Non Whitey Films

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my knowledge of non european films seems to be pretty lacking. wheres a good place to start...other than kurosawa.

― tom cleveland (tom cleveland), Saturday, 10 April 2004 12:42 (twenty-one years ago)

oh yea, dont name a bunch of anime either.

― tom cleveland (tom cleveland), Saturday, 10 April 2004 12:45 (twenty-one years ago)

How about starting with a less contentious subject heading, perhaps?

― BabyBuddha (BabyBuddha), Saturday, 10 April 2004 14:39 (twenty-one years ago)

it is kind of fitting, though, considering the average american's film diet is 99% directed by white males.

Spike Lee
Wong Kar Wai
Almodovar
Ozu

that's all i can muster right now--i'm sick as a dog.

― jay blanchard (jay blanchard), Sunday, 11 April 2004 00:30 (twenty-one years ago)

But Almodovar is a European.

My point is that the question should have been phrased differently -- for example, are you interested in films of the African diaspora, Asian cinema, black American filmmakers. . .?

Saying "non-whitey" is a bit off-color, no?

I would consider Putney Swope a non-whitey film, even though its director, Robert Downey Sr., is white as can be.

― BabyBuddha (BabyBuddha), Sunday, 11 April 2004 13:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Good point. It would help for a bit more specifics on what you're looking for. If you're just looking for different viewpoints from the European perspective, seeking out the films of a different race/culture may not necessarily be your answer--i don't find the majority of Kurosawa's films to be simply "Japanese films" because his film education was mostly Western & his influences were mainly American films.

Also add Satyajit Ray to the list.

― jay blanchard (jay blanchard), Sunday, 11 April 2004 15:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, such an argumentative heading has no place in the tactful and restrained world of ILx!

Even though you said no anime, do check out please some Miyazaki, in particular Spirited Away.

Also, Whale Rider (a Kiwi/Maori joint).

― Leee O'Gaddy (Leee), Sunday, 11 April 2004 22:32 (twenty-one years ago)

melvin van peebles
abbas kiarostami
ming-lina tsai

― a spectator bird (a spectator bird), Sunday, 11 April 2004 23:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Salaam Bombay directed by Mira Nair

― Nik (Nik), Sunday, 11 April 2004 23:58 (twenty-one years ago)

sorry for the heading. im more interested in films coming out of cultures i wouldnt be familiar with already anyway. just keep the examples coming. thanks.

― tom cleveland (tom cleveland), Monday, 12 April 2004 00:29 (twenty-one years ago)

in that case check: le maitre fous (jean rouch)

― a spectator bird (a spectator bird), Monday, 12 April 2004 02:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Joao Botelho
Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Youssef Chahine
Kaige Chen
Souleymane Cisse
Guru Dutt
Victor Erice
Ritwik Ghatak
Yilmaz Guney
Tomas Gutierrez Alea
Hsiao-hsien Hou
Kon Ichikawa
Kwon-taek Im
Shohei Imamura
Hiroshi Inagaki
Zhang Ke Jia
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Mehboob Khan
Abbas Kiarostami
Takeshi Kitano
Masaki Kobayashi
Hirokazu Koreeda
Stanley Kwan
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Samira Makhmalbaf
Kenji Mizoguchi
Mikio Naruse
Gregory Nava
Manoel de Oliviera
Nagisa Oshima
Idrissa Ouedraogo
Satyajit Ray
Glauber Rocha
Walter Salles
Ousmane Sembene
Seijun Suzuki
Zhuangzhuang Tian
Hark Tsui
Shinya Tsukamoto
Kar-wai Wong
Mu-jih Yuan
Yimou Zhang

― Girolamo Savonarola, Monday, 12 April 2004 04:24 (twenty-one years ago)

wow. it looks like ive got some movies to see. thanks.

― tom cleveland (tom cleveland), Monday, 12 April 2004 19:07 (twenty-one years ago)

I do what I can. :)

― Girolamo Savonarola, Tuesday, 13 April 2004 14:15 (twenty-one years ago)

is ming lina ming liang's sister?

― amateur!st (amateurist), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 18:00 (twenty-one years ago)

G.S. pretty much covered the gambit of narrative, but check out some of Trinh T. Minh Ha's work if you can find it. She does some incredible ethnographical documentaries with strong themes concerning her Asian-American and feminist viewpoints. "Reassemblage" is one of the most incredible films I've ever seen. Her writings are also fantastic--check out "Cinema Intervals"

I can't believe I forgot Kiarostami--I was really ill this weekend.

― jay blanchard (jay blanchard), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 20:57 (twenty-one years ago)

gambit

gamut? [/grammarbitch]

― Girolamo Savonarola, Wednesday, 14 April 2004 03:59 (twenty-one years ago)

On the basis of Distant alone, Nuri Bilge Ceylan seems at least one-quarter honky.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Sunday, 18 April 2004 06:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Perhaps (haven't seen it) - but Clouds of May completely counteracts that.

― Girolamo Savonarola, Monday, 19 April 2004 03:49 (twenty-one years ago)

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