Comments on: The best 100 foreign-language films, according to a BBC poll of critics https://thenewneo.com/2018/10/31/the-best-100-foreign-language-films-according-to-a-bbc-poll-of-critics/ A blog about political change, among other things Sun, 04 Nov 2018 23:30:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Edward W Wagner https://thenewneo.com/2018/10/31/the-best-100-foreign-language-films-according-to-a-bbc-poll-of-critics/#comment-2410206 Sun, 04 Nov 2018 23:30:59 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=81989#comment-2410206 Interesting that this comes from the BBC–because many of my favorite films (The Third Man, The Red Shoes, I Know Where I’m Going, The Tales of Hoffman) are British because while they are omitted here from the “foreign” category they are also not included with the “best of Hollywood.”

You are so right about “The Lives of Others.”
Eww

]]> By: W Krebs https://thenewneo.com/2018/10/31/the-best-100-foreign-language-films-according-to-a-bbc-poll-of-critics/#comment-2410118 Sat, 03 Nov 2018 17:44:43 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=81989#comment-2410118 Interesting list.

If they’re including one Miyazaki film, why “Spirited Away” and not “The Princess Mononoke”?

I would have liked to see Besson’s “La Feme Nikita” on the list. Also, what about Stephen Chow? No “Kung Fu Hustle”?

]]> By: bafp https://thenewneo.com/2018/10/31/the-best-100-foreign-language-films-according-to-a-bbc-poll-of-critics/#comment-2410035 Fri, 02 Nov 2018 18:19:46 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=81989#comment-2410035 Agreed that “Black Orpheus” and “Amarcord” should have been included in this list as should the haunting Werner Herzog films, “The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser,” as well as his 1979 remake of “Nosferatu.” Glad they included “Children of Paradise.”

While there is good chance a more recent viewing would lead to a different appraisal, I also note a couple of other missing classics: “Beauty and the Beast” and “Hunchback of Notre Dame.”

]]> By: AesopFan https://thenewneo.com/2018/10/31/the-best-100-foreign-language-films-according-to-a-bbc-poll-of-critics/#comment-2410010 Fri, 02 Nov 2018 05:27:56 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=81989#comment-2410010 Brian on October 31, 2018 at 7:25 pm at 7:25 pm said:
Jean de Florette
Babette’s Feast
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Haven’t seen the first, but totally loved the Feast.

]]> By: NeoConScum https://thenewneo.com/2018/10/31/the-best-100-foreign-language-films-according-to-a-bbc-poll-of-critics/#comment-2409946 Thu, 01 Nov 2018 14:51:56 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=81989#comment-2409946 Neo: Kurosawa’s Macbeth story done to Kibuki:
THRONE OF BLOOD

Take a look and, I solemnly promise, you will NEVER forget Lady Macbeth. No #MeToo snowflake, that girl!!!

]]> By: Matthew M https://thenewneo.com/2018/10/31/the-best-100-foreign-language-films-according-to-a-bbc-poll-of-critics/#comment-2409938 Thu, 01 Nov 2018 12:37:18 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=81989#comment-2409938 I’ve also seen about a third of the films on the list, but have also seen many, many others that are not (some of which should be). The list seemed to include too many recent and too many critic in-crowd selections. It was putting me off until I saw a Yasujiro Ozu film near the top at number three.

]]> By: Dwaz https://thenewneo.com/2018/10/31/the-best-100-foreign-language-films-according-to-a-bbc-poll-of-critics/#comment-2409926 Thu, 01 Nov 2018 05:13:03 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=81989#comment-2409926 I have a great fondness for the German comedy “Good Bye Lenin!”

]]> By: Yann https://thenewneo.com/2018/10/31/the-best-100-foreign-language-films-according-to-a-bbc-poll-of-critics/#comment-2409922 Thu, 01 Nov 2018 04:13:36 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=81989#comment-2409922 About Kurosawa, a very interesting exposition:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doaQC-S8de8

(The whole channel is top-notch, by the way)

]]> By: TommyJay https://thenewneo.com/2018/10/31/the-best-100-foreign-language-films-according-to-a-bbc-poll-of-critics/#comment-2409917 Thu, 01 Nov 2018 02:56:48 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=81989#comment-2409917 Neo,
Amarcord is my second favorite Fellini. It didn’t make the list. I loved the spectacle of Satyricon when I was a kid, though I’ve discovered that my tastes as a juvenile were in fact sometimes juvenile. But if Miklos likes it, maybe I’ll try it again.

I liked La Strada, and it has some nice artistry, but a Fellini film has to be a little weird, and it wasn’t.

]]> By: neo https://thenewneo.com/2018/10/31/the-best-100-foreign-language-films-according-to-a-bbc-poll-of-critics/#comment-2409915 Thu, 01 Nov 2018 02:45:45 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=81989#comment-2409915 I just remembered another one I really liked, “Before the Rain.”

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