There's been an influx of good foreign films in the last five years...
What's the best you've seen?
Bela Tarr's Werckmeister Harmonies
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One of my overall favorites, as well.
2LB
This is a thread that I thought for sure somebody would have created..
Oh well..
Blue/White/Red
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"Foreign film" is a bit of a misnomer on any Internet forum. Think about it.
http://www.xixax.com/viewtopic.php?t=2241&highlight=foriegn+foreign
of the past five years?
notre musique.
I hope this thread doesn't become popular enough that it bunches all foreign film news and talk together. I still think a movement could be revived for a foreign film forum, but the mods seem to agree to not like that idea.
Quote from: The Gold Trumpetthe mods seem to agree to not like [the foreign film forum] idea.
That's because it would do this:
Quote from: The Gold Trumpetbunches all foreign film news and talk together
Also, we have enough non-American members that it would be ridiculous to call their films "foreign."
City Of God
Quote from: Jeremy BlackmanQuote from: The Gold Trumpetbunches all foreign film news and talk together
Also, we have enough non-American members that it would be ridiculous to call their films "foreign."
Then let me center my argument better so I get my point across. Maybe the name foreign forum is wrong, but what about a forum for those works that are considered obscure? What about a boutique section separate of the films considered mainstream by Hollywood and most of XIXAX. By requesting a "foreign film forum", I ask for that because the implication of a foreign film is usually a film that fits description of what I am talking about.
Alas, you won't get much of a ruckus out of me. Since the last time I brought up this argument, these boards have died down considerably. Most threads can be visible for long periods of time and don't need special recognition.
Quote from: The Gold TrumpetWhat about a boutique section separate of the films considered mainstream by Hollywood and most of XIXAX.
That's an even worse idea. Do you have some kind of marginalizing impulse?
There's no organizational or philosophical reason to separate these things.
Quote from: The Gold TrumpetWhat about a boutique section separate of the films considered mainstream by Hollywood and most of XIXAX.
Let's see here..
Napoleon Dynamite goes in this section..
Oh shit! Mainstream movie goers loved this?
Fuck. Nevermind. Now I hate it..
Quote from: The Gold TrumpetI hope this thread doesn't become popular enough that it bunches all foreign film news and talk together. I still think a movement could be revived for a foreign film forum, but the mods seem to agree to not like that idea.
I completely agree with having a foreign film forum...
Quote from: Jeremy BlackmanQuote from: The Gold TrumpetWhat about a boutique section separate of the films considered mainstream by Hollywood and most of XIXAX.
That's an even worse idea. Do you have some kind of marginalizing impulse?
There's no organizational or philosophical reason to separate these things.
There was before when a thread about an obscure director would pop up in the director's forum and then would backed up to the second page almost a day later. Yes, these threads got lower number of replies but I think they had a right to be amongst the popular threads and able to see by anyone who didn't feel like digging back pages and pages. Thats no longer an issue though, but it was.
hey, GT, you got your green screen.. how bout you contribute something to THAT first.. then everyone can come back and debate this later..
Getting the green screen never felt like a victory for me anyways. I was defended by 3 people and picked apart by the rest leaving me thinking my time on XIXAX was done because it was all just too tiring. My interest in movies drained and I became non existent only to see Green Screen being jump started months later when my interest in it couldn't have been lower. So excuse me if its taking me time do something I haven't done in a good year and half. Write essays. I do plan on writing something shortly and becoming a regular contributor.
Maybe I should have just kept suggesting more award gimmicks like XIXAX awards and the eventually titled Dekapenticon (sp?) to save the peace.
Quote from: The Gold TrumpetSo excuse me if its taking me time do something I haven't done in a good year and half. Write essays. I do plan on writing something shortly and becoming a regular contributor.
Don't get hostile about this.. I'm saying that the GS was essentially your idea.. so if you aren't going to contribute to that, haha, then why vent about a new idea already? S'all I'm saying.. and also, it's not like you had to write a new essay strictly for thr GS. People have been submitting things they did in the past.
Quote from: The Gold TrumpetMaybe I should have just kept suggesting more award gimmicks like XIXAX awards and the eventually titled Dekapenticon (sp?) to save the peace.
If you wanna keep promoting a 2005 Dekapenticon, I will support you wholeheartedly.
your check's in the mail
.......As I said, when I originally proposed the Foreign Language Forum, I thought it would have been a postive and necessary addition. I don't believe that anymore. The boards have died down enough to give the obscure films and filmmakers a fair shot on the boards. Any argument I'm partaking with JB on this only has to do with the credentials of the idea back when I made it. Nothing more. No further begging coming from me for anything.