How to start watching Foreign Movies | A Beginners Guide
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| 2s | Hey guys, hope you are going well and |
| 4s | welcome back to another Foreign Film |
| 7s | Friday. Can you believe that this is the |
| 9s | final Foreign Film Friday for 2017? So |
| 13s | crazy. I know how much so many of you |
| 15s | appreciate my foreign film reviews and I |
| 18s | do love sharing with you the very best |
| 21s | and latest of foreign film releases and |
| 24s | hearing your opinions and discussions |
| 26s | and your suggestions for what to review |
| 28s | next. We have reviewed so many great |
| 30s | movies this year here on the Foreign |
| 34s | Film Friday segment but not everyone |
| 36s | finds foreign language movies or |
| 38s | non-English-speaking movies easy to get |
| 41s | into and it can be a daunting experience, |
| 43s | especially if you don't know where to |
| 45s | start. So if that maybe sounds like you, |
| 48s | consider this your Foreign Movies 101 or |
| 51s | beginner's guide to getting into |
| 53s | non-English language movies. Now before |
| 56s | we jump into some of my favourite movie |
| 57s | picks I need to do a quick little intro |
| 60s | about why it really is so important to |
| 62s | watch these non-English, non-American, |
| 65s | non-mainstream non-Hollywood non-studio |
| 69s | budgeted films. Firstly, it's perspective. |
| 71s | Different filmmakers have very different |
| 73s | stories to tell and different ways of |
| 75s | telling it. If you look outside that safe |
| 77s | sphere of English films, you will find an |
| 80s | endlessly diverse range of stories that |
| 82s | are culturally unique to whatever |
| 84s | country they are coming out of, even if |
| 87s | they don't necessarily intend to be. |
| 88s | Simply by being set in a different |
| 90s | geographical location, they'll naturally |
| 92s | bring those elements into the story. |
| 94s | They'll bring in different outlooks and |
| 96s | perspectives on culture, on family life |
| 99s | and relationships, and these things could |
| 101s | be a world away from what you know. |
| 103s | Secondly, it's to diversify. Getting out |
| 106s | of your comfort zone is a really great |
| 108s | thing and while it might be challenging |
| 110s | at first, like anything, you have to work |
| 113s | at it to reap the benefits, but you will |
| 115s | get such a better appreciation for |
| 118s | movies overall by exposing yourself to |
| 121s | different ways of telling stories that |
| 123s | don't always follow that same generic |
| 125s | formula and structure. So if you are |
| 127s | looking to get into foreign movies. here |
| 129s | some great places to start. I've |
| 131s | collated a little list of some of my |
| 133s | favorite movies from Europe to the |
| 136s | Middle East and finishing up in Asia, so |
| 138s | let's get started. Number one, and please |
| 141s | bear in mind it's in no particular order, |
| 143s | like, the list that I'm about to tell you, |
| 145s | but we'll get started with number one. It |
| 148s | is France's 2001 romantic comedy, Amelie. |
| 153s | This is starring the adorkable Audrey |
| 156s | Tautou. This is directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet |
| 158s | and is about this painfully shy Parisian |
| 161s | waitress. She's so sweet, so charming, and |
| 165s | she really tries to improve the lives of |
| 168s | those around her in a really strange |
| 170s | quirky little ways. It is so charming |
| 173s | this world that Jeunet has built so |
| 176s | fantastical on the border of absurd but |
| 179s | yeah it is so so sweet and I love the |
| 182s | music by Yann Tiersen, it is so lovely every |
| 186s | time I hear it. It just makes me so |
| 188s | bright and warm. An absolutely gorgeous |
| 190s | movie if you haven't seen a foreign film, |
| 192s | this is a great one to start with. "Ça va? |
| 195s | Un café s'il vous plaît. Merci. Au revoir." |
| 200s | And that is the extent of my grade six |
| 202s | French. Next up, number two from Spain. |
| 205s | This is the fantasy horror film Pan's |
| 208s | Labyrinth, directed by the masterful |
| 211s | Guillermo del Toro. Set in 1944 amongst |
| 215s | the Spanish Civil War, it's really a dark |
| 217s | time to set a fairy tale, but that's what |
| 219s | makes it so incredible as we follow the |
| 222s | story of young Orfelia who meets a |
| 224s | faun and this faun tells her that if she |
| 227s | can complete these three challenges that |
| 229s | she will be saved from her really, like, |
| 232s | violent and dire home-life situation. It |
| 236s | is surprisingly very scary. I remember |
