Non-English Films - Round One! [Deadline February 2nd]

[nutso42]

After an astonishingly quick round of nominations, here's the brackets for our Tournament Express to find the best films not in the English language.

1a: Secret in Their Eyes vs. Audition
1b: Pan's Labyrinth vs. Angst
1c: The 36th Chamber of Shaolin vs. Breathless
1d: A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence vs. Wadjda
1e: Solaris vs. Persona
1f: Let the Right One In vs. 8 ½
1g: In the Mood For Love vs. Oldboy
1h: Spirited Away vs. City of God
1i: Children of Paradise vs. Cinema Paradiso
1j: Whisper of the Heart vs. The Band's Visit
1k: Jean de Florette vs. Last Year at Marienbad
1l: Ikiru vs. Rebels of the Neon God
1m: Touki Bouki vs. Satantango
1n: Funeral Parade of Roses vs. Nine Queens
1o: The Rules of the Game vs. The Woman in the Dunes
1p: Daisies vs. Hausu
1q: Blame It On Fidel vs. A Separation
1r: Wild Tales vs. Ugetsu
1s: Dilwale Dulhania le Jayenge vs. The Mirror
1t: Intouchables vs. Jules and Jim
1u: Still Walking vs. M
1v: Blue is the Warmest Colour vs. Amelie
1w: Das Boot vs. Grave of the Fireflies
1x: Seven Samurai vs. Gojira
1y: Akira vs. Salo
1z: C.R.A.Z.Y vs. Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1aa: Oslo, August 31st vs. Stalker
1bb: Red Balloon vs. Week-end
1cc: The Sacrifice vs. La Jetee
1dd: Three Colours: Blue vs. The 400 Blows
1ee: The Lives of Others vs. Yeelen
1ff: Life is Beautiful vs. The Return

Post your votes below, simply by indicating the matchup and your choice (for example, "1w Grave of the Fireflies") or whatever seems a close, understandable, and reasonable substitute.

Have at it boys!
(and probably girl)

[nutso42]

We can leave this round open for, say, two weeks to allow anyone to catch up on a few on the candidates. The following rounds will go considerably quicker though.

[Applerill]

[Hayden]

1b: Pan's Labyrinth
1c: Breathless
1d: A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
1e: Persona
1f: Let the Right One In
1g: In the Mood For Love vs. Oldboy (you serious????...umm...)
1h: Spirited Away vs. City of God (ah fuck)
1i: Cinema Paradiso
1j: The Band's Visit
1k: Last Year at Marienbad
1m: Touki Bouki
1o: The Woman in the Dunes
1p: Daisies (haven't seen the other, but I can't see myself voting against Daisies)
1q: A Separation
1r: Wild Tales
1t: Intouchables
1u: M
1v: Blue is the Warmest Colour vs. Amelie ( )
1w: Grave of the Fireflies
1z: Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1aa: Stalker
1bb: Week-end (...this was difficult)
1dd: The 400 Blows
1ff: Life is Beautiful

Nutso You put most of my favourites against my other favourites. Aaahhhhh.

Still have to watch a large handful of the nominations... I might add a few in the next week.

[SuedeSwede]

Sorry for the inconvenience, can I swap End of Evangelion for House? The former is basically a follow up to a 26 episode series and its not really fair for those who haven't seen it

Also I doubt I've even seen half of these films... Which makes 32 films to watch. Can't you extend it a little more than two weeks? Like, six weeks or something would be nice x3 I do want to get round to everything on here and this is one of the first tourneys I've felt compelled to follow
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[SuedeSwede]

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def gonna have to watch a few of these before I vote. Also Suede if you nom Hausu I will be voting for it in almost every possible matchup for the foreseeable future and I am kicking myself for not remembering to nominate it myself

[nutso42]

[amirmishali]

1b: Pan's Labyrinth
1c: Breathless
1f: 8 ½
1g: Oldboy
1h: City of God
1i: Cinema Paradiso
1k: Jean de Florette
1v: Amelie
1x: Seven Samurai
1dd: Three Colours: Blue
1ee: The Lives of Others

[Norman Bates]

edited, see page 3