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"Today, European cinema in the United States has almost evaporated."
— Louis Meinand, New Yorker Magazine (2003)

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Books  on  Foreign  Cinema

	"Guilty: Hollywood's Verdict On Arabs After 9/11" [2008] by Jack G. Shaheen Olive Branch Press 9x6 pb [1/2008] for $12.06
	"Brazilian National Cinema" [2007] by Lisa Shaw & Stephanie Dennison Routledge pb [9/2007] for $33.95 Routledge hardcover [9/2007] for $125.00
	"British Film Posters: An Illustrated History" [2007] by Sim Branaghan, edited by Steve Chibnall British Film Institute 10¾x8 pb [2/2007] for $26.40 British Film Institute 11x8 hardcover [2/2007] for $85.00
	"The Cinema of Canada (24 Frames Series)" [2006] Edited by Jerry White Wallflower Press 9x7¾ pb [6/2006] for $25.00 Wallflower Press 9¾x8 hardcover [6/2006] for $75.00
	"Transnational Cinema: The Film Reader" [2006] Edited by Elizabeth Ezra & Terry Rowden Routledge 9x6 pb [3/2006] for $46.95 Routledge 9¼x6¼ hardcover [3/2006] for $150.00
	"Austria Cinema: A History" [2005] by Robert von Dassanowsky McFarland & Co. 10x7¼ hardcover [10/2005] for $65.00
	"East European Cinemas" [2005] by Anikó Imre Routledge 8¾x6 pb [9/2005] for $27.95 Routledge 9x6 hardcover [9/2005] for $95.00
	"The Cinema of Japan and Korea (24 Frames Series)" [2004] Edited by Justin Bowyer Wallflower Press 9x7½ pb [9/2004] for $29.50 Wallflower Press 9¼x7½ hardcover [12/2004] for $80.00
	"One Hundred Years of Canadian Cinema" [2004] by George Melnyk Univ Toronto Press 9x6 pb [9/2004] for $35.00 Univ Toronto Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [9/2004] for $70.00
	"Chinese National Cinema" [2004] by Yingjin Zhang Routledge 9x6 pb [7/2004] for $31.95 Routledge 9¼x6 hardcover [7/2004] for $125.00
	"Irish National Cinema" [2004] by Ruth Barton Routledge 9x6 hardcover [5/2004] for $31.95 Routledge 9¼x6 hardcover [6/2004] for $125.00
	"The Cinema of Latin America (24 Frames Series)" [2004] Edited by Alberto Elena & Marina Díaz López Wallflower Press 9x7½ pb [3/2004] for $29.50 Wallflower Press 9¼x7½ hardcover [3/2004] for $50.40
	"European Cinema" [2004] Edited by Elizabeth Ezra Oxford Univ Press 9¾x6½ pb [2/2004] for $29.95
	"African Film: Re-Imagining A Continent" [2004] by Josef Gugler Indiana Univ Press 8½x7¼ pb [1/2004] for $24.95 Indiana Univ Press 9x7½ hardcover [1/2004] for $59.95
	"Spanish National Cinema" [2003] by Nuria Triana-Toribio Routledge 9x6½ pb [1/2003] for $31.95 Routledge 9½x6½ hardcover [1/2003] for $125.00
	"Guide To British Cinema" [2003] by Geoff Mayer Greenwood Press 9½x6½ hardcover [6/2003] for $109.95
	"Hong Kong Cinema: Coloniser, Motherland & Self" [2002] by Yingchi Chu Routledge/Curzon 9¾x6½ hardcover [10/2002] for $135.00
	"North of Everything: English-Canadian Cinema Since 1980" [2002] Edited by William Beard & Jerry White Univ Alberta Press 10x6¾ pb [6/2002] for $49.95 Univ Alberta Press 10x5¾ hardcover [6/2002] for $75.00
