Bridge Over the River Kwai or Stalag 17, depending on whether you prefer Eastern or Western culture.
Bridge Over the River Kwai or Stalag 17, depending on whether you prefer Eastern or Western culture.
An American in Paris
Outlander - the one with Sean Connery - early eighties.
Zorba the Greek (1960s movie) and the PBS series, the Durrells in Corfu
Mission to Mars
Dances with Wolves
Emily in Paris was pretty spot on. Great characters and insight into life there.
Then it stopped focusing on that and turned into a show about social media influencers. I stopped watching.
The Hunt for Red October
Being John Malkovich
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
The Way of the Dragon
Titanic
No Escape (2015) with Owen Wilson and Pierce Bronson.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOjj07EuO50
trailer 2:15
Under the Volcano, based on Malcolm Lowry's novel, directed by John Huston. Starring Albert Finney and Jacqueline Bisset.
The Man Who Fell to Earth, directed by Nicholas Roeg and starring David Bowie.
I moved to Turkey in 1983. My father immediately made me watch "Midnight Express."
True story about drug crimes in Turkey. Scared the beejeezus out of me.
Brokedown Palace
Innerspace
True story about an American imprisoned for trying to smuggle hash out of Turkey. Although they took a lot of liberties with the book. Not really about “drug crimes.”
wazzu1452 wrote:
I moved to Turkey in 1983. My father immediately made me watch "Midnight Express."
True story about drug crimes in Turkey. Scared the beejeezus out of me.
Welcome to Sweden
Ackley wrote:
not a whit wrote:
Barcelona - by Whit Stillman
captures the good and bad, and a great movie
Agreed. A great movie.
I clicked on this thread just to post this.
"He might seem like a typical American, like a big unsophisticated child, but he's far more complex than that. Have you ever heard of the Marquis de Sade? Ted's a great admirer of de Sade. And a follower of Dr. Johnson. He's a complex, and in some ways dangerous, man."
What's the running equivalent of Tadej Pogacar riding ~7 W/kg for 40 min?
JACOB and YARED, why won't either try to emulate Hicham's 1500m tactics?
2024 College Track & Field Open Coaching Positions Discussion
If there are lions and leopards in Kenya, why don't athletes ever get eaten on their runs?
Can we talk about how crazy hard this Olympic marathon course is?
Actual snipers (including a Congressman) think it was an inside job
FEMKE BOL: sub 51 European Record, why it doesn't mean VERY much