La Haine

ButcherOfNog

Network 2, 00:10am tonite, if you've not seen it, nows yer chance.

Dr. Loon

Wicked film, if you haven't seen it, it's definitely worth a watch...

Puck

Smashin! Love that film! I've seen it loads of times and I'll watch it again tonight if I remember.

Why does RTE always show the good films on late?

Beruthiel

if you like that one - have you ever seen 'Doberman'?

I know it's off topic but it blows La Haine out of the water!

Jpaulik

I have bits of the soundtrack to this film. Whoot whoot assasin la police.

RasTa

whoot whoot thats the sound of the police :cool:

klong

saw it in school, great film

one question: who thinks Hubert is a crap name for a 6 foot 6 boxer weighing roughly 300lbs?

The Gopher

I liked it but I thought it got a little weak halfway through and went into Paris.It didnt seem to have much to do with the main plot i thought.And call me a slave of Hollywood but I thought it would have been better in colour.Still not too bad though.

Dont be at yourself

Terrific film, I thought. If you haven't seen it, watch it.

yellum

Great film, worked very well in Black and White.

I think its "assassin de la police, regardez police ", its defo in French and its defo DJ Cut Killer that does it.

The " Woop-woop! , That's the sound of da police! " is a KRS1 track.

Beef

Ah scutter I fell asleep! And I had a reminder in my phone to watch it and all!!! :mad:

RasTa

aye its cut killer
i thought he sampled the krs1 track meself
probaly wrong though

Mossy Monk

a great film but i couldn't go to the jacks or anything in case i missed some dialogue. it was thoroughly enjoyable though

king of fifa

la haine c'est bon.anyone know any other good foriegn films?

yellum

Yes.

La Femme Nikita
The Crimson Rivers
Man Bites Dog
Hard Boiled
Ring
Battle Royale

kilian

amazing film one of me favorites of all time... !!!

if you missed it on TV just there, perhaps I can give a small gem of information to anybody who is considering buying "la haine" on DVD-

-Don't buy it in ireland (if you find it anywhere)

-And don't order it from england!!!!!

-order it straight from france!

amazon.fr stock it- and at EUR 10 less than the english version!

I made the mistake of first getting it from england- the dogiest subtitles I've ever seen- plain white, on a black and white film, so half the time you couldn't see them! even worse, they were part of the video track- so you can't turn them off or anything.

the french version, on the other hand is a gem:
it's got a range of different subtitle options (including english), and audio options (incase you want to watch it in german). And also some great extra features (short film, making of, trailers..) all in french but worth having!

kilian

yellum- all top notch flicks, but can i also recomend a few:

delicatessen

la cite des enfants perdus (the city of lost children); reel world on leeson st. is the only place I know of stocking an origional french (subtitled) version)

taxi (luc besson's superb, if corny, action/comedy)

Hana Bi (fireworks)

Violent Cop
(and any other film by takeshi kitano)

run lola run

das boot

there's so many more! if you want to rent foreign movies check out laser on georges st. and ranelagh or reel world on leeson st.

yellum

How could I forget Run Lola Run ? tut tut. I have it here on dvd too. Das Boot is also damned good.

I saw Brother by takeshi kitano , damned fine film.

Thanks for the heads up on the dvd for La Haine.

RasTa

whats crimson rivers like??
i know its by the same director as la haine

kilian

yellum-
brother is good, innit- got the DVD recently! loved battle royale too!

no worries about la haine DVD- glad to spare you the heartache...

RasTa-
afraid I haven't seen it! anything of mathiew kassovitz i have seen is excellent though. Damn fine actor he is too...

king of fifa

thanking you folks. i'll be down to laser.

yellum

Crimson Rivers is like a french version of Seven. Its really good. Jean Reno and Vincent Cassels, bound to be well acted.

It is beautifully shot, really rich colours. Very enjoyable. Theres this weird bit in it though, where it turns into a mini kung-fu film for 5 minutes.

I'm really getting into French films recently and have a new-found appreciation for the language, so much so that I think I'm going to make an effort to learn it. Haven't done french since junior cert.

kilian

cheers yellum must check out crimson rivers. sounds good!
i'm also trying to improve my french; what I do now when I watch la haine is watch it with french subtitles- it really helps to learn the language!

the french really know how to make good films man! when you think about the amount of crap that comes out of the states... but on the whole most french films are pretty good.

It's just such a pity that it's so hard to find foreign films in ireland- particularly in the cinema. The only place really is the IFC.
do you remember the light house cinema on abbey street? closed down when I still had to sneak into the 18s but will be sorely missed!

yellum

I'm from Cork and its the Kino arthouse cinema where I go to find those interesting films.

Fidelis

Funny Games is a brilliant German movie by Michael Haneke, 'tis quite twisted though.

jes

if you want to see some good foreign films, check these out

Brotherhood of the wolf (french)
Devil's Backbone (spanish)
Amores Perros (mexican)

Totally brilliant.

Crimson rivers was the biggest piece of poo i have ever seen.
Avoid that muck.

kilian

poo you say? hmmm...
amores perros was great! devil's backbone, though?? heard a lot of bad reports and decided not to see it! i'll check it out on video sometime. Brotherhood of the wolf is a well dodgy title but i'll give it a shot.
Check out das experiment (there's already another thread started about it) finishes tomorrow in the IFC.

jes

I beg to differ.

you will have to see both Brotherhood of the wolf and devil's backbone before you make your opinion.

worth noting, Brotherhood of the wolf was France's biggest ever budget for a film.

Dammit i miss the IFC.
I'm now in Adelaide Australia and there's not much in the way of foreign films here.

yellum

Devils backbone is a class film, saw it at the Cork Film Festival last year. I can't recommend this enough. Brotherhood of the Wolf is also a cracking film.

Have yet to see Amores Perros but have heard really good things about that too.

kilian

thanks for all your recomendations I'll make sure to check them all out!
Unfortunately i always find myself missing films in the IFC and have to wait till they're on video- for foreign films that can be quite long (and some really good films don't even get a video release!).
biggest budget ever for a french film? now that does sound interesting...

thanks again i'll let you all know what i think when i see them!

jes

Definitely see Amores Perros.
It's one of those films where there's 4 short stories that all connect.
you will love it.