by B. Bertolucci 1969-1970','f7724c993f0eb5e7a879a6c36bcaaf53',0,'','7AH21JiL',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3287,716,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',965164144,1,0,1,1,1,1,'yaaah69','Russell Crowe','DID ANYONE SEE THE \"SUM OF US\" It was the movie that launched Crowe-then L.A Confidential catapulted him. My only complaint is that he has a tendency to muffle his speech! Like he is afraid to let it out- his eyes are on u but his mouth is pointed elsewhere','d6d5ec84d690827e0fc3d79614dc6817',0,'','NmQKJwlT',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3288,716,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',965246003,1,0,1,1,1,1,'cinemasmooch','Re: Russell Crowe','I saw it during my \"Russell Crowe Extravagansa\" recently when I rented 6 of his videos one weekend.  I\'ve always been able to understand everything he says and haven\'t noticed that he muffles his words.  Maybe because I like so much the sound of his deep, warm, rich voice, I\'m very much tuned-in to him.  Mel Gibson has a similar voice. ','c276a89719202e5c31718a61438973d9',0,'','LMeqk7sR',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3289,716,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',968228027,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Morcheeba','Re: Russell Crowe','great actor but i havn\'t seen that one.i\'ve seen La Confidential,Romper Stomper and a few others and he has been great in all of them! :o)','fa7db1c183b6c4ae18e7af7a8965a736',0,'','oWmihaXC',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3290,717,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',965343270,1,0,1,1,1,1,'AY','Favourite film critics, writers','I\'ve only recently started reading Jonathan Rosenbaum\'s writings on film, but he\'s become a quick favourite.  Any other good film writers to recommend?','3a7b40c00905d77aa02ffb2735890520',0,'','RKMvJU5b',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3291,717,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',965348311,1,0,1,1,1,1,'jman','Re: Favourite film critics, writers','Without a doubt my favorite film critics are Vincent Canby and Janet Maslin of The New York Times. Unfortunately, they\'re both retired now.','6266d4b7026ddf00bab0a720cafd4ed4',0,'','1rdY84hK',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3292,717,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',965419372,1,0,1,1,1,1,'shoehorn','Re: Favourite film critics, writers','One of my favorites is David Walsh who writes film reviews for the World Socialist web site \"www.wsys.org\". He is very talented and looks at movies from a unique social perspective (you don\'t have to be a Socialist to appreciate his insights).','d3004c09393105ecce208fd16bcdd79e',0,'','D1Xd8jHb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3293,717,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',967283508,1,0,1,1,1,1,'dan-2','Re: Favourite film critics, writers','Easily, Stanley Kauffmann is the doyen of American Film Critics.  Writes for The New Republic (for the last 40+ years).  After Kauffmann, John Simon.','7527ad621c60eb95f4868aa8e1501030',0,'','QvzeG6on',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3294,717,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',967411289,1,0,1,1,1,1,'BEK','Re: Favourite film critics, writers','Ray Carney is the foremost critic and proponent of American independet film.  He sees through all the BS of Hollywood and finds those filmmakers who are trying to express something unique with film.  Check out http://people.bu.edu/rcarney/indievision/indievismain.htm for his writings on indie film.  They are controversial, inspirational and most importantly, unique.','babbcb63989c77b8b7ef7a18130a267d',0,'','M9AQSU4k',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3295,717,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',967436663,1,0,1,1,1,1,'AY','Re: Favourite film critics, writers','Thanks for the tip, BEK.  I\'ve been an admirer of Ray Carney\'s writings since I found his website (http://people.bu.edu/rcarney) a couple months ago while searching for some good writing on Carl Dreyer.  His site was the best one I found, and incidentally, there were also some extensive pieces on John Cassavetes.  I think Carney\'s writings are invaluable to the appreciation of both these filmmakers.  I second your recommendation.','38792cb5f7356688f7b64d4bb5a11b30',0,'','LAralpdj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3296,717,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',967537740,1,0,1,1,1,1,'chris','Re: Favourite film critics, writers','I dont follow reviews too often,usually word of mouth,web sites,etc.however David Denby in the New Yorker just seems to dislike movies so much with loads of anger.Anthony Lane though,also of TNY enjoys himself very much and is hilarious to read not at the expense of the film.','3b6d15f7c3eaeaa1ed31dcb864c7865b',0,'','rvSlki1c',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3297,717,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',968224653,1,0,1,1,1,1,'BEK','Re: Favourite film critics, writers','Just to make you all aware: Ray Carney, the foremost American independent film critic, has a new website registered.  www.cassavetes.com\n\nPlease visit, read, and be inspired.  Hopefully if you\'re a promising filmmaker, he will teach you how to explore what truly matters to the art of filmmaking.\n\nBEK','da4b44092f44a05d98ea8c461c33dd28',0,'','clVqwagh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3298,717,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',968304134,1,0,1,1,1,1,'solent','Re: Favourite film critics, writers','Richard Roud.','3d3a63d73cb316c9561c8b9924e00074',0,'','gMZeGpK6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3299,717,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',968689251,1,0,1,1,1,1,'katsuben','Re: Favourite film critics, writers','David Bordwell. Noel Burch. Andre Bazin. Steve Neale.Christian Metz. Laura Mulvey. Kaja Silverman.Sergei Eisenstein.Peter Wollen.','6f4fa68e8a0d2cd98ae90e9ab1a2aa3b',0,'','h3wTElx1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3300,717,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',968916661,1,0,1,1,1,1,'LF_CELINE','Re: Favourite film critics, writers','Ironically enough, most of my favorite wirters and critics became film-makers....Truffaut, Godard, Resnais, Bogdonavich.  Scorcese has done some fascinating writings, and also did a wonderful documentary called \"A Journey Through American Cinema\", which should be required viewing for anybody claiming to be a film buff....or for anybody who doesn\'t understand the pull cinema has on us movie geeks.','75e47d5cf6dee553407f23f5da52c2f0',0,'','1RBdkcUn',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3301,717,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',984890094,1,0,1,1,1,1,'somegreatmovies','Re: Favourite film critics, writers','no one has mentioned the greatest working regular film critic (meaning working for a newspaper or perodical): Armond White from NYPress (www.nypress.com) I don\'t think I\'ve ever agreed with him, and from time to time, I really do think he might be mentaly unballanced... but he is a genuis.  ','d032d43bc8e04c0547a29494a2229d73',0,'','lRzvEVQM',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3302,717,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',984904140,1,0,1,1,1,1,'aguirre','Re: Favourite film critics, writers','A great foreign film reference that I use quite a lot is \"VideoHound\'s World Cinema\" by Elliot Wilhelm. For those of you that don\'t like VideoHound guides, don\'t worry, it doesn\'t give \"bone ratings\". Wilhelm, who is Film Curator for the Detroit Institute of Arts seems to to know his stuff concerning classic and contemporary foreign films. The book is truly international in scope, covering some English language films from Great Britain, Canada, and Australia as well. There are a few reviews I disagreed with, most notably a mediocre review for Solaris and a glowing review for The Sacrifice (personally I\'d offer the reverse). Anyway, it\'s very handy, and I enjoy reading reviews of films I\'ve already seen. Does anyone else happen to know of any other up-to-date collections of foreign film reviews? Thanks.  ','5b39e90ebf8cb25781b87679ab66b779',0,'','6ogBRQ4h',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3303,717,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1010090786,1,0,1,1,1,1,'john-5','Re: Favourite film critics, writers','From Britain,Geoff Andrew,Gilbert Adair.Also David Thomson,who now lives in America.And Derek Malcolm.','7bf0d4697251361106d29c19ac9dc7b8',0,'','r3mJPvRS',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3304,717,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1010181539,1,0,1,1,1,1,'john-5','Re: Favourite film critics, writers','To continue; i agree that Ellot Wilhelm\'s Videohound\'s World Cinema is excellent,not at all pretentious.For general reading on World Cinema i\'d also recommend:The Oxford History of World Cinema(edited by Geoffrey Nowell-Smith)-this is the best overview i\'d say.Time Out Film Guide,Radio Times Film Guide have good coverage of international films.Bloomsbury Foreign Film Guide was excellent,still very useful,but last published in \'92, i think.i admire David Cook\'s A History of Narrative Film,Derek Malcolm\'s A Century of Films,David Thomson\'s A biographical Dictionary of Film,Geoff Andrew\'s Film Handbook, and Drectors A-Z.I love Gilbert Adair\'s \"Flickers\".The Cinema Book,edited by Pam Cook& Mike Bernink is highly rated,with good coverage of theory.I admire Mark le Fanu\'s biography of Tarkovsky.The book which opened up a whole new world for me-if only i could relive the excitement of starting the journey of discovery afresh!-was John Kobal\'s Top 100 Movies, with a poll of international critics.When it came out in the 80\'s, i\'d not heard of many of the entries,set out to see as many as possible,resulting in hopeless addiction.\nThe British magazine,Sight and Sound,which will be doing its usual once-a-decade poll this year,is the best here, comfortably.MovieMail is a World Cinema Video company,which has interesting Newsletter and Catalogue Articles,written by several prominent critics,(and some by myself,though my efforts are strictly amateurish,more a demonstration of buffery than insight or literary expertise)...','a7b19d6066abbd1a1632bd5df8ddf558',0,'','RkDXsCdz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3305,717,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1010184745,1,0,1,1,1,1,'john-5','Re: Favourite film critics, writers','Sorry to clog up the site at present-i\'ve not been too well,am recuperating at home,find this process strangely calming-i really meant enthusiasm not buffery on my part:i wouldn\'t want to be thought an \"anorak\"(obsessed as i am with Cinema,there\'s more to life!) or claim any great epertise.The MovieMail articles and selections are naturally designed to promote interest in certain films and directors,rather than provide meaningful critique,but i like the Company\'s democracy,in having writings from amateurs and customers like myself mix with more famous names of the critical establishment.','2ea0acb517fb78c52bbe91114ced1207',0,'','XBpxm06P',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3306,717,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1045828088,1,0,1,1,1,1,'bigpoppa_2059','Re: Favourite film critics, writers','Yes, Jonathan Rosenbaum is the best critic around right now, he writes like Andre Bazin with the sensibility of Pauline Kael.\n\nGreatest film critics/writers alive & dead:\n\nAndre Bazin\nJames Agee\nPauline Kael\nStanley Kauffmann\nJonathan Rosenbaum\nRoger Ebert\nElvis Mitchell & A.O. Scott\nAndrew Sarris\nDavid Sterritt\nJ. Hoberman\nAmy Taubin\nKenneth Turan\nAnthony Lane\n\n','54f8ddd1fca5852d0fde0d50f28a3d38',0,'','tob1ZFvL',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3307,717,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1045834917,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Gaz','Re: Favourite film critics, writers','The late Pauline Kael, though you may disagree with her (and I frequently do), is probably the greatest.\n\nPersonal favourites: Dilys Powell, Philip French and Derek Winnert.','3779ec67bd5063be1396115616e4ac2f',0,'','MXfowgZu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3308,717,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1046487850,1,0,1,1,1,1,'eman','Re: Favourite film critics, writers','and the greatest of all is Pauline Kael.','08196b5264d711c1df8cc12b6f8eba82',0,'','Gih4cWKD',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3309,718,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',966492666,1,0,1,1,1,1,'BEK','Best Hong Kong Director','I\'d nominate Wong Kar-wai as the best Hong Kong director today.  What do other people think?  Other choices include John Woo, Fruit Chan, Tsui Hark, etc.  But none comes close to WKW!','3611363da3050f7ff69129fbb77c8b30',0,'','8KnCeq5d',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3310,718,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',966493088,1,0,1,1,1,1,'BEK','Re: Best Hong Kong Director','Just so you know where I stand... I think John Woo is the worst director working today.  He\'s at the bottom of the list with Spielberg, Lucas, Verhoeven, and Schumacher.  The absolute nonsense that John Woo has built his entire career on adds up to nothing.  He\'s trying to fulfill some sick boyhood \"action hero\" fantasies through his films, and gets it away with it year after year.  Do his films teach us anything or show us anything about ourselves?  No!  They\'re idiotic violent pieces of trash.  And don\'t let some \"Criterion commentary track\" tell you otherwise.  His films are about the worst parts of humanity, times 100.  I\'m truly disgusted by him.','72f71220b962ab52e7cd732892febcac',0,'','7GUfczMk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3311,718,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',966742379,1,0,1,1,1,1,'jman','Re: Best Hong Kong Director','No doubt, Wong Kar-wai. What\'s your favorite film? I like Chungking Express, if for no other reason than it introduced Wong to the film festival circuit.','ba518b2676a5fa6e1dc69526d2e1abf4',0,'','Gu93is5D',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3312,718,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',966822856,1,0,1,1,1,1,'BEK','Re: Best Hong Kong Director','Happy Together is definitely my favorite WKW film.  Although I saw Chungking Express first and loved it, Happy Together is the film that speaks to me the most.  Chungking is fun, but very light compared to his serious films like Ashes of Time, Fallen Angels, and HT.  What is it about HT that I love so much?  The acting, the cinematography, but I think most importantly the tone.  The film is such a thick emotional experience that I can only watch it once or twice a year - no more.  Few other films come close to this level of respect in my mind.','1a6593fa542072738e285a0dc25fe434',0,'','uxCZs3NU',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3313,718,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',967076800,1,0,1,1,1,1,'LF_CELINE','Re: Best Hong Kong Director','fave HK director...well, considering the best ones don\'t really work out of Hong Kong anymore (Wong is now a Canadian citizen, as is Ringo Lam...Woo lives in the US and Tsui\'s films are financed by US studios), that\'s kind of a tough one....I\'d have to say either Yuen Woo Ping or Ching Siu Tung....both have a definate style and sense of FUN in their films....\n\nabout ten years ago, I would\'ve said either John Woo or Ringo Lam....all that crap about Woo\'s films being \"sick violent childhood hero fantasy\'s\" I\'d say about his American films, but his stuff from Hong Kong...yeah, they are violent, but the violence was NEVER gratuitous...the world he (and Ringo) portrayed was volatile and intense....a can of coca-cola shaken to the point of combustion, but within this world, both directors explored themes of trust, love, friendship, betrayal....in a sense, the human condition...was \"Bonnie And Clyde\" violent? yes.  Same as \"Breathless\" or \"The Wild Bunch\" or \"The Seven Samurai\", but the violence was mere backdrop for those films, same as with \"The Killer\", \"Bullet In The Head\", \"City On Fire\" and the other films from these two directors...if you wanna talk about films that are \"sick violent childhood hero fantasies\", let\'s talk about Star Wars and Indiana Jones films...or \"Yojimbo\"....\n\nsorry....wrong meeting...I sometimes get my days mixed up....','cf19725c977a58eb784ed72753179371',0,'','RtgdsWJc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3314,718,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',972008691,1,0,1,1,1,1,'monkeyfilm','Re: Best Hong Kong Director','The discussion of this topic might has stopped for a long while I guess. I couldn\'t help but have to speak out my strong agreement of BEK\'s comment. I have seen most of WKW\'s films. The most apparent characteristics in most of his works are the rhythm, the innovative photography, and the fluctuant emotions of all the charactors.  However, in my mine, \"Happy Together\" is really his masterpiece particularly because of it\'s tone - the deep sorrow makes people breatheless. I also saw the \"In the mood for love\" lately. Excellent film and excellent English translation of the movie title. However, the presentation of the affection between the couple seems to be too tractable or conceivable to me. So, HT is still my #1 WKW film.','b2c3a71da50e672ab63d905f5d155857',0,'','tGoes9BJ',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3315,718,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1070102314,1,0,1,1,1,1,'rchl','Re: Best Hong Kong Director','Actually, HK people love Jeffrey Lau most.\n\n(coz of \"A Chinese Odyssey\" 1994)','bb3bd73fbee761d469a6b61a86053a50',0,'','GaNjRxeL',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3316,718,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1070861735,1,0,1,1,1,1,'wpqx1','Re: Best Hong Kong Director','I agree with Wong Kar Wi.  My personal favorite is Happy Together.  