I think we need a new thread for asian movies...don't want to constantly post OT 
Create it, and I'm in! Plenty to discuss. Believe me.
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Create it, and I'm in! Plenty to discuss. Believe me.
Yes, in a thread like this, Wong Kar-Wai's films are the definitive films to be listed at the top. His films are poetic and existential masterpieces on love and longing.
That bears repeating: Wong Kar-Wai's films are poetic and existential masterpieces on love and longing.
Days of Being Wild is the first in Wong Kar-Wai's loose trilogy, comprised of Days of Being Wild, In the Mood for Love and 2046. Three Times is a film from the Taiwan New Wave director Hou Hsiao-hsien. The film is composed of three segments, the first of which is absolutely beautiful. See the very beginning of it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqhLDTxODhY
Speaking of the Taiwan New Wave, and perhaps a smidgeon off topic, have you seen Edward Yang's Yi Yi? Now that's a masterpiece! I've also seen The Terrorizers from him, which is really good. But I so much want to see what is supposed to be his true masterpiece, A Brighter Summer Day. Film critic Tony Rayns says Yang's Taipei Story is excellent as well. See the trailer for Yi Yi here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F6tSorwYqw
Stay tuned for a few more Asian film recommendations...
Yi Yi is already in my dvd collection...but also haven't seen it yet. (i started collecting movies long ago and it's hard to catch up with my constantly filling library. for good movies you really need to have the time to watch them thoughtfully.)That bears repeating: Wong Kar-Wai's films are poetic and existential masterpieces on love and longing.
Days of Being Wild is the first in Wong Kar-Wai's loose trilogy, comprised of Days of Being Wild, In the Mood for Love and 2046. Three Times is a film from the Taiwan New Wave director Hou Hsiao-hsien. The film is composed of three segments, the first of which is absolutely beautiful. See the very beginning of it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqhLDTxODhY
Speaking of the Taiwan New Wave, and perhaps a smidgeon off topic, have you seen Edward Yang's Yi Yi? Now that's a masterpiece! I've also seen The Terrorizers from him, which is really good. But I so much want to see what is supposed to be his true masterpiece, A Brighter Summer Day. Film critic Tony Rayns says Yang's Taipei Story is excellent as well. See the trailer for Yi Yi here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F6tSorwYqw
Stay tuned for a few more Asian film recommendations...
but that trailer for three times...looks very promising. I love long shots without any cuts.
I think we need a new thread for asian movies...don't want to constantly post OT
The trilogy "Before Sunrise", "Before Sunset" & "Before Midnight" directed by Richard Linklater
as mentioned before movies by Wong Kar Wai (2046, In the Mood for Love, Chungking Express, Fallen Angels)
"Last Life in the Universe" by Ratanaruang Pen-Ek (Thailand)
"Bin Jip" by Kim Ki-duk (Southkorea/Japan)
as mentioned before movies by Wong Kar Wai (2046, In the Mood for Love, Chungking Express, Fallen Angels)
"Last Life in the Universe" by Ratanaruang Pen-Ek (Thailand)
"Bin Jip" by Kim Ki-duk (Southkorea/Japan)
Now we're getting somewhere. Someone else chimes in with Wong Kar-Wai. Excellent.
I liked Last Life in the Universe as well. Not on the same level as Wong Kar-Wai's stuff. Most people here don't have a clue about Wong Kar-Wai, and yet amongst cinephiles, his movies are way way up there.
Did you see Days of Being Wild? How about Three Times?
yea, kar-wai's movies are really a class of their own in the way how they are directed. (his style also seems to be more accessible for western people. i don't how to describe it, but it's something with how he arranges scenes or cuts them, or the plot is build up)
Unfortunately I have neither seen "Days of being wild" or "Three times". i put them right up my list
.I have watched a lot of asian movies after seeing "Oldboy" in the cinema some years ago. (big Park Chan-wook fan since)
But I haven't kept track of the asian moviescene for the last 5 years so I'm sure I missed out a lot of stuff...have to do some backlog in the future.
some of my favourite asian movies: (sorry for OT, so not all romantic but have to spread this stuff
)Stratosphere Girl (mixed european-japanese crew with german director, it's in my asian section anyway)
Save the green Planet
Monday
Séom - The Island
Bittersweet Life
Ploy
Haze
19
Vital
Kikujiro's summer
Tampopo
"Xich Lo" aka "Cyclo"
and of couse the revenge trilogy by park chan-wook (Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy, Lady Vengeance)
Yes, in a thread like this, Wong Kar-Wai's films are the definitive films to be listed at the top. His films are poetic and existential masterpieces on love and longing.
That bears repeating: Wong Kar-Wai's films are poetic and existential masterpieces on love and longing.
Days of Being Wild is the first in Wong Kar-Wai's loose trilogy, comprised of Days of Being Wild, In the Mood for Love and 2046. Three Times is a film from the Taiwan New Wave director Hou Hsiao-hsien. The film is composed of three segments, the first of which is absolutely beautiful. See the very beginning of it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqhLDTxODhY
Speaking of the Taiwan New Wave, and perhaps a smidgeon off topic, have you seen Edward Yang's Yi Yi? Now that's a masterpiece! I've also seen The Terrorizers from him, which is really good. But I so much want to see what is supposed to be his true masterpiece, A Brighter Summer Day. Film critic Tony Rayns says Yang's Taipei Story is excellent as well. See the trailer for Yi Yi here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F6tSorwYqw
Stay tuned for a few more Asian film recommendations...
another old one: "Harold and Maude" (1971)
Pulp Fiction
Bit older movie, but I like When Harry Met Sally
No need to defend a movie that is old, especially when it really isn't old. The important thing is to recommend movies that are good. I don't believe I've actually watched that one, so I'm not saying one thing or another about the film. Have you seen Mikio Naruse's Floating Clouds?
