Luc Besson - Taxi.

[DanBoy]

Dunno if I spelt Luc Besson properly, but anyway...

I watched Taxi last night, in all its subtitled glory. What a cool film! Anyone seen it?

At first I found the subtitles slightly annoying because they detracted from my time looking at the screen (and the crazy driving antics!) but after a while I started to find it quite refreshing - It made a change to hear the actors speaking French rather than American English, as is usually the case.

I can see me getting into some cool foreign films now. Anybody got any suggestions?

[Rob_F]

Yes - Taxi 2! Not as good as the original, but still a very fun film. I think there's loads of threads like this as people discover it! Brilliant film.

Cheers,
Rob.

[DanBoy]

Hehe - I have Taxi 2 as well (I bought the box set from work). It was a snip at £9.99.

[RobDickinson]

Nikita (nother luke Beson movie, remade as The assasin).
Delecatesen, City of lost children, Amelie, A very long engagement (all by the same Director/company)

Croutching Tiger-Hidden Dragon, Ju-on (The grudge)

[docevi1]

I discovered it a short while back as well, £7.99 for Taxi 1 and 2 from www.play.com

Try Amilie, it's quite a quirky little French film which had critical acclaim a few years back, quite good if a little "chick-flick"y (I liked it though).

You also have the arty Asian films such as Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (only watchable in Mandarin with English Subtitles IMO), Hero and the House of Long Knives (just out at the Cinema - titled something like that).

[tycho]

Rob_F said:

Yes - Taxi 2! Not as good as the original, but still a very fun film. I think there's loads of threads like this as people discover it! Brilliant film. Cheers, Rob.

Yep, it is still good.

Ninja!!!!

[rude-boy]

Yep, I've known about Taxi for years but only go round to buying and watching it a few weeks ago - top film. sad I know but I found the old schoolboy French taking over from the reading towards the end.

Sorry that this is a bit off topice but I know there was a film, Michael Villante?, being made by the same director, part of the plot of which was based around Le Mans in 2002(or03). has anyone heard hide or hair of this and -where can you get a copy in the uk, assuming it has been dubbed or titled?

[DanBoy]

docevi1 said:

I discovered it a short while back as well, £7.99 for Taxi 1 and 2 from www.play.com Try Amilie, it's quite a quirky little French film which had critical acclaim a few years back, quite good if a little "chick-flick"y (I liked it though). You also have the arty Asian films such as Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (only watchable in Mandarin with English Subtitles IMO), Hero and the House of Long Knives (just out at the Cinema - titled something like that).

Amelie sounds good - I've been hearing quite a bit about it. I love the theme tune by Tierrson ("la valse d'amelie", I think).

As for Crouching Tiger... I have that, but I'm afraid I just don't get it!

[rude-boy]

Betty Blue 36 Degrees

[john75]

Taxi is that the one where Jodie foster played a 13 year old hooker ?

[milfordkong]

Highly recommend:

OldBoy (Korean horror/thriller/incredibly thought provoking but very nasty)

Zatoichi (fantastic Japanese film about a blind swordsman from Takeshi Kitano, good one for Kill Bill fans)

The Infernal Affairs Trilogy (Brilliant Hong Kong Action Crime/Cop movies, superbly made and great fun)

A Tale of two Sisters (HK horror movie)

Hero & House of Flying Daggers (Zhang Yimou's stunning martial arts movies, I still prefer Hero but flying daggers is still a cracking movie)

many many more just can't think of them,
Andy

[Gulliver]

Bella Vita, Italian film winner of the International Film
at the Oscars in 2001.

Beautiful and sad, never seens so many people crying outside the cinema........

[cotty]

john75 said:

Taxi is that the one where Jodie foster played a 13 year old hooker ?

No thats Taxi Driver

[SiOsbon]

Anyone got round to watching taxi 3 yet?

If so, is it recommended cause I have often thought about getting it off ebay, just haven't got round to it yet.

[Raify]

Ooh, good foreign films! I know a few:

Spanish:
'Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios' (women on the verge of a nervous breakdown) - Pedro Almodovar
¡Atame! (Tie me up, tie me down) - Almodovar

French:
La Haine, plus the one's mentioned here (Nikita, Delicatessen)

German:
Run Lola, Run!

Japanese:
I second Zatoichi, great film.
Battle Royale

Mexican:
Y tu mama tambien
Amores Perros
Motorcycle Diaries

[jacobyte]

Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources

Cinema Paradiso

[Liszt]

Les Visiteurs. Jean Reno doing comedy. Very French, very funny.

[MrsRotty]

Liszt said:

Les Visiteurs. Jean Reno doing comedy. Very French, very funny.

Second that - hugely better than the Yank remake 'Just Visiting'

Ali

[jazzybee]

Indian:
Bombay - touching and very heart wrenching (especially if you've got kids)

Lagan: About Tax and Cricket - great film (if a little long)

Dil Chahta Hai: very modern indian movie - would change your perspective of what India is like now

[Le TVR]

rude-boy said:

Michael Villante?, being made by the same director, part of the plot of which was based around Le Mans in 2002(or03). has anyone heard hide or hair of this ?

Michel Vaillant. From LM2002.

Luc is quite a petrolhead and normally found at all F1 meetings.

And dont forget Taxi 3 either.