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

[Lew Crippen]

I'm quickly becoming bored with having to readjust the rules every day.

I can understand that. And just to add to your frustration, I’ll point out that some films that we probably all consider completely foreign, such as some Bergman’s, are in the original Swedish and also dubbed in English.

 

[Jim_K]

It always amazes me that that biggest complainers clam up whenever you ask for constructive feedback.

After careful deliberation (& lack of feedback) I've decided to go back to my original concept & include multilingual & English Language films.

I'll set the cut-off at 64 films.

We have 45 films in as is.

I'll hand out 16 more seconds & thirds.

The deadline is tonight.
I'll fill in the remaining films myself if we don't have enough by then.

MASTER LIST

Akira
Amelie
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Cinema Paradiso
City on Fire
Das Boot
Day for Night
Diabolique
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Drunken Master 2
Duck, You Sucker!
A Fistful of Dollars
From Russia With Love
Gojira (aka - Godzilla) 1954
The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
Hard-Boiled
The Hidden Fortress
Iron Monkey
Kiki's Delivery Service
The Killer
Kind Hearts & Coronets
The Ladykillers
The Lady Vanishes
La Femme Nikita
Mad Max
The Magic Flute
The Man in the White Suit
Metropolis (1927)
Mon Oncle
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Mr. Hulot's Holiday
Open Your Eyes
Road Warrior
Run Lola Run
Sanjuro
Seven Samurai
Shall We Dance?
Shoot the Piano Player
Spirited Away
Stolen Kisses
Suspiria
Tie Me Up Tie Me Down
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Yojimbo



Current Nominations

The Adventures of Pirscilla, Queen of the Desert *
All About My Mother *
Alphaville *
Audition
Band of Outsiders *
Battle Royale *
The Belles of St. Trinian’s
Bend It Like Beckham *
A Better Tomorrow *
A Better Tomorrow 2 *
Boyfriends and Girlfriends
The Bride With White Hair
The Bride Wore Black *
Bridge on the River Kwai *
The Cabinet of Dr. Calagari
Cemetery Man *
A Chinese Ghost Story
Chungking Express *
Contraband
Cronos *
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon *
Croupier *
Deep Red *
Delicatessen *
The Devil's Backbone *
Diva *
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
Dr. No
Eat a Bowl of Tea
Eat Drink Man Woman
8 1/2 *
For a Few Dollars More
Full Contact (Xia dao Gao Fei) 1992
The Full Monty
Gangster No. 1
Ghost in the Shell *
God Of Cookery
Goldfinger *
A Hard Day's Night
Help!
Horror of Dracula
I Know Where I'm Going!
Insomnia
I See a Dark Stranger
Italian For Beginners
Johnny Stecchino *
Juliet of the Spirits
Kairo
La Cage aux folles *
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Let Sleeping Corpses Lie *
Life of Brian *
A Lizard in a Womans Skin
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
Made In Hong Kong
Man Bites Dog
The Mascot
Meatballs
Monsoon Wedding
My Beautiful Launderette *
New York Ripper
Night/Curse of the Demon
Once Upon a Time in China *
Once Upon a Time in China 2 *
Opera *
The Phantom of Liberty
Phenomena *
Play Time *
Il Postino
Ranma 1/2: Big Trouble in Nekonron, China
The Red Violin
Ridicule
Rio Das Mortes
Seigfried
Sexy Beast
Smiles Of A Summer Night
Solaris
Stagefright
The Stendhal Syndrome
Subway
Swordsman 2
Talk to Her *
Tampopo *
A Taxing Woman's Return *
Tenchi Muyo! in Love
That Obscure Object of Desire *
The 39 Steps
The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse *
Uzumaki
Vampire Hunter D *
The Vanishing *
The Wedding Banquet
What Have You Done To Solange?
Y tu mamá también

* Seconded

 

[Jim_K]

Oh & I'll second

A Chinese Ghost Story
Dr. No
For a Few Dollars More
I Know Where I'm Going!
Sexy Beast

 

[JenB]

Nominate:

Monty Pythons's The Meaning of Life

Second:

A Hard Day's Night

Third:

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Dr. No
Goldfinger

 

[Jim_K]

Keep in mind this is supposed to be a Fun film tournament so vote for the more entertaining film.

ROUND 1

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
vs.
A Chinese Ghost Story

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The Magic Flute
vs.
Run Lola Run

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Cinema Paradiso
vs.
Dr. No

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The Lady Vanishes
vs.
Mr. Hulot's Holiday

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Phenomena
vs.
Road Warrior

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The Ladykillers
vs.
Stolen Kisses

 

[SteveGon]

Abstain
Abstain
Cinema Paradiso - I just can't think of the Bond films as "foreign."
The Lady Vanishes
The Road Warrior
The Ladykillers

 

[george kaplan]

Dr. No

The Lady Vanishes - two of the best (and the funnest), head to head in the first round :frowning:

Road Warrior

The Ladykillers

 

[Angelo.M]

Run Lola Run
Cinema Paradiso
Road Warrior

 

[Bill J]

Cinema Paradiso

 

[Steeve Bergeron]

Cinema Paradiso

 

[Rain]

M. Hulot's Holiday

abstain on the rest

 

[Jim_K]

We have a 0-0 tie between Ghost Story & Discreet Charm. I'll break it for Ghost Story.

A Chinese Ghost Story over The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie 1-0

Run Lola Run over The Magic Flute 1-0

Cinema Paradiso over Dr. No 4-1

The Lady Vanishes over Mr. Hulot's Holiday 2-1

Road Warrior over Phenomena 3-0

The Ladykillers over Stolen Kisses 2-0

next


Amelie
vs.
Chungking Express

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Das Boot
vs.
Deep Red

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Diabolique
vs.
From Russia With Love

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A Hard Day's Night
vs.
I Know Where I'm Going!

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Kind Hearts & Coronets
vs.
Life of Brian

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Open Your Eyes
vs.
Sanjuro

 

[Angelo.M]

Chungking Express

 

[SteveGon]

Amelie
Deep Red
From Russia With Love - Close.
A Hard Day's Night
Life of Brian
Sanjuro

 

[Lew Crippen]

abstain

 

[ChuckDeLa]

Diabolique


Despite the fact that they were made in the U.K., the driving forces behind the Bond pictures were an American (Cubby Broccoli) and a Canadian (Harry Saltzman).

 

[JenB]

Kind Hearts & Coronets

 

[Brook K]

don't really feel like voting as I disagree with almost every vote of the last round, a few of which would have changed outcomes and this tournament is most likely going to have a disappointing outcome, but how else am I going to spend my time, working?!

Chungking Express
Deep Red (Deep Red isn't exactly fun, but Das Boot really isn't fun to watch)

A Hard Day's Night (very tough)
Sanjuro (Again, Abre Los Ojos is not a fun movie to watch, if I want to see Penelope Cruz naked in a fun movie, I'd watch Belle Epoque)

 

[george kaplan]

Das Boot

From Russia With Love - though Diabolique is great fun

A Hard Day's Night

Kind Hearts & Coronets

 

[Justin_S]

CHUNGKING EXPRESS

DEEP RED (aka PROFUNDO ROSSO)

DIABOLIQUE

Abstain

Abstain

OPEN YOUR EYES (aka ABRE LOS OJOS)