Although his American output has been questionable, I still think The Killer and Hard Boiled are among the best action movies ever made.','2d608401a62fa23ba6651aba2e0caaed',0,'','wD6mG1zi',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3317,718,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071031222,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gratefultiger','Re: Best Hong Kong Director','Have a cigar!yes the killer & hard boiled blow the hollywood actioners out of the water great films indeed,amongst my favourites in any genre.','adde2942a41470aa2b94063faad3a2ae',0,'','Cn8kovM9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3318,718,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071554043,1,0,1,1,1,1,'cousin_bette','Re: Best Hong Kong Director','Re : WKW. I haven\'t seen all his films (missed Happy Together - bloody censors !) but I\'d have to say Days of Being Wild gets my vote. That exquisite, poignant, all-pervasive mood of melancholy ...... matchless. Except only by the soundtrack.  ','47630e67cbb262bc89fb75460ec8f2d6',0,'','BNX6E7nc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3319,718,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1071680452,1,0,1,1,1,1,'smurfrevolt','Re: Best Hong Kong Director','I didn\'t like Days of Being Wild, after I saw Chungking Express, In the Mood for Love, and Happy Together...but maybe if i saw that one first, i would have appreciated it.  I loved \"In the mood for Love.\"  It was very well made, and I heard somewhere that there wasn\'t a script for the film, so the actors had to ad-lib their lines and really draw from their emotions.  That sort of makes him films excellent.  Plus, I love that he uses really old songs for his soundtracks, like \"California Dreaming\" and Dennis Brown\'s \"Things in Life,\" and Nat King Cole.   They just stick on you.  Being a young person who didn\'t grow up with that kind of music, I get introduced to good music.  ','d029d0421eb7a8cc917c42631b2d4402',0,'','HZlrp17P',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3320,719,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',968290639,1,0,1,1,1,1,'solent','pasolini\'s best','Would you pick from the early films with their neo-realist depictions of the lower depths? The literary adaptations from the classics? Personally, I would plug TEOREMA as his sublime contemporary masterpiece. ','d41e6663777cbfea10c862ec17316e91',0,'','vWqmB1hj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3321,719,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',968689460,1,0,1,1,1,1,'katsuben','Re: pasolini\'s best','\'Teorema\' and \'The Gospel According to St Matthew\' but tell me more about \'Porcile\' please.','d82eca405b5c5dfc3dbb4da6397c475f',0,'','9YaEdrq8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3322,719,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',968795577,1,0,1,1,1,1,'LF_CELINE','Re: pasolini\'s best','I\'d say \"Salo\"....it\'s one of the few films to EVER leave a deep impression (or is that \"mental scar\"?) on me (\"Happiness\" and \"In The Company Of Men\" are the other two).  Yeah, \"Porcile\", \"Gospel\" and \"Teorema\" are all great...not too much into the trilogy, but \"Salo\" is so powerful and unforgiving that there\'s no way I could ever say any of his other ones are better...then again, that\'s just me...','d0e545c6c1bf6683328f5e5889bd99f1',0,'','qp7SXCrh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3323,719,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',968895078,1,0,1,1,1,1,'solent','Re: pasolini\'s best','PORCILE is two stories intercut into one. Not Pasolini\'s best film. One story is set in the middle ages and concerns a band of renegade cannibals/thieves who are anathama to the Catholic populace. [The head of the band is the actor with the walking stick from Bunuel\'s BELLE DE JOUR.]\nThe other story concerns a rich German family and its supposedly hidden Nazi past. The son of the family - played by Jean Pierre Leaud - has strange habits involving pigs [don\'t get excited, you won\'t see anything risque].\nNot a very cohesive film. The first story mentioned was to be titled ORGIA.','fd3e430effcd96f200895b592265c314',0,'','6vkyLcNE',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3324,719,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1013081091,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Mr. West','Re: pasolini\'s best','Hey, a Pasolini thread!\n\nI\'d say \'Salo\' is his most affecting (although it gets pretty revolting at times).  \'Teorema\' is probably my favorite though.  I\'ll have to watch \'Gospel According to St. Matthew\' again, but I remember thinking it was rather dry.  \'Accatone\' was good, but I could barely read the wretched subtitles!  That one is in dire need of a new digital version.\n\nIs \'Hawks and Sparrows\' any good?  My local university has a copy of it, so I\'ll probably make a visit to their media center soon to watch it.\n','f8c53fa8495666297cbcbd1fea9b7ee5',0,'','asK5EqHg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3325,719,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1013111776,1,0,1,1,1,1,'john-5','Re: pasolini\'s best','The Gospel according to St Matthew his one masterpiece,Oedipus Rex,Medea and Arabian Nights visually interesting,Theorem above average,Accattone rather overrated,Salo (loathed by many,and hardly likeable)one of his stronger efforts, i thought,Hawks and Sparrows worse than irritating,Canterbury Tales,The Decameron and Mamma Roma amateurish and feeble.Porcile i\'ve not seen,am in no hurry.Sorry to Pasolini fans,but i must have a blind spot!.','9f067078ef0fcdecc1cfaa988fdcaa6a',0,'','wmWMl3LP',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3326,719,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1013185744,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Mr. West','Re: pasolini\'s best','Actually, I thought \'Arabian Nights\' was pretty dire; consequently I\'ve been hesitant to look at \'Canterbury Tales\' or \'Decameron.\' Maybe I\'ll catch them some day, though (I have yet to see \'Medea\' or \'Oedipus\' as well).','6edd7ae0730dd35cf6b3d274d45c4afb',0,'','ltEFgBUj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3327,719,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1013199878,1,0,1,1,1,1,'john-5','Re: pasolini\'s best','Yes,i would certainly agree that Arabian Nights is flawed,but it is the best of a disappointing trilogy,and at least has some striking locations,as do several of his films(the saving grace for some).Pasolini films come as a mixed bag;i\'d only recommend the one unequivocally,several are indeed \"dire\",as you found Arabian Nights.He\'s not for all tastes,that\'s for sure!','204f6a304a35e8249eb0f255fb2239d5',0,'','t742c0gu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3328,719,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1015232637,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Ockien','Re: pasolini\'s best','Couls someone recommend me a good non trilogy Pasolini film and not Salo thank you very much.','a8469a275e4885cb6cdd41059a7d18c3',0,'','PD5jkNV6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3329,719,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1015432069,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Mr. West','Re: pasolini\'s best','Most of us seem to agree on \'Teorema\' and \'Gospel According to St. Matthew.\'  I\'d start with \'Teorema\' personally.  \'Gospel\' is good but I found it kind of \"dry.\"  You have to be in an extremely pensive mood to enjoy \'Gospel,\' too.','3b1075f0f14a610fc61db277715963e9',0,'','5obNzaiy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3330,719,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1020229282,1,0,1,1,1,1,'arosen1','Re: pasolini\'s best','Oedipus Rex & Medea - awesome!','bbc6b1181e42f63041b2d9f7562c5639',0,'','6r75lQ2R',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3331,719,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1033643498,1,0,1,1,1,1,'bigpoppa_2059','Re: pasolini\'s best','\"Gospel According to...\" is Pasolini\'s masterpiece. \"Salo\" is deplorable. Don\'t defend it.','1a6a0578757ce9736607a9f68d74d516',0,'','jRnKzBSC',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3332,719,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1034141655,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gratefultiger','Re: pasolini\'s best','as i said regarding renoir you are a good judge big poppa \"SALO\" is a prick of a film and that\'s being kind!','bdb34e6e3fae8342cfb9d3f873a4fe3f',0,'','X2eJAoMV',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3333,720,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',969679863,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Orma82','Help the Children Fund-Raising Project','<font color=red><B></B></font>   \n<P><a href=\"http://www.angelfire.com/biz/seedwoman/messobb.html\">Click Here For Help the Children</a>','565c45d08035579d004cbc46105244a8',0,'','aV94vzwi',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3334,721,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',969679887,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Orma82','World Family & Business Plan Forms','<font color=red><B></B></font>   \n<P><a href=\"http://www.nvo.com/addis\">Click Here For Business Plan Forms & more</a>','d563804a08a53ff3c84fb6734eb679b7',0,'','t2MGU7Ka',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3335,722,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',969961850,1,0,1,1,1,1,'CClaudel','New Topic Idea: Films that Changed My LIfe','films that changed my life (saw as a teenager): Hiroshima Mon Amour, A Man and a Woman,\nRed Desert, The Red Balloon, A Hard Day\'s Night','29834a346621d77f68ff4f8590ac5461',0,'','gVFnl1TH',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3336,722,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',969991351,1,0,1,1,1,1,'BEK','Re: New Topic Idea: Films that Changed My LIfe','Chungking Express and Fallen Angels, by Wong Kar-wai\n\nBEK','0d53d6d523e616363cb515555862bf24',0,'','TyYXe1WD',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3337,722,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',970186654,1,0,1,1,1,1,'shoehorn','Re: New Topic Idea: Films that Changed My LIfe','I don\'t know about changing my life but these films definitely had an impact.\n\nApu Trilogy\nOrdet\nThe Great Adventure\nLeolo\nThe Quince Tree Sun\nAu Hasard Balthazar\nForbidden Games\nIkiru\nO Lucky Man\nA Man Escaped\nZ\nBicycle Thief\nTaste of Cherry\nMother and Son\nGoodbye South Goodbye\nWings of Desire','771d8f7a6433e01dca0356cc7e8f7d54',0,'','Vl2NFTfX',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3338,722,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',971117591,1,0,1,1,1,1,'katsuben','Re: New Topic Idea: Films that Changed My LIfe','Because it was the first: \'The Jungle Book\' (1967). \'Star Wars\' because it was my staple diet between episodes of the A-Team and Knight Rider. \'The Right Stuff\' because I always wanted to be an astronaut. \'Aliens\' because it was my favourite film until I discovered the missing part of my brain (the bit which controls all the clues). \'Citizen Kane\', \'Vertigo\', \'On the Waterfront\' and \'Casablanca\' for obvious reasons. \'The Double Life of Veronique\', \'Jesus of Montreal\', \'La Femme Nikita\' for initial explorations into foreign films. \'Leon\' because something clicked. And since then everything which provided even the smallest detail of interest, but limiting myself to the chosen few: \'L\'Avventura\' for blocking and morality, \'Chungking Express\' for its breeze, with all its diverse stylistic elements \'Vivre Sa Vie\', \'Goodbye South, Goodbye\' for rhythm and an introduction to the Taiwanese master, for hypnotic effect \'Last Yeat at Marienbad\', \'Funny Games\' for disturbing and manipulating me in the harshest fashionto date, for wackiness \'Branded to Kill\', and every Bunuel -- for his irony more than his surrealism. Finally, weird as it may seem, for the demonstration of personal narrative John Ford\'s \'The Sun Shines Bright\' which is hardly the most brilliant of self-conscious journey\'s but it may be the most clearly evident and sincere of those from a major director within Hollywood. Actually, this list needs to be much much longer. Films are watched in certain moods, places, and at various times in one\'s life. It\'s not so much how the single film changes a life, it\'s how a film is perceived differently at various stages of consciousness. I still remember the red curtains around the frame of \'The Jungle Book\' but I can\'t recall the movie and don\'t want to because the experience was not about the film it was about the act of observing a film for the first time. :)','16280d4d74d335b476c2bcb2c7901c24',0,'','SxNC1ZDU',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3339,723,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',972469277,1,0,1,1,1,1,'videolionvideo','Rent by E-mail-FOREIGN FILMS','Send an e-mail to VIDEOLIONVIDEO@aol.com with films you\'re looking for.We specialize in Foreign Films and import lots of titles.We have been named best video store in miami 7 years in a row.A small shop with a large selection....rent by e-mail and have your own film festival at home.','51cb78b4fdef39f68f085b2f248e9428',0,'','eBAZYLri',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3340,723,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1021486372,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Peter196783','Re: Rent by E-mail-FOREIGN FILMS','i couldn\'t get to you.','5043154655e3a72558ab966077730fd5',0,'','ElCfWvdX',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3341,723,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1025058329,1,0,1,1,1,1,'HASSELBAINK007','Re: Rent by E-mail-FOREIGN FILMS','It will be difficult as i come from London and i will need Very long arms to get your films-mind you the tide is out by now so i will get my Water wings on for the Atlantic.','06d00cf21b8dc43df691be8433280f67',0,'','MAoEQdbT',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3342,723,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1027305301,1,0,1,1,1,1,'tintwerks','Re: Rent by E-mail-FOREIGN FILMS','Can you please explain the rental process. I live in California.','5c810229245ca2358b001d83e43fbbf8',0,'','x0bByf9N',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3343,723,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1035011208,1,0,1,1,1,1,'admin-2','Re: Rent by E-mail-FOREIGN FILMS','I Thought these message boards were non-commercial.  Maybe you should try one of the advertisers on this website.  It\'s the least you can do to support what this site is attempting to do.','5febb2532b22988b34b147ae237f14a3',0,'','jDawuHBk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3344,724,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',973992530,1,0,1,1,1,1,'bauernschmidt','Left Behind','I highly recommend the movie entitled \"Left Behind\".\n\nFor more info. on this movie, go to\nhttp://www.leftbehindfilmproject.com\n\nIt\'s worth seeing.\n\nJames','0c2674c8aabf987b170fd544b91bbebd',0,'','wcC4fZVs',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3345,724,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',981580883,1,0,1,1,1,1,'nitin jagdish','Re: Left Behind','are you talking about the installment with \nkirk cameron? that\'s opening up here. \ni thought kirk cameron was american.\n','ac5939ea8ff4b28c9ff2ad2e74597a79',0,'','rJwt84Se',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3346,724,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',981593268,1,0,1,1,1,1,'cinemasmooch','Re: Left Behind','It\'s a Canadian film.','1792b47760b35b50481899cbefcdcf94',0,'','jb1uHs4g',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3347,725,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',976087732,1,0,1,1,1,1,'bandroi','Landmark Theatres','Landmark only sends the best foreign films to the ultra big cities like Houston, San Francisco etc. and the leftovers to places like Dallas and other big cities that they seem to feel are not worth the best.\nIf you have run into this problem write them and complain.','5b326f218792047c604c857d81b58fce',0,'','04zVk21d',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3348,726,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',978027199,1,0,1,1,1,1,'mikobandong','Most Felliniesque film by Fellini or any other director','And The Ship Sails On.  Even the names of the characters are Felliniesque! - Ildebranda Cuffari, Edmea Tetua, Brenda Hilton, etc. and what about the Principesa? - a monumental icon to Fellini.\n\nRunners-up: 8 1/2 and Pasolini\'s Salo (Morricone\'s score is Nino Rotaish).','a60b7d66ee82f9ba0cf861d6bdc381ad',0,'','kax5eumK',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3349,726,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',979678304,1,0,1,1,1,1,'patti5','Re: Most Felliniesque film by Fellini or any other director','My favorite Fellini film, and also my favorite foreign movie of all time is 8 1/2. I love movies that are non-linear and often withour a definite plot,\nalso ones that are spiritual and cerebral. 8 1/2 is the best of all times because it goes inside the diretor\'s head, and does not \noffer any easy answers, just explores his ideas, fantasies and feelings. The clowns coming on at the end, and the circular \"dance of life\" at the end\nare a source of great inspiration to me, both creatively and spiritually.','d038bec3d44bc1c3ccddf9671c3b3361',0,'','iProcuBh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3350,726,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',979861245,1,0,1,1,1,1,'mikobandong','Re: Most Felliniesque film by Fellini or any other director','hi patti5.  I also think that the clown scene at the end is one of the best endings in cinema!  8 1/2 is a film that would seem fresh even at this age.  