	"Polish National Cinema" [2002] by Marek Haltof Berghahn Books 8¾x6 [6/2002] for $24.95 Berghahn Books 9x6 hardcover [6/2002] for $75.00
	"Canadian National Cinema" [2002] by Christopher E. Gittings Routledge 9¼x6¼ pb [1/2002] for $30.95 Routledge 9¾x6 hardcover [1/2002] for $125.00 [sic]
	"German National Cinema" [2001] by Sabine Hake Routledge 9¼x6¼ pb [10/2007] for $33.95 Routledge hardcover [10/2007] for $125.00
	"Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies A People" [2001] by Jack G. Shaheen Interlink Publng Group 8¾x5¾ pb [7/2001] for $16.50
	"Guide To The Cinema(s) of Canada" [2001] Edited by Peter Harry Rist Greenwood Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [7/2001] for $107.95 [sic]
	"Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies A People" [2001] by Jack G. Shaheen Interlink Publng Group 8¾x5¾ pb [7/2001] for $16.50
	"African Cinemas: Decolonizing The Gaze" [2001] by Olivier Barlet Zed Books 9¼x6 pb [2/2001] for $31.95 Zed Books 9½x6¼ hardcover [2/2001] for $89.95
	"Split Screen: Belgian Cinema & Cultural Identity" [2000] by Philip Mosley S.U.N.Y. Press 9x6 pb [11/2000] for $24.95 S.U.N.Y. Press 9½x6¼ hardcover [11/2000] for $72.50
	"Magical Reels: A History of Cinema In Latin America" [orig 1990, rev 2000] by John King Verso 9x6¼ pb [10/2000] for $23.95 Verso hardcover [11/90] for $0.00
	"Weimar Cinema and After: Germany's Historical Imaginary" [2000] by Thomas Elsaesser Routledge 9x5¾ pb [9/2000] for $30.20 Routledge 9½x6½ library-hardcover [9/2000] for $125.00
	"The International Movie Industry" [2000] by Gorham Kindem Southern Illinois Univ 8¾x5¾ pb [8/2000] for $38.50 Southern Illinois Univ 9½x6¼ hardcover [8/2000] for $59.95
	"Nordic National Cinemas" [1998] by Tytti Soila Routledge 9¼x6¼ pb [2/98] for $33.95 Routledge 9¼x6¼ [2/98] for $125.00
	"New Latin American Cinema, Volume 2: Studies of National Cinemas" [1997] Edited by Michael T. Martin Wayne State Univ Press 9x6 pb [6/97] for $24.95 Wayne State Univ Press 9x6¼ hardcover [3/97] for $40.11
	"New Latin American Cinema, Volume 1: Theory, Practices & Transcontinental Articulations" [1997] Edited by Michael T. Martin Wayne State Univ Press 8¾x6 pb [2/97] for $21.95 Wayne State Univ Press 9¼x6 hardcover [2/97] for $34.16
	"British National Cinema" [1997] by Sarah Street Routledge 9¼x6¼ pb [3/97] for $31.95 Routledge 9¼x6½ hardcover [3/97] for $125.00
	"Australian National Cinema" [1996] by Tom O'Regan Routledge 9¼x¼ pb [7/2005] for $31.95 Routledge 9½x6½ hardcover [10/96] for $125.00
	"Early Cinema In Russia and Its Cultural Reception" [1994] by Yuri Tsivian, translated by Alan Bodger, edited by Richard Taylor Univ Chicago Press 9x6 pb [8/98] for $23.00 Routledge 9¼x6½ hardcover [12/94] for $150.00 [sic!]
	"Black African Cinema" [1994] by Nwachukwu Frank Ukadike Univ CA Press 9x6 pb [8/94] for $24.95
	"Brazilian Cinema" [1981] Edited by Randal Johnson & Robert Stam Columbia Univ Press pb [4/95] for $33.50

