Why you should watch foreign films.
They're good. Bong Joon Ho (director of Parasite) says it best.
Movies are a great way to experience other perspectives and cultures. Foreign films are made differently from films you're used to. The style, the editing, the way plots unfold, it's all going to be different in interesting ways. Some examples:
Giallo films (Italian) might have nonsensical plots but they're more focused on emotion and spectacle. You're Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have The Key might be a mess of a story but it's a wild ride of the type you don't find in America.
Japan has a lot of movies about the horrors of nuclear war and proliferation. Godzilla, Akira and Grave of the Fireflies could not have been made in America. When America makes a movie about nukes we get Oppenheimer, a movie about the people who made the bomb and not the people that suffered under it.
Korea has some amazing thrillers like Oldboy and Memoirs of a Murderer. America remade Oldboy and it was not nearly as good.
These are all broad strokes of course, but the point is that other countries have a lot to offer and you're missing out on so much if you're scared off by subtitles. The way I figure is that 95% of the world's population doesn't live in America, so why assume 100% of good movies come from there?
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Enrica Bonaccorti in Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (1972)
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Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key - Sergio Martino - 1972 - Italy
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Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (1972) | Dir. Sergio Martino
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Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (1972) | Dir. Sergio Martino
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What's interesting is that there are thousands of movies that include a shot of a J & B bottle on screen. J & B is a liquor that emulates a fancier palette whilst also being an incredibly cheap buy for the average joe. It isn't bottom shelf but it also isn't Don Julio 1942. In fact far from it. The dramatic colors of J & B as well as the classy label makes it perfect for a tasty shot, especially for horror films where the victim takes their last sip of sinful juice before being slaughtered.
San Jose artist Gabriel Edwards brings together several easter eggs from some of his favorite films into each piece. Watch one of your favorite films and let us know which easter eggs are from which scenes.
From Left to Right to Top to Bottom:
The Thing
Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I have the Key
Silent Night Deadly Night
Rosemary's Baby
Gabriel's Instagram:
@gabrieldedwards
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Giallo films are great, because they're like Italian slashers mixed with Scooby-Doo. You see the killer committing horrible murders on screen but you also follow someone trying to solve the mystery. They're horrific but also frequently wacky and funny, and usually have the greatest shots you've ever seen in your life. Just a wild, wild ride for every one.
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Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (1972)
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