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Awesome question MightyYT Send a noteboard - 26/09/2009 07:45:51 PM
I suppose 'foreign', on a site as multi-national as this, can have many different meanings, generally I am referring to 'non-hollywood', or perhaps 'non-english', but answer how you wish. :)

Do you enjoy watching foreign movies? Animated or live-action?
I love watching foreign films. I think it is an awesome way to see the world from a different perspective and to realize that we all go through pretty much the same crap.


What are your all time favorites?

Shall We Dance (Japanese)
Amelie (French)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (British)
District 9 (New Zealand)
The Apartment (Spanish)
Ringu (Japanese)
The Audition (Japanese)
Internal Affairs (Japanese/Korean...I am not really sure
Appleseed (Anime)
Perfect Blue (Anime



Which cultures (nations) films do you find yourself most interested in?

Mostly Asian, British, and French

Do you prefer dubs over original language, in live-action and/or animated?

I prefer subtitled versions. The english voices almost never fit the characters, especially on Anime. I don't mean lip-syncing either.

How did you find yourself becoming interested in foreign films, (i.e. Audrey Tautou obsession, Asian horror obsession, general interest in foreign culture)?

It started with Anime and grew to other Asian Films. Oddly though, I never got into Kung Fu movies. It spread to other countries when I was married. We would get really close under a blanket and watch movies with subtitles. She couldn't read as fast, so I would sometimes have to pause it, or tell her what it said.

What 'hyped' foreign film has let you down upon viewing it (if any)?

I never pay attention to hype.

How do you feel about remakes, are there any that have been pulled off successfully?

There are none that have been pulled off successfully.
Shall We Dance lost all of its meaning.
The horror films all have the story changed enough to be nowhere near as good as the original.
Vanilla Sky is STILL better in the Spanish version in spite of being a line for line, scene for scene, and one same actress/character remake.
And The Departed, while good, is still not as good as the Internal Affairs trilogy.

That's all :).
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Foreign movies! The_Muted_Grimaud - 26/09/2009 06:56:14 AM 982 Views
Re: Foreign movies! The_Muted_Grimaud - 26/09/2009 07:11:24 AM 767 Views
Re: Foreign movies! Colonel Logain - 26/09/2009 01:44:50 PM 848 Views
Goodbye, Lenin! Chas - 26/09/2009 03:14:48 PM 675 Views
Puts on pretentious black turtleneck and answers your art questions PhotoJim - 26/09/2009 03:34:04 PM 828 Views
I wish I still had IFC on TV The_Muted_Grimaud - 27/09/2009 05:40:36 PM 773 Views
Movies! Alfheim - 26/09/2009 03:38:12 PM 762 Views
Oh, fun! Legolas - 26/09/2009 03:38:27 PM 900 Views
British Comedies are about as Foreign as I get. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 26/09/2009 03:44:42 PM 342 Views
Movies where English is not the primary language. jh - 26/09/2009 04:00:35 PM 748 Views
Thumbs up on Fucking Amal AgentOrange - 27/09/2009 11:14:21 AM 790 Views
Re: Foreign movies! Antigone - 26/09/2009 05:18:37 PM 741 Views
Awesome question MightyYT - 26/09/2009 07:45:51 PM 816 Views
You mean Infernal Affairs, right? *NM* Chas - 26/09/2009 08:46:44 PM 324 Views
Yeah, that is it. *NM* MightyYT - 27/09/2009 06:39:19 AM 328 Views
District 9 is South African. Rebekah - 26/09/2009 09:46:00 PM 741 Views
And here I thought it was New Zeleand, but set in South Africa. My bad. MightyYT - 27/09/2009 06:40:07 AM 803 Views
Nope. Rebekah - 27/09/2009 09:38:03 AM 719 Views
Nice, someone that agrees with me The_Muted_Grimaud - 27/09/2009 05:17:24 PM 698 Views
Re: Nice, someone that agrees with me Camilla - 29/09/2009 11:52:40 AM 699 Views
Right Stephen - 26/09/2009 09:33:19 PM 903 Views
I am gonne use jh's definition too ironclad - 26/09/2009 10:34:00 PM 717 Views
You suck. cabbage - 28/09/2009 09:07:27 PM 714 Views
I love foreign movies Tom - 27/09/2009 03:32:21 AM 830 Views
Ignore...I could swear I hit "EDIT" *NM* Tom - 27/09/2009 03:35:47 AM 549 Views
Did you ever watch the Czech movie Kolya ... The_Muted_Grimaud - 27/09/2009 05:46:38 PM 699 Views
Oh, I have that one. Tom - 28/09/2009 01:26:35 AM 735 Views
O'kay Dan - 27/09/2009 04:46:28 AM 844 Views
not sure if I should be ashamed or not The_Muted_Grimaud - 27/09/2009 05:47:50 PM 695 Views
I'd say The Ring was a good remake AgentOrange - 27/09/2009 11:20:33 AM 682 Views
Lost Highway was better than its remake, Mulholland Drive *NM* Tom - 28/09/2009 04:26:08 AM 315 Views
Oh really ? And how many lesbian love scenes envolving Naomi Watts are included in Lost Highway ? *NM* AgentOrange - 28/09/2009 11:23:14 AM 344 Views
So then I wasn't wrong in thinking... Legolas - 28/09/2009 12:09:15 PM 739 Views
Wild Things is only my 5th all time favourite so I guess that puts a dent in your theory AgentOrange - 28/09/2009 02:09:28 PM 657 Views
If that is your only criterion of measurement... Tom - 28/09/2009 04:03:39 PM 721 Views
Er.. that's an overly serious response AgentOrange - 29/09/2009 12:32:27 PM 680 Views
Well...I wasn't sure you were joking Tom - 29/09/2009 03:29:02 PM 671 Views
Re: Foreign movies! nossy - 28/09/2009 05:53:53 PM 711 Views
You obviously haven't tried jh - 28/09/2009 06:29:15 PM 718 Views
Scarily different? nossy - 28/09/2009 06:41:09 PM 720 Views
Different. jh - 28/09/2009 08:53:31 PM 658 Views
Finsk fjernsynsteater Camilla - 29/09/2009 11:51:17 AM 782 Views
nossy - 29/09/2009 08:09:01 PM 709 Views
Re: Foreign movies! Camilla - 29/09/2009 11:47:28 AM 726 Views
You need to watch Indochine and Amelie. And Run Lola Run. The Shrike - 29/09/2009 03:04:15 PM 765 Views
Amelie is on the list. Camilla - 29/09/2009 03:35:19 PM 822 Views
Better late than never. The Shrike - 29/09/2009 03:02:04 PM 708 Views
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