Amelie

NightRacer · 03-17-2006, 01:36 PM

Is this the most famous foreign movie ever?
Amelie really made it into the mainstream more than any other international movie that I know of.

Why do you think that is?

ba15ck · 03-17-2006, 09:28 PM

UUmm!! Well what about seven samurai--a great american western was based strictly on this film (the magnificent Seven)--and well just about every Kurwasawa (sp???) film.

I don't mean to sound harsh or arogant, but maybe you need to do some homework before you make a statement like this--check some of the great work coming out of europe in the 50's-70's.

Foreign directors worth checking out:
Renoir
Godard***
Fellini
Rohmer
Truffaunt***
De Sica***

ba15ck · 03-18-2006, 02:56 PM

other famous foreign films:

Y Tu Mam Tam Bien
Motorcycle Diaries
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

bluefairy · 03-24-2006, 10:43 PM

Wow, aren't you a rude person?

You didn't even answer his/her question. Anyhows...

It was a very good movie. My French teacher showed it to us during class and we thought it was very good. I guess it got labelled as "mainstream" because it just got well known and therefore everybody started watching it. Most of all, it had a very interesting storyline and unique characertisitics.

I personally enjoyed seeing this movie because I could not predict what was going to happen next. If you haven't seen it yet, you really should.

ba15ck · 03-25-2006, 03:48 PM

Well, actually I wasn't trying to be offensive at all, but when you have only seen one foreign film and you wonder why it is the most famous one--this seems a little ignorant. In an effort to show him a bit of the foreign film world I listed some films and directors worth checking out

p-3 · 03-25-2006, 10:09 PM

Well i like some jap and chineese movies like :

Kung-Fu

and Shutter

They both had english subtitles and had good stroyline also

.

raettopia · 04-26-2006, 12:19 PM

Watching "Amelie" makes me want to do art. And go to France. It is so beautiful and unexpected.

simplicity · 04-27-2006, 01:41 PM

It's a super movie - but if you're talking great and French, then Betty Blue still beats it by a mile!

simplicity

seeemilywrite · 05-02-2006, 12:28 PM

He didnt say "best" he said "most popular" which is probably true as far as the US is concerned. It also was a question not a statement...

I loved Amelie. I've watched probably 100 french films and a great deal more in other languages, I think Amelie is by far one of the "best"

movni · 05-16-2006, 09:01 PM

Most popular in recent years but in all time, i don't believe so.

Amelie is a good movie, eccentric and catchy. But I tend to view movies that deal with heavier subjects, and done well as superior.

03-17-2006, 01:36 PM	#1
NightRacer Member Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 35	Amelie Is this the most famous foreign movie ever? Amelie really made it into the mainstream more than any other international movie that I know of. Why do you think that is?

03-17-2006, 09:28 PM	#2
ba15ck Member Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 40	UUmm!! Well what about seven samurai--a great american western was based strictly on this film (the magnificent Seven)--and well just about every Kurwasawa (sp???) film. I don't mean to sound harsh or arogant, but maybe you need to do some homework before you make a statement like this--check some of the great work coming out of europe in the 50's-70's. Foreign directors worth checking out: Renoir Godard* Fellini Rohmer Truffaunt* De Sica*** __________________ What are you rebelling agains't? What do you got!!~Marlon Brando. The Wild One

03-18-2006, 02:56 PM	#3
ba15ck Member Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 40	other famous foreign films: Y Tu Mam Tam Bien Motorcycle Diaries Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon __________________ What are you rebelling agains't? What do you got!!~Marlon Brando. The Wild One

03-25-2006, 03:48 PM	#5
ba15ck Member Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 40	Well, actually I wasn't trying to be offensive at all, but when you have only seen one foreign film and you wonder why it is the most famous one--this seems a little ignorant. In an effort to show him a bit of the foreign film world I listed some films and directors worth checking out __________________ What are you rebelling agains't? What do you got!!~Marlon Brando. The Wild One

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03-24-2006, 10:43 PM	#4
bluefairy Member Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 41	Wow, aren't you a rude person? You didn't even answer his/her question. Anyhows... It was a very good movie. My French teacher showed it to us during class and we thought it was very good. I guess it got labelled as "mainstream" because it just got well known and therefore everybody started watching it. Most of all, it had a very interesting storyline and unique characertisitics. I personally enjoyed seeing this movie because I could not predict what was going to happen next. If you haven't seen it yet, you really should.

03-25-2006, 10:09 PM	#6
p-3 Member Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 31	Well i like some jap and chineese movies like : Kung-Fu and Shutter They both had english subtitles and had good stroyline also .

04-26-2006, 12:19 PM	#7
raettopia Senior Member Active User Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 164	Watching "Amelie" makes me want to do art. And go to France. It is so beautiful and unexpected.

04-27-2006, 01:41 PM	#8
simplicity Junior Member Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 15	It's a super movie - but if you're talking great and French, then Betty Blue still beats it by a mile! simplicity

05-02-2006, 12:28 PM	#9
seeemilywrite Senior Member Active User Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 115	He didnt say "best" he said "most popular" which is probably true as far as the US is concerned. It also was a question not a statement... I loved Amelie. I've watched probably 100 french films and a great deal more in other languages, I think Amelie is by far one of the "best"

05-16-2006, 09:01 PM	#10
movni Member Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 37	Most popular in recent years but in all time, i don't believe so. Amelie is a good movie, eccentric and catchy. But I tend to view movies that deal with heavier subjects, and done well as superior.