Bit older movie, but I like When Harry Met Sally
The trilogy "Before Sunrise", "Before Sunset" & "Before Midnight" directed by Richard Linklater
as mentioned before movies by Wong Kar Wai (2046, In the Mood for Love, Chungking Express, Fallen Angels)
"Last Life in the Universe" by Ratanaruang Pen-Ek (Thailand)
"Bin Jip" by Kim Ki-duk (Southkorea/Japan)
as mentioned before movies by Wong Kar Wai (2046, In the Mood for Love, Chungking Express, Fallen Angels)
"Last Life in the Universe" by Ratanaruang Pen-Ek (Thailand)
"Bin Jip" by Kim Ki-duk (Southkorea/Japan)
Now we're getting somewhere. Someone else chimes in with Wong Kar-Wai. Excellent.
I liked Last Life in the Universe as well. Not on the same level as Wong Kar-Wai's stuff. Most people here don't have a clue about Wong Kar-Wai, and yet amongst cinephiles, his movies are way way up there.
Did you see Days of Being Wild? How about Three Times?
yea, kar-wai's movies are really a class of their own in the way how they are directed. (his style also seems to be more accessible for western people. i don't how to describe it, but it's something with how he arranges scenes or cuts them, or the plot is build up)
Unfortunately I have neither seen "Days of being wild" or "Three times". i put them right up my list
.I have watched a lot of asian movies after seeing "Oldboy" in the cinema some years ago. (big Park Chan-wook fan since)
But I haven't kept track of the asian moviescene for the last 5 years so I'm sure I missed out a lot of stuff...have to do some backlog in the future.
some of my favourite asian movies: (sorry for OT, so not all romantic but have to spread this stuff
)Stratosphere Girl (mixed european-japanese crew with german director, it's in my asian section anyway)
Save the green Planet
Monday
Séom - The Island
Bittersweet Life
Ploy
Haze
19
Vital
Kikujiro's summer
Tampopo
"Xich Lo" aka "Cyclo"
and of couse the revenge trilogy by park chan-wook (Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy, Lady Vengeance)
The trilogy "Before Sunrise", "Before Sunset" & "Before Midnight" directed by Richard Linklater
as mentioned before movies by Wong Kar Wai (2046, In the Mood for Love, Chungking Express, Fallen Angels)
"Last Life in the Universe" by Ratanaruang Pen-Ek (Thailand)
"Bin Jip" by Kim Ki-duk (Southkorea/Japan)
as mentioned before movies by Wong Kar Wai (2046, In the Mood for Love, Chungking Express, Fallen Angels)
"Last Life in the Universe" by Ratanaruang Pen-Ek (Thailand)
"Bin Jip" by Kim Ki-duk (Southkorea/Japan)
Now we're getting somewhere. Someone else chimes in with Wong Kar-Wai. Excellent.
I liked Last Life in the Universe as well. Not on the same level as Wong Kar-Wai's stuff. Most people here don't have a clue about Wong Kar-Wai, and yet amongst cinephiles, his movies are way way up there.
Did you see Days of Being Wild? How about Three Times?
The trilogy "Before Sunrise", "Before Sunset" & "Before Midnight" directed by Richard Linklater
as mentioned before movies by Wong Kar Wai (2046, In the Mood for Love, Chungking Express, Fallen Angels)
"Last Life in the Universe" by Ratanaruang Pen-Ek (Thailand)
"Bin Jip" by Kim Ki-duk (Southkorea/Japan)
as mentioned before movies by Wong Kar Wai (2046, In the Mood for Love, Chungking Express, Fallen Angels)
"Last Life in the Universe" by Ratanaruang Pen-Ek (Thailand)
"Bin Jip" by Kim Ki-duk (Southkorea/Japan)
Piano
Explain why. Or try and include clips.
Now, I totally forgot about Chungking Express. Check out this brilliant clip from the film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBqHAPgB494
A love scene clip does not show how good the acting is.
Romantic Asian movies South Korean "wind struck" (exists in an American remake I don't know the title of)
And the Japanese "My girlfriend is a cyborg". Both made me, a grown man, cry!
I wasn't trying to show you how good the acting was. I was trying to introduce people to the movie. Go watch it.
The Princess Bride
Piano
Explain why. Or try and include clips.
Now, I totally forgot about Chungking Express. Check out this brilliant clip from the film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBqHAPgB494
A love scene clip does not show how good the acting is.
Romantic Asian movies South Korean "wind struck" (exists in an American remake I don't know the title of)
And the Japanese "My girlfriend is a cyborg". Both made me, a grown man, cry!
Piano
Explain why. Or try and include clips.
Now, I totally forgot about Chungking Express. Check out this brilliant clip from the film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBqHAPgB494
Piano
You guys are amateurs, seriously!
In the Mood for Love: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kRQqksluZk
A clip from Three Times: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yineLp1brrI
A clip from 2046: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRfPF3tLIGQ
And while I can't find a clip from Mikio Naruse's Yearning, I can offer up a montage of some shots that a fan included in a video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSLKCLv-7bI
In the Mood for Love: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kRQqksluZk
A clip from Three Times: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yineLp1brrI
A clip from 2046: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRfPF3tLIGQ
And while I can't find a clip from Mikio Naruse's Yearning, I can offer up a montage of some shots that a fan included in a video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSLKCLv-7bI
i recommend twilight
i have not watched it myself, but i'm sure you romantics willhate love it
i have not watched it myself, but i'm sure you romantics will
turner and hooch..... never gets old 
Titanic, I saw it 5x 
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