Foreign Films and Netflix 2011-02-20 by: badanov Just finished watching the Chinese language cop drama "Infernal Affairs". Pretty good film. I watched it twice. Well acted and well scripted. I have been using Netflix for about two months mostly so I can watch foreign films and sleepers. The price beats the living hell out of Blockbuster for the selection, although Blockbuster is starting to move into the DVD by mail business. I like Russian and Mexican films so far, mostly because I have a grounding in he language and the culture.. Until I saw "Internal Affairs", however, I was less than impressed with Chinese cinema, with two exceptions: "The Road Home" which was one of the most compelling stories I have ever seen rendered on film by anyone, and "Infernal Affairs". Foreign films so far have been far less pretentious that American films; film makers seem to be more concerned about telling a tale than to preach and teach, like American film makers. Thanks to Netflix I get to see Salma Hayak films including "The Maldonaldo Miracle", which is her directorial debut. I recently watched "Frida", a film she starred in after watching her on "Traffic". I am such a pig that when watching her in "Frida" all I could think of what how cute she was. But if that gets me in front of one of her films, then so be it. -----------------------------------------COMMENTS---------------------------------------- |