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.
You're not friends. You'll never be friends. You'll be in love till it kills you both.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
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Jessica - Sep 16, 2006 9:08:08 am PDT #4350 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
flea - Sep 16, 2006 9:14:33 am PDT #4351 of 10001
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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.
Beverly - Sep 16, 2006 9:38:40 am PDT #4352 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Megan, we Netflixed Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources. So they are available on dvd.
Volans - Sep 16, 2006 9:47:36 am PDT #4353 of 10001
move out and draw fire
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 walker - Sep 16, 2006 9:54:41 am PDT #4354 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
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.
Dana - Sep 16, 2006 9:58:11 am PDT #4355 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
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.
Fiona - Sep 16, 2006 10:00:32 am PDT #4356 of 10001
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.
Jars - Sep 16, 2006 10:08:08 am PDT #4357 of 10001
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.
Nutty - Sep 16, 2006 10:55:50 am PDT #4358 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I really really enjoyed Ridicule, which is about people being witty and cruel at Versailles just before the French Revolution. Which makes it sound not-nice, but it's most of the characters who are not-nice, and the movie itself is very nice. Also, you get to see puns in sign language, and bunnies go scuba-diving. (Really!)
Also second the rec for A Very Long Engagement, which is about World War I, and is a little magical-realist and a little punch-drunk and you get to see Jodie Foster narrate an entire portion of the movie (in very good French). The City of Lost Children is another one with an American speaking French in it, and flirting with too-silly-to-play-along for me. (The American is Ron Perlman, and his French is terrible -- presumably by design.)
I have seen me a fair amount of trashy-melodrama French film. I would put Indochine in that category, along with Queen Margot and The Brotherhood of the Wolf. I hated that last, and wouldn't have paid the price of a rental for either of the other two, but they both involved pretty people swanning about and having lots of sex and murder and angst. So, can't be all bad, right?
Just avoid Camille Claudel. It is bad and boring.
I just watched M, and I have to say I don't feel the love.
I didn't either. I think I'd read so much about it that I saw it and was like, "That's all?"
Beverly - Sep 16, 2006 11:01:36 am PDT #4359 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I went to Netflix to check. We got both films in 2004, with little to no wait. They were Region 1, in French with subtitles. Evidently they're being reissued, because the versions we watched are no longer available and there's no "add" to your queue option, only the "save" option as you described. Odd.
Still, it does indicate they do plan to offer then eventually. Sorry for the bum steer.