Re: Foreign films

Hi Alikat and Shelleycat (kittycats!)

I, too, love Foreign films!

Let's see...my all time favourite is Fellini's 8 1/2 (Shelleycat you HAVE to see it...yum...and as a companion piece - after you watch the Fellini one - see 'Stardust Memories' by Woody Allen - it's totally great and was clearly inspired by Fellini's 8 1/2 - both B&W)

Wings of Desire - Wim Wenders - Germany (Alikat I think you'd like this one if you haven't already seen it...maybe...?)

Amelie - of course! Sooo beautiful! And don't you just love those first images of her as a little girl...didn't we all hang cherries on our ears...put white glue on our palm until it dries and peel it off...YES!

Celebration and The Idiots - not everyone's taste but WOW...super intense and a Dogma95 films (where everything has to be REAL, Natural lighting, no extra music unless it's IN the movie, real sets...etc. Great concept...but the films themselves are FILLED with substance...you don't even notice that it's all natural... Definitely Out There! In The Idiots a group of people (born in the 60's for sure) get together and try to find their Inner Idiot! WOW. Danish, I think...

L'Aventurra - Italy - Antonioni (sp?) - Beautiful 60's black and white with gorgeous scenery, haunting events on the Meditteranean and beautiful women!

I recently saw a really great Czech film about old people and keeping those crazy dreams alive - can't remember the name, rats.

The Cuckoo - recent film about a Lapplander, Russian and Finn all coming together in an interesting situation.

Hmmmm...others aren't coming to me, unfortunately! I know that there must be more French films but, alas, my memory fails me at the moment!

Trip down memory lane...

love T

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