And what about Wagner and Verdi supplementing Nino Rota\'s magical score? I also find it amusing that you, like me, list 8 1/2 among your top films which includes several Bergman films. My list includes 8 1/2, Passion of Anna and Wild Strawberries and it strikes me as odd because Fellini\'s characters are generally shallow, self-absorbed and indulgent as opposed to Bergman\'s deep, sensitive and spiritual. One of Woody Allen\'s characters (which probably echoes his own opinion)in Annie Hall thought that Fellini was just a highly technical director. Whether this is true or not, he is one of cinema\'s greatest (8 1/2 is definitely his best) and his films are always a sensational experience.','1aadbc95e40e8678f6d6bb35144cd72a',0,'','Ty3guXw4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3351,726,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',979930531,1,0,1,1,1,1,'timofeevna','Re: Most Felliniesque film by Fellini or any other director','The most Felliniesque films by another director are Underground and Black Cat, White Cat.','8c157215e18b20391bf730ee9b80e53c',0,'','VrmZLuYt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3352,726,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',979966985,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Tony Block','Re: Most Felliniesque film by Fellini or any other director','SANTA SANGRE by Jodorowsky','618c00532141b7bc098f0d295b4a4ae7',0,'','XmgkFij1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3353,726,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',980858270,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Vox','Re: Most Felliniesque film by Fellini or any other director','Well I\'d say that to choose a \"most Felliniesque\" movie, I\'d have to choose a movie by the man himself, but the problem is what one should consider \"Felliniesque\"? I can hardly say that onbe movie of his is more like him than another, because he obviously made both, so I\'ll limit the question to what is my favourite Fellini, which to me is \"Amarcord\", closely followed by \"Prova d\'Orchestra\". I do not care for his late movies like \"E la nave va\" or \"Ginger e Fred\", but then again, Fellini never was my favourite Italian director, even though I recognize his genius.','3316ddf125cd1979edfcd726e4e77ef3',0,'','X6NUJPvS',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3354,726,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',980897355,1,0,1,1,1,1,'firetree65','Re: Most Felliniesque film by Fellini or any other director','By Fellini -- That would be Satyricon.  Although Satyricon is probably Fellini\'s most unique film (that some may brand it as un-Felliniesque), it is also his most whimsical and possibly most extreme. Runner-up: Juliet of the Spirits.\n\nBy another director/s -- my list would include Lina Wertmuller\'s \"Seven Beauties\" and \"Love and Anarchy\"; Pasolini\'s \"Salo\" (despite its explicitness, this is a visual Fellini feast).  I wanted to include Antonioni\'s \"L\'avventura\" and Fassbinder\'s \"In the Night of Thirteen Moons\" but these would deserve another list.  What about the most Antonionian, Fassbinderian or Almodovarian film? Or maybe the most Bergmanesque? Aha, what about the most Resnaish? That would be a challenge.','28a31b3d0b1afd1b3580fe427d1a2d47',0,'','Tok9aJVu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3355,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',983252698,1,0,1,1,1,1,'im2good4u33','Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','These are my personal favorites: Como Agua Para Chocolate (Mexico), Run Lola Run (Germany), Ponette (France), Europa Europa (France), Ma Vie En Rose (France), and of course, Life Is Beautiful (Italy). Tell me what you think about these. ','51ae807acbf996d49e30fc95e60537e0',0,'','9ow4kLvx',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3356,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',983329680,1,0,1,1,1,1,'katsuben','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','emotional content above form. viscera above meditative. clarity above interpretative.','17dd748643748942de806f28dc909e9e',0,'','AytHPqGs',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3357,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',983441420,1,0,1,1,1,1,'im2good4u33','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','Say what????????????????? je ne comprendes pas. ','33abb12aed146ee0a8207dae148d875c',0,'','kbeo9FTv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3358,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',983524628,1,0,1,1,1,1,'nana','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','you are kidding about the list right?  come on...stop fooling around!\nfilm is a serious notion here.\n---nana','4c899a14a00ba0de13217f58e3ae61e2',0,'','WRwNjQEz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3359,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',983524727,1,0,1,1,1,1,'nana','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','you are kidding about the list right?  come on...stop fooling around!\nfilm is a serious notion here.\n---nana','4c899a14a00ba0de13217f58e3ae61e2',0,'','3i5DembT',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3360,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',983999369,1,0,1,1,1,1,'nana','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','sorry, i hope you didn\'t get too offended.  uh...just saw edward yang\'s yi yi...it is sooo good. \ndare to say my top ten.  anyway...check it out if you haven\'t.\n---nana','458952af3b6c4fac49409419155ada64',0,'','2GxbMDtu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3361,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',984002747,1,0,1,1,1,1,'acquarello','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','FWIW, My Top Film for 2000 was \"In the Mood for Love\" (Wong).  The complete top 10 list is:\n\n1. In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar Wai)\n2. Dolce (Alexander Sokurov)\n3. Yi Yi (Edward Yang)\n4. Beau Travail (Claire Denis)\n5. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee)\n6. Dancer in the Dark (Lars von Trier)\n7. High Fidelity (Stephen Frears)\n8. Best in Show (Christopher Guest)\n9. Gohatto (Nagisa Oshima)\n10. The Terrorist (Santosh Sivan) \n\n\nacquarello\nwww.filmref.com','2f1fda4d6441637eae7e82ce5ec88e85',0,'','QH9Ae5uf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3362,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',984111927,1,0,1,1,1,1,'nana','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','wow...in the mood for love at #1.  still haven\'t seen it yet...lots of hype though.  it\'s going to be pretty tough to beat yiyi.  i personally like the earlier wong kar-wai films even if the art design/cinematography gets better with the later films...there\'s something i dig in days of being wild that can\'t be describe in words.  \nhummmm...did you know henri cartier bresson was jean renoir\'s assistence for a while.  you learn something everyday.\n---nana','cee024697da5778baed92a639c000a6d',0,'','t3osMy1h',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3363,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',984114804,1,0,1,1,1,1,'4seam','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','Yes, Cartier-Bresson was.  My favorite Jacques Becker and Luchino Visconti also did assistant director works for him. I find odd that Cartier-Bresson never did a DP work though.','1bd92034ff771d9296d3b06debfd4b46',0,'','18PR7qU6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3364,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',984120023,1,0,1,1,1,1,'katsuben','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','not really all that odd. we must remember that Henri Cartier-Bresson only took up photography to make instant art. he gave up photography and returned to painting, regardless of how esteemed he is as a photographer, to himself he was and always will be a painter. :)','b200d42252afa639897d5e38a5ddecb2',0,'','Tu6Q15Z2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3365,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',984200676,1,0,1,1,1,1,'im2good4u33','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','Well I am sorry for my selections. These are very good movies though. I never said these were the best but I will take your advice. I repent for my selections lord bunny. Kidding. I will make a note to self to see these films.','5ba7516ec13501548612113f4e14d97f',0,'','14W7UgnE',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3366,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',984269962,1,0,1,1,1,1,'acquarello','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','funkyduck\'s response states that the film selections suggested that im2good4u33 preferred films that provided emotional content, provoked visceral reaction, and were direct and clear, rather than enigmatic or interpretive.  How is this \"crucifying\" or \"butchering\" by film \"geeks\"?\n\nEnough of this mudslinging already!!!\n\nacquarello\n','d7436f364154016d898f3f77a2a1e03f',0,'','xF1ElMXU',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3367,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',984336691,1,0,1,1,1,1,'acquarello','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','n/a, not sure where you\'re coming from with the \"pretentious jerks\" comment.  I never commented on the author\'s choices in films.\n\nBunny, try calling someone \"elitist\", \"too serious\" or \"too academic\" about film instead of calling them \"ninnies\" as you said in another thread or \"geeks\" in this one.  There are better words to describe what you\'re trying to convey without being derogatory.\n\nEveryone is certainly free to voice his or her opinion on this forum, but keep in mind that there is no \"edit\" function on this message board, so please use some caution and deliberate on some of the \"ruthless\" words that you are using before posting.  What comes across from some of your posts, to me, is a a malicious and hostile tone towards people who take film seriously.\n\nacquarello','328cccccb601835ffd438270e3f6534b',0,'','qs1hilBW',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3368,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',984515602,1,0,1,1,1,1,'cinemasmooch','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','I agree with you Bunny - this forum is for \"the people\" - both non-geeks and geeks alike.  It\'s a turn-off for me when a geek attacks a non-geek because I\'m one of the non-geeks.  But, I\'ll continue to post my unenlightened thoughts anyway...','4d7c66326cd65fe5bf1b81e680c7b010',0,'','uiVhRGkc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3369,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',984524196,1,0,1,1,1,1,'acquarello','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','My point was, there should not be any attacks or inciting remarks, period, whether enlightened or unenlightened about film.\n\nacquarello','647a47628b89037575f388914a8ce992',0,'','EDypvnaR',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3370,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',984626018,1,0,1,1,1,1,'nana','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','\ndo you put on a billie holiday record just \nbecause you like the way it sounds?\n\ni will not argue the aesthetics of films, but\nthere IS more.  the social, political, cultural, historical\nfactors that involves in films(or music, photography etc...)\n\nrossellini films will show postwar italy\npasolini films show dogmatic side of catholicism\nozu films show the modern day japan back then\ngodard films show radical french left in the 60\'s\nand happy together got me into piazzolla \namong other things.\n\none can dig deeper into a film.  i\'m not suggesting everyone  pick up tarkovsky\'s scupting in time and have a discourse on it, but one should try to see the subtexts in films rather than remembering the catchy one liner.  there is sooo much more than content to a film and we here(forefilms.com) dig films\nmore than just films right?  that\'s why we have criticism\n(be it harsh or not so harsh).  that\'s why one member have a extensive website devoted to foreign films.  \n\ni don\'t mind the criticism(\"being attack\" or \"attacking\") because how else are we going to learn?  besides...i love\nthe perspectives, that\'s why i digs this messageboard or else, i would just ignore the whole thing and watch films by myself.  \n\nand for billie holiday records...read about her life, it\'s fascinating!!  jazz is much more than music like foreignfilms are more than films.  \n\n\"a pretentious film geek in love with subtitles\"\n--- nana\n\nps.  my friend said, \"film is the peak of art.\" because it involves literature, photography, music, and threatre.\n\n\n','d6849b0d12c0b71be5a9e68fbefa3149',0,'','XC0wN4ye',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3371,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',984706652,1,0,1,1,1,1,'cinemasmooch','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','\"...how else are we going to learn?\"...about what, Nana?  What we like and what we don\'t like is a personal thing!','d2a11bdff9a4e758a4f0d3000126941e',0,'','dA8bSPF5',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3372,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',984708074,1,0,1,1,1,1,'nana','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','cinemasmooch---\n\ni already said that \"i will not argue the aesthetic of a film.\"  which means that i do not care if you think forest gump is as pleasing as yi yi, but realize that you can learn more from a film like yi yi than forest dumb.  the social, historical, cultural factors of a film are there to be dig...if you look for it.\n\nif you just want content and plot...why not watch soap opera or pro westling, they have more hooks and twist than most movie.\n\n---nana','d2de94d9de2a5b52ef807e8de0476efb',0,'','sTkYg2ZU',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3373,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',984711737,1,0,1,1,1,1,'aguirre','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','Hey everyone! Stop picking on im2good4u33\'s favorite list for awhile and make fun of mine instead! I dare you!\n\n1. Il Postino\n2. Hard Boiled\n3. The Icicle Thief (Nope, that ain\'t a typo)\n4. Viva Maria!\n5. La Cage Aux Folles 3\n6. First Name: Carmen','e624236db0ff65137bf005c5e180e644',0,'','XaKm365j',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3374,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',984715737,1,0,1,1,1,1,'nana','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','okay...i will not post another post for awhile.\ni just want people to get more out of films, but it seems like i\'m turning people off...so i\'ll shut-up after this post.\n\nfilm is a tiiiiinnnny part of my life.  \n(now here is where i\'m going to try to impress yall especially you nino)\n\nlast saturday, i rode my bicycle from tallahassee to gainesville (120 miles in 11 hours).  my first century ride!!  sunday, next my friend and i hopped a train to waycross...then i took one to thomasville and he headed for savannah.  i hitched a ride from thomasville back to tallahassee and now i\'m online for hours (still on spring break) cause i\'m waiting for my body to heal.  hmmmm...but my daily life consists mostly of school, photography and work.\n\nfor your info...i don\'t even own a dvd player and i only see\ncontemprary foreign films because we know someone that works at the local art theatre.  anyone wanting to go to a film school in the south:  don\'t come to fsu...they have all the expensive equipments, but your work won\'t go anywhere if it is slightly out of the ordinary.\n\n---nana\nps.  email me rualablhor@yahoo.com for whatever(OR IF YOU HAVE INFO ON JONAS MEKAS FILMS)...i won\'t\nbe writing to this site for awhile.  hope yall enjoy life as much as films.\n\n','6640db726909addc57c7ca8e63fcd47a',0,'','XsDpb2AM',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3375,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',984861323,1,0,1,1,1,1,'cinemasmooch','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','Yes Nana, I\'m glad to hear you\'re not a total geek considering all the activities you\'re involved in.\nAlso, I find muscular men very attractive, like the ones in the WWF, for example.  They\'ve put alot of work into getting their bodies to look the way they do.\nThe Rock rocks!!!\n\nP.S. - I am impressed though, with your knowledge of films.','e1b04821ae8ddd3d80cfb3e54c4622aa',0,'','hQlEGgK9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3376,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',984973242,1,0,1,1,1,1,'cinemasmooch','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','P.P.S. - One more thing I missed yesterday - I LUUUUUUUUUUV Forest Gump - and it\'s American too!','f943de7999faf55a4ec69fa7744cd8b3',0,'','J2tvf1bg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3377,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',985170684,1,0,1,1,1,1,'im2good4u33','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','I appreciate all who support me in my decisions. By the way, I am a he. I did not say these were the best films ever. I said these were my favorites. And Ben Afleck, come on?!?!?! Freedom of the world!!!!!','e30d7d0f566bfeee381b52ad64974007',0,'','oQNA2JFj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3378,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',986531083,1,0,1,1,1,1,'shomezahog','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)',' You can argue and argue about what makes a good film, but what is important is how they make us feel...what speaks to one person may make another run for the nearest barf bag.  Unless you are talking about some movies made by Hollywood recently, and I think most of us can agree...I would be thrilled if some of my multiplex-addict friends would watch something like Run Lola Run.  They have no idea what they are missing.','0cd554caec6fe64d86d3abbcab5fc85e',0,'','7wQdu9tG',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3379,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',986613914,1,0,1,1,1,1,'katsuben','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','phenomenology as it relates to emotional experience is about 1/10th of what i find interesting in a given film. there\'s also meaning, intensity, complexity, originality, unity of affect, elements of the mise-en-scene, cinematography, editing, sound. feelings. . .bah. :)','0486d0e1a52cf8a7b9839734fdac134c',0,'','LudPepGJ',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3380,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',986934183,1,0,1,1,1,1,'im2good4u33','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','You got that right shomezahog! I agree. ','964da26167c7b13ecf141b84f876c62d',0,'','sGwWjral',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3381,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',986951151,1,0,1,1,1,1,'maya','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','My favorite films:\nNights of Cabiria.\nJuliet of the Spirits.\nThat Obscure Object of Desire.\nTo Live.\nIkiru.\nThe color of paradise.\nMonika.\nThe seventh seal.\nWild Strawberries.\nShower.\nKikujuro.\nThe eel.\nTampopo.\nScent of green papaya.\nHappy together.\nChun king express.