ENT Has anybody seen The Delicatessen?

[mollywhop]

movie is fucking weird man. But good shit ngl

 

[mollywhop]

Delicatessen (1991) - IMDb

Delicatessen: Directed by Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet. With Pascal Benezech, Dominique Pinon, Marie-Laure Dougnac, Jean-Claude Dreyfus. Post-apocalyptic surrealist black comedy about the landlord of an apartment building who occasionally prepares a delicacy for his odd tenants.

www.imdb.com

 

[Ray Wonder]

no hth

 

[mollywhop]

no hth

it does not help at all

 

[mollywhop]

thank you for providing zero assistance in this regard

 

[ghost.prawn]

Their next film City of Lost Children was even better

 

[ghost.prawn]

Also made Amelie

 

[ghost.prawn]

His Alien movie is not great but has its moments

 

[mollywhop]

Their next film City of Lost Children was even better

oh word?

 

[mollywhop]

I didn't know he was the Amelie dude and I never saw that either but recognize the name. This was a random baked at midnight on the couch watch and it was wacky but solid

 

[mollywhop]

@ghost.prawn any other suggestions for when I'm feeling fancy and foreign

 

[Sphygmo]

I liked it but city of lost children my fav of theirs

 

[rcm]

I added it to my to-watch list recently, but I haven't picked it yet.

Watched Rushmore and Fargo this weekend.

 

[rcm]

I liked it but city of lost children my fav of theirs

You seen this one m8?

Another weird looking foreign movie that I added to my list because of the reviews

The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2005) - IMDb

The Death of Mr. Lazarescu: Directed by Cristi Puiu. With Doru Ana, Monica Barladeanu, Alina Berzunteanu, Dorian Boguta. Mr. Lãzãrescu, a dying old man, is shuttled from hospital to hospital by a loyal paramedic as doctors refuse to operate and no one can agree on a diagnosis.

m.imdb.com

 

[ghost.prawn]

@ghost.prawn any other suggestions for when I'm feeling fancy and foreign

On the weirder side:

Holy Motors - French - trippiest movie ever
Enter The Void - French - hard to endure but innovative IMO
A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night - Iran
Under The Shadow - Iran

many (tho not all) on the darker side:

Burning - Korea
Son of Saul - Hungary
Time of The Wolf - French
White Ribbon - Austria
A Prophet - France
Cache - French
Waltz With Bashir - Israel
The Secret In Their Eyes - Argentina
Funny Games - German
Maria Full of Grace - Colombia
Howl’s Moving Castle - Japan
Troll hunter - Norway
Force Majeure - Sweden
The Square - Sweden
Afterlife - Japan
Monos - Colombia
A Separation - Iran
In The Mood For Love - Hong Kong
Chung King Express - Hong Kong
the Lives of Others - Germany
Gomorrah - Italy
Memories of Murder - Korea
Volver - Spain
All About My Mother - Spain

 

[rcm]

On the weirder side:

Holy Motors - French - trippiest movie ever
Enter The Void - French - hard to endure but innovative IMO
A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night - Iran
Under The Shadow - Iran

many (tho not all) on the darker side:

Burning - Korea
Son of Saul - Hungary
Time of The Wolf - French
White Ribbon - Austria
A Prophet - France
Cache - French
Waltz With Bashir - Israel
The Secret In Their Eyes - Argentina
Funny Games - German
Maria Full of Grace - Colombia
Howl’s Moving Castle - Japan
Troll hunter - Norway
Force Majeure - Sweden
The Square - Sweden
Afterlife - Japan
Monos - Colombia
A Separation - Iran
In The Mood For Love - Hong Kong
Chung King Express - Hong Kong
the Lives of Others - Germany
Gomorrah - Italy
Memories of Murder - Korea
Volver - Spain
All About My Mother - Spain

We watched Maria Full of Grace in my high school Spanish class lol

I'm not sure how I felt about Monos

 

[ghost.prawn]

Also Amelie, of course

 

[ghost.prawn]

We watched Maria Full of Grace in my high school Spanish class lol

I'm not sure how I felt about Monos

im a sucker for movies that show you a place/way of life that you know nothing about and have no access to - and Monos definitely did that IMO

 

[Sphygmo]

You seen this one m8?

Another weird looking foreign movie that I added to my list because of the reviews

The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2005) - IMDb

The Death of Mr. Lazarescu: Directed by Cristi Puiu. With Doru Ana, Monica Barladeanu, Alina Berzunteanu, Dorian Boguta. Mr. Lãzãrescu, a dying old man, is shuttled from hospital to hospital by a loyal paramedic as doctors refuse to operate and no one can agree on a diagnosis.

m.imdb.com

Yup

Quite depressing but well made

 

[Sphygmo]

On the weirder side:

Holy Motors - French - trippiest movie ever
Enter The Void - French - hard to endure but innovative IMO
A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night - Iran
Under The Shadow - Iran

many (tho not all) on the darker side:

Burning - Korea
Son of Saul - Hungary
Time of The Wolf - French
White Ribbon - Austria
A Prophet - France
Cache - French
Waltz With Bashir - Israel
The Secret In Their Eyes - Argentina
Funny Games - German
Maria Full of Grace - Colombia
Howl’s Moving Castle - Japan
Troll hunter - Norway
Force Majeure - Sweden
The Square - Sweden
Afterlife - Japan
Monos - Colombia
A Separation - Iran
In The Mood For Love - Hong Kong
Chung King Express - Hong Kong
the Lives of Others - Germany
Gomorrah - Italy
Memories of Murder - Korea
Volver - Spain
All About My Mother - Spain

Damn nice list

 

[Sphygmo]

im a sucker for movies that show you a place/way of life that you nothing about and have no access to - and Monos definitely did that IMO

Embrace of the serpent in that vein imo

So good

 

[ghost.prawn]

Embrace of the serpent in that vein imo

So good

yeah fucking gorgeous movie

 

[Four Seasons Landscaping]

The Wailing is a great movie.

The Wailing (2016) - IMDb

The Wailing: Directed by Na Hong-jin. With Kwak Do-won, Jung-min Hwang, Jun Kunimura, Woo-hee Chun. Soon after a stranger arrives in a little village, a mysterious sickness starts spreading. A policeman, drawn into the incident, is forced to solve the mystery in order to save his daughter.

www.imdb.com

 

[mollywhop]

damn forgot about this I’m watching Amelie now. Gonna try the others mentioned soon as well. I liked delicatessen way more than expected and have thought about it a lot, it was really well done

 

[ghost.prawn]

damn forgot about this I’m watching Amelie now. Gonna try the others mentioned soon as well. I liked delicatessen way more than expected and have thought about it a lot, it was really well done

Amelie is a pretty perfect film
And you will be hard pressed to meet a woman who didn't absolutely love it

City of Lost Children is very Terry Gilliam-esque, but as good or maybe even better than most of Gilliam's movies - except for Brazil, of course, which is a masterpiece