French film

[Herr Tubthumper]

Pepe Le Moko a great light hearted 30's gangster movie.

Oh god yeah, arguably the first 'noir' film. Bloody good film. Battle of Algiers is good as well.

 

[Austrian Gull]

Bit late, but I you are still looking for some French movie fixes, try also:

Le Diner Du Cons (sp?)...which I THINK saw Canto a's screen debut!

An extremely funny slapstick style film - highly recommended.

Cantona not in it, though - are you thinking of "Le bonheur est dans le pré"?

 

[CHAPPERS]

Battle of Algiers is good as well.

Saw that at the Dome with Asian Dub Foundation providing a live soundtrack for the festival a few years back. Absolutely amazing.

 

[Acker79]

What's that film about a french synchronised swimming team, came out about 2 years ago? Cannot recall the title but it was very good.

Water Lilies (2007) - IMDb

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[Danny-Boy]

Ok everyone should watch The Wages of Fear. Holy moley, an immaculate film of deep tensions. It's just the simple tale of men desperate for money transporting an explosive nitroglycerine across the winding and hilly roads of south America. It's so bloody nervewracking despite it just being men sweating in cabs and watching out for the potholes that might end them all.
It kinds of sounds like a combination of Speed and a double-episode of Diagnosis Murder, but it's done by Herni Georges Clouzot, whose work is visually strange and intense at times. Buddy brilliant.

Didn't we turn that into "Hell Drivers" made about 1957, which starred Stanley Baker, a very early Patrick McGoohan as the bad Irishman, Sid James in a serious part, and - I think - Sean Connery? Get's shown occasionally on TV.

A French film I was shown in school about 1965 had a weird theme where someone goes forward in time and sees himself being killed or something. It was really wird, anyone had any idea what it was?

We saw it dounble-headed with a Pirelli promotional film featuring a blond in a sports car, being all about 17 at the time, that rather got more attention. Spencer Davis Group provided the sound-track with "Keep On Running", a number that brings back the image of a blond every time I hear it.

 

[CHAPPERS]

Water Lilies (2007) - IMDb

?

Looks good, on lovefilm list.

 

[Trufflehound]

Ok everyone should watch The Wages of Fear. Holy moley, an immaculate film of deep tensions. It's just the simple tale of men desperate for money transporting an explosive nitroglycerine across the winding and hilly roads of south America. It's so bloody nervewracking despite it just being men sweating in cabs and watching out for the potholes that might end them all.
It kinds of sounds like a combination of Speed and a double-episode of Diagnosis Murder, but it's done by Herni Georges Clouzot, whose work is visually strange and intense at times. Buddy brilliant.

Didn't we turn that into "Hell Drivers" made about 1957, which starred Stanley Baker, a very early Patrick McGoohan as the bad Irishman, Sid James in a serious part, and - I think - Sean Connery? Get's shown occasionally on TV.

That's a different truck-driving film.

Wages of Fear was remade as "Violent Road" in the 50s, which I haven't seen, but which is by all accounts pretty piss-poor.

Then it was remade again in the late 70s as "Sorceror" with Roy Scheider, who was then a sizeable star because of Jaws. For a remake that one isn't too shabby, although not in the same class as the original. Tangerine Dream did the soundtrack.

 

[Langley]

Two excellent oldies, The Wages of Fear and Rififi, I think that is how its spelt, very old, but spellbinding

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Saw that at the Dome with Asian Dub Foundation providing a live soundtrack for the festival a few years back. Absolutely amazing.

Ditto at the Hackney Empire.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Water Lilies (2007) - IMDb

?

This is the one.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Saw that at the Dome with Asian Dub Foundation providing a live soundtrack for the festival a few years back. Absolutely amazing.

I saw Run Lola Run with a live soundtrack by The Bays. Not as good, in fact it was quite dull. The Bays are very over rated in my opinion.

 

[Bigtomfu]

Irreversible - if you can get past the overdone hype of certain aspects of this film it is both shocking and incredible in the same.

La Haine - you've probably seen it but a superb piece of massive cultural significance for the youth culture uprising in late 80's early 90's Paris.


Love me if you dare

MicMacs

Etc....

 

[Gwylan]

I watched I've Loved You So Long last night - can heartily recommend. Wonderfully made film

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

La Haine - you've probably seen it but a superb piece of massive cultural significance for the youth culture uprising in late 80's early 90's Paris.


Etc....

Great film. France's 'Do The Right Thing'

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

I watched I've Loved You So Long last night - can heartily recommend. Wonderfully made film

Well received by the critics and definately one I want to see.

 

[ILIKECANDLES]

has anyone mentioned 'irreversible'?

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

has anyone mentioned 'irreversible'?

Four posts above yours Mr O

 

[ILIKECANDLES]

Four posts above yours Mr O

ahh yes. Thanks.

 

[CHAPPERS]

Watched The Beat That My Heaty Skipped the other day. Not sure what to make of it really but it ended with me feeling quite flat.

Paris is my favourite so far.

 

[zeemeeuw]

That reminds me ... I watched Irreversible based on the recommendations in this thread. Apart from the fact that the camera work was giving me motion sickness ... I really had to turn it off when it got to the fire extinguisher scene. I would avoid, unless you have a strong stomach.