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            Death and the Knight playing chess from "The Seventh Seal" [1957] by Ingmar Bergman            on this page:
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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

Hollywood's Verdict on Arabs   "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   "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  
"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
Cinema of Canada   "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   "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
Austrian Cinema   "Austria Cinema: A History" [2005]
by Robert von Dassanowsky

McFarland & Co. 10x7¼ hardcover [10/2005] for $65.00
East European Cinemas   "East European Cinemas" [2005]
by Anikó Imre

Routledge 8¾x6 pb [9/2005] for $27.95
Routledge 9x6 hardcover [9/2005] for $95.00
Cinema of Japan & Korea   "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
100 Years of Canadian Cinema   "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   "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   "Irish National Cinema" [2004]
by Ruth Barton

Routledge 9x6 hardcover [5/2004] for $31.95
Routledge 9¼x6 hardcover [6/2004] for $125.00
Cinema of Latin America   "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   "European Cinema" [2004]
Edited by Elizabeth Ezra

Oxford Univ Press 9¾x6½ pb [2/2004] for $29.95
African Film   "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   "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   "Guide To British Cinema" [2003]
by Geoff Mayer

Greenwood Press 9½x6½ hardcover [6/2003] for $109.95
Hong Kong Cinema   "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  "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   "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   "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   "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   "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   "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   "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   "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
Belgian Cinema   "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
History of Cinema In Latin America  "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 & After   "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
International Movie Industry   "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   "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   "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   "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   "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   "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   "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   "Black African Cinema" [1994]
by Nwachukwu Frank Ukadike

Univ CA Press 9x6 pb [8/94] for $24.95
Brazilian Cinema   "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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won Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for "All About My Mother" [1999]  won Oscar for Best Original Script for "Talk To Her" [2002]   Pedro  Almodóvar  [Spain]
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Viva Pedro Almodovar collxn  
"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   "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

O Thiasos / Travelling Players   "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

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won Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for "The Virgin Spring" [1950]  won Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for "Through a Glass Darkly" [1961]  won Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for "Fanny and Alexander" [1982]     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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won Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for "The Discreet Charm of The Bourgeoisie" [1972]  Luis  Buñuel  [1900-83; Spain/France/Mexico]
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Nuri  Bilge  Ceylan  [Turkey]
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won Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for "Z" [1969]  won Oscar for Best Script Adaptation for "Missing" [1982]  Costa-Gavras
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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   "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


won Oscar for Best Director for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" [1975]  won Oscar for Best Director for "Amadeus" [1984]   Milos  Forman  [Czech Republic]
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Cuckoo's Nest video  
Cuckoo's Nest movie poster  
"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
Cuckoo's Nest book   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 video   "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]
Amadeus soundtrack   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]
full credits at IMDb


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

Fitzcarraldo  
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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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official Sammo Hung website


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

Kieslowski's Three Colors: Blue   "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 IMDbfilm entry at Wikipedia

Kieslowski's Three Colors: White   "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 IMDbfilm entry at Wikipedia

Kieslowski's Three Colors: Red   "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 IMDbfilm entry at Wikipedia

Three Colours Trilogy book   "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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official Alexander Kluge website


filmmaker & musician  Emir  Kusturica  [Serbia]
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'Kustupedia' Emir Kusturica fansite


won Best Director Oscar for "Brokeback Mountain" [2005]   Ang  Lee  [USA & China]
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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 parody   "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]
video/DVD not available; full credits at IMDb


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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won Oscar for Best Director for "The Pianist" [2002   Roman  Polanski  [Poland/U.S.A./France]
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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 video   "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
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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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won Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 1982  "Mephisto" [Hungary 1982]
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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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official Andrzej Wajda website

"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   "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   "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
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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
Noir Films of Asia at BlackHat Mystery Bookstore
Noir Films of Europe at BlackHat Mystery Bookstore



Samurai
VHS samurai catalog at Amazon.com
DVD samurai catalog at Amazon.com

Magic Lantern's Samurai Films Page

'Magic Lantern's 'Zatô-Ichi, The Blind Swordsman' Film Series page


Bollywood: Popular Cinema of India

Planet Bollywood

Magic Lantern's Cinema of India Page



Foreign Actors

Actors of France   •   Actors of India   •   Actors of Italy
Actors of Japan   •   Actors of Mexico

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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]
won the first Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 1954   Fellini's La Strada poster   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
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La Strada script & critical text  
"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]
won Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film   Costa-Gavras's "Z" poster   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
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Vassilis Vassilikos novel "Z" {French edition)  
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

won Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 1984   "Fanny  and  Alexander"  [1982]
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"Document" 'making of' film [1987]

"Nuovo  Cinema  Paradiso"
[Italy 1988; 155 min. release]
won Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 1990   Cinema Paradiso video   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
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June 2002 Director's Cut [3 hour release]
info on different versions from IMDb

"Il  Postino"  [Italy 1995]
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"Tears  of  The  Black  Tiger"
aka "Fah talai jone" [Thailand 2000, U.S.A. June 2001]
Tears of the Black Tiger poster   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
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"Ye Yan:  The  Night  Banquet"
aka "The Banquet" [Media Asia Aug 2006]
The Night Banquet   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
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producer's official movie page



Foreign  Cinema  Links

foreign movie poster catalog at AllPosters [dot] com
Movies 4 Arabs
Arab Film Distribution [est. 1990] of Seattle, WA
Lauren Film {distributor} in Spain/España
Cartel Producciones Audiovisuales SL in Madrid,Spain/España
Foreign Films [dot] com
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
Melbourne Film Office in Victoria, Australia
Australians In Film
ShowFilm travel & freight consultants of Australia
Women In Film & Video of Vancouver BC Canada [est. 1989]
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

C.M.C. Movie Corp. [est. 1997] movie distributors in Taiwan

International Media AG [est. 2000] of Germany

       National Film Board of Canada aka Office National du Film du Canada       Swedish Film Institute / Svenska Filminstitutet [est. 1963] in Stockholm, Sweden {site in Swedish or English}

Yahoo! U.K. & Ireland Movies
Yahoo! 7 Australia Movies
Yahoo! Deutschland Movies
Yahoo! España Cine
Yahoo! Brasil Cinema
Yahoo! China Movies
Yahoo! Hong Kong Movies




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