( Wonderful, film! I just loved it)\nI have other favorite ones but this are some that have stayed with me for a long time.\n','60436d7a3e6ff97ef0c6849791ab0223',0,'','2uzmoAbT',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3382,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',986966302,1,0,1,1,1,1,'im2good4u33','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','Thanks for the sugestions maya. I have heard about some of them. I will look into them. Thanks to everyone who suppoerted my cause. I certainly did not try to make a list of the BEST MOVIES EVER. Those were just my favorites. ','cc1bfed5947e188c2b4023bfee4fdd46',0,'','kJYRZMqX',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3383,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',987025771,1,0,1,1,1,1,'maya','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','De nada :)','e02cfa35c8bcbe7b7c3b7db1807c85d1',0,'','SDqN8391',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3384,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',988161840,1,0,1,1,1,1,'im2good4u33','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','Adding to my list of favorites, is Amores Perros. See this movie, you wont be disapoointed! I hear Butterfly (Spain) is really good.','5d7a01977c5bd9f159484e064cfebb63',0,'','VpJw3rZo',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3385,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',988258931,1,0,1,1,1,1,'somegreatmovies','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','I\'m bored... I\'ll do one: \n(in no particular order) \n1. In a Year of 13 Moons  \n2. Vertigo  \n3. Gone for Goode (Homicide: Life on the Street Episode)  \n4. Close-Up  \n5. Historie(s) du Cinema  \n6. Outer and Inner Space  \n7. His Girl Friday  \n8. Gunfighter (Henry King)  \n9. One Eyed Jacks  \n10. Act of Seeing with One\'s Own Eyes  \n11. The Final Scene of Shadow of the Vampire (the rest kinda sucked, though)  \n12. Pierrot Le Fou  \n13. Brother From Another Planet\n14. Lloyd Bridges doing any comedy scene\n15. Life Lessons (Scorsese)  \n16. The Possiblities of He Got Game (look hard enough and you have to weep for how brilliant that film \'could\' have been)  \n17. Big Lebowski\n18. Muppet Movie  \n19. Videodrome  \n20. Killer of Sheep  \n21. the foot-chase in Point Break  \n22. Aquiree: Wrath of God  \n23. Cabin Boy\n24. Man with a Movie Camera  \n25. Theives Like Us  \n26. Open City\n27. Chimes at Midnight (what I\'ve seen of it, anyway)  \n28. Within Our Gates  \n29. The Puppetmaster\n30. the very image of Denis Lavant, Forest Whitaker, Ned Beatty, (pre-Angel Heart, but including Buffalo \'66/Rainmaker/Johnny Handsome) Mickey Rourke, Samantha Morton, Alfre Woodard, David Strathairn (though considering these two, it may be somewhat suprising that I didn\'t much care for Passion Fish), Falconetti, Claude Reins, Giulietta Masina, Anna Magnani, Klaus Kinski, and countless other favorite perfromers commited to film  \n31. Age of Innocence  \n32. Sisters: or the balance of happiness  \n33. Straight Story  \n34. Designated Mourner  \n35. Devo: The Men who Make the Music  \n36. Singin\' in the Rain  \n... and so many countless more I\'m not remembering','34d23d1931cb0f2e2a89bd514bbc56f0',0,'','5YRTZb2G',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3386,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',988596191,1,0,1,1,1,1,'PunkWashGurl','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','i luv u im2good4u!!!!!!! run lola run is the best !!1 and of course amores perros! u rock\nbye  *my kindred spirit!*','67d5119f5f5f9677fdda3f6910630af7',0,'','buyCvEiZ',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3387,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',988597796,1,0,1,1,1,1,'PunkWashGurl','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','ok! here goes my list(not foreign language):\nAmores Perros\nSaint Clara\nRun Lola Run\nCrouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon\nLock, Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels\nPRISCILLA queen of the desert\nThe Commitments\nBilly Elliot\nSnatch (sorry i had 2 ritchie films on here!)\nAll About My Mother\nBandits\nDancer In the Dark\nCinema Paradiso\nRaise the Red Lantern\nok there are so many more!! i jus catn think of em! if u can name some that u think i would like judging from the wide variety i have named jus now... name em!\n\n','71f904bfd64dbe8d788f267a2964ad00',0,'','guf5dwSX',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3388,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',988673713,1,0,1,1,1,1,'maya','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','I think you would enjoy Wong Kar-Wai\'s films. My favorite one is \"Happy Together\" What did I like about this movie? everything! Almodovar is not my favorite but I have to say of all his films the best one has to be \"Tie Me Up Tie Me Down\" I recently watched \"East is East\" which I thought was excellent. ','1525d1506d349431f2decea72854fcd1',0,'','NyVviPCj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3389,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',988974100,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Desmond Wolf','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','Personal favourites? Here are some off the top of my head: Broadway Danny Rose, Brazil, Au Revoir Les Enfants, The Big Blue, Betty Blue, Withnail & I, Apocalypse Now, Gallipoli,  Proof, On The Waterfront, The Godfather, Big, Three Kings, Annie Hall, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Desperately Seeking Susan, Crossing Delancey, Local Hero, La Dolce Vita, La Strada, Manhattan, Sound Of Music, It’s A Wonderful Life, Casablanca, The Big Lebowski, Boogie Nights, Magnolia, The Apartment, The Vanishing, The Breakfast Club, 8 1/2, High Fidelity, Primary Colours, The English Patient, A Room With A View, The Italian Job, The Wages Of Fear, Groundhog Day, Roxanne, When Harry Met Sally…, The Godfather II, Taxi Driver, The Graduate, Jaws, Gas Food Lodging, Planes Trains & Automobiles, All Of Me, Risky Business, Last Year At Marienbad, Citizen Kane, Three Days Of The Condor, Blow Up, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Double Indemnity, The Seventh Seal, Tootsie, Dr  Strangelove, The Manchurian Candidate, Claire’s Knee, High Noon, The Unforgiven, Play Misty For Me, Ordinary People, Picnic At Hanging Rock, A Short Film About Killing, A Short Film About Love, Le Grand Chemin, Young Soul Rebels, Moonstruck, Witness, Avanti, The Thirty-Nine Steps, The Lady Vanishes, Kind Hearts And Coronets, Trust, Last Days Of Disco, Trust, Hannah And Her Sisters, Saturday Night Fever, Grease, Animal House, Harold & Maude, Broadcast News, The Big Chill, Aladdin, Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory, The Garden Of The Finzi-Continis, Le Samourai, To Kill A Mockingbird, Naked, Riff Raff, Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid, My Name Is Joe, Trainspotting, The Tall Guy, Quiz Show, Bullitt, 2001 – A Space Odyssey, Pump Up The Volume, LA Confidential, Platoon, Wuthering Heights, Jean De Florette, Manon De Sources, Smiles Of A Summer Night, Escape From Alcatraz, North By Northwest, After Hours, A Clockwork Orange, Strictly Ballroom, The Blues Brothers, A Matter Of Life And Death, The Breakfast Club, The Year My Voice Broke, Raiders Of The Lost Ark, The Bicycle Thief, The Seven-Up series, Get Carter, Barcelona, Les Enfants Du Paradis, The 400 Blows, Deliverance, Nashville, Blue Velvet, The Thin Red Line, Roman Holiday, The Sound Of Music, Blade Runner, The Year Of Living Dangerously...\nSorry!','594e666ad140e27f200fb92d2a5af6d4',0,'','zVBFblrw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3390,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',989031633,1,0,1,1,1,1,'im2good4u33','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','Wow! Hey Desmond Wolf, did you leave any of them out? Nah, I\'m just kidding. Seems like you have very good taste. Some of these I have already seen but there are some that I still havent. Thanks for the list, and thank everyone for their support and their recomendations. :)','e708dbfb1c5ce18c3878f2e747bdf0d5',0,'','7U13CTyj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3391,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',989085869,1,0,1,1,1,1,'maya','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','Have you ever seen anything by Ingmar Bergman or Wong Kar-Wai? If you haven\'t you\'ll be glad. ','1c4fbd5625ca2fe6d67023a223aa753b',0,'','mfwxLXbQ',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3392,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',989085922,1,0,1,1,1,1,'maya','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','I meant you should they are my favorite Directors!\n','3ded457bcbd8821ed94ddd022610b803',0,'','SZMmCwoY',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3393,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',989104512,1,0,1,1,1,1,'somegreatmovies','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','\"Pleasure is not an infallible guide, but is the least fallible.\" -W.H. Auden','a827b1b5ecc3757191cd19d5f0f09075',0,'','e3vzRf1m',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3394,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',989119955,1,0,1,1,1,1,'maya','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','somegreatmovies, you said it. from a look at your favourtie movies I can see why you liked the \"Yards\" and disliked \"Twin Falls Idaho\" your better of in your own blissful ignorance. I see you like American films which I do too but your list is pretty pathetic \"Cabin Boy\"? Are you for real? Why don\'t you try the classics just maybe you\'ll get something out of it. \"Bliss\" is an example of what Good American film making is about and not \"Puppetmaster\" \"Muppet Movie\" Sorry if I am offensive.','2b6ed9b6e1205538b69558113ffdca93',0,'','AW5unrLm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3395,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',989165850,1,0,1,1,1,1,'somegreatmovies','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','Cabin Boy and Muppet Movie are setimental choices, films I\'ve seen quite a few times, love, and simply can\'t get tired of (How could a person hate a movie with a giant tobacco-spitting cupcake?) PS. The \"Puppetmaster\" I put on my list is the Twainese film by Hou Hsiao-hsien.  Your right, though, to each their own.','d3d46408dbe222b071d1a7d3e16484d3',0,'','gtM8bFP2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3396,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',989174280,1,0,1,1,1,1,'revelation2k1','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','I\'ve always enjoyed reading the posts in this website. Altogether, I\'d say they\'re generally enlightening to film lovers like me. However, on some occassions, it turns ugly because of pride, narrow-mindedness or just simply plain insecurity especially for some people who cannot accept the fact that some films that they cannot appreciate are truly great works of art and are frustrated that some people can appreciate it and they can\'t. The result is bashing on this people and even attacking them personally. I\'ll be very specific here -- Maya, or rather bunny - I believe you are the same person by the way you make your posts. Not only are you inarticulate in your ideas, but I believe that you simply have no ability in appreciating films that don\'t affect you emotionally. Please stop from bashing other people. You really are the offensive one. I\'ve read all other previous posts and I can\'t believe the degree of insecurity that you have. You are also inconsistent. Now Bergman is your favorite director? I thought Persona was in your previous worst list? And why meddle with funkyduck\'s personal life? Is it because you claim that you have a life with your family of 2 kids. How then can you have the time to watch all those foreign films and monitor this website by constantly inputting your posts? Is that the life you have out of film? Look at your choice of words --- blissful ignorance --- now, don\'t you think that\'s too degrading. I would have given you some respect if you at least defend your choices or damnations by your ideas of what a good film is instead of saying: \"it\'s my favorite\", \"waste of money\", \"interesting\", etc. C\'mon, grow up. It\'s not too bad to learn from others especially from people who are apparently knowledgeable in film. These people should not threaten you, rather enlighten you. I know this post is long but at least I\'ve done it. I just can\'t take this thing sitting down. Take it easy. :-)))','00f3f396aedf8ac23fb27b995220955a',0,'','1oeV3tvy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3397,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',989240154,1,0,1,1,1,1,'maya','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','alright Pascal or shall I say a acquaarello. I think it is a personal thing now so I will  disregard you even excist on this forum and go on with what i like to say as you do.','07176ea7be0007fb017e4486364e0796',0,'','nvyWkqEU',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3398,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',989240314,1,0,1,1,1,1,'maya','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','By the way didn\'t you say you were not going to be part of this forum? \n','1f85ddeb03fbc3b96868e0cedad18c33',0,'','Z4r0D5s2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3399,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',989241136,1,0,1,1,1,1,'maya','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','I promise THis is the last post I put I obviously do not belong among you geniuses I do this because for \"fun\" I do so enjoy foreign film but I rather not waste my time with nonesense and spend it with yes my family. I will cancel so that I will not be tempted to \"Bash\" anyone. Sorry if I caused any discomfort to anyone especialy to you Pascal. I hope you return to this forum because I know you realy enjoy it and appreciate it more than I did. ','5a6eea9d7ec53e881475d98227966991',0,'','delXTw41',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3400,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',989247145,1,0,1,1,1,1,'acquarello','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','I can assure you that I was not responsible for the post, but the author (whom I will not name) did forward me the information.\n\nNo, I am still not posting on this forum, nor have any plans of coming back, but I am also not standing by and have you accuse me without any basis of fact.\n\nAsk the webmaster to check the IP addresses or email or something, they WILL NOT match because I did not write the post.  Yes, I DID KNOW that you are bunny, which was why I stopped posting in the first place.  But the fact is, other people had the same suspicion, and it was one of these people who wrote the post, NOT ME!\n\nacquarello','8d66d9d51b35d7b2d1b6c2b74a9ccc38',0,'','PpRwWQBE',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3401,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',989352605,1,0,1,1,1,1,'im2good4u33','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','What have I caused. I only said these were my favorites. It seems like many people took my choices offensively. \nI want to thank all my supporters. I, like MAYA, just watch foreing films for fun, I do not make this a religious habit so I dont feel like anyone should take this seriously.\nI also want to thank thee for your recommendations on films to watch. And to all those bitter fools who disliked my choices, I would like to say....... nah, I\'m not going to argue in here since I have more class. To each his own. Vive la diference!','3e8242199ebdd4a731c88e5fa683641b',0,'','cepzGdhi',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3402,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',989394511,1,0,1,1,1,1,'firetree65','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','You certainly have not caused anything, i\'m2goodforu.  I agree with you, to each his own.  But then, please read carefully the flow of this message board that you started. Who really bashed who?  I don\'t see funkyduck or acquarello bashing your choices.  I certainly have nothing against your choices either. But please read through..... before you make any quick statements undermining acquarello or funkyduck.  We all have our personal choices and I do have mine but that is not the issue.  Who was name calling? Who was rude? Who\'s the real basher here?','1538b3977bba866283262982dfb52479',0,'','oPzxDRti',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3403,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',989535332,1,0,1,1,1,1,'PunkWashGurl','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','OH MY GOD!! i luv u maya!! i forgot east is east, it was great.. it disgusted most of my friends and so iluved it more!!! ok bye!! (*kidred spirit*!!!!)','ec70e1d320f185af9f42d4a9b082785b',0,'','leB0yj9w',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3404,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',989894397,1,0,1,1,1,1,'ishdish2','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','east is east was excellent. how about, my son the fanatic, that was a good movie.','c65f484272678861646271b3b42c8093',0,'','5ZQxFydu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3405,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',989896865,1,0,1,1,1,1,'shomezahog','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','Hey, PunkWashGurl...Priscilla Queen of the Desert...Yay!!! My friends and I quote that movie all the time...\"What are you telling me, this is an Abba turd?