Books on French Cinema
Books on Cinema of India   •   Books on Italian Cinema
Books on Japanese Cinema   •   Books on Mexican Cinema

Foreign  Filmmakers

Filmmakers of Japan   •   Filmmakers of France   •   Filmmakers of India
Filmmakers of Italy   •   Filmmakers of Mexico

NOTE: Oscar Awards for Best Foreign Language Film are not attributed
by A.M.P.A.S. or IMDb to the director or producer, but to the country of origin.

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Pedro  Almodóvar  [Spain] explore videos/DVDs • official website • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

"Viva Pedro: The Almodóvar Collection [2007] Sony color DVD [1/2007] 9 disks for $87.99 includes "Matador" [1986], "Law of Desire" [1987], "Women On The Verge of A Nervous Breakdown" [1988], "The Flower of My Secret" [1995], "Live Flesh" [1997], "All About My Mother" [1999], "Talk To Her" [2002], and "Bad Education" [2004]

Theodoros  Angelopoulos  [Greece]
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"Landscape In The Mist" aka "Topio stin omichli" [Greece 1988, U.S.A. Sept 1990] Cinematic poetry, a masterpiece of magical realism. The tale of two Greek children who believe that their father is in Germany and leave home to find him. Co-produced, co-written & directed by Theodoros Angelopoulos; starring Tania Palaiologou, Michalis Zeke, Eva Kotamanidou, Vangelis Kazan, Kiriakos Katrivanos, Aliki Georgouli & Dimitris Kaberidis New Yorker Films color DVD [11/2005] for $26.99 New Yorker Films color VHS [11/98] for $14.20 full credits from IMDb

"The Travelling Players" aka "O Thiasos" [Greece 1975, U.S.A. April 1976] Greek history from 1939 to 1952 - war against Italy, occupation by the Nazis, liberation, the Greek civil war - with a troupe of traveling actors providing the backdrop of ancient Greek mythology for comparison. Written & directed by Theodoros Angelopoulos; starring Stratos Pahis, Aliki Georgouli, Petros Zarkadis, Eva Kotamanidou, Vangelis Kazan, Kiriakos Katrivanos & Maria Vassiliou New Yorker Films subtitled color VHS [6/99] 2 tapes - out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb

Denys  Arcand  [Canada/Quebec]
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Denys Arcand bio page at Canadian Film Encyclopedia

Yevgeni  Bauer   [1865-1917; Russia]
"The greatest director you've never heard of."
— Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times film critic
three films on DVD [12/2003] • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Ingmar  Bergman [1918-2007] Page received 9 Oscar nominations [1960-1984]; won in 1960, 1961 & 1984

writer-director  Fabián  Bielinsky  [1959-2006; Argentina]
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Luis  Buñuel  [1900-83; Spain/France/Mexico] explore videos/DVDs • browse books • posters • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Nuri  Bilge  Ceylan  [Turkey]
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Doris  Dörrie  [Germany]
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Carl  Theodor  Dreyer  [1889-1968; Denmark]
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Atom Egoyan  [Canada]
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official Atom Egoyan website

Sergei  Eisenstein  [1898-1948] Page
Russian-born Eisenstein also worked in France & Mexico

Rainer  Werner  Fassbinder  [1945-82; Germany]
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"Berlin Alexanderplatz" [1980]

"Fassbinder's Germany: History, Identity, Subject" [1996?] by Thomas Elsaesser Amsterdam Univ Press 9½x6¼ pb [6/96] for $19.00 Amsterdam Univ Press 9½x6¼ hardcover [6/96] for $30.00

Milos  Forman  [Czech Republic] explore videos/DVDs • browse books • posters • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

