UncleEd
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Through Netflix, I've gotten hooked on French films. Subtitles are
clear and short. I hope others have discovered their films.
If you like comedy, check out
OSS117, Lost in Rio and OSS117 Cairo, Nest of Spies
which are delightfully absolutely not politically correct spy spoofs
starring Jean DuJardin, who got an Oscar for The Artist.
I roared when in the Cairo film he does in the imam who keeps
him awake by calling out prayers four times a day.
And if you like tough shoot 'em ups see
Public Enemy, Killer Instinct and its second part Mesrine.
Mesrine was a public enemy hunted for decades.
A really hilarious one is Moliere, it's a laugh a minute.
Film I watched last night was
Rapt,
about a kidnapping during which the lead kidnapper talks about how ugly Glocks are, and what a horrible name for a gun. "I like my .357," he says. And he comments how his Beretta over/under is fine for sport, he doesn't need a Holland & Holland or Purdey. He tells the victim what a distinct nice
sound an AK47 makes.
Among the older French crime films is
The Red Circle
which is an hour and half film with more than a half hour of it without dialog. You know exactly everything that's happening
during a heist.
Of course, some of the older ones such as Borsolino are still considered classics of the gangster genre.
clear and short. I hope others have discovered their films.
If you like comedy, check out
OSS117, Lost in Rio and OSS117 Cairo, Nest of Spies
which are delightfully absolutely not politically correct spy spoofs
starring Jean DuJardin, who got an Oscar for The Artist.
I roared when in the Cairo film he does in the imam who keeps
him awake by calling out prayers four times a day.
And if you like tough shoot 'em ups see
Public Enemy, Killer Instinct and its second part Mesrine.
Mesrine was a public enemy hunted for decades.
A really hilarious one is Moliere, it's a laugh a minute.
Film I watched last night was
Rapt,
about a kidnapping during which the lead kidnapper talks about how ugly Glocks are, and what a horrible name for a gun. "I like my .357," he says. And he comments how his Beretta over/under is fine for sport, he doesn't need a Holland & Holland or Purdey. He tells the victim what a distinct nice
sound an AK47 makes.
Among the older French crime films is
The Red Circle
which is an hour and half film with more than a half hour of it without dialog. You know exactly everything that's happening
during a heist.
Of course, some of the older ones such as Borsolino are still considered classics of the gangster genre.
