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Thousands of classic Polish films, etc. made available for free online

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Post by makerofspoons »

andrea76 wrote: post #16
makerofspoons wrote: post #5

I recommend "Blind Chance". It follows three storylines about a man trying to catch a train where different events cause his life to unfold differently. It really makes you think about all the small events that have occurred in your life that snowball to make you who you are.

Where is this movie? Is it subtitled in English?

It's here: https://35mm.online/en/vod/feature-films/blind-chance

Unfortunately, it does not appear to have English subtitles on this site according to the icons (I cannot create an account to check at the moment). It does look like you can rent the film with subtitles quite cheaply from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Blind-Chance-English-Subtitled-Bogusl...

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Post by JKCalhoun »

michaelscott wrote: post #14

This is incredible! Does anyone know of other sites like this for films from other countries? I've been looking to broaden my cinematic horizons a bit, as well as hunting for material to practice language comprehension.

I have been working through the book "1000 Films To See Before You Die" — finding the films on YouTube or Netflix....

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Post by ankaAr »

michaelscott wrote: post #14

This is incredible! Does anyone know of other sites like this for films from other countries? I've been looking to broaden my cinematic horizons a bit, as well as hunting for material to practice language comprehension.

The only one I know is from here, Argentina, but I cannot remember if I can see from outside the country.

play.cine.ar

Tell me if you can, maybe with a proxy or cheating the account registration. It is a free public platform anyway. We are paying that with taxes so don't worry.

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Post by BryantD »

JKCalhoun wrote: post #22
michaelscott wrote: post #14

This is incredible! Does anyone know of other sites like this for films from other countries? I've been looking to broaden my cinematic horizons a bit, as well as hunting for material to practice language comprehension.

I have been working through the book "1000 Films To See Before You Die" — finding the films on YouTube or Netflix....

If you have the budget for it, I strongly recommend Criterion Channel as another source for these.

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Post by lnsru »

lizardactivist wrote: post #18

We've become so hypnotized and hyped up by spandex-clad super-heroes with bad acting and snappy, pretentious dialogues that we've forgotten what real film and art is like.

Maybe overworked and tired population needs spandex instead of Tarkovsky’s movies. After 1,5 hours commuting and 9,5 hours in the office I prefer Netflix’ Red Notice over Stalker. And I guess I am not the only one.

On the other hand as non native Polish speaker I will enjoy some evening with some great movie recommended in this thread.

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Post by lubesGordi »

michaelscott wrote: post #14

This is incredible! Does anyone know of other sites like this for films from other countries? I've been looking to broaden my cinematic horizons a bit, as well as hunting for material to practice language comprehension.

There's the National Film Board of Canada:

https://www.nfb.ca/

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Post by sofixa »

ankaAr wrote: post #23
michaelscott wrote: post #14

This is incredible! Does anyone know of other sites like this for films from other countries? I've been looking to broaden my cinematic horizons a bit, as well as hunting for material to practice language comprehension.

The only one I know is from here, Argentina, but I cannot remember if I can see from outside the country. play.cine.ar Tell me if you can, maybe with a proxy or cheating the account registration. It is a free public platform anyway. We are paying that with taxes so don't worry.

Just tested it, i can create an account with the location properly set (to France) and it lets me watch (at least the two random things i clicked on).
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