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Ripper1888
05-26-2003, 05:23 AM
What Foreign country puts out the best films.

For me Italy and Japan but thats cause I love horror
charliebobo
05-26-2003, 05:58 AM
France. No doubt about it.
Buck Turgidson
05-26-2003, 06:01 AM
France, w/ Spain a close second.
Indiana Sev
05-26-2003, 06:17 AM
I don't consider films from the United Kingdom foreign films otherwise I'd pick them for sure.

France wins easily.

Thanks for including Canada, but seriously....:D
DaMovieMan
05-26-2003, 07:09 AM
ItaLy with Japan and France close seconds.

DMM
VicVega
05-26-2003, 10:59 AM
Terrific topic.

I'm gonna have to say Other: ASIAN, followed by ITALIAN.
Jedi
05-26-2003, 11:03 AM
Other:
American movies :D
Asian (Japanese- Chinese)
Voodoodoll
05-26-2003, 11:53 AM
I went with France although I'm pretty fond of most european stuff; Japan has some great talent too.
bob
05-26-2003, 12:11 PM
I went for Japan.
The 8 Ball
05-26-2003, 12:32 PM
China and Japan, no contest!
MickeyKnox
05-26-2003, 01:18 PM
Asian/Japan/China followed by France followed by Italy followed by United Kingdom
Hannibal21
05-26-2003, 03:24 PM
I prefer Asian cinema (China, Japan, etc.)
blankpage
05-26-2003, 05:01 PM
Japan cinema all the way!
SenorSpielbergo
05-28-2003, 03:16 AM
Japan, closely followed by France and Italy
thedarklamb
05-29-2003, 12:27 AM
Hmm tough one. Italy then France, Sweeden, Germany, Japan.
Shakamaker
05-29-2003, 12:35 AM
Spain and France, easily.
Donnie_Darko
05-29-2003, 03:45 AM
I went "Other", so I'll specify... Hong Kong... top to bottom, I love HK cinema. Drama, Comedy, ACTION, Horror, Romance... it rules.

Japan would be a close second tho.

Then I guess I'll stick "American" in there, cause for all the utter SHIT they put out, they do put out some great stuff too.

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BadCoverVersion
05-29-2003, 08:48 AM
Japan.

I love UK films (not the likes of Bridget Jones, Full Monty, Lock, Stock and other such bollocks), but I wouldn't consider them "foreign"...because, well...I live here...:confused:.
The Professional
05-29-2003, 01:45 PM
for me, its a tie between France/Japan with Italy leading in cult movies(Spaghetti Westerns, Gialli, Eurocrime)
Lazy Boy
05-29-2003, 05:18 PM
France makes the most interesting films of any country...I just saw The Piano Teacher recently and was wowed by it.

A close second would be Japan, whose anime work and Kurosawa films make it one of the leaders in great movies.
bowieee
05-29-2003, 05:34 PM
It's a tie for me between italy and Japan.
JackBurton90
06-19-2003, 07:59 PM
Anything that Kirosawa Directs is good
Tom Samborski
06-19-2003, 08:03 PM
Gotta give my vote to France after seeing The Fifth Element and The Transporter. I'm surprised that Canada got two votes, we Canadians suck when it comes to making movies IMO.
Ren Hoek
06-19-2003, 10:04 PM
JAPAN (Miyazaki, Kitano, Kurosawa, Ozu, Takahata), followed by CHINA/HK (Woo, Hark, Lam, Kar-Wai), followed by FRANCE (Truffaut, Godard, Clouzot, Tati), followed by GERMANY (Herzog, Wiene, Murnau, Wenders).

I also love UK cinema (though probably not as much as BCV ;)) but it's not foreign in my case...
Slim
06-19-2003, 10:05 PM
Who are the two nice schmoes who voted for Canada? :D
Now for real foreign cinema, Japan kicks ass.
MacReady
06-19-2003, 10:24 PM
I'm not rarely watch foreign movies due to their rareness but when I do I like watching Italian horror films.
ANavissi500
07-01-2003, 01:38 PM
Don't forget about IRAN!!!
JCR
07-01-2003, 02:12 PM
Japan. Takashi Miike is the fuckin man! And I watched versus last night and that was really good fun too.
Jasonite
07-02-2003, 05:41 AM
It's hard for me to decide between France and Japan....Truffaut and Kurosawa are my two favorite foreign film directors. I'll just say those are my top two.


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