\"  That movie just makes me LAUGH!!!!!!!!!','3251414d397b72562dc9a3c293690970',0,'','sftC9aLe',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3406,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',989896940,1,0,1,1,1,1,'shomezahog','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','...AND THERE ARE TWO THINGS I DON\'T LIKE ABOUT YOU, FELECIA...YOUR FACE!!!!!!!!!!!!  he he he he he!!!!','a8972f751e56b4a53f73489bffde1fba',0,'','jE4HSluA',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3407,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',989896983,1,0,1,1,1,1,'shomezahog','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','by the way, you can\'t do that with a ping pong ball.','8b41443fd1f3d2a47f80b1e4be701362',0,'','iW7kJrLB',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3408,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',989957359,1,0,1,1,1,1,'im2good4u33','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','You people scare me. I dont understand half the things you people say.','09e0f59af0c3928a071ff614f73be79e',0,'','QcYPH8s6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3409,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',990753681,1,0,1,1,1,1,'PunkWashGurl','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','i liked \"the yards\", and \"east is east\"\n','b2e0a381c73b5f4cb6120b62f519463d',0,'','R534uL8G',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3410,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',991169894,1,0,1,1,1,1,'PunkWashGurl','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','YAY!!! PRISCILLA! *singing* i dont care if the sun dont shine, i get my lovin in the evenin time, when im with my baby, it\'s no fun with sun around but i get goin when the sun goes down, when im with my baby!!!*** my friend and i always sing that song!!','4196586337a5a15e085f2fa2b4f5701d',0,'','nxzdY0C8',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3411,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',991201134,1,0,1,1,1,1,'nana','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','punkwashgirl---\n\nis that punk washington(state or dc) girl??  \nyou like monologues don\'t you??\njust saw widow of saint pierre the other day...\nvery mixed feelings.  \nnow i rented girl on the bridge.\n\ni\'ll expand after...well maybe.\n---nana\n\nps.  so how punk ru?','da56829beec8a384c7ff10fa212faeaa',0,'','917PHqYF',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3412,727,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',991536793,1,0,1,1,1,1,'PunkWashGurl','Re: Now these are MY personal favorites (not neccessarily other\'s)','no, punkwashgurl has no meaning, i just made it up.... im from England, and i have never been to wahington dc.... , See Saint Clara! its really good and i think you would really enjoy it... even though i dont know you.... ohhhh well...! ok bye, talk to you later!\ntashi\nps. i dont know how punk i am.... i reallly dont care....','bb6ae6d02add09dce3c5193b38e122cc',0,'','QzSqXyTM',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3413,728,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',983298433,1,0,1,1,1,1,'cola','25 Greatest Films of All Time','A lot of \"film critics\" I\'ve met have adopted AFI\'s top 100 American films as their Bible of the greatest movies ever made.  There\'s a problem - what about all the other countries?  Here\'s my all-inclusive list of the 25 Greatest Films Ever Made.  I\'m interested in knowing what you all think.\n\n1.  CITIZEN KANE by Orson Welles\n2.  THE RULES OF THE GAME by Jean Renoir\n3.  8 1/2 by Federico Fellini\n4.  VERTIGO by Alfred Hitchcock\n5.  THE SEARCHERS by John Ford\n6.  ANDREI RUBLEV by Andrei Tarkovsky\n7.  PERSONA by Ingmar Bergman\n8.  THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC by Carl Dreyer\n9.  CITY LIGHTS by Charles Chaplin\n10. SEVEN SAMURAI by Akira Kurosawa\n11. MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA by Dziga Vertov\n12. THE BICYCLE THIEF by Vittorio de Sica\n13. L\'ATALANTE by Jean Vigo\n14. AU HASARD BALTHAZAR by Robert Bresson\n15. GREED by Erich von Stroheim\n16. PATHER PANCHALI by Satyajit Ray\n17. THE CHILDREN OF PARADISE by Marcel Carné\n18. SUNRISE by F.W. Murnau\n19. L\'AVVENTURA by Michelangelo Antonioni\n20. BREATHLESS by Jean-Luc Godard\n21. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY by Stanley Kubrick\n22. UGETSU MONOGATARI by Kenji Mizoguchi\n23. THE GENERAL by Buster Keaton\n24. TOKYO STORY by Yasujiro Osu\n25. THE THIRD MAN by Carol Reed\n\nbut don\'t forget...\nTHE BIRTH OF A NATION and INTOLERANCE by D.W. Griffith\nBATTLESHIP POTEMKIN by Sergei Eisenstein\nEARTH by Alexander Dovzhenko\nLAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD by Alain Resnais\nJULES AND JIM by Francois Truffaut','d377f84b7e8cac68763347f6e6313620',0,'','ubpNVmxc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3414,728,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',983299609,1,0,1,1,1,1,'acquarello','Re: 25 Greatest Films of All Time','Looks a heck of a lot like the 1992 Sight and Sound Poll.\n\nacquarello\nwww.filmref.com','75c51a766d129f0df01d8ea823f4c389',0,'','lCP1fS03',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3415,728,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',983329516,1,0,1,1,1,1,'katsuben','Re: 25 Greatest Films of All Time','is this your subjective list or an attempt to make an objective list?','00d65a08de1fb4f3d8fd2aa506743cfa',0,'','PX8JhGn4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3416,728,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',983342074,1,0,1,1,1,1,'firetree65','Re: 25 Greatest Films of All Time','A very \"safe\" list. Many will be pleased. Noticed that only one film/one director made the list whereas two or more masterpieces of a director could have made the list easily, according to the nature of the choices, i.e. Renoir\'s \"Rules of the Game\" & \"Grand Illusion\", Bergman\'s \"Persona\" & \"Seventh Seal\".  Was it a case of... \"oh, we\'ve got a Bergman in already so let\'s put a Godard this time\"? or \"The Grapes of Wrath\" is good but we already have \"The Searchers\".','fa79590d3861286c27b710fe83d10752',0,'','5Qd1AZc3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3417,728,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',983474042,1,0,1,1,1,1,'cola','Re: 25 Greatest Films of All Time','sort of... ;)\n\nI agree \"Grand Illusion\" could go on.  But the rest I feel are pretty good choices.','4ebce885590b54ad28d8e74f31c3388e',0,'','GUxkHw9p',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3418,728,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',988598149,1,0,1,1,1,1,'PunkWashGurl','Re: 25 Greatest Films of All Time','has any one seen the yards? its not foreign but its good.','c6eee0ea6be69bb1813a9ac14de6ce79',0,'','7smxbHNA',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3419,728,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',989031732,1,0,1,1,1,1,'im2good4u33','Re: 25 Greatest Films of All Time','Hey!!! You left Battlefield Earth out! Not fair, he he. Good choice buddy.','701af918ef2399ba794896a3608197f5',0,'','MCHkox7z',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3420,728,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',989085727,1,0,1,1,1,1,'maya','Re: 25 Greatest Films of All Time','Please people this are pretty bad choices \"The Yards\"? what the heck were you thinking about you are out of your mind if you are going to reccommend an american film why not something like \"The Manchurian Candidate\" or something new Like \"Twin falls Idaho\" I know you were just kidding with \"Battlefield Earth\" right? I sure hope so.\n','1c8713b45343be06adeefdbc8b638269',0,'','hZYGr5ST',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3421,728,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',989104639,1,0,1,1,1,1,'somegreatmovies','Re: 25 Greatest Films of All Time','\"Pleasure is not an infallible guide, but is the least fallible.\" -W.H. Auden (PS. The Yards was an intresting, solid film with admitedly some faults, but with a lot of promise as well... As for Twin Falls Idaho, it sucked.)','ea9bac3085c2fb850ef965b5b8f661c5',0,'','r3TGYA7j',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3422,728,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',989120949,1,0,1,1,1,1,'maya','Re: 25 Greatest Films of All Time','I guess that is what makes this site intresting, \"The Yards\" vs \"Twin Falls Idaho\" both very american but one has potential and hope for american film making The other is just your typical Hollywood crap. Oh well to each is own.','775705bf7f5e02e6d0e422ed8431354a',0,'','1JTrzBka',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3423,728,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',999796590,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Dlosconos','Re: 25 Greatest Films of All Time','What about Bunuel? L`Age de Or, Viridiana, Un Chien Andalou,Tristana etc.There is a lot of crap in the list, lake Kubrick and S.Ray. ','e73979a5441f62dd080589e4bab557d5',0,'','FZsXHRBD',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3424,728,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1003197169,1,0,1,1,1,1,'CCCSTAR','Re: 25 Greatest Films of All Time','What about:\n\nAll About My Mother\nBefore Night Falls\nLive Flesh\nRaquiem for a Dream\nPie(as in mathimatical terms)\nRun Lola Run\nAmorres Perros\nChopper\n\n\n\n','9fab8ddd5a223749e006a0caf6d81281',0,'','yeYU7Qaz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3425,728,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1009143181,1,0,1,1,1,1,'john-5','Re: 25 Greatest Films of All Time','You\'re right to be dubious about the AFI 100 (Which excluded Sunrise) and to include many of the films which have appeared in international polls. All of your list belong in a top 100. Having studied a huge number of polls in a range of countries, including Russia, Germany, Romania, Portugal, Belgium, as well as publications like Time Out, Sight and Sound (top 100 not just top 10)and Village Voice, i\'m surprised you had Battleship Potemkin outside the 25.Greed, Balthazar and L\'Avventura were probably the most questionable.A dificulty is trying to combine popular and critical opinion;Casablanca, Some Like it Hot, Singin\' in the Rain  The Godfather/Godfather 2 and It\'s a Wonderful Life do well in both sections.It\'s not clear that City Lights is more highly rated worldwide than The Gold Rush.I\'m delighted that Sansho the Bailiff is doing so well in ForeignFilms\' own poll-Mizoguchi should be much better known in English-speaking countries.I conducted a poll for a specialist world cinema company here in the U.K; THE TOP 20 was:Seven Samurai,The Third Man,Les Enfants du Paradis,Blade Runner, Casablanca, Cinema Paradiso, 2001:A Space Odyssey,Some Like it Hot,La Regle du Jeu,Brief Encounter,Three Colours Red,The Searchers, Les 400 Coups,Vertigo,The Seventh Seal,Battleship Potemkin,A Matter of Life and Death,Citizen Kane, La Grande Illusion, Double Indemnity. ','5e9764c7d35fa659b869ffdbc24d367e',0,'','h56yClMk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3426,728,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1009189491,1,0,1,1,1,1,'john-5','Re: 25 Greatest Films of All Time','For further international opinion, try TOP 100 MOVIE LISTS on the net.Some poll results not included:\nPortuguese critics (European films only),1994;Nosferatu, La Regle du Jeu,M, L\'Atalante,Ivan the Terrible,Passion of Joan of Arc,The Blue Angel, Napoleon, Voyage to Italy,The Last Laugh...\nRussian Critics,1995;Citizen Kane,Battleship Potemkin,Intolerance,8 1/2,Cabinet of Dr Caligari, Breathless, La Regle du Jeu,L\'Atalante,Passion of Joan of Arc,Ivan the Terrible,Man with a Movie Camera, Mirror, Rashomon, Andrei Rublev..\nGerman critics 1995;The Searchers,Taxi Driver,Vertigo, Night of the Hunter,Citizen Kane,Lawrence of Arabia, North by North West,Le Samourai, To Be or Not to Be, The Last Picture Show,Sunrise, Tokyo Story..\nRomanian Critics,1995;Citizen Kane, The Gold Rush,Andrei Rublev,Wild Strawberries,8 1/2,Battleship Potemkin,The Passion of Joan of Arc,La Strada,L\'Avventura,Blow Up.. \nChannel 4(u.k)poll of viewers,2001; Star Wars/Empire Strikes Back,The Godfather1&2,The Shawshank Redemption,Pulp Fiction,Some Like it Hot,Gladiator,It\'s a Wonderful Life,Blade Runner,Schindler\'s List,Goodfellas..\n\"Positif\", French Critics,1991?;La Regle du Jeu,Citizen Kane,2001:A Space Odyssey,Vertigo,L\'Atalante,8 1/2,Sunrise,Barry Lyndon,The General, Sansho the Bailiff...\nSight&Sound,1982;Citizen Kane,La Regle du Jeu,Seven Samurai,Singin in the Rain,8 1/2,Battleship Potemkin,L\'Avventura,Magnificent Ambersons,Vertigo,The General,The Searchers,Andrei Rublev,Apu Trilogy,2001:A Space Odyssey...\n(For what it\'s worth)My Favourites; Sansho the Bailiff,Paris Texas, Andrei Rublev,Sunrise,2001:A Space Odyssey,North by North West,Alice in the Cities,The Green Ray,Some Like it Hot,Abraham Valley,Seven Samurai,La Regle du Jeu,Mirror,Letter from an Unknown Woman,Vertigo, The Searchers,Maborosi,Casablanca,Tales of the Taira Clan,Metropolis,The Band Wagon,Singin in the Rain,Tokyo Story,Une Partie de Campagne,The Colour of Pomegranates, Persona...\nI hope this helps.But even then, some films which do well in top 10 lists aren\'t necessarily universally liked.Average scores in Film Guides etc could also be borne in mind, along with selections of Classic Films in books and magazines.\nThe next Sight and Sound Poll,2002, will include more voters from nelected countries and areas of the world.Expect African, Asian and Latin American films to slowly filter through to international status in the coming decade.Lists till now have been rather Anglo and Euro-centric.  ','2a0180cef39d1a4dd8dfce31e6d25616',0,'','MpaB2VH7',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3427,728,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1012840884,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Peter196783','Re: 25 Greatest Films of All Time','I AM SORRY BUT I STOPPED READING YOUR LIST AFTER SEEING \"81/2\" LISTED IN THE BEST LIST. TO ME THIS MOVIE REPRESENTS A NEW BRAND NEW GROUP OF BAD MOVIES - THE WORSE OF THE WORSE!','c9b270541ec2caf495c64042eba8df5a',0,'','vPaAEhiG',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3428,728,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1018672554,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Taxidr5091','Re: 25 Greatest Films of All Time','I probably couldn\'t have done better myself!  But I must say that I have a little trouble with \"Citizen Kane\" as being number 1.  For some strange reason I really think that it is an overated film, and is now part of popular culture, which I think a great film should never be part of.  ','28121aae49167aad121e39eb5f7e91cc',0,'','60TvdjZD',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3429,728,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1036749274,1,0,1,1,1,1,'J-Man','Re: 25 Greatest Films of All Time','That makes no sense to me, if noone knows about the film then how can it be possibily regarded as the greatest, plus C Kane isn\'t that popular, I mean not that many people have seen it.','68dda33cda73576cac48e9931b31abdb',0,'','FDRM4NCc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3430,728,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1036795595,1,0,1,1,1,1,'admin-2','Re: 25 Greatest Films of All Time','Thanks J-Man for bringing this to the top again!!!\n\nFor the record (only ten):\n\n1. Citizen Kane (Orson Welles,1941) - Incredibly moving...artistically ravishing (and perfect!)...and a hell of a lot of fun!\n\n2.	The Rules of the Game (Jean Renoir, 1939) - We\'ll never find the missing 15 minutes (the original neg was destroyed), but still unforgettable.  Walks a fine line between ridiculing its subjects and embracing them at the same time.  Bravo!\n\n3.	The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (Powell & Pressburger, 1943) - A propoganda film that travels BEYOND its place and time.  A film about why we fight wars (for home, family and friends), instead why WE SHOULD fight wars (to beat, in this case, The Nazis).  A heartbreakingly beautiful film and my choice for the UK\'s best.\n\n4.	Viridiana (Luis Buñuel, 1961)  -  He made some masterpieces before and after this one, but I think this one is the only one that can be described as perfect!\n \n5.	Barry Lyndon (Stanley Kubrick, 1975) - Not my favourite Kubrick, but one I think is perfect.  One should probably only see this film on a big screen, preferably with a large audience who WANTS to be there.\n\n6.	Cries and Whispers (Ingmar Bergman, 1972) - A sentimental favourite.  It was the first Bergman I ever saw and it doesn\'t matter how many times I\'ve seen it (20 and counting), it still has the power to both shock and amaze me.  Best use of \'fades\' in film history!\n   \n7.	McCabe and Mrs Miller (Robert Altman, 1971) - Gorgeous!  My favourite (anti) western.  Has scenes in it that can only be described as \"visual poetry\".  Altman\'s use of the \'zoom\' to reveal character was never more appropriate or poignant.  Masterful!\n\n8.	Sunrise (F.W. Murnau, 1927) - Visual pyrotechnics used to illustrate a story about ordinary people.  Don\'t you wish he was still around to make a film about YOUR life.\n\n9.	Grand Illusion (Jean Renoir, 1937)  - A film that both Roosevelt and Mussolini loved.  That\'s all that needs to be said, but I\'ll add that is is the most humane of all the films this greatest of humanist directors made.  Deeply moving AND profound!\n\n10.	F for Fake (Orson Welles w/ Francois Reichenbach, 1973) - Orson Welles takes the editing room castoffs from a film he was supposed to just narrate, shoot some new footage, creates a tall tale or two, throws in a great Michel Legrand score (it\'s possible!), mixes it all in a blender and creates the best documentary about art ever attempted.  So ahead of it\'s time that it looks like it was made yesterday!\n\n\n','fb264fefcf928b8641e9df7e23192d4c',0,'','jTnYqZzF',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3431,728,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1038548776,1,0,1,1,1,1,'H20gateburgler','Re: 25 Greatest Films of All Time','When I first so CITIZEN KANE I thought, \"well, that was nice enough, but what is the big deal\" but I\'m starting to come around on it a little bit.  It is one of those movies I think you have to get away from for awhile and then spend some time with again because we are so OVERexposed to opinions and propaganda about it that you have to shut out the noise and watch it.  Maybe I\'ll take another look at it, it has been awhile.  