Are British Films Foreign?

Miakal · 05-04-2005, 03:19 PM

This is a serious question. Are British films foreign? What about Canadian?

Same thing applies if you are Canadian or British, if you watch an American film does that make it foreign?

If you are British and you rent The Terminator or Total Recall do you consider that a foreign film?

Seriously.

And if it's not, why isn't it?

Quack Handle · 05-04-2005, 03:23 PM

American films aren't foreign to me. More like 'normal', British ones are more foreign to me, lol. I don't notice the accents much in U.S. films but when British ones arise I find I notice, yet in real life its the complete opposite. Very weird. I'm English.

There's such a thing as 'Canadian' films?

More generally however, the U.S. is a country made up of foreigners.

Joseph T. Cool · 05-04-2005, 03:24 PM

Aren't foreign films considered anything that is not in English?

I would think that a "foreign" film would depend on your location. Anything that is not native to your locale.

However isn't the USA the only one giving a "foreign" film award?

If not I am lost.

Mr. Kennedy · 05-04-2005, 09:39 PM

I think you're right Spidey, films are usually considered foregin if they're not in english.

Freak · 05-04-2005, 10:26 PM

I thought I remember a movie from Quebec, Canada being nominated for Best Foreign Film at the Oscars this year though? Or perhaps it was Best Foreign-Language Film.

Miakal · 05-04-2005, 11:23 PM

Yeah, I've seen film critics and stuff label British films as "foreign" that's why I was wondering about this affair.

Tyler Durden · 05-05-2005, 05:15 AM

I suppose it is correct for me to think of American films as "foreign", from a geographic veiwpoint, but from a cultural standpoint they are (obviously) the same language, virtually the same humour, so they don't seem foreign.