	"One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" [United Artists Nov 1975] The first movie since 1934 to win all 5 top Oscars. Considered Nicholson's best all-time performance, he plays R.P. McMurphy, who tries to avoid jail time by feigning madness, leading to a tragic yet life-affirming end. Directed by Milos Forman; starring Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Brad Dourif, Will Sampson, Scatman Crothers, Danny DeVito, Christopher Lloyd, Sydney Lassick & Vincent Schiavelli; won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Script/Adaptation, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor (JN), nominated for Best Actor (BD), Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Score; won DGA, WGA & 6 BAFTA awards; listed on National Film Registry (1993) Warner Special Edition DVD [9/2002] for $19.99 Warner widescreen DVD [12/97] for $15.99 Warner color VHS [3/2001] for $13.74 Fantasy soundtrack CD [10/93] for $10.97 full credits from IMDb 11"x17" white poster from Amazon for $9.99 11"x17" black/Oscar poster from Amazon for $9.99
	classic novel [1962] by Ken Kesey [1935-2001] listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Novels (10/2005) NAL pb [7/89] for $6.99 Viking 9¼x6¼ hardcover [1/2002] for $24.95 Penguin Audio read by Ken Kesey [12/93] for $11.20 Blackstone UNABR audio CD [4/2000] for $73.99
	"Amadeus" [Orion Sept 1984] First there is the music, then the period ambience, and the story of a mad, immature genius, and his destruction from within and from without. Directed by Milos Forman; starring F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce & Elizabeth Berridge; nominated for 11 Oscars, winning eight (including Best Picture, Director & Script), and a slew of other awards. Warner Video color VHS [1/2001] for $13.99 Warner Video widescreen VHS [3/2001] for $14.95 Warner Video widescreen DVD [12/97] for $15.99 full credits from IMDb | eine kleine Mozart [5min:41sec]
	Fantasy soundtrack CD box set [12/97] 3 disks for $35.99 Fantasy soundtrack CD [12/92] for $29.49 Fantasy soundtrack cassette [10/90] for $19.93 Fantasy soundtrack on vinyl [4/95] for $19.93 Fantasy "More Music.." soundtrack CD [6/91] for $14.99 Good Times "More Music.." soundtrack cassette [11/91] for $10.43 Fantasy "More Music.." soundtrack on vinyl [4/95] for $10.43

Gyula  Gazdag  [Hungary]
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"A Hungarian Fairy Tale" [Hungary 1988]
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Marina  Goldovskaya  [Russia & U.S.A.]
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production company Gold Films in Los Angeles, CA

Tsui  Hark  [Hong Kong]
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Werner  Herzog  [Germany]
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official Werner Herzog website

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"Fitzcarraldo" [1982] Co-produced, written & directed by Werner Herzog; starring Klaus Kinski & Claudia Cardinale Look at the video/poster image: The movie was about a visionary who hauled a steamboat up a mountain by chains and ropes and brute manpower, in the steaming jungles of South America. Herzog did the same damn thing, while producing and directing a 35mm feature motion picture – on a budget! Anchor Bay widescreen color VHS [10/99] for $14.99 Anchor Bay widescreen color DVD [11/99] for $31.48 Les Blank documentary + book full credits from IMDb "Fitzcarraldo: The Original Story" by Werner Herzog Fjord Press pb [1/83] out of stock/used

Agnieszka  Holland  [Poland]
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Sammo  Hung  {Kam-Bo}  [Hong Kong New Wave]
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Joris  Ivens  [1898-1989; Holland/France]
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Miklos Jancso  [Hungary]
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Miklos Jancso bio entry at Hungary.HU

Aki  Kaurismäki  [Finland]
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Rustum  Khamdamov  [Russia]
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Abbas Kiarostami  [Iran]
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Krzysztof  Kieslowski  [1941-96; Poland]
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Kieslowski's Three Colors Trilogy DVD set {aka 'Trois couleurs'}
Miramax color DVD set [3/2003] 3 disks for $29.99

