How do you know if it is a foreign language film or
not? Doesn’t it depend on which country
you are in? If you are in Japan, Kurosawa isn’t a foreign language film and
Jaws is. The category, for me, should be
called Any Film Not in English. Perhaps
it should be re-stated Your Favorite Film You Watched with Subtitles. And why specifically have a category for
foreign language film? Are they inferior
and need some help up, a separate category otherwise they wouldn’t be voted on
at all? Hey, I just want you to look at
my Favorite Film. Yep, Foreign
Language. Just prejudice, that’s
all. Okay, enough of my rant.
Apart from the many non-English films I’ve already mentioned
in the 30 Day challenge comes my favorite film from the director Kieslowski:
The Double Life of Veronique. This film
is a mood poem more than a cohesive narrative.
It is about two women with the same name: one Polish, one French. But they share many characteristics. I think this film is a spiritual and sensual
masterpiece. Difficult to understand,
but in the end it just doesn’t matter.
Even if it cannot win you intellectually, it will win you with beauty of
sight and spirit.
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