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In Reply to: "Myself and several others" Well, that includes me too. posted by Victor Khomenko on November 18, 2006 at 06:13:31:
to see many of your Asian film postings.
None of the better Asian directors I like go "exotic."
Zhang Ke Jia, Ratanaruang Pen-ek, Tsai Ming-Liang, Wong Kar Wai, Park Chan-wook, Bong Joon-Ho, Miike... all focus on the antithesis of exotic (dealing with the cultural clashes and disorientation Westernization has wrought) and concentrating on plebeian subjects with quotidian lives.
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If that's not too much, could you put together a list of ten or so titles?
And a few more:
Maborisi.
A Better Tomorrow.
The Cure.
Vengeance is Mine.
It didn't help that I brough about twenty films with me from Russia either.
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Over the years they had done tremendous job growing it, not just in size but also covering many outside the mainstream areas. Kudos to the business managers, as undoubtedly those obscure foreign films do not generate noticeable cash flow - so they do that simply because it is right thing to do.
Here's a list of some favorites: I listed ZKJ and not other directors 'cause the first film I list has many other similarly titled.Zhang Ke-Jia: The World; Platform.
Assorted other directors, all available Netflix:
Blind Shaft.
Memories of Murder.
Rebels of the Neon God.
Days of Being Wild.
Joint Security Area.
To Live.
Rainy Dog.
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