	"Three Colors: Blue" [France Sept 1993] The theme is Freedom: After surviving an automobile accident that killed her husband and daughter, a Parisian woman eliminates & destroys elements of her past, until she falls in love with her husband's aide. Produced, co-written & directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski; starring Juliette Binoche, Benoît Régent, Florence Pernel, Charlotte Véry, Hélène Vincent, Emmanuelle Riva & Guillaume de Tonquédec; won Cesar Awards for Best Actress (JB), Best Sound, Best Editing, 6 other noms Miramax subtitled widescreen DVD [3/2003] for $14.99 Virgin Records soundtrack CD [12/93] for $7.97 27"x39" French-language poster available at AllPosters.com full credits at IMDb • film entry at Wikipedia
	"Three Colors: White" [France Jan 1994, U.S.A. Feb 1994] The theme is Equality: A Polish man is divorced by his French wife in Paris, and becomes a beggar. After returning to Warsaw, he becomes successful and plots revenge. Produced, co-written & directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski; starring Julie Delpy, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Janusz Gajos, Jerzy Stuhr, Aleksander Bardini, Grzegorz Warchol, Cezary Harasimowicz, Jerzy Nowak, Jerzy Trela & Juliette Binoche; won Berlin Silver Bear for Best Director Miramax subtitled widescreen DVD [3/2003] for $14.99 Virgin Records soundtrack CD [6/94] out of prodn/used three poster versions available at AllPosters.com full credits at IMDb • film entry at Wikipedia
	"Three Colors: Red" [France May 1994, U.S.A. Dec 1994] The theme is Fraternity: A university student-model meets a retired judge who eavesdrops on telephone conversations of people in his neighborhood. Produced, co-written & directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski; starring Irène Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Frédérique Feder, Jean-Pierre Lorit, Samuel Le Bihan & Jean Schlegel; Oscar nominations for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay & Best Cinematography, won 1 of 6 Cesar noms, 4 BAFTA noms Miramax subtitled widescreen DVD [3/2003] for $13.99 Virgin Records soundtrack CD [11/94] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb • film entry at Wikipedia
	"The Three Colours Trilogy" [1998] by Geoff Andrew & Krzysztof Kieslowski British Film Institute 7½x5½ pb [7/98] for $14.95 "Kieslowski by Preisner" [2004] includes music from "Red", "White", "Blue", "Double Life of Veronique", "Decalogue" & more E.M.I. Intl. soundtrack CD [3/2004] for $30.99

León  Klimovsky  [Argentina/Spain; 1906-96]
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writer-director  Alexander  Kluge  [Germany]
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filmmaker & musician  Emir  Kusturica  [Serbia]
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'Kustupedia' Emir Kusturica fansite

Ang  Lee  [USA & China] explore videos/DVDs • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

actor-director-writer  Robert  Lepage  [Canada/Quebec]
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official Robert Lepage website
Ex Machina Theatre Company in Quebec City
La Caserne Dalhousie in Quebec City

Oldrich  Lipský  [Czech Republic; 1924-86]
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"Lemonade Joe: A Horse Opera" [Czechoslovakia 1964] I remember it as being a silent film, perhaps because this total sendup of the old cowboy silents was filmed in Czech, with subtitles. The hero, a teetotaling salesman for Kola Loca, wears spotless white even after climbing down a chimney, the bad guys wear black – all the cliches. A hilarious spoof, finally available on VHS & DVD. Co-written & directed by Oldrich Lipsky Facets Video b&w DVD [4/2006] for $26.99 Facets Video b&w VHS [3/2002] for $28.45 full credits from IMDb

Jirí  Menzel  [Czech Republic]
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comedy "Cottage By The Woods" [1976]
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Nikita  Mikhalkov  [Russia]
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Andrzej  Munk  [1920-61; Poland]
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"Eroica" + "Passenger"

Jan  Nemec  [Czech New Wave]
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Phillip  Noyce  [Australia]
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Pratibha  Parmar  [U.K.]
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Ivan Passer

filmmaker  Ratana  Pestonji  [1908–70; Thailand]
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Patricia  Plattner  [Switzerland]
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Roman  Polanski  [Poland/U.S.A./France] explore videos/DVDs • site officiel • posters • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Sally  Potter  [U.K.]
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Carlos  Saura  [Spain]
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official Carlos Saura website {Spanish language; Flash only}

Volker  Schlöndorff  [Germany]
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"Tin Drum" German title "Die Blechtrommel" [Argos/Bioskop 1979] The 1959 Günter Grass novel, and the film adapted from it, use the tin drum as the perfect metaphor for That Little Voice Inside Your Head. Co-written & directed by Volker Schlöndorff Image Ent letterbox DVD with English subtitles [8/99] out of stock/used Kino Video widescreen VHS with English subtitles [11/96] for $39.95 full credits from IMDb

