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  4 0 "Babette's Feast" just popped into my head for some reason. "Three Colors," a trilogy of films by Krzysztof Kieslowski is amazing. "No Man's Land" is a great dark comedy about war. Unfortunately I have no idea how easy any of those are to rent in Seattle. Lilting Missive answered in Entertainment & Film over 2 years ago | Report 2 comments by RM and Biju… 0 0 Thank you! RM commented over 2 years ago | Report 0 0 Thumbs up for 3 Colors Biju commented over 2 years ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  4 0 Elling! (it's Norweigan, but close enough. really funny and charming) Joel answered in Entertainment & Film over 2 years ago | Report 1 comment by RM… 0 0 Just my style! I'll look into it RM commented over 2 years ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  3 1 Rain City Video. One in Fremont, Ballard, and Sunset Hill. You'll find it there. lf you don't, they'll order it for you. Oh, sorry, you were looking for actual suggestions. My bad. freikja answered in Entertainment & Film over 2 years ago | Report 2 comments by RM and freikja… 0 0 No, actually that's helpful. The only thing close to us is Hollywood and they have one sad rack of Foreign. RM commented over 2 years ago | Report 0 0 Cool, glad l could help anyway. To elaborate, Rain City specializes in off the wall, indie, director-specific, and foreign films. Their goal in life is to NOT offer the general drivel most mainstream stores give you; you won't find seasons 1-1500 of the Real World there. But you will find obscure titles that are rivaled only by Scarecrow. Also, if they don't have what you're looking for at one store, neither of the other stores are that far away, and chances are often high that they will have it somewhere, as long as it's not checked out. lf if is, you can put it on reserve and they'll call you when it comes in. lt's a great little chain. freikja commented over 2 years ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  2 0 Roy Andersson's films, in particular You, The Living and Songs From The Second Floor. Both are staggering, funny, weird, beautiful, etc etc. Probably have them at Scarecrow or On 15th. scztt answered in Entertainment & Film over 2 years ago | Report 1 comment by RM… 0 0 Great suggestions, and Scarecrow is right down the street. Thank you! RM commented over 2 years ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  2 0 I saw a great film at the SIFF a few years ago - very cold and creepy and Northern - called "The Bothersome Man" by Norwegian director Jens Lien. There's lots and lots of terrific and off-kilter Swedish and Scandinavian films out there. Ingmar Bergman is the biggest of them, but also check out Lasse Hallstrom from Sweden, Aki Kaurismaki from Finland, and Bent Hamer from Norway, all of whom make weird and somewhat disturbing movies set in cold cold places. If you have somehow missed it, Scarecrow is one hell of a video store. They've got a whole section on the ground floor called "Sweden" which should satisfy your craving for a few months at least. Gurldoggie answered in Entertainment & Film over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 0 LAST LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE. by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang Video Quest in Eastlake has it i know (tell ryan/david i sent you). Amazing. Watch it and we're friends :) Plus Christopher Doyle shot it, so that's enough right there (for me).   NGC1275 answered in Entertainment & Film over 2 years ago | Report 2 comments by NGC1275 and Biju… 0 0 Another favorite of mine (a pretty quiet/long film though) is Andrei Rublev by Tarkovsky, that'll be a little more similar to the Northern European stuff you're talking about. You've seen the Seventh Seal by Bergman, right? NGC1275 commented over 2 years ago | Report 0 0 Ooh that looks good Biju commented over 2 years ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  2 1 Scarecrow has everything, it's just up Roosevelt. But, if you want an actual recommendation, I have on for you: IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE. Seriously, watch it now if you haven't already. You can come over to my place and borrow my copy. We're in the same neighborhood. Once you're done with that, come back and I'll loan you the rest of Wong Kar Wai's films (on Blu-ray and/or DVD) if you enjoyed ITMFL. Nicolas George answered in Entertainment & Film over 2 years ago | Report 1 comment by RM… 0 0 I love the internet so much for this very reason. We ended up renting Cache (I'd never seen it, but apparently everyone else ever has) and Aaltra which I'm struggling to get through. I'm about to go to AK for a week, so I might actually take you up on that when I get back. RM commented over 2 years ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 1 Have you had troubles locating good foreign films? This is Seattle - even barfy Blockbuster has an acceptable foreign section. But you should be supporting your local video stores (i.e. Rain City Video, Island Video, Scarecrow, etc.) - all of which should have a wide assortment of foreign films. I'm not sure what "another winner" would be in your book. There are numerous great non-English films (that are easy to rent in Seattle). Can you indicate any criteria you'd like the film to include? And I know you said it doesn't have to be Swedish, but here are some other Swedish film suggestions if you want to maintain the kick: One or more of Lukas Moodysson's films. "Show Me Love" and "Together" are funny. "Lilya 4-ever" was described by a friend as the most depressing movie he's ever seen. Don't start with "A Hole in My Heart" though or you might avoid his other work. There are the classic/stereotypical "great" Swedish movies like Bergman's stuff (i.e. "The Seventh Seal", "Wild Strawberries", etc.) that are very much worth watching. Or the more recent "My Life as Dog" if you want a basic sweet movie. If you want a lighter/funnier Swedish film, maybe try "Kopps" (which I think is still on track to be re-made in Hollywood) and "Jalla! Jalla!". Both are pretty funny. stinkbug answered in Entertainment & Film over 2 years ago | Report 1 comment by RM… 0 0 I'm not much of a movie watcher in general- so I don't really have a gauge of what exactly "hard to find" is. Thank you for the suggestions, though. RM commented over 2 years ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 1 Seriously -- get thee to Scarecrow. Just remember, though -- you can't watch ten movies in a night, which is how many you'll find yourself wanting to take home. Fnarf answered in Entertainment & Film over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 Insomnia http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119375/ Frostbiten http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0454457/ Biju answered in Entertainment & Film over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  2 8 "Foreign" is not a film genre. (former member) answered in Entertainment & Film over 2 years ago | Report 4 comments by RM, (former member), and NGC1275… 0 0 Yes, I am aware of that. I get a different feeling/experience when I am reading my movie, rather than being able to lazily listen to it. I'm not often in a mood where I want to be completely glued to the TV- but when I am- I am. Thus it needing to simply just be good. RM commented over 2 years ago | Report 0 0 Closed captioning. (former member) commented over 2 years ago | Report 0 0 Yes but different regions approach film in different ways, which ends up providing them with dissimilar overall moods most of the time. For example, a Korean zombie flick made in the 90's will differ from an older (1970's) Italian film of the same ilk in every way imaginable, both are horror (the SAME subgenre of horror), couldn't be less alike. Visual styles, character development, how the writer/director approach the art of storytelling: all of these vary, quite visibly from region to region. You could take the same screenplay, give it to two teams on opposite sides of the world, and end up with two completely different films. I think when people want to watch foreign cinema specifically, they want to see the medium used in a way different from what american audiences are constantly made to swallow. And as a final point- most video rental places will seperate their non-enlish-language films into a 'Foregin' section. NGC1275 commented over 2 years ago | Report 0 0 All the more reason not to lump all foreign films into one category together. (former member) commented over 2 years ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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