Directors Triple F Tournament (Fun Foreign Films) (3 Viewers)

[Jim_K]

George,

I forget where I read/heard of this originally but I did check IMDB (I know its never 100% accurate) on 2001 and it does list it as a joint UK/US venture.

 

[Angelo.M]

I agree that we should henceforth restrict the tourney to films that are foreign language films. I'm as guilty as everyone else in choosing a few foreign made films in English.

As far as what constitutes a 'fun' film... That's what the tourney is for, right? To weed out what isn't 'fun'.

 

[ChuckDeLa]

Yeah, those three really suck.

No, but they're all (along with 2001, Strangelove, Kwai, etc) so popular that I fear our final eight would be all English language films in a "foreign films" tournament. And that would be exceedingly silly.

 

[SteveGon]

Sticking with foreign language films is fine with me - makes it more of a challenge...

 

[Lew Crippen]

Chris, Brook and Jim—I think that I had brainlock on Bride of Frankenstein. I got to thinking about the opening as was considering noms in another thread. What with the Mary Shelly, Percey Shelly and Lord Byron, I got into a Brit frame of reference and was still laughing to myself so much, I could not think (not for the first time).

 

[Lew Crippen]

Second:

Shall we Dance?

 

[Chris_Richard]

I figured that Bride of Frankenstein was a mistake. I just didn't know if you knew something I didn't about it.

I don't mind English language film as long as it is very restrictive on them. Kubrick's and the Bond films were UK/US co-productions from the start and Lean's films appear on the AFI lists so they would be out.

Second
Alphaville
Stolen Kisses

Third
Shall We Dance
Spirited Away
Suspiria

 

[Jim_K]

OK,

Let's redo this as FUN Foreign Language Films only.

I'll be back later after I sort through the films.




I agree.

 

[Jim_K]

Here goes (FUN Foreign Language films only)

Current Nominations

All About My Mother *
Alphaville *
Band of Outsiders *
Battle Royale
Bend It Like Beckham *
A Better Tomorrow
The Cabinet of Dr. Calagari
A Chinese Ghost Story
Chungking Express
Contraband
Delicatessen *
Diabolique
Diva *
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
Eat a Bowl of Tea
Eat Drink Man Woman
8 1/2
Ghost in the Shell
Insomnia
Johnny Stecchino *
Juliet of the Spirits
La Cage aux folles *
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Monsoon Wedding
Once Upon a Time in China *
Once Upon a Time in China 2 *
The Phantom of Liberty
Play Time *
Il Postino
Ranma 1/2: Big Trouble in Nekonron, China
Ridicule
Smiles Of A Summer Night
Stolen Kisses *
Subway
Talk to Her *
Tampopo *
A Taxing Woman's Return
Tenchi Muyo! in Love
That Obscure Object of Desire *
The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
Vampire Hunter D *
The Wedding Banquet
Y tu mamá también

* seconded

Since I threw out a boatload of films I'll give everyone 7 more noms, seconds & thirds.

 

[Jim_K]

Nominate
Full Contact (Xia dao Gao Fei) 1992
A Better Tomorrow 2
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Seigfried
The Bride With White Hair
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
The Devil's Backbone

I'll second

Diabolique
The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse

 

[Angelo.M]

2nd:

Chungking Express
8 1/2

 

[Rain]

I vote foreign language only.

Yeah, those three really suck.

I don't think anyone is suggesting that those films suck.

But including them makes this tourney pretty much like many that we've already had.

 

[SteveGon]

I'll second:

A Better Tomorrow
The Devil's Backbone
Diabolique
Ghost in the Shell
A Taxing Woman's Return


I'll third:

Stolen Kisses

 

[Andy Olivera]

Um, what happened to the Argento films? They were most definitely filmed outside the US. Also, as they were filmed in multiple languages, then dubbed for their respective release, I'd say they qualify for this tourney...

 

[SteveGon]

I'll nominate:

The Bride Wore Black
Cemetery Man
Cronos

 

[Brook K]

Contraband is an English language film.

2nd
A Better Tomorrow 2
Crouching Tiger
The Bride Wore Black

Nominate
God Of Cookery
Swordsman 2
Italian For Beginners
Boyfriends and Girlfriends
The Mascot
Rio Das Mortes
Made In Hong Kong

 

[Justin_S]

Contraband is an English language film.

Not if he means Lucio Fulci's CONTRABAND (aka THE SMUGGLER).

I nominate:

MAN BITES DOG
THE VANISHING
OPEN YOUR EYES
AUDITION
STAGEFRIGHT
UZUMAKI
KAIRO
SOLARIS
A LIZARD IN A WOMAN'S SKIN
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO SOLANGE?
NEW YORK RIPPER
THE STENDHAL SYNDROME

I agree that Argento's films should be included, and with that said, I second:

CEMETERY MAN
CRONOS
BATTLE ROYALE
PHENOMENA
TENEBRE
LET SLEEPING CORPSES LIE

 

[Andy Olivera]

Second: Open Your Eyes

I love Solaris, but I most definitely don't think it falls into the category of "fun foreign film"...

 

[Jim_K]

Well I'd love to include the Argento films, but as they are Multilingual (w English Dubs & partial English dialog) they don't qualify in a 100% Foreign Language film Tournament.

The way we have it now is if you don't need to read subtitles then the film doesn't belong.



I'll be more than happy to put it up to a vote (just remember this would then qualify the Leone Westerns & may open this up to other English language films).


Go ahead and debate & decide among yourselves what types of films you want to qualify as I'm quickly becoming bored with having to readjust the rules every day. :frowning:

This tournament is on hold until I get a decision.

 

[SteveGon]

Not if he means Lucio Fulci's CONTRABAND (aka THE SMUGGLER).

Never seen the Fulci film. I was of course, nominating the Powell film. I nominated it before the change to foreign language films only.

I'll third Open Your Eyes

I'll second The Vanishing


I don't mind the inclusion of foreign films that have some English dialogue in them.