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Thanks for the list, megan! No wonder QT's style seemed so familiar from what everyone was saying.
I know I've seen at least part of "Ma vie en rose." There were times I'd rent a movie to watch with my daughter; she has a habit of talking over everything, particularly if it's something she doesn't like or can't understand. I end up watching a lot of movies without ever knowing/remembering how they ended.
Was this something you were trying to avoid?
Not at all. I just feel all accidentally culturfied.
Oh man, I loved King Kong. The big question going in was "Why make this movie?" and within the first ten minutes, I got it.
My favorite foreign film - actually, probably my favorite film, period, is Almodovar's Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. The mambo taxi! "You see what the Arab world has done to me!" The moped chase! The gazpacho!
I recommend The Return of Martin Guerre, as far as French films go - Gerard Depardieu before he was a man-mountain.
Megan, we Netflixed Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources. So they are available on dvd.
I recommend The Return of Martin Guerre, as far as French films go
I second this. And Depardieu's Cyrano is nice too.
Hec, my German's not that good. I could translate those words literally, but I suspect you're looking for a compound concept noun, like Schadenfreude. I'll ask around, but you might check Leo: [link]
Megan, we Netflixed Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources. So they are available on dvd.Is it in your "Saved" section? Because I was able to add it long ago, but it's been sitting there ever since with an "Unknown" release date. You can find it online as an import--but that usually means expensive and/or wacky subtitles.
We also Netflixed Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources. It was a while ago, and sometimes things disappear on Netflix, but we definitely got them.
Raq and David, what was the German question? Because I can speak it.... I'll go back and have a look.
But I also use Leo as my online dictionary.
Edit: found the post. SO and I are currently racking our brains. Is it something like "Lustschmerz"? That's the best we can do for now, I'm afraid. I'll mull overnight though.
Wow, I have actually seen a lot of those films. And a lot of those were in French class in school. Kept us interested, I guess.