I have the boxed DVD sets to all three of these and occasionally pop one in to watch.
I often think that would be nice to do.
By now, I'm sure I would remember zero about plots; if there were any.
As of recently, I'm running through my second (or is it third?) watching of the
Engrenages (Spiral) series, which is French with English subs. Without them, my French is too far gone to serve very well, and I'm told the characters all use a local Parisian patois that would have left me clueless anyway. The subs are good, in the sense that I feel I get a very good idea of plot. Or should that be, of a parallel plot? Anyway, the thing is, with these modern, multiculturally cast shows, I find it impossible to keep track of the characters other than, say, the four leads. As for names - forget it; in one and out the other as soon as the episode is over.
Too many people, looking much the nsame, doing too much that seems not to matter very much either. Might be me.
Truth be told, I prefer movies because it all gets done and dusted in ninety minutes or so.
Had movies been allowed into the choices, I'd have gone for
La Dolce Vita, 8 1/2, Cinema Paradiso, La Grande Bellezza, Et Dieu Créa la Femme (Bardot vehicle) and
The Matrix (1) for starters.
Blowup? Relevant at the time (to me) but a bit unreal...
