Directors Triple F Tournament (Fun Foreign Films) (1 Viewer)

[Lew Crippen]

Nominate: (somehow I managed to nominate the same film twice—I probably got distracted thinking about Leslie Cheung’s part in ‘Ghost Story’

The Adventures of Pirscilla, Queen of the Desert

 

[Lew Crippen]

Jim, as it’s your tourney, you can do as you like, but I don’t think that Crouching Tiger, Hidder Dragon is 100% foreign. I would have thought it a good bit American, even considering the subject matter, casting, location and language.

 

[Jim_K]

Lew you're right. I forgot it had joint production credits.

This'll also disqualify some of the later Bond films (in case someone is thinking of nominating them)

I'll update my nom list.

 

[Chris_Richard]

Nominate
Battle Royale
Bande a part
Croupier
Delicatessen
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
Ganster No. 1
Ridicule
Sexy Beast
Subway

Second
The Adventures of Pricilla Queen of the Desert
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Diva
Duck, You Sucker!
Road Warrior

Third
City on Fire
Monty Python and the Holy Grail

 

[Lew Crippen]

Nominate:

That Obscure Object of Desire
The Cabinet of Dr. Calagari
Bride of Frankenstein
The Lady Vanishes
La Cage aux folles
My Beautiful Launderette


Second:

All About My Mother

 

[Chris_Richard]

Second
La Cage aux folles
My Beautiful Launderette

Third
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

and: Bride of Frankenstein ???

 

[Eric_E]

Nominate:
Shall We Dance? - Masayuki Suo's charming film is very amusing as well as a touching commentary on Japanese society.
Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi (Spirited Away) - Nearly all of Miyazaki's films could be nominated in this category, but because I saw Spirited Away in Tokyo on the second day of its release, this film will always have a special place in my heart. What a magical movie.

Second:
Iron Monkey - Truly one of the finest martial arts movies ever made.

Third:
Drunken Master 2 - Jaw-dropping fights and my vote for Chan's all-time greatest film.
Kiki's Delivery Service (Mahou no Takkyubin) - Another magical Miyazaki film.
Brotherhood of the Wolf (Le Pacte des Loups) - To quote Chris Vognar of the Dallas Morning News,
"If you see one French costume drama martial arts werewolf secret society romance this year, make sure this is it."

 

[Andy Olivera]

Nominate: Phenomena, Suspiria, Opera, Let Sleeping Corpses Lie

Second: Deep Red

 

[Brook K]

Just bump up:

Croupier
That Obscure Object of Desire
The Magic Flute *
Tampopo *
Suspiria
Opera
Spirited Away

You'll have to fill me in on how Bride of Frankenstein was a non-us production. Wasn't it fully financed by Universal and shot at the studio?

Nominate:
Chungking Express
Stolen Kisses
Alphaville
Smiles Of A Summer Night
I Know Where I'm Going!

 

[SteveGon]

I'll second:

Band of Outsiders (Band a part)
Delicatessen
The Lady Vanishes

I'll third:

Brotherhood of the Wolf
Duck, You Sucker!
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Road Warrior


Three noms and two thirds left.

I'll gladly second Night of the Demon when you hand out more.

 

[george kaplan]

Nominate:

A Hard Day's Night
Help!
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
The 39 Steps
Dr. Strangelove
For a Few Dollars More
Diabolique
Dr. No
2001

Second:

Goldfinger
A Fistful of Dollars
Bridge on the River Kwai

Third:

The Lady Vanishes

 

[Angelo.M]

2nd:

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

3rd:

A Fistfull of Dollars
Iron Monkey

Nominate:

Insomnia (original)

 

[SteveGon]

I'll nominate:

The 1000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse

Two noms and two thirds left.

 

[Rain]

No offense, but it seems this tourney is veering off a little into the usual thing.

I was hoping this would be more inclined towards foreign language films than just anything not made in Hollywood.

I also don't get how some of these nominations can be considered "fun." Great cinema perhaps, but not particularly "fun" in the same spirit as I thought this tourney was intended.

That being said, I'll probably still vote if I can. :p)

 

[Brian Lawrence]

3rd

Umbrellas of Cherbourg

 

[george kaplan]

Well you can't get much more foreign than Canada , so

Nominate:

Meatballs

 

[ChuckDeLa]

No offense, but it seems this tourney is veering off a little into the usual thing.

I was hoping this would be more inclined towards foreign language films than just anything not made in Hollywood.

My thoughts exactly. I was excited about this tournament until I realized that there was Hitchcock, Beatles and Bond in it.

 

[Jim_K]

Ok

Lew,

Sorry but I'm throwing out your Nom of Bride of Frankenstein as its no way a foreign film.

George,

I'm throwing out 2001 & Strangelove as both were joint efforts with the US.



No offense taken. I did intend for this to be anything outside the US as I did want to include British/Aussie/NZ films along with some of the great fun silents of Germany.

It does seem to be getting lopsided toward English language films which was not my intent.

I'll put it up to a vote.

Only Foreign Language Films
vs.
Keep as is

 

[george kaplan]

Yeah, those three really suck.

 

[george kaplan]

You need to make those calls, but every source I have (and I've checked a number of books, as well as IMDB and even my old Cinemania 97 disc) has those as British films, and most of those will list a film as UK/US if appropriate.