Turns out, I tend to like a lot of foreign movies. No, it's not for some snobby "designery" reason, beyond the fact that there is some great art going on all over the world... not just California.
Now, I did California movies too... heck, I like whatever is good out there, regardless of the source.
I've been a fan of 2 French directors for a long while now; Jean-Pierre Jeunet (City of Lost Children), and Luc Besson (5th Element, etc.).
Besson has a new film that's not available in the US yet: The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwltNqWW1YU
It's based on a French comic, of the same name.
Thing is, the French have some of the best comics out there that I've ever seen. The quality of the art certainly rivals the Manga tradition (don't yell) from what I've seen, while some of it does seem to be influenced by Anime/Manga, it's also something different.
I'm telling you this because while the US comic based films are largely superhero; the French are something else. Adele Blanc-Sec is also based on a comic.
- Daniel