Ousmane  Sembéne  [Senegal; 1923-2007]
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founded biannual FESPACO Pan-African Film & Television Festival in 1969

Larisa  Shepitko  [Russia; 1938-79]
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short career: 5 feature films, plus bio-documentary "Larisa" [1980]

Slobodan  Sijan  [Serbia]
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Ching  Siu-tung  [Hong Kong]
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Jerzy  Skolimowski  [Poland]
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István  Szabó  [Hungary]
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"Mephisto" [Hungary 1982] full credits at IMDb

Andrei  Tarkovsky  [1932-86; Russia]
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"Un Poeta nel Cinema: Andreij Tarkovskij" documentary [Italy 1984]
Directed by Donatella Baglivo; video/DVD not available; credits at IMDb

Margarethe  von Trotta  [Germany]
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Andrzej  Wajda  [Poland]
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"Ashes and Diamonds" [1958]
"Man of Marble" [1976]
"Man of Iron" [1981]
"Pan Tadeusz" [1998]

Wim  Wenders  [Germany]
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"Wings of Desire" [1987] A brilliant, stunning, gorgeous subjective look at what it means to be human. "Luminously optimistic." Directed by Wim Wenders; German title "Der Himmel über Berlin" (Heaven Above Berlin); starring Bruno Ganz, Otto Sander & Peter Falk; many awards for Best Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography & more; listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Movies (10/2005) MGM/UA widescreen DVD w/English subtitles [7/2003] for $18.74 MGM/UA color VHS w/English subtitles [6/2000] for $17.99 Orion color VHS w/English subtitles [5/93] out of stock/used Nonesuch soundtrack CD [10/90] for $17.98 11x17" poster at AllPosters.com   |    full credits from IMDb

"Faraway, So Close" [1993] The sequel to "Wings of Desire" (above), this film is superb in its own right. Directed by Wim Wenders; German title "In weiter Ferne, so nah!"; starring Bruno Ganz, Otto Sander & Nastasia Kinski; several awards for direction & cinematography Col/TriStar color VHS w/English subtitles [3/2000] for $14.95 Col/TriStar widescrn DVD w/Engl subtitles [9/2000] for $26.96 full credits from IMDb

Kar-Wai  Wong  [Hong Kong]
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5-disk Kino Collection

John  Woo  [China]
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Yimou  Zhang  [China]
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Genres

Film Noir
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Foreign Actors

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Jenny  Agutter  [U.K.]
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Javier  Bardem  [Spain]
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Klaus  Kinski  [1926-91; Germany]
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Bruce Lee  [1940-73; U.S.A./Hong Kong]
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Bruce Lee Foundation {Flash only}
Bruce Lee fanpage at Academy of Jeet Kune Do in Athens, Greece

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Tony  Leung  {full name: Tony Leung Chiu Wai}
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Jet  Li  [China]
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Fernando  Rey  [1917-94; Spain]
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José  Luis  López  Vázquez  [Spain]
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Zhang  Ziyi  [China]
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Selected  Foreign  Films

Selected films of France   •   India   •   Italy   •   Japan   •   Mexico

list of Best Foreign Language Oscar® winners & nominees at Wikipedia

"La  Strada"  [Italy Sept 1954]

During the hardscrabble times of post-WWII Italy, a gypsy strongman entertainer buys a young girl to act as his assistant. This is a love story – a tragic one. Co-written & directed by Federico Fellini; music by Nino Rota; starring Anthony Quinn, Giulietta Masina, Richard Basehart & Aldo Silvani; won the first official Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, Oscar nominated for Best Original Screenplay Criterion b&w DVD [8/00] 2 disks for $38.99 Homevision b&w VHS [6/2000] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb; Wikipedia

"La Strada" [1987] critical text edited by Peter Bondanella & Manuela Gieri Rutgers Univ Press 8¾x6 pb [12/87] out of print/used

"Z"  [Algeria-France Dec 1969]

