AV CONTES | TV & MEDIA | FOREIGN AFFAIRS |

[kalysto]

Hi folks, thanks for the votes last round and sorry this took so long! Also, thanks NCC for letting me take the reigns this time.

Anywho, on with the contest. This time round is Foreign Affairs. Foreign film, television, animation....(so long as it's not sci-fi/fantasy) is the name of the game this week.

I'll put the votes thread up on Saturday! Have fun!

 

[auntiehill]

One of my all-time favorite movies:

 

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

 

[Starscape]

Does "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" count:

or is it too fantastical?

 

[captcalhoun]

point of clarification: foriegn to where? America?

 

[Rowan Sjet]

The "No SciFi/Fantasy" clause always makes things more difficult, but I finally found one that works.

 

[Starscape]

point of clarification: foriegn to where? America?

"Foreign film" tends to refer to film from non-English speaking countries, I believe.

 

[Gaius Baltar]

 

[RaymondJames]

booooo stole my pick

great movie. One of my personal favorites!

 

[kalysto]

Does "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" count:

or is it too fantastical?

Crouching Tiger is OK.

point of clarification: foriegn to where? America?

Yes, as someone else upthread mentioned, any non-English speaking source.

Also, here is mine, from my most favourite film ever, Infernal Affairs.

 

[captcalhoun]

right, so something British won't count unless it's in Welsh...

 

[Hermiod]

Can't make up my mind between:

or

 

[Sephiroth]

than this wouldn't count?

 

[captcalhoun]

not at that size, no.

mine

 

[RaymondJames]

point of clarification: foriegn to where? America?

"Foreign film" tends to refer to film from non-English speaking countries, I believe.

I believe foreign film would refer to a film thats made in a foreign country (which clearly depends which country you are in) regardless of the language its produced in.

World cinema is a term used primarily in English language speaking countries to refer to the films and film industries of non-English speaking countries (those outside of the Anglosphere). It is therefore often used interchangeably with the term Foreign film. However, both World cinema and Foreign film could be taken to refer to the films of all countries other than one's own, regardless of native language.
Technically, foreign film does not mean the same as foreign language film, but the inference, particularly in the U.S., is that a foreign film is not only foreign in terms of the country of production, but also in terms of the language used. As such, the use of the term foreign film for films produced in the UK, Australia, Canada or other English speaking countries would be uncommon.

So the question is how do we want to go about this?

 

[RaymondJames]

Posting entry in later post

 

[trampledamage]

So the question is how do we want to go about this?

It's Kalysto's contest and she said it's a movie in a foreign language.

 

[auntiehill]

Well, I will fallow Gaius Baltar

My entry:

Funny. I always thought that was in English??

 

[trampledamage]

It is, although it was directed by a Frenchman.

 

[auntiehill]

But the contest is for Films in from "any non-English speaking" country. The film is made in America and the actors speak English, so I don't see how it fits in, or why two people have chosen it. I don't get it.