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Thus spake "Trimble Bracegirdle" <no-spam@never.spam>, Sun, 12 Jul 2009
02:30:45 +0100, Anno Domini:

>Da Man He say;
> "LOL - you think Harry Potter has gone somewhere different or gotten any
>better than US cinema? Now there's a patriotic delusion if I've ever seen
>one! ;-p"
>
>No, sadly I agree.. It may have a British cast & presentation but its BIG
>Hollywood through n through ..
>They likely have to all pay most of there Taxes there to.
>
>It wouldn't hurt the Sod Lazy Brit. Cinema Industry to both put on &
>decently promote some Non English Lang. Films just for the sake
>of a bit of variety. The British Press are always finding a few each week
>to give good reviews to ...then they vanish.
>
>I 'have' to download mostly French releases as that's the only way to
>get to see them. Mostly nothing special but a slightly different, 
>distinctive
>way of doing a romance, crime thriller etc. so I don't feel like I've
>already seen it a million times before.

Yup, I also watch a lot of Asian cinema (Korean stuff is very good) & even
the odd other piece, like Russian movies (Night/Daywatch). I've seen some
great foreign films on our channel SBS, some from places you'd never expect
like the middle east, India (not Bollywood though ffs!) & south america.

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Nostromo