in my quest to culture myself in the arts, i am attempting to screen the AFI Top 100 Movies of All Time. thanks to netflix, i am progressing through the list...obviously also jumping on those new releases...but slowly, it will be done.
why? you may ask, am i doing this. well basically to kill time between work and school, and then work again. sure, i could use that time to study and do homework...OR...i could finally understand all those references made in 20 years of the simpsons. but it's more about appreciating the culture of the film/tv medium that has been degraded into a reality-fest of bisexual curiosity and perversions of fame.
okay...so i'm not really all that self-righteous, and my goal of watching these films is more about my narcissistic ability to regurgitate mindless trivia. i mean, how was am i supposed to have known that the convenient red convertible that wayne campbell hops into on his way to stop cassandra's marriage was actually a clever and hilarious (now that i know it) allusion to a young benjamin braddock in the graduate?
so before i hyperlink you to death and your a.d.d. riddled mind has forgotten about this post that sent you on a imdb and tmz circle-jerk...here is the AFI Top 100 list of films i've seen and are working on seeing.CITIZEN KANEGODFATHER, THE
CASABLANCARAGING BULL
SINGIN' IN THE RAIN
GONE WITH THE WIND
LAWRENCE OF ARABIASCHINDLER'S LIST
VERTIGOWIZARD OF OZ, THE
CITY LIGHTS
SEARCHERS, THESTAR WARS
PSYCHO2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
SUNSET BLVD.GRADUATE, THE
GENERAL, THE
ON THE WATERFRONT
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
CHINATOWN
SOME LIKE IT HOT
GRAPES OF WRATH, THEE.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIALTO KILL A MOCKINGBIRDMR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
HIGH NOON
ALL ABOUT EVE
DOUBLE INDEMNITYAPOCALYPSE NOW
MALTESE FALCON, THEGODFATHER PART II, THEONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NESTSNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS
ANNIE HALL
BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, THE
BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES, THE
TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE, THEDR. STRANGELOVESOUND OF MUSIC, THE
KING KONG
BONNIE AND CLYDE
MIDNIGHT COWBOY
PHILADELPHIA STORY, THE
SHANE
IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, AREAR WINDOW
INTOLERANCELORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, THE
WEST SIDE STORYTAXI DRIVER
DEER HUNTER, THE
M*A*S*H
NORTH BY NORTHWESTJAWSROCKY
GOLD RUSH, THE
NASHVILLE
DUCK SOUP
SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS
AMERICAN GRAFFITI
CABARET
NETWORK
AFRICAN QUEEN, THERAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
UNFORGIVENTOOTSIE
CLOCKWORK ORANGE, ASAVING PRIVATE RYANSHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, THE
BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KIDSILENCE OF THE LAMBS, THE
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHTFORREST GUMPALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN
MODERN TIMES
WILD BUNCH, THE
APARTMENT, THE
SPARTACUS
SUNRISETITANIC
EASY RIDER
NIGHT AT THE OPERA, A
PLATOON12 ANGRY MEN
BRINGING UP BABYSIXTH SENSE, THE
SWING TIME
SOPHIE'S CHOICEGOODFELLAS
FRENCH CONNECTION, THE
PULP FICTION
LAST PICTURE SHOW, THE
DO THE RIGHT THING
BLADE RUNNER
YANKEE DOODLE DANDYTOY STORY
BEN-HUR
now that you've made it this far down...do you have any movies to add to my list to make my $14.95 a month investment in netflix worthwhile?
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Get Out The Popcorn
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