A liberal politician is murdered during a peace demonstration, and right wing leaders try to cover up their involvement and also try to hide the murder itself. A chronicle of the overthrow of the democratic government of Greece, told as a combination of thriller & murder mystery. Directed by Costa-Gavras; script by Jorge Semprún, based on the novel by Vassilis Vassilikos; music by Mikis Theodorakis; starring Yves Montand, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jacques Perrin, Charles Denner, François Périer & Pierre Dux; won Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film & Best Editing, nominated for Best Picture, Best Director & Best Script Adaptation Fox Lorber widescreen color DVD [7/2002] for $18.99 Fox Lorber widescreen color VHS [11/97] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb

novel by Vassilis Vassilikos [1967] Thunder's Mouth Press 8½x5½ pb [5/91] out of print/used Ballantine pb [9/69] out of print/used

"Fanny  and  Alexander"  [1982] full credits from IMDb "Document" 'making of' film [1987]

"Nuovo  Cinema  Paradiso"
[Italy 1988; 155 min. release]

Written & directed by Giuseppe Tornatore; starring Philippe Noiret, Marco Leonardi, Salvatore Cascio, Jacques Perrin, Antonella Attili, Pupella Maggio & Brigitte Fossey (director's cut only); won an Oscar for Best Foreign Film, 5 BAFTAs, Jury Grand Prize at Cannes & other awards HBO VHS w/English subtitles [3/2001] out of stock/used HBO widescreen DVD [3/2001] out of stock/used Ennio Morricone soundtrack CD [6/91] for $14.99 DRG 'Extra Tracks' CD [6/2001] for $19.98 full credits from IMDb June 2002 Director's Cut [3 hour release] info on different versions from IMDb

"Il  Postino"  [Italy 1995]
full credits from IMDb

"Tears  of  The  Black  Tiger"
aka "Fah talai jone" [Thailand 2000, U.S.A. June 2001]

A love story in the surreal context of Thai cowboys, with wild neon color schemes and campy violence. Original US release botched by Miramax, 2007 re-release by Magnolia. Written & directed by Wisit Sasanatieng; starring Chartchai Ngamsan, Stella Malucchi, Supakorn Kitsuwon, Arawat Ruangvuth, Sombat Metanee & Pairoj Jaisingha Magnolia color DVD [4/2007] for $24.29 full credits from IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia

"Ye Yan:  The  Night  Banquet"
aka "The Banquet" [Media Asia Aug 2006]

Loosely based on Shakespeare's "Hamlet": When the emperor dies suddenly, the beautiful queen agrees to marry his younger brother, the new emperor; the prince survives an attack and, believ- ing that his uncle murdered his father and ordered the assasination attempt, returns to the imperial castle for revenge; forces converge at an important banquet held on an inauspicious night. Directed by Feng Xiaogeng; starring Ziyi Zhang, Daniel Wu, Xun Zhou, You Ge, Jingwu Ma & Xiaoming Huang Mega Star widescreen color DVD [8/00] 2 disks - out of prodn/used Bonzai Media widescreen subtitled color DVD [undated] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb producer's official movie page

Foreign  Cinema  Links

foreign movie poster catalog at AllPosters [dot] com
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Lauren Film {distributor} in Spain/España
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Canadian Film Encyclopedia
Japanese Film Studies website at Cornell University
European Film Academy [est. 1988]
European Film Festivals Coordination
Pacific Film & TV Commission of Queensland, Australia
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Australians In Film
ShowFilm travel & freight consultants of Australia
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Danish Film Institute
Film Academy of Denmark
New German Cinema at University of Victoria, BC Canada
AV's German Flicks fansite
Latin-American Cinemateca of Los Angeles [est. 1997]
Complete Index To World Film
Santa Intl. Film Productions Co. [est. 1950] in Bangkok, Thailand
Screen Africa website
producer Media Asia Ent. Group Ltd. [est. 1994] of Hong Kong
Nigeria Entertainment Festivals & Awards
Crane Industries / Synemetrix Movie Group of Shanghai, China

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