Posted on 12/28/2018 3:13:21 AM PST by csvset
Three years ago, BBC Culture ran its first major critics’ poll, to find the 100 greatest American films. Two further polls looked for the best films of the 21st Century and the greatest comedies ever made – and those also ended up with films from the US in the top spot.
This year, we felt it was time to direct the spotlight away from Hollywood and celebrate the best cinema from around the world. We asked critics to vote for their favourite movies made primarily in a language other than English. The result is BBC Culture’s 100 greatest foreign-language films.
Read more about BBC Culture’s 100 greatest foreign-language films:
- What the critics had to say about the top 25 - The full list of critics – and how they voted - Why Seven Samurai is number one - Foreign-language masterpieces you may not know
From the perspective of an English-language website, that’s an accurate description – but equally, as an internationally-focused one, we’re happy to acknowledge that, depending on who you are, many of these films won’t be in a language that’s foreign to you.
And as the poll exists to salute the extraordinary diversity and richness of films from all around the world, we wanted to ensure that its voters were from all around the world, too. The 209 critics who took part are from 43 different countries and speak a total of 41 languages – a range that sets our poll apart from any other.
The result: 100 films from 67 different directors, from 24 countries, and in 19 languages.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
French film, A Very Long Engagement, with Audrey Tautou. Set in WW1. Love, war, murder, mystery,revenge
So, not including all the best movies, what are the best movies?
Typical.
So, I’m kinda curious. Since the BBC defines foreign films as non-American, did any English movies make it on to the list?
any list that puts “Battleship Potemkin” and “Pan’s Labyrinth” in the top 25 doesn’t carry much credibility.
The Korean movie “Ode to my Father” is a good story.
And only one film by Werner Herzog and it isn’t Fitzcaraldo?
And the Italian neo-realism (low budget) of Bicycle Theives isn’t enough to land it as the 2nd greatest film.
Trailers From Hell (John Landis and other directors discuss a movie with a brief introduction and then talk over the trailer):
John Badham on WHAT’S UP, TIGER LILY?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jap6r4cOOE
All his anime/animated movies are highly regarded. They were originally in Japanese.
Trailers From Hell (John Landis and other directors discuss a movie with a brief introduction and then talk over the trailer):
John Badham on WHAT’S UP, TIGER LILY?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jap6r4cOOE
I have only seen #20 on that list, The Mirror. It was released in Europe when I was an exchange student in France, and there was a lot of hype about it. It was considered edgy, because of the fact that it was a Soviet movie and artists in the USSR were so heavily controlled and censored. The movie was boring, dragging along with a lot of visuals and little dialog, as I recall. I don’t even remember what it was nominally about.
Another foreign film I saw while in France was The Misunderstood, an Italian film. It was sad, so very sad, about a little boy who just did not fit in and was brutally mocked. Actually, I’m surprised that one was not on the list.
I do not consider French films that I saw in France as foreign. Most of them were pretty forgettable, anyway.
And Crouching Tiger doesn’t belong on the list. And I question putting 2 Ang Lee films on there.
“funny thing” about this snobby list, it doesn’t include the “big box-office” films the rest of the world produces (be they Luc Besson action/comedies or Jackie Chan films). And I am referring to the foreign market take, not US receipts.
But these are “old guard” lists, largely compiled and enshrined as “the good ones” over 50 years ago.
It’s like basing a “my favorite novels” list only on what you were forced to read in high school.
I agree with the Seven Samurai listing, but there is no way that these should 78 belongs on the list - it certainly isn’t better than 79.
79. Ran (Akira Kurosawa, 1985)
78. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee, 2000)
Besides I don’t see Tampopo on the list (nutty Japanese comedy with weird side scenes - funny, but weird).
And as several noted - no Das Boot
37. Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki, 2001)
Name Three Presidents
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQLdyBU0xqI
"Danton"
"Kuroneko" (Black Cat)
Please enjoy while wearing a jacket with patches on elbows and smoking a pipe, swirling a brandy in the snifter.
Thanks.
1. Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa, 1954)
THE BEST!!
What? No WAGES OF FEAR?
11. Breathless (Jean-Luc Godard, 1960) Saw it. too amateurish. Waste of good film. Simply because a director is considered an “artist” does not make him a film maker.
76. Y Tu Mamá También (Alfonso Cuarón, 2001) Take a barf bag. When these two men start slobbering and french kissing each other,you will need it. Seeing it once was enough. You will need eye bleach afterward.
I would rather sit through Felini-SATYRICON than watch #76.
One film that would NEVER get considered because it was based on Ayn Rand’s first novel is We The Living, in Italian, and based on her early experiences during the Russian Revolution. You can buy it on EBay and it is THE best look at the early years of the Revolution.
The filmmakers never got Rand’s permission when they made it in the 30’s. Mussolini’s people did not protest the making of it because they thought it was anti-Soviet and it wasn’t until near the end of the filming it was just as much anti-fascist.
https://www.ebay.com/p/Ayn-Rands-We-the-Living-DVD-2009/99959933?iid=292314650041&chn=ps
Did they ever find the recipe for a chicken salad sandwich?
Saw it fifty years ago, still remember it. Guy at the last was a great shot with a .25 cal pocket pistol! Nailed all the bad guys in one sitting!
Now if they could just get that hair caught in the projector out of the way.
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