One of the \"greats\" I doubt I\'ll ever change my mind on is \"Bicycle Thief\" - I give that a solid \"Ho-Hum\". ','7f8d43df33cd9232c6e6fced46d06ebf',0,'','rkKaSUNp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3432,728,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1045825874,1,0,1,1,1,1,'bigpoppa_2059','Re: 25 Greatest Films of All Time','As we\'ve established, \"favorite\" and \"Greatest\" are different, so I think the greatest are:\n\nBroken Blossoms (Griffith)\nVertigo (Hitchcock)\nTouch of Evil (Welles)\nPierrot Le Fou (Godard)\nThe Searchers (Ford)\n2001: A Space Oddyssey (Kubrick)\nBattleship Potemkin (Eisenstein)\nThe Gold Rush (Chaplin)\nLa Dolce Vita (Fellini)\nSchindler\'s List (Spielberg)\nRaging Bull (Scorsese)\nRan (Kurosawa)\nThe Seventh Seal (Bergman)\nLawrence of Arabia (Lean)\nThe Third Man (Reed)\nSome like it Hot (Wilder)\nGrand Illusion (Renoir)\nThe Godfather (Coppola)\nHis Girl Friday (Hawks)\nJules and Jim (Truffaut)\nThe General (Keaton)\nMetropolis (Lang)\nA Man Escaped (Bresson)\nSinging in the Rain (Donen)\nBelle De Jour (Bunuel)\nTrouble in Paradise (Lubistch)','b75f7900f54643f8ee27d65e40796f01',0,'','sgM8tzU0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3433,728,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1067993858,1,0,1,1,1,1,'wpqx1','Re: 25 Greatest Films of All Time','As redundant as this may be, it still is a blast to do.  Since my whole top 100 has recently been updated, here goes.\n1.	Citizen Kane (1941)\n2.	The Godfather & The Godfather Part 2 (1972, 1974)\n3.	All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)\n4.	2001:  A Space Odyssey (1968)\n5.	8 ½ (1963)\n6.	The Star Wars Trilogy (1977, 1980, 1983)\n7.	Lawrence of Arabia (1962)\n8.	Pulp Fiction (1994)\n9.	Apocalypse Now (1979)\n10.	Singin’ in the Rain (1952)\n\n11.	Intolerance (1916)\n12.	Weekend (1967)\n13.	Ordinary People (1980)\n14.	To Live (1994)\n15.	Schindler’s List (1993)\n16.	All That Jazz (1979)\n17.	Napoleon (1927)\n18.	La Dolce Vita (1960)\n19.	Psycho (1960)\n20.	The Maltese Falcon (1941)\n\n21.	Landscape in the Mist (1988)\n22.	Annie Hall (1977)\n23.	Andrzej Wajda’s War Trilogy (1954, 1957, 1958)\n24.	The Manchurian Candidate (1962)\n25.	Color of Pomegranates (1969)\n26.	Dances With Wolves (1990)\n27.	Raging Bull (1980)\n28.	Goodfellas (1990)\n29.	The Grand Illusion (1937)\n30.	The Man With No Name Trilogy (1964, 1965, 1966)\n\n31.	A Clockwork Orange (1971)\n32.	The Man With a Movie Camera (1929)\n33.	The Conformist (1970)\n34.	The Shining (1980)\n35.	Casablanca (1942)\n36.	Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928)\n37.	Magnolia (1999)\n38.	The Seventh Seal (1957)\n39.	The Searchers (1956)\n40.	Days of Wine and Roses (1962)\n\n41.	Jules and Jim (1962)\n42.	Gone With the Wind (1939)\n43.	Quadrophenia (1979)\n44.	Ben-Hur (1959)\n45.	Romeo and Juliet (1968)\n46.	A Christmas Story (1983)\n47.	On the Waterfront (1954)\n48.	America, America (1963)\n49.	The Bicycle Thief (1949)\n50.	City Lights (1931)\n\n51.	Pink Floyd’s The Wall (1982)\n52.	Fight Club (1999)\n53.	Saving Private Ryan (1998)\n54.	Solaris (1972)\n55.	Malcolm X (1992)\n56.	Chinatown (1974)\n57.	Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1974)\n58.	Oliver Twist (1948)\n59.	Mean Streets (1973)\n60.	Moulin Rouge (2001)\n\n61.	Last Tango in Paris (1972)\n62.	The Exterminating Angel (1962)\n63.	L A Confidential (1997)\n64.	Duck Soup (1933)\n65.	Natural Born Killers (1994)\n66.	Airplane! (1980)\n67.	Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)\n68.	Some Like it Hot (1959)\n69.	Ran (1985)\n70.	Last Temptation of Christ (1988)\n\n71.	The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)\n72.	Eraserhead (1977) \n73.	East of Eden (1955)\n74.	White Heat (1949)\n75.	Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)\n76.	Taxi Driver (1976)\n77.	Requiem for a Dream (2000)\n78.	Wild Strawberries (1957)\n79.	M (1931)\n80.	The Graduate (1967)\n\n81.	Seven Samurai (1954)\n82.	Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)\n83.	To Have and Have Not (1944)\n84.	Platoon (1986)\n85.	Paths of Glory (1957)\n86.	Children of Paradise (1945)\n87.	Marat/Sade (1966)\n88.	Witness for the Prosecution (1957)\n89.	Top Hat (1935)\n90.	A Matter of Life and Death (1946)\n\n91.	The Wild Bunch (1969)\n92.	Nashville (1975)\n93.	Toy Story/Toy Story 2 (1995/1999)\n94.	It Happened One Night (1934)\n95.	Wings of Desire (1988)\n96.	42nd Street (1933)\n97.	Diabolique (1955)\n98.	Nights of Cabiria (1957)\n99.	The Raven/Bride of Frankenstein (1935)\n100.	The Philadelphia Story (1940)\n\nFor the purpose of your list, just disregard numbers 26-100.  I am also aware of cheating with Raven and Bride of Frankenstein, other than being Universal horror films with Boris Karloff from 1935, they have nothing in common.','186e789384d920241d468259a348de68',0,'','PZLNx40a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3434,729,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',983480671,1,0,1,1,1,1,'cola','Greatest Film Roles','This is a topic I never hear much discussion about, so I\'d like to know what everyone thinks.  Obviously, there\'s Falconetti from Dreyer\'s THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC.  That\'s got to be way up there.  And Emil Jannings was incredible in Murnau\'s THE LAST LAUGH.  Orson Welles was pretty remarkable in CITIZEN KANE (although acting isn\'t necessarily the film\'s best aspect), and there\'s been a lot of talk about John Wayne\'s performance in THE SEARCHERS (although I never thought I\'d be submitting Wayne\'s name for anything).\n\nAnything else?  It\'d be nice to assemble a good, solid \"Top 10.\"','d397dae084ba4ef9d0112ac95d569d81',0,'','wLG9yM8P',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3435,729,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',984654220,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Gaucho','Re: Greatest Film Roles','John Wayne in \"The Searchers\" is awesome but he fared better in \"True Grit\" He showed that he can act drunk, mad man, angry man, black heart, but he have a little soft in his heart. Amazing character of this not that excellent film. This film is just good but \"The Searchers\" is better film.','7a90a6776ee72476b0a5757aa5d68afc',0,'','hz2ofU5c',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3436,730,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',983527527,1,0,1,1,1,1,'4seam','Good remake and bad remake of foreign films','First (of course) bad ones, American version of  dreadful \"Breathless\", \"12 monkeys\" (original-\"La Jetee\"), \"Sorcerer\" (Wage of fear) and maybe more when I come up with them. I can\'t  think of  impressive remakes but I give a credit to some spaghetti westerns with Eastwood  (some were based on Kurosawa films).\nDoes anyone waste time on watching bad remakes?','4a045dcf6c75e62f745965db3d06b756',0,'','pHSq4BoZ',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3437,730,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',983668226,1,0,1,1,1,1,'cinemasmooch','Re: Good remake and bad remake of foreign films','There was the original French film, \"The Return of Martin Guerre\" starring Gerard Depardieu.  Then came the American remake, \"Sommersby\" starring Richard Gere.  I preferred the American version because it was changed so that the lead characted was given the choice of weather or not to die at the end of the movie.','a803c46cba36c64bf6a587e16e4ed95c',0,'','ojHdQKhv',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3438,730,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',983697399,1,0,1,1,1,1,'4seam','Re: Good remake and bad remake of foreign films','I found some more good remakes even though they were not made in Hollywood;                                                                 Bunuel\'s \"Diary of Chambermaid\" was more interesting than Renoir\'s same title. Though this original (or should I say first) one was not a foreign film, again I prefered Bunuel\'s Spanish speaking \"Wuthering Heights\" than Wyler\'s classic. The film looked more crude and sadistic (what do you expect?) but I think it carried novel\'s spirit better.\nAlso I saw a Hungarian version of \"The postman always rings twice\" a few years ago. Beautifully photographed in black and white. Unfortunately I don\'t remember who made it ( it looked similar but it wasn\'t Bela Tarr).\n','6e2c10690b8f9a3120f1f882178af8c9',0,'','2gQ7PtTK',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3439,730,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1045828241,1,0,1,1,1,1,'bigpoppa_2059','Re: Good remake and bad remake of foreign films','\"The Vanishing\" is the obvious example, the original masterpiece than the shitty remake with Jeff Bridges. What\'s even more outrageous is they both had the same director! (George Sluzier). Also, the remake og Clouzot\'s brilliant \"Diabolique\" turned into a lesbian fest with Sharon Stone, Chazz Palminteri, and lots of heartless producers on the sides with deep pockets.','4ea2e6a17d66817aecb3c89821177047',0,'','BWTb6mX9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3440,730,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1045870748,1,0,1,1,1,1,'paredes','Re: Good remake and bad remake of foreign films','Did anyone else find it odd that Lina Wertmuller\'s \"Swept Away\" was always thought of as an okay entry in her filmography, and then suddenly when Madonna remade it they were hailing the original as a \"Masterpiece! Classic!\"  Madonna\'s version wasn\'t as good as the original, but it wasn\'t as bad as everyone said either because although it wasn\'t as socially significant, it wasn\'t remaking such a great film in the first place.','a948c33f97c5e342e39d4e64d680a938',0,'','dwSNsWk0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3441,730,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1046480468,1,0,1,1,1,1,'bigpoppa_2059','Re: Good remake and bad remake of foreign films','The commentary track for \"Swept Away\" is hilarious. Guy Ritchie is proud of the fact that he forgets the year and the director of the original film! He is completely ignorant of the fact that one should only remake obscure old films if they have enough content or interest that they can be interpreted for our times effectively. Why remake Wertmuller\'s most popular film?','371447b61c94fec87f6c604af1fd8c64',0,'','xskFuTZ9',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3442,730,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1046664044,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gratefultiger','Re: Good remake and bad remake of foreign films','probably because ritchie is a dickhead!the sooner he disappears the better this little black duck will feel!','9f86c66f984936158be87fa9bd70de38',0,'','kPWVGegi',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3443,730,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1046724304,1,0,1,1,1,1,'bmxsuperhero','Re: Good remake and bad remake of foreign films','Adrian Lyne\'s most recent remake of Claude Chabrol\'s La Femme Infidèle (\"Unfaithful\") was a surprisingly good film, a mature exploration of sexuality from Hollywood.  A far cry from some of his subpar earlier films, like 9 1/2 Weeks and his horrendous Lolita (I wouldn\'t qualify it as a remake of Kubrick\'s... just as I wouldn\'t qualify Soderbergh\'s Solaris as a remake of Tarkovsky\'s).  The American And God Created Woman was horrible.  As was Vanilla Sky.  I wish I could remember the film, but I read that Tom Cruise\'s production company is in the process of buying another foreign film just released to remake it.','baf1860419eef624660762e48e4d07b8',0,'','8phBEzbQ',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3444,730,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1046726362,1,0,1,1,1,1,'somegreatmovies','Re: Good remake and bad remake of foreign films','I think Sorcerer is a better films than Wages of Fear... just my opinion.','77b5871d2fa045a1d1fd9446a1b548ff',0,'','ZAYaFGKH',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3445,730,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1046742669,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gratefultiger','Re: Good remake and bad remake of foreign films','i cannot agree on that one champ!as wages of fear really got into the \"feel\"of the characters when you see vanel,as the tough guy turn to water when the heat is on it is priceless, as i have seen that so many times in my(former) life on the edge,a much better study of the human condition than sorcerer,which was very good.\n\nps i met bill friedkin at a screening of sorcerer in melbourne (oz) nice guy,he told me \"wages of fear\" was a masterpiece,but i already knew that,nice to hear him say it just the same','2abb40edb0d9d04f5ea0d1aef4cbe9e8',0,'','6e8MBADF',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3446,730,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1046772002,1,0,1,1,1,1,'bmxsuperhero','Re: Good remake and bad remake of foreign films','Have there been many foreign remakes of Hollywood (or American) films?  If so, I\'m sure not many have made it to the US, because I am drawing a blank.','8ba51c5e79438bb67d82e3d3b16aef1f',0,'','eJiBfN1K',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3447,730,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1046915114,1,0,1,1,1,1,'chris','Re: Good remake and bad remake of foreign films','One that comes to mind is the remake of \"Wings of Desire\".I cant remember the name at the moment but it starred Nicolas Cage at his sappy worst.Remember the rule with Cage is every 10th movie or so is worth watching i.e.\"Birdy\" \"Leaving Las Vegas\" \"Adaptation\".','74e5bc996756576ce7553137a5d1deab',0,'','X0Bezhdo',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3448,730,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1047046965,1,0,1,1,1,1,'HekateMistress','Re: Good remake and bad remake of foreign films','City of Angels was the name.  Atrocious.  You forgot to list Raising Arizona under Nicolas Cage\'s better films.','e1dbc91e17531da7d25df173bf9f0db1',0,'','tjvp5Tlr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3449,730,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1052990126,1,0,1,1,1,1,'bigpoppa_2059','Re: Good remake and bad remake of foreign films','Back when the Coen brothers were fun...','abd25478105f0ddad1a23872a9f144aa',0,'','5ckBKVjq',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3450,730,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1054751552,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gnixon29','Re: Good remake and bad remake of foreign films','Good Remake:  Vanilla Sky\n\nBad Remakes:  Breathless, Insomnia','536d7d2a682537d735fc118738ac58db',0,'','XbPMNWqD',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3451,730,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1055153903,1,0,1,1,1,1,'darkbluex','Re: Good remake and bad remake of foreign films','Speaking of Guy Richie\'s remake of Swept Away, the original done by Lina Wertmuller, that\'s movie is also a remake of Male/Female by Cecil B. DeMille staring Gloria Swanson.\n\nOh yes Tom Cruise\'s company bought the rights to \"The Eye\" a Chinese Horror by Thai directors Danny and Oxide Pang.  The film about a woman who\'s blind all her life and get\'s cornea transplant and \"can see dead people\".  A buddy from Thailand said that it really happened but in real life the woman killed herself.\n\nLet\'s home the American remake doesn\'t get too cheesy and star Britney Murphy or someone like that. I was impressed with The Ring it did hold up to Ringu though the Japanese version was a lot creepier.','c1622672bc040e0edcf19b734c5abc6e',0,'','aSUEe6Xt',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3452,730,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1059742867,1,0,1,1,1,1,'smurfrevolt','Re: Good remake and bad remake of foreign films','bad hollywood remakes--the ring, vanilla sky, city of angels.\n\nGood remakes--i just don\'t know of any.','421ed87f62e4c6b848879bc9ad43883e',0,'','WvDgTjqQ',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3453,730,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1060463923,1,0,1,1,1,1,'thegreatken1','Re: Good remake and bad remake of foreign films','Good remake: \"The Magnificent Seven\"\n\nBad remakes: \"Swept Away\", \"Three Men and a Baby\", \"Father\'s Day\" (original: Veber\'s \"Les Comperes\"), \"Pure Luck\" (Veber\'s \"La Chevre\"), \"Point of No Return\", \"The Associate\", \"My Father, The Hero\" (Gérard Dépardieu is wasted here), \"The Man with One Red Shoe\" (Tom Hanks is no Pierre Richard)','b8b292bd714bc849a12667a356528a43',0,'','rFA1MBsX',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3454,730,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1060895159,1,0,1,1,1,1,'jonwash2000','Re: Good remake and bad remake of foreign films','Good Remake (but not better than the original) Beijing Bicycle (Original Bicylce Thief)','48caae3da7550bc9eb66e8712c48ad4a',0,'','yurzhHqQ',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3455,730,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1064936255,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gnixon29','Re: Good remake and bad remake of foreign films','Horrible:  Breathless, Swept Away, The Vanishing, Insomnia\nSurprisingly good:  Vanilla Sky, The Ring\n\nLooking forward (maybe) to Deniro & Del Toro in the upcoming Kaosu remake.','d4c9907cb4b350cc88a57b9e9b46449d',0,'','JZerFawM',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3456,730,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1065046128,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Knoxville','Re: Good remake and bad remake of foreign films','Paul Verhoeven actually sort-of re-made one of his own films, Basic Instinct is a glossier version of The Fourth Man, although I prefer The Fourth Man.','8995a87931f3ac79dac5843f5613769f',0,'','RGSZl7Pr',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3457,730,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1066647205,1,0,1,1,1,1,'mir','Re: Good remake and bad remake of foreign films','Couldnt agree more. The fourth man is much much better than Basic instinct.','295d653e730d1c70e907878bcbbc6b50',0,'','rwaT4yLj',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3458,730,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1066806185,1,0,1,1,1,1,'texan_gal','Re: Good remake and bad remake of foreign films','I believe it\'s currently in production, but this would be catergorized as a BAD REMAKE: Jennifer Lopez and Richard Gere\'s version of Shall We Dance. I\'d rather stab my eyes with pine needles (okay so I am dramatic) than watch this version.','dd51dc5aad536116cbd69657af066f04',0,'','Zfu7Pgqh',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3459,730,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1068673898,1,0,1,1,1,1,'ustink','Re: Good remake and bad remake of foreign films','Not the worst, but certainly bad:\n\"What\'s Cooking\"-of eat drink man woman\n\"City of Angels\"-of wings of desire\nmost american remakes of foreign films are horrible','75e764294aa26cfd83c88d6ecaa65e38',0,'','NhxYjJDb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3460,730,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1068741561,1,0,1,1,1,1,'ustink','Re: Good remake and bad remake of foreign films','oops, i meant \"Tortilla Soup\", not whats cooking.','61c4051753c989f6e2355be773833f89',0,'','pmuYfSHF',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3461,730,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1070261065,1,0,1,1,1,1,'mdipres','Re: Good remake and bad remake of foreign films','Solyaris vs Solaris : American cinema sucks.','b946bde7b7efaaff94d21eace505c3bd',0,'','q7GN4mMc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3462,731,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',986574956,1,0,1,1,1,1,'mwm','Exploring Akira Kurosawa','Hi Folks,\nThis is my first post so first of all I want to say hello.