| 239s | when I first saw it, I was absolutely in |
| 242s | awe because it was both brilliant and |
| 244s | terrifying at the exact same time. |
| 247s | There's one particular scene with a |
| 249s | demonic creature who has eyeballs in his |
| 252s | hands and he puts these hands up to his |
| 255s | face in order to see |
| 257s | and it's still really creeps me out. |
| 259s | still staying in Europe at number three |
| 262s | we are in Italy or for in 1997's film |
| 265s | life is beautiful even though this one |
| 267s | is set during world war ii and during |
| 269s | the nazi occupation of many European |
| 271s | countries and specifically during the |
| 274s | Holocaust it is still classified as a |
| 277s | comedy believe it or not it actually is |
| 279s | and that is partly or mainly due to the |
| 283s | lead character Guido played by Roberto |
| 285s | Benigni so amazingly he's so upbeat he's |
| 289s | so charismatic despite all the doom and |
| 291s | gloom going on around him he uses his |
| 294s | humor in order to get through it and he |
| 296s | continues to use this humor and this |
| 298s | positive outlook on life even as he and |
| 302s | his young son are being taken away to |
| 304s | the concentration camp I'm gonna tell |
| 307s | you I did cry a lot in this movie but it |
| 310s | is so amazing and paninis performance he |
| 314s | went on to win the Best Actor Award at |
| 317s | the Oscars it's marvelous next up we are |
| 320s | continuing to move eastward across the |
| 322s | globe with turkey's film mustang from |
| 326s | 2015 this was actually the first film |
| 329s | out of turkey that i think that i had |
| 331s | ever seen and it was absolutely |
| 334s | incredible mustang is set in a remote |
| 336s | turkish village and follows these five |
| 339s | orphaned sisters who are living with an |
| 342s | aunt and uncle in a very very strict and |
| 346s | sort of religiously closed households |
| 350s | basically until they can be married off |
| 352s | it's a coming-of-age story and it is |
| 355s | without a doubt the resilience of these |
| 357s | sisters and their bonds with each other |
| 360s | that makes this movie it's so incredibly |
| 362s | touching it hits really high at the |
| 365s | subservient role of women within this |
| 367s | culture and it's probably more about |
| 370s | provoking and creating discussion than |
| 373s | it is about absolute accuracy i've heard |
| 376s | a lot of people say this isn't |
| 378s | indicative of Turkish culture in this |
| 381s | region of the world but for what it's |
| 383s | worth it is absolutely a film which |
| 386s | incites so much discussion and is done |
| 388s | really brilliant |
| 389s | let's finish this off with number five a |
| 391s | film from Japan this is the anime |
| 394s | spirited away from 2001 directed by |
| 397s | Hayao Miyazaki yes this is an animated |
| 400s | film and you might think it is for |
| 402s | children and but trust me it is just as |
| 404s | much for adults as it is for children |
| 407s | and also not very small children it is |
| 409s | kind of scary in parts according to |
| 411s | Wikipedia this film is the second |
| 413s | highest-grossing animated film of all |
| 416s | time so really if you haven't seen it |
| 418s | you must hear ten-year-old sin somehow |
| 421s | stumbles across this magical fantastical |
| 425s | bathhouse or you would also call it a |
| 428s | spy resort and is trapped there and has |
| 431s | to work at the resort or at the |
| 433s | bathhouse in order to win her own |
| 435s | freedom it is an absolutely thrilling |
| 438s | adventure right all the characters that |
| 441s | sin interacts with yo Baba the evil boss |
| 445s | who oversees this bathhouse and won't |
| 447s | let sin go it is just it's so magical I |
| 451s | absolutely adore this film I adore the |
| 454s | animation so so much and Studio Ghibli |
| 456s | went on and made a whole range of these |
| 460s | fantastical anime films and I loved |
| 463s | every single one of them and Studio |
| 465s | Ghibli films like spirited away like |
| 468s | Howl's Moving Castle or like Princess |
| 470s | Mononoke there are some of my favorites |
| 472s | they make Disney films feel childish |
| 475s | that is it from me guys thank you so |
| 478s | much for hanging out with me today don't |
| 480s | forget to comment down below and let me |
| 482s | know some of your favorite foreign films |
| 484s | and what you would recommend for people |
| 486s | wanting to get more into foreign movies |
| 489s | like what's the more accessible movies |
| 492s | that you would recommend for newcomers |
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