Another Weekend, Another Film
At this point, there is basically noone for me to hang out with and nothing for me to do aside from watch movies. Not all of these have been on the list but one was... Django Unchained. That's right! At long last, I have seen this film! It is actually very good and a lot more compelling than I was expecting. It's a violent movie but it doesn't follow the darker paths that I was expecting. Of course with Netflix being as shit as it is now, I am left with only one film on this list on there - The Hunt
After that I guess I will be paying money to watch the films maybe using streaming rentals where possible. I am wondering if I can push through the last of these 70 films before my birthday. One of the tough things about this list is that it is always changing. So I sample on my Birthday to attempt to keep it contemporary; if I can finish this list by then I can reboot and update on a (hopefully) much shorter list.
52 Django Unchained (2012)
203 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
215 Roman Holiday (1953)
229 Ip Man (2008)
238 Rain Man (1988)
After that I guess I will be paying money to watch the films maybe using streaming rentals where possible. I am wondering if I can push through the last of these 70 films before my birthday. One of the tough things about this list is that it is always changing. So I sample on my Birthday to attempt to keep it contemporary; if I can finish this list by then I can reboot and update on a (hopefully) much shorter list.
70 Films still to watch: (Bold are on Netflix at time of writing)
102 Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
106 A Separation (2011)
107 Yojimbo (1961)
117 On the Waterfront (1954)
119 The Seventh Seal (1957)
123 The Kid (1921)
125 Scarface (1983)
126 Rebecca (1940)
127 Wild Strawberries (1957)
130 Ran (1985)
131 Ikiru (1952)
133 Touch of Evil (1958)
135 The Gold Rush (1925)
136 Cool Hand Luke (1967)
137 It Happened One Night (1934)
140 Casino (1995)
152 Warrior (2011)
153 High Noon (1952)
154 The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)
156 Gone with the Wind (1939)
157 The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
159 Annie Hall (1977)
163 Notorious (1946)
165 Into the Wild (2007)
168 The Night of the Hunter (1955)
169 There Will Be Blood (2007)
170 Network (1976)
172 Ben-Hur (1959)
175 The Big Sleep (1946)
177 The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
179 The 400 Blows (1959)
181 Mary and Max (2009)
183 Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
184 The Hunt (2012)
185 Amores Perros (2000)
187 Persona (1966)
189 Gandhi (1982)
190 The Killing (1956)
192 A Beautiful Mind (2001)
193 The Graduate (1967)
195 8½ (1963)
196 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
198 The Hustler (1961)
199 La Strada (1954)
202 Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
205 Rope (1948)
206 The Exorcist (1973)
207 The Wild Bunch (1969)
208 Barry Lyndon (1975)
209 Life of Pi (2012)
210 Stalag 17 (1953)
211 In the Name of the Father (1993)
213 Fanny and Alexander (1982)
216 Sleuth (1972)
218 Stalker (1979)
221 Memories of Murder (2003)
223 3 Idiots (2009)
228 Like Stars on Earth (2007)
230 Incendies (2010)
233 La Haine (1995)
234 A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
237 All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
240 Rosemary's Baby (1968)
243 Papillon (1973)
244 Mystic River (2003)
245 Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003)
246 Before Sunrise (1995)
247 In the Mood for Love (2000)
249 Manhattan (1979)
250 The Celebration (1998)
Yojimbo: If you didn't know, this is the same script as "A Fistful of Dollars", the first spaghetti western starring Clint Eastwood as the Man with No Name. It's interesting watching them both and seeing the same story play out in completely different settings. IIRC, Kurosawa received royalties for the Italian movie.
ReplyDeleteGood to know! I have to say I was underwhelmed by Fistful but I always love Kurosawa and his love of Westerns (7 Samurai) gives me confidence!
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