Tim RH

Kirk Tsai

At 118 now after Belle De Jour. Erotic, with the still beautiful Catherine Deneuve giving life to an enigmatic character. This is the female version of a Great Stone Face performance, and it's fascinating to see her becoming a prostitute, probably partially due to fulfilling the male fantasy of seeing a supposedly viturous housewife becoming sexual on my part. The way fantasy and reality are cut together is fluid, suggesting the stronghold that Deneuve's sexual desires have on her life. I love every fantasy sequence of the film--most are deadly funny--but unsure if the flashbacks were necessary; they hint at a tortured childhood, which in my mind, detracts from the mystery surrounding her. Still a very compelling film with surrealist touches that are not only integral to the movie, but make sense without much explanation as well.

Doug D

okay, I'm in with 165 seen to date.

Lew Crippen

I know what you mean Dustin. This, plus the 30’s challenge was enough to push me over the edge. Received my first three disks from Netflix yesterday.

Don’t die. I’ll get you some water. Don’t die. Don’t move until we can talk. Don’t die until later.

Although my last film came not from Netflix, but from a recently purchased, but unwatched DVD of

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,

which I had not seen for many years. The last (and no doubt the best) of the three ‘man with no name’ films, I had actually forgotten what a fine film this is, and how much humor it contains. Very nicely balanced with the greed (and attendant violence) at the core of the film. As is the cinematography nicely balanced between the long shots and extreme close-ups.

¡Time is not my master!

Adam_S

This brings me to 62 for the whole list, I decided to add the eight or so films I'd seen about two years ago because I don't really feel urgent to see them again, maybe later on in the challenge. My previous post was counting only the last 18 or so months, so that's why the numbers are different. Luckily I spotted several films they'll be showing at the Norris Theater here at USC on campus in 35mm for classes, for my class we'll be seeing: the Seventh Seal, Contempt, Rashoman amongst others. Salò is the only stretch--I've watched between 1/2 and 2/3 of the film, and have no desire whatsoever to watch it through to its completion.

Ranking system:
- great movie
1/2 - just shy of perfection
- highly recommended
1/2 - recommended with reservations
- solid movie
1/2 - serious flaws
- endurable
1/2 - has one redeeming feature
0 - waste of time, patently offensive

I'll be keeping a master list of my progeress on the list here.

Films I've seen (in the last 24 months) (films in red I've rewatched since starting the challenge):

1. Citizen Kane -
2. 2001 -
3. The Godfather Part II -
4. Seven Samurai -
5. Singin' in the Rain -
6. Lawrence of Arabia -
7. The Godfather -
8. Bicycle Thieves -
9. Touch of Evil - 1/2
10. Dr. Strangelove -
11. Psycho -
12. Sunset Blvd. -
13. The Godfather and the Godfather Part II -
14. Some Like it Hot -
15. City Lights -
16. Grand Illusion -
17. The Apartment -
18. Apocalypse Now - 1/2 (revised to on second viewing)
19. Taxi Driver -
20. Casablanca -
21. The 400 Blows -
22. M -
23. Modern Times -
24. North By Northwest -
25. L'Âge d'or -
26. Blade Runner - 1/2
27. The Gold Rush - (upped to 1/2 for the silent version)
28. Pulp Fiction - 1/2
29. Rear Window -
30. A Clockwork Orange - 1/2
31. Goodfellas - 1/2
32. The Man who Shot Liberty Valence -
33. Ran -
34. Black Narcissus - 1/2
35. Double Indemnity - 1/2
36. Gone with the Wind - 1/2
37. The Grapes of Wrath -
38. His Girl Friday -
39. It's a Wonderful Life -
40. The Lady Eve -
41. Stagecoach -
42. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre -
43. King Kong -
44. To Kill a Mockingbird -
45. Bonnie and Clyde -
46. Brazil -
47. Do the Right Thing -
48. E.T. The Extra Terrestrial -
49. In the mood for Love -
50. Jaws -
51. Paths of Glory -
52. Salò - [0]
53. Spartacus - 1/2
54. Spirited Away -
55. Star Wars -
56. The Bridge on the River Kwai -
57. Unforgiven -
58. Fargo - 1/2
59. Great Expectations - 1/2
60. The Remains of the Day -
61. Shane - 1/2
62. The Thief of Baghdad -
    
    Newly Seen Films
63. The Red Shoes - - 01/24/2003
64. The Seventh Seal - - 01/27/2003
65. Rashomon - - 02/10/2003
66. Sherlock, Jr. - - 02/18/2003
67. Le Mépris (Contempt) - - 02/24/2003
68. Tokyo Story - - 03/09/2003
69. Discreet Charm of the Bourgeosie - - 03/15/2003
70. Vertigo - 1/2 - 03/24/2003
71. Xala -
72. La Jetee - 1/2 - 03/24/2003
73. La Regle du Jeu (Rules of the Game} - - 05/11/2003
74. Alexander Nevsky - - 05/13/2003
75. Meet me in St. Louis - - 05/19/2003
76. 8 1/2 - - 05/22/2003
77. The Searchers - - 05/22/2003
78. Annie Hall -
79. Duck Soup -
80. Chinatown - - 05/28/2003
81. The Conversation - - 06/06/2003
82. Sullivan's Travels - 1/2 - 06/08/2004
83. On the Waterfront - - 06/10/2003
84. The African Queen - 1/2 - 06/13/2003
85. All About Eve - - 06/14/2004
86. Brief Encounter - - 06/15/2004
87. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - 1/2 06/15/2003
88. The Exorcist - - 06/18/2003
89. Bringing up Baby - - 06/18/2003
90. Birth of a Nation - ZERO - 07/16/2003
91. Bride of Frankenstein - 1/2 - 07/23/2003
92. Notorious - 1/2 - 07/24/2003
93. Todo Sobre mi Madre - - 08/11/2003
94. The Shining - 1/2 - 08/24/2003
95. Raging Bull - - 09/08/2003
96. L'Atalante - 1/2 - 09/10/2003
97. Trouble in Paradise - - 09/11/2003
98. Mean Streets - 1/2 - 09/15/2003 revised to 1/2 on second viewing
99. The Passion of Joan of Arc - - 11/03/2003
100. The Lady Vanishes - - 11/13/2003
101. Network - 1/2 - 01/07/2004
102. The Maltese Falcon - - 01/17/2004
103. Playtime - 1/2 - 01/24/2004
104. The Wild Bunch - 1/2 - 01/29/2004
105. Cabinent of Dr. Caligari - 1/2 - 02/16/2004
106. The Third Man -