oops... my bad, I meant Tarkovsky on that. Thanks acquarello and funkyduck. Just now, I'm excited already. Thanks for your recommendations. I know I'm in good hands. The quality ratio on foreign films I've watched recently (and that means about a decade) is 3 good to 7 mediocre so my film interest downspiralled to lukewarm through the years. But then even the goods ones I would not consider gems when one thinks of the film revolution that erupted through the 50's and 60's. The best film maker I'd consider to date is Lars Von Trier but then I've only seen a couple of his films - "Breaking the Waves" and "Element of Crime". These films coming from Asia will definitely revive my passion in films. The 80's was a scarce decade considering the promise it showed early on. Where are Bertrand Tavernier and the Taviani brothers?  Acquarello, you seem to have a large collection of film material or source. Do you know if "Amagi Pass", a Japanese film in the 80's is available in any format? I watched it in a film festival somewhere but lost track of it. Lately, not a few foreign film material dwelt on coming-of-age memoirs or the world in the eyes of children.  Not that they are not of interest to me but don't we have enough of these - notwithstanding the same filmmaking technic employed. Are these films supposedly generated for the US market which seems to favor them? Funkyduck, I just ordered the Hole from Amazon. Will let you know of feedback.