\nMy question is concerning Akira Kurosawa.  I own Ran and Seven Samurai on DVD, and I\'ve seen Rashomon on Bravo recently (love it and will buy it someday)and Kagemusha years ago (unfortunately don\'t remember much of it).  \nI\'m looking for opinions on which Kurosawa films to check out next.  Since foreign rentals can be hard to come by in my area I would usually order VCD\'s, so I don\'t want my money going to waste on films of his that aren\'t \"must see\".  (Include Kagemusha in your list if you like, I would like to see it again.  The other 3 films I mentioned I own or I will own.)  Also, which are sub-par and I can wait on viewing.  Anything I need to see right now???\nThanks a lot and I look forward to all of your opinions!\n\nPeace,\nMike\n','a599ac4096618f17c49826fa9cbd03f2',0,'','VRA8pguW',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3463,731,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',986577830,1,0,1,1,1,1,'somegreatmovies','Re: Exploring Akira Kurosawa','The Best Are: Stray Dog, Ikiru, Rashomon, No Regrets For Our Youth, (most, but not all of) Dreams & High and Low... Rashomon & Ikiru being the best.  I don\'t think he ever made any bad films, though Rhapsody in August is nothing great.  I would, however, spend the extra money on good video copies or DVDs, and avoid VCDs like the plague.  By the way, this is coming from someone who never really dug Kurosawa to any great degree.  I mean, some of his movies are great, but not always my cup of tea.  You might want to get an opinion from some Kurosawa freak, too.','3f3ec5056d64031abe50e681406aa1d7',0,'','iRVs2oPb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3464,731,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',986578121,1,0,1,1,1,1,'somegreatmovies','Re: Exploring Akira Kurosawa','The Best Are: Stray Dog, Ikiru, Rashomon, No Regrets For Our Youth, (most, but not all of) Dreams & High and Low... Rashomon & Ikiru being the best.  I don\'t think he ever made any bad films, though Rhapsody in August is nothing great.  I would, however, spend the extra money on good video copies or DVDs, and avoid VCDs like the plague.  By the way, this is coming from someone who never really dug Kurosawa to any great degree.  I mean, some of his movies are great, but not always my cup of tea.  You might want to get an opinion from some Kurosawa freak, too.','3f3ec5056d64031abe50e681406aa1d7',0,'','JP61RDAm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3465,731,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',986588938,1,0,1,1,1,1,'maya','Re: Exploring Akira Kurosawa','WOW! I highly recommend \"IKIRU\" it is one of my all time favorites. A total gem. ','cf034c310a77c6835955dbde2ef7679b',0,'','JYqdBfwK',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3466,731,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',986590750,1,0,1,1,1,1,'firetree65','Re: Exploring Akira Kurosawa','I\'m not really a Kurosawa freak but I\'ve seen almost all of Kurosawas films and although most of them are depressing, there is always a redemption of the human spirit that makes them tolerable notably \"Rashomon\". Of course, no one can deny that every Kurosawa shot is a great artistic canvass. The only film of his that for me was difficult to swallow was \"Do-des-kaden\", his first color feature. The film is overwhelmingly depressing, cynical and highly disturbing but not to the effect that Tarkovky\'s films like \"Stalker\" & \"Andrei Rublev\" made me ponder, relish and digest its message.  I can always enumerate the merits of the film\'s artistry and thus enjoy it on a different level but substance weighs a great deal for me. I wonder how others perceive this film?','109e743835d98292880a05ec970f85d2',0,'','T0wGqWtp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3467,731,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',986650383,1,0,1,1,1,1,'acquarello','Re: Exploring Akira Kurosawa','Since you have a DVD player, I\'ll just list some of the films that are available in that format:\n\n\"Yojimbo\" and \"Sanjuro\" have a similar feel to \"The Seven Samurai\", and is a good bet if you like his feudal/samurai films.\n\n\"Dersu Uzala\" is an odd film for Kurosawa, since it is a Russian co-production, but is one of my favorite Kurosawa films about an aging aboriginal hunter who guides a Russian survey troop through the Siberian wilderness.\n\n\"High and Low\" is a great film noir story.  My only caution is that on some early generation JVC and Panasonic players (A110, Palm Theater), the RSDL switching seems to wreak havoc on the players, and won\'t play (or freezes).  No problem on Sony players though.\n\n\"Hidden Fortress\" is coming to DVD on May 22, and was the inspiration for \"Star Wars\".\n\nSeveral of his great films are available on Hong Kong (non region coded DVDs), including \"Ikiru\", \"Red Beard\" (flipper), and \"Rashomon\".  Avoid \"Record of a Living Being\", which has this odd strobing effect in a few scenes.\n\n\"Madadayo\" recently came out, but I think it is best reserved for loyal Kurosawa fans, rather than a good introduction to his body of work.\n\nacquarello','5ddf43243fe6d7bbdee7185140e01b5d',0,'','S41Ql0n2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3468,731,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',986654185,1,0,1,1,1,1,'mwm','Re: Exploring Akira Kurosawa','Great suggestions, thanks to everyone -- keep them coming!\nI was also wondering if anyone has ever seen \"Throne of Blood\"?  I noticed it was a \"transportation of Shakespeare\'s MacBeth to medieval Japan\"(IMDB) which sounds interesting to me.  As far as I know it\'s not available on DVD, unless it\'s available in HK or Japan.  Is it worth pursuing?','e87af606a7c51a93da3aab79436b2374',0,'','HyiPYpaf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3469,731,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',986964418,1,0,1,1,1,1,'katsuben','Re: Exploring Akira Kurosawa','I\'m quite a big fan of \'Drunken Angel\'. Toshiro is even better as a slick, albeit unhealthy, gangster than as a samurai. The narrative flaws of the film disturb me not. It is rendered more beautifully than a lot of Kurosawa\'s supposedly more visually pleasing works. But, really, if you\'re into Kurosawa you should certainly check out Mizoguchi and Ozu, both far greater formal filmmakers than Kurosawa, who always placed content first. A little bit of Seijun Suzuki wouldn\'t go astray, either.','b3489cb382dfb0ad5aa95cd57f1e4585',0,'','Uvn1BW3a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3470,731,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',986997376,1,0,1,1,1,1,'acquarello','Re: Exploring Akira Kurosawa','\"Throne of Blood\" reminds me a lot of \"Ran\" (probably because they are both Shakesperian adaptation).  This was especially true in the siege part, where there is a flurry of arrows being shot.  This is definitely one of Kurosawa\'s better films, and if you\'re at all into his epic films, then this is a must see.\n\nBy the way, there is a HK DVD (from Mei-Ah) of this film, which is supposed to be similar to the Criterion LD release.\n\nacquarello','47e5fd3bb99a219d51c8d0cd334461cf',0,'','G3fpSNeB',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3471,731,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',987134527,1,0,1,1,1,1,'aguirre','Re: Exploring Akira Kurosawa','Hey acquarello, you\'ve really got me interested in purchasing some HK copies of \"Ikiru\" and Redbeard\". Can you recommend a reliable website that sells HK DVDs?  Also, do Mei-Ah discs offer clean transfers? Thanks!','445874ee7a3eb29c738386ef4588183a',0,'','Q2o3CFsX',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3472,731,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',987251093,1,0,1,1,1,1,'acquarello','Re: Exploring Akira Kurosawa','For HK DVDs, try Poker Industries (www.pokerindustries.com) or Five Star Laser (www.fivestarlaser.com).  Poker has the best prices for the Kurosawas ($17.99), but Five Star Laser has more information about the DVDs.  Also, if you live in the US, Poker has free shipping over $50.\n\nHowever, before you load up your shopping cart with all the goodies, definitely try to find feedback on the quality of the DVD.  Try finding comments or reviews from the Asian cinema section of the Moebius forum (http://www.mhvf.net) or the Asian DVD Guide (www.asiandvdguide.com), since the quality of the Mei-Ah transfers are all over the place.\n\nAs for the two DVDs, \"Ikiru\" and \"Red Beard\" both have good transfers, with \"Red Beard\" image quality being slightly better.  The video images are a little better than the Home Vision Cinema VHS copies of the two films.  The DVD prints do seem to have been transfered from the Criterion LD print, especially since both are flippers.  The down side is that the subtitles (which are removeable/selectable) are typical of HK DVDs (some typos, awkward sounding translations), but since Kurosawas films tend to be visual anyway, it isn\'t a major problem.  \n\nSince both films are Criterion/Home Vision Cinema films, odds are, they will eventually be released on DVD, although there hasn\'t been an announcement yet.  Personally, I will be replacing the HK DVDs with the Criterion ones if and when they\'re announced, but they\'re a pretty good interim solution for my need for a quick fix.  :-)\n\nacquarello','295560ea5027274ecadc9dd74106c597',0,'','PMcpDh63',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3473,731,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',987438358,1,0,1,1,1,1,'aguirre','Re: Exploring Akira Kurosawa','Thanks acquarello! I probably should be saving my money for the Criterion release of The Hidden Fortress, but I\'ll keep the info you gave me in mind...','140cbdce145aae42addacf2054760d59',0,'','nocSFypu',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3474,732,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',986647436,1,0,1,1,1,1,'ajithkrs2001','Round the Globe','Hiiii, I am a film lovr from India\nI really like films with good stories.\nWill you mail me in my email \n\najithkrs2001@yahoo.com\n\nthe good films ( emotional & well picturised)\n\nluv\n\nRij','b017244ab7be7202e3b984b4794987a3',0,'','Fxd1buat',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3475,733,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',987712820,1,0,1,1,1,1,'majestic008','Best of 2001 \"Chopper\"','I just saw what Australians are calling the latest craze. Its a movie about Australia\'s most notorious criminal and his memoirs.It is a great movie with an amazing cast. The website for the movie is at www.choppermovie.com. It gives current release dates as well as amazing Flash animation. Go check it,it is truely awsome.','dd2864facf9729027d47e3ed517a1fe5',0,'','vJzr4TYV',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3476,734,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',989375489,1,0,1,1,1,1,'nana','ah...this bashing bs is quite ignoring.','acquarello and funkyduck:  \n\ni enjoy and appreciate your infor and perspectives on\nthis forum and hope you\'ll continue here.  there will \nalways be ignoring people/comments.  come on...don\'t let them bring you down!!  keep pushing the line!!  \n---nana  ','dc0292423846bd88362ed18d9b713572',0,'','scKPWY3S',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3477,734,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',989394240,1,0,1,1,1,1,'firetree65','Re: ah...this bashing bs is quite ignoring.','amen to that nana.  You guys should not be intimidated by others\' bashing. Your insights speak well for you and I\'ve always enjoyed them even if I sometimes did not agree.  Your perception on film has amazed me more than other widely-read and influential critics.  Please don\'t leave this website. I\'ve missed your discussions lately.  Come back, acquarello.  ','57f42cce9ef0c6ea3c7ca1f87e81b14e',0,'','Rk6Gr79a',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3478,735,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',989870969,1,0,1,1,1,1,'alan.bissett','Most visually astounding?','Just saw Bertolucci\'s \"The Conformist\" again the other night. If a more visually stunning piece of cinema has been made I\'d love to hear about it. Any suggestions?','ae0d9a6f1ba432a7b13d1ba1aa84ded3',0,'','P9C0Z6Js',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3479,735,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',989877046,1,0,1,1,1,1,'firetree65','Re: Most visually astounding?','I can\'t think of a film as visually dazzling as \"The Conformist\" - probably the most mesmerizing piece of work in cinema but then here\'s a few that might work: Polanski\'s \"The Tenant\", Visconti\'s \"The Damned\", the opening sequence of Fellini\'s \"And The Ship Sails On\" and Bertolucci\'s \"The Spider\'s Strategem\". Oh yeah, what about Copolla\'s \"One From The Heart\"?','0de7e761d1f1b2c147c1243637e9e5d5',0,'','sVjHSAWP',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3480,735,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',990046543,1,0,1,1,1,1,'cola','Re: Most visually astounding?','Parajanov\'s masterpieces (SHADOWS OF FORGOTTEN ANCESTORS and THE COLOR OF POMEGRANATES) are the only films that continue to visually astound me on the nth viewing.  There are others that are impressive, certainly, but Parajanov remains the quintessential genius of color and form manipulation.','3a4f05c5615ad11e1e40be2469a57148',0,'','B9i1XrPb',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3481,735,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',995418708,1,0,1,1,1,1,'maxdname-1','Re: Most visually astounding?','Visually - the best are:\n\"Ran\"  -  the burning castle during the war scene was maybe best ever\n\"Burnt by the Sun\"  -  beautiful landscapes\n\"Que Viva Mexico\"  -  too bad Eisenstein died before it was done\n\"Ivan the Terrible\"  -  wow\n\"Othello\"  -   By Orson Welles the first 5 minutes are the best black and white footage since sound','20ec69fd02ef802718ee3e2d509a87fd',0,'','5RFeiphN',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3482,735,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',995532529,1,0,1,1,1,1,'katsuben','Re: Most visually astounding?','are you on drugs? :)\n\nokay, in what way are we judging visual brilliance here? is this an holistic argument? or are we going to reduce \"visual\" to some kind of componentry? max suggests a separation between b&w and colour, this would seem necessary.\n\ncamera movement, in something like I AM CUBA, seems to be a visually intosicating/seductive apparatus, but flashiness in any respect CAN just be stylish with no form (vis a vis, MOULIN ROUGE or something similar - more with cutting, but the hyperkinaesthetics of \"flashiness\" entail more than one technique. . .)\n\nso - i\'m going to sway precisely the other way, for now, and suggest some of the most \"visually stunning\" films include the connected-to-strings techniques of Feuillade, Sjostrom\'s double exposures, Eisenstein\'s updside-down horse (not the one on the bridge) in OCTOBER, Ozu\'s low angles and rigid line, Carax\'s montage, Jancso\'s tracking shots, Hou Hsiao-hsien\'s ellipsises, Chris Doyle\'s variant light temperatures, and of course Toland\'s pan-focus.\n\nIt\'s time to get specific.\n','f5bd865ecd3c96f7411ed68c629fac04',0,'','Fs0Ri3L2',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3483,735,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1001470289,1,0,1,1,1,1,'jwcox','Re: Most visually astounding?','\"Dreams\" Kurosawa','cc168851a21528ff9b19cd0f222bb979',0,'','buxlm7A0',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3484,735,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1003317650,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Darek P.','Re: Most visually astounding?','Red Psalm - Miklós Jancsó - Hungary','e5c6b518065c38256be5e27a47a33cdb',0,'','b6hCktPf',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3485,735,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1003317668,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Darek P.','Re: Most visually astounding?','Red Psalm - Miklós Jancsó - Hungary','e5c6b518065c38256be5e27a47a33cdb',0,'','5iZPMk7x',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3486,735,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1009395513,1,0,1,1,1,1,'john-5','Re: Most visually astounding?','The Conformist certainly has a brilliant cinematographer,Storaro-his work on The Sheltering Sky( an admittedly flawed film, but those nocturnal camel caravans and dunes!)and Apocalypse Now is also superb.\nOther films which come to mind for their visuals;The Colour of Pomegranates(British spelling!)-\"Cola\" is right to praise it so highly. 2001:A Space Odyssey, Kwaidan (gorgeous colour and sets),Mirror(Tarkovsky),Sunrise.Several Mizoguchi films are absolutely beautiful;Sansho the Bailiff,Ugetsu Monogatari,The Life of Oharu,Tales of the Taira Clan(for its colour)... Some Visconti films are extremely sumptuous.I found Maborosi(Hirokazu Kore-eda)and Ozu\'s Tokyo Story also wonderful in a much subtler way.Claire\'s Knee is lovely,helped by the scenery.Of British films,Powell/Pressbuger\'s are probably the most impressive visually(The Red Shoes ballet the highlight).Vertigo,The Searchers,and some of the sequences in Singin in the Rain and The Band Wagon are memorable, as are some of Ophuls\' masterpieces:Madame De, Letter from an Unknown Woman etc.Oh, and The Night of the Hunter (how did the A.F.I.100 leave it out?)   ','386fee5e9e1834dc95a6504c4742d3d7',0,'','lJYgCznZ',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3487,735,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1009395516,1,0,1,1,1,1,'john-5','Re: Most visually astounding?','The Conformist certainly has a brilliant cinematographer,Storaro-his work on The Sheltering Sky( an admittedly flawed film, but those nocturnal camel caravans and dunes!)and Apocalypse Now is also superb.