"...Or is it Foreign-Movie Time?": 2013

Wednesday 24 July 2013

Film 021 - Delicatessen (1991)

'Delicatessen'

Directed by - Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet

"A futuristic comic feast"

'Metropolis'

Directed by - Fritz Lang

"There can be no understanding between the hands and the brain unless the heart acts as mediator"

Film 020 - Hard Boiled (1992)

Original Title - Lat sau san taam

Director - John Woo

"As a cop, he has brains, brawn, and an instinct to kill."

'Otto e Mezzo'

Director - Federico Fellini

"A picture that goes beyond what men think about - because no man ever thought about it in quite this way!"

TV 02 - Oscar, Kina and the Laser

Film 018 - Waltz with Bashir (2008)

'Vals Con Bashir'

Director - Ari Folman

"We may forget the past, but the past won't forget us."

Film 017 - Diva (1981)

'Diva'

Director - Jean-Jaques Beineix

"Her voice was his calling"

'Tonari no Totoro'

Director - Hayao Miyazaki

'Rashômon'

Director - Akira Kurosawa

"The husband, the wife...or the bandit?"

'Låt den Rätte Komma In'

Director - Tomas Alfredson

"Eli is 12 years old. She's been 12 for over 200 years and, she just moved in next door"

'Suspiria'

Director - Dario Argento

"The only thing more terrifying than the last five minutes of this film are the first 90!"

'Caché'

Director - Michael Haneke

‘Das weiße Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte'

Director - Micheal Haneke

In a companion piece to my film viewing here is a trip down memory lane to the time when the children's TV schedule was dotted with series from other countries - although unfortunately badly dubbed.

Number one 'The Flashing Blade'

This serialisation appeared quite regularly during the summer holiday's back in the seventies. The plot was pretty much irrelevant. The important part was that there was a man with a sword who you could pretend to be later in the garden with a stick!

Originally from France 'Le chevalier Tempête' tells the story of François de Ricci during the 17th Century war between France and Spain. François was played by Robert Etcheverry but it’s his sidekick Guillot, played by Jacques Balutin, who links nicely to this blog as he also portrayed the Hotel Manger in 'What's New Pussycat?'

The theme song was called 'Fight' and was performed by a band called The Musketeers (now there's a coincidence!)

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