Crank up the Swank: Favorite French Films - Page 2

Alex · 01-25-2007, 04:28 PM

I must admit to being lacking in the area of French cinema (probably because I kept trying to enter that door through New Wave and that just doesn't work for me).

That said I love Chloe in the Afternoon and fortunately for all of you who haven't seen it, it has been remade as a Chris Rock movie coming out later this year.

mousepod · 01-25-2007, 04:29 PM

Alphaville
Pierrot Le Fou
Leon
The 400 Blows

Not Afraid · 01-25-2007, 04:34 PM

Krzysztof Kieslowsk's Trois Couleurs (Blue, Red, White). Although Kieslowsk is Polish, the films are French.

Eliza Hodgkins 1812 · 01-25-2007, 06:02 PM

En Couer en Hiver, La Femme Nikita, Hiroshima mon amour, City of Lost Children, Delicatessen, Amélie (yeah, yeah, I dig Jean-Pierre Jeunet), Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast.

€uroMeinke · 01-25-2007, 06:50 PM

Love Jean-Pierre Jueney, Krislowski, Polanski (yeah anothe franco-pole), and a growing appreciattion of Jean-Luc Godard

So to add to those already mentioned:
Repulsion
Bitter Moon
Contempt (Le Mépris)
Un Chien Andelou (Best eyeball scene ever)
Chocolat
Les Liasons Dangereuse (Roger Vadim 1960 and this French Mini series)
Oh and a nod to the Franco Italian - Bertolucci - Last Tango in Paris and The Dreamers

Eliza Hodgkins 1812 · 01-25-2007, 06:55 PM

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Oh and a nod to the Franco Italian - Bertolucci - Last Tango in Paris and The Dreamers

I really love a quiet film he did called Besieged starring David Thewlis and Thandie Newton.

Ghoulish Delight · 01-25-2007, 07:09 PM

Oh yeah, Chocolat was french. I liked Chocolat.

innerSpaceman · 01-25-2007, 08:08 PM

Hehehe, so far I've seen Chocolat and Amelie.

Considering French is the only foreign language I sort of speak, that's rather pathetic.

€uroMeinke · 01-25-2007, 08:21 PM

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Hehehe, so far I've seen Chocolat and Amelie.

Considering French is the only foreign language I sort of speak, that's rather pathetic.

Triplets of Belleville?

Sub la Goon · 01-25-2007, 08:33 PM

I second La Femme Nikita!

Betty Blue

Amelie

Day for Night

Moon in the Gutter

01-25-2007, 04:28 PM	#11
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I must admit to being lacking in the area of French cinema (probably because I kept trying to enter that door through New Wave and that just doesn't work for me). That said I love Chloe in the Afternoon and fortunately for all of you who haven't seen it, it has been remade as a Chris Rock movie coming out later this year.
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Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	Krzysztof Kieslowsk's Trois Couleurs (Blue, Red, White). Although Kieslowsk is Polish, the films are French.
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Eliza Hodgkins 1812 Sputnik Sweetheart Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Long Beach Posts: 2,685	En Couer en Hiver, La Femme Nikita, Hiroshima mon amour, City of Lost Children, Delicatessen, Amélie (yeah, yeah, I dig Jean-Pierre Jeunet), Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast.
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€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	Love Jean-Pierre Jueney, Krislowski, Polanski (yeah anothe franco-pole), and a growing appreciattion of Jean-Luc Godard So to add to those already mentioned: Repulsion Bitter Moon Contempt (Le Mépris) Un Chien Andelou (Best eyeball scene ever) Chocolat Les Liasons Dangereuse (Roger Vadim 1960 and this French Mini series) Oh and a nod to the Franco Italian - Bertolucci - Last Tango in Paris and The Dreamers __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Hehehe, so far I've seen Chocolat and Amelie. Considering French is the only foreign language I sort of speak, that's rather pathetic.
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