\nOther films which come to mind for their visuals;The Colour of Pomegranates(British spelling!)-\"Cola\" is right to praise it so highly. 2001:A Space Odyssey, Kwaidan (gorgeous colour and sets),Mirror(Tarkovsky),Sunrise.Several Mizoguchi films are absolutely beautiful;Sansho the Bailiff,Ugetsu Monogatari,The Life of Oharu,Tales of the Taira Clan(for its colour)... Some Visconti films are extremely sumptuous.I found Maborosi(Hirokazu Kore-eda)and Ozu\'s Tokyo Story also wonderful in a much subtler way.Claire\'s Knee is lovely,helped by the scenery.Of British films,Powell/Pressbuger\'s are probably the most impressive visually(The Red Shoes ballet the highlight).Vertigo,The Searchers,and some of the sequences in Singin in the Rain and The Band Wagon are memorable, as are some of Ophuls\' masterpieces:Madame De, Letter from an Unknown Woman etc.Oh, and The Night of the Hunter (how did the A.F.I.100 leave it out?)   ','386fee5e9e1834dc95a6504c4742d3d7',0,'','ADJia4zS',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3488,735,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1033680558,1,0,1,1,1,1,'mandron','Re: Most visually astounding?','Woody Allen\'s Stardust Memories and Manhattan are both visually stunning','1c5602a6afec880e5785b007ceb25ee7',0,'','NysDM0Hg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3489,735,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1033680580,1,0,1,1,1,1,'mandron','Re: Most visually astounding?','Woody Allen\'s Stardust Memories and Manhattan are both visually stunning\n\n[link]www.webnautinc.com[/link]','77dd9617332a38da7b5bb87d857b50b1',0,'','jLKkdhCw',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3490,735,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1033750959,1,0,1,1,1,1,'nomad_warmachine','Re: Most visually astounding?','I like Ran and The Emperor and the Assassin.','485f6d528a051c8bcc437954c4f31c00',0,'','p7MH4Fnz',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3491,735,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1033780744,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gimferrer','Re: Most visually astounding?','oh yes Kaguemusha and Ran are stunning...and I still haven\'t see The Conformist because is not released on DVD as far as I know dammit!','2595096fa8a419aa905940efbbdda33e',0,'','ZN7912Hp',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3492,735,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1033924037,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Gaz','Re: Most visually astounding?','Visconti definitely. Also Herzog\'s Aguirre, Der Zorn Gottes and of course Andrei Rublev.','3aad6677a659c698917f00be0dfcd50e',0,'','KkEcFNHC',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3493,735,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1033958221,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gratefultiger','Re: Most visually astounding?','cola is right! how can you go past the parajanov films i have seen \"SAYAT NOVA\" & SHADOWS OF OUR FORGOTTEN ANCESTORS\"\nmore times than i know and never get sick of them,PARAJANOV\nwas a genius!beautiful cinema.\n','29dbfada183cec89b4b1cf4913883cad',0,'','euvadrRN',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3494,735,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1034058820,1,0,1,1,1,1,'FRITZ3464','Re: Most visually astounding?','I REALLY appreciated the look of THE CRANES ARE FLYING on the Criterion DVD. Rich black and white, beautiful compositions AND dazzling camera-moves to boot. Any frame of this film would make a great poster. ','cbe6210f29c261382df782c036913d5a',0,'','wZDtxWVB',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3495,735,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1034061355,1,0,1,1,1,1,'patsfan86','Re: Most visually astounding?','I really enjoyed The Cranes are Flying as well.  The one film that has always stayed with me from a visual standpoint has been Kurosawa\'s Dersu Uzala.  I\'ve never been able to pinpoint any particular aspect of it, but the film visually as a whole just seems to work perfectly.','0733c91bf02c2470d739ece94d5af2f9',0,'','JscDSMk3',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3496,735,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1034788983,1,0,1,1,1,1,'admin-2','Re: Most visually astounding?','Ten most visually stunning (in order):\n\n1/  CITIZEN KANE (One of the great \"special effects\" films of all time...hundreds of process shots in aid of a \"realistic\" story...stunning!)\n2/  RULES OF THE GAME (Renoir\'s fluid, moving camerawork and the choreographed movement of the actors is unsurpassed.  It\'s like a ballet without the ballet)\n3/  BLACK NARCISSUS (A film set in the Himalayas that was shot entirely in the studio.  Also the most stunning use of flashbacks ever attempted)\n4/  THE CONFORMIST (Not a film I particularly like, but the perfect melding of both style and substance).\n5/  THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE AND HER LOVER (Greenaway and cinematographer Sacha Vierny seduce and repel often within the same scene...Audacious)\n6/  MCCABE AND MRS.  MILLER (Zsigmond\'s \"flashed\" neagtive and Altman\'s propensity to zoom the camera to reveal a characters inner truth, makes this the most beautiful American film of the \'70\'s)\n7/  BELLE DU JOUR (Buñuel\'s first film is also his most visually stunning thanks to Sacha Vierny\'s camera and Catherine Deneuve\'s face)\n8/  GERTRUD (Dreyer does what no other director is capable of doing.  He turns that camera on and lets the actors \"act\".  No camera moves.  No cuts.  Just pure, unadulterated emotion).\n9/  MY DINNER WITH ANDRE (One of the most action packed films I have ever seen.  Louis Malle keep his camera close to the faces of Andre Gregory and Wallace Shawn and lets them talk.  The result is that WE are forced visualise the stories that Gregory tells us.  A case of \"Virtual Reality\" made prior to the coining of the term)  \n10/  THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS (A film in which the camera is so important that the Criterion Collection actually included a card in the laserdisc version that told you how to adjust your television so that you can see the film properly)','4ef1d809811d833afb82b60f7f1291ad',0,'','SgkV9lu1',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3497,735,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1034789271,1,0,1,1,1,1,'admin-2','Re: Most visually astounding?','Sorry:\n\nI meant to say Buñuel\'s first colour film (BELLE...)','d3c1c09934110234d94965d730a12ebe',0,'','3wXo5QgH',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3498,735,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1034818300,1,0,1,1,1,1,'ygie','Re: Most visually astounding?','No one has mentioned \"Flowers of Shanghi\"\nAbsolute beauty.','c5e12d17c69c818eaac92b0878e18eb2',0,'','pXekPqB4',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3499,735,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1034824593,1,0,1,1,1,1,'ygie','Re: Most visually astounding?','OOP\'S Some one did mention Hou Hsiao-Hsien.\nAnd of course anything from Wong Kar-Wai.\nYou will never listen to \"California Dreaming\" the same. \nWOW!','24f0ef0c07c2a4a392430b5b9cf77096',0,'','GErUeLKg',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3500,735,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1037348925,1,0,1,1,1,1,'clerk','Re: Most visually astounding?','The washed out sepia of \"The Element of Crime\".','f17ecf4fd5c9d944b83f555414e05d5d',0,'','3T7CEL5m',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3501,735,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1037381624,1,0,1,1,1,1,'katsuben','Re: Most visually astounding?','Any shot containing clouds, water, or trees in a Miyazaki film!','1aa22d021429da6b754e7ecf19bf9245',0,'','wg0zE76V',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3502,735,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1037701085,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Arletty','Re: Most visually astounding?','The Conformist is my top movie of all time.  I am so glad to come across people who realise its worth.  I think visually Peter Greenaway gets it right - not so much his plots/themes/dialogue - Prospero\'s Books & The Draughtsman\'s Contract impressed me.  ','bd194772dd9c66df6cb440f689a7f114',0,'','uFdzGBgm',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3503,735,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1037712181,1,0,1,1,1,1,'winstonwes','Re: Most visually astounding?','REQUIEM FOR A DREAM. I haven\'t seen it mentioned anywhere on this site yet. Has anyone seen it? What do you think?','992e0e83f0b7b9b9c086e7416d4bade0',0,'','tCZeSGbc',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3504,735,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1037842609,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gratefultiger','Re: Most visually astounding?','requiem for a dream is a classic great choice!','f80645fd5a2ecdcebc92f11f6d00dd30',0,'','WvNDV36r',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3505,735,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1038367892,1,0,1,1,1,1,'H20gateburgler','Re: Most visually astounding?','I would have to agree with Manhattan and Stardust Memories but those are American, No?\n\nso..\n\nI AM CUBA has to be the most visually stunning import film I have ever seen.  the camera work is nothing like you have ever seen.  I had heard this about a million times before I saw it and even with all the build up I was still STUNNED.\n\nAlso try the oil rig explosion in SIBERIADE.','e79cdf6ad4aa20bbf3b2207878c9fafe',0,'','MUEDjXWB',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3506,735,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1038381900,1,0,1,1,1,1,'patsfan86','Re: Most visually astounding?','I agree, I Am Cuba is downright breathtaking at times. ','2ea95c7e69f0d6412cb6d879c7734630',0,'','9sQ4SXaW',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3507,735,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1038513543,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Orehovo','Re: Most visually astounding?','Hello, \nhad to mention this movie:\nPred Dozdot (Before the Rain) is a stunning masterpiece from Macedonian Writer/Director Milcho Manchevski. Winner of 1994  Venice Film Festival, Golden Lion. It is a collaboration between French, English and Macedonian actors.\nI stole this bit as I think it is a perfect brief summary:\n\"GREAT AND TIMELY FILM.\nA timely film about the troubled balkan region, specifically Macedonia, told from three different perspectives. It jumps about chronologically so you must pay attention, but a very stirring portrayal of how life in Macedonia deteriorated when a man returns to the village of his youth.\"\nIf you want to see a film that is the least unpredictable and want to witness the beautiful and distinct landscape of this country and their people, this film is a gem. It will satisfy even the toughest critic.\nIt\'s the only Macedonian movie that has had such a huge recognition (EVER), and I\'d love to hear what other people (that have seen it) think.\n\nNot many people have heard of it, weird for a film that has won an award in Venice.\n','bafba70d021783a588cea26ffa995123',0,'','GtMV6zoE',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3508,735,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1038513820,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Orehovo','Re: Most visually astounding?','Oops, almost forgot -\n\nRequiem for a Dream was a stunning movie with a great performance by Jared Leto, and his mother was brilliant (I forget her name). \n\nIt was a very realistic and thus disturbing movie. I did enjoy it, but not really my type. The effects were great!\n','718bd1f2564d9983966723ee7e7122e4',0,'','ERrfVxBk',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3509,735,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1038514802,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Orehovo','Re: Most visually astounding?','Oops, almost forgot -\n\nRequiem for a Dream was a stunning movie with a great performance by Jared Leto, and his mother was brilliant (I forget her name). \n\nIt was a very realistic and thus disturbing movie. I did enjoy it, but not really my type. The effects were great!\n\nMy other fave film (besides \"Pred Dozdot\") is the 1996 released \"BASQUIAT\". I did a recent audio/visual bio on him (Jean-Michel Basquiat - most famous Black American painter worldwide in 80\'s), and researched him quite a bit. That film is just amazing. It is the most moving and inspiring film based on a real-life character, a real work of art. Has anyone seen it?\n\nThe soundtrack is as equally great; Tom Waits, Joy Division, Pogues, THEM feat. Van Morrison .......\n\nThe cast includes: David Bowie, Denis Hopper, Gary Oldman, Micheal Wilcott, Benicio Del Toro, Clare Forlani, and Jeffrey Wright plays an amazing Basquiat. ','024ee7e58ea6f0a4fe33906dfc2c3dea',0,'','L9upfgWY',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3510,735,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1040068367,1,0,1,1,1,1,'jpaddock5','Re: Most visually astounding?','Finally got around this weekend to seeing a movie i had been planning to for some time, and it definitely could snatch a place on this list.  Malick\'s Days of Heaven, shot by Almendros, is one of the most visually hypnotic pieces of storytelling i\'ve seen in a long time - few establishing shots, insanely gorgeous editing to create the rhythms of the pre-war midwest.  next up is Badlands...','5190c189baa665bdf8199373f0493634',0,'','X3ZiNCPH',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3511,735,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1041662075,1,0,1,1,1,1,'wpqx','Re: Most visually astounding?','Appealing topic, but I am a little surprised that no one mentioned 2001.  Whether or not it is American is beside the point, it is the most visually stunning film ever made.  For a foreign film though I may have to go with Landscape in the Mist, and anything by Tarkovsky.','1c87a28e1df0eaac0183657aecee272c',0,'','Pzw0H65W',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3512,735,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1041771890,1,0,1,1,1,1,'pre-tender','Re: Most visually astounding?','well i didnt have much opportunity to see non-english flick but at a general aspect of visual masterpiece i may count :\n\"A clockwork orange\"\n\"Requiem for a dream\"\n\"Matrix\"\n\"Saving private ryan\"\n\"Pi\"\n\"The man who wasnt there\"\n...','92dc17844617405108f494cec5da8284',0,'','BQShM7jR',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3513,735,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1046480715,1,0,1,1,1,1,'bigpoppa_2059','Re: Most visually astounding?','Bela Tarr\'s \"Satantango\" blew me away on every level. See it if you can.','59a8c340c9cca74e5f428d27fcf7665f',0,'','CukEUlcL',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3514,735,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1048907064,1,0,1,1,1,1,'tastlikeburning','Re: Most visually astounding?','Hands down the most visually astounding film is Frida. I loved the bus accident scene with the blood and the gold dust. Come on now people you know I\'m right.','c88580dd6cf7bf37a51c3f853a1675f3',0,'','ZBiFyjNl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3515,735,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1052210115,1,0,1,1,1,1,'iron_goddess','Re: Most visually astounding?','I found Yang Zimou\'s Hero breathtaking to watch.  Chris Doyle shines in his interpretation of colors as templates for the film\'s various versions of the truth. The scene with Maggie Cheung and Zhang Ziyi battling amid falling autumn leaves is visually arresting.  The colors are so vibrant and the movement so fluid. It\'s like watching goddesses spar in an orange tainted heaven.    ','aa335d68fc33fbc909c82daddab53c97',0,'','a8xFcLAy',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3516,735,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1052361701,1,0,1,1,1,1,'gratefultiger','Re: Most visually astounding?','chris doyle a self taught wizard i have an excellent doco on this hard working & drinking aussie, another down under legend,his work on ashes of time is astonishing!cheers ','4360ce693acac61dfb38e3f11fce421b',0,'','FkK1QS2j',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3517,735,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1052627716,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Zors','Re: Most visually astounding?','Kurosawa\'s Dreams is visual eye candy. But even though Greenaway\'s The Cook The Thief His Wife and Her Lover is really gross, it is a visual stunner as well. The Gaultier costumes and sets are fabulous. I also like Fellini\'s Juliet of The Spirits - the clothes and sets are just gorgeous, pure 60s. Kwaidan is also wonderful to look at in terms of rich colors and elegant settings. And my all time favorite, even though it\'s in black and white, is Les Enfants Du Paradise. Speaking of black and white, how about The Scarlett Empress (not sure if it\'s foreign) with Marlene Dietrich as Catherine the Great. But wait, I forgot Cocteau\'s Orpheus! A very elegant film. ','3c967284f4b090f1884858e3830b49fb',0,'','SvzTegj6',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3518,735,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1052627910,1,0,1,1,1,1,'Zors','Re: Most visually astounding?','Someone above mentioned Basquiat - Jeffrey Wright was incredible. He is such an underrated actor when it comes to films. At least he is appreciated on Broadway. A very talented performer. ','ccc423074fd02fa3b90b8ca8e327c3a0',0,'','z3CmovJM',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3519,735,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1054928231,1,0,1,1,1,1,'chelentano','Re: Most visually astounding?','Don\'t forget:\nThe Man and the woman\n','f1700c75878a4bb720be64abb7af090f',0,'','0rig9Gfl',1,0,'',0,0,0),(3520,735,7,1,0,'69.120.114.47',1054928523,1,0,1,1,1,1,'chelentano','Re: Most visually astounding?','Also Nostalgia by Tarkovsky as most of his films have astounding cinematography. \n\nYou can see that Tarkovsky has fine arts background. So do Parajanov, Eizenstein and Fellini.','cc9127bcdb2756d2536717a661e73d80',0,'','FdCbjq9Y',1,0,'',0,0,0),