Thursday, October 1, 2015

1001: A FILM ODYSSEY (2015 UPDATE)

            
I can't believe it's been six years since I started doing this movie blog and I've....I've...still got a ways to go. I've enjoyed doing it and assume I will continue to, but I honestly didn't think I was going on a pace that might take me ten total years to finish! (Ah, 2019, are you really so far away?)

Anyway, the latest edition (6th, if you are scoring at home) has ten more titles and brings the total number of films to 1175 (if you are still scoring at home) or 1177 if you want to count Ivan the Terrible or Olympia in parts. You could also count the Lord of the Rings trilogy or The Toy Story Trilogy as one movie or three...and I'm thinking about this too much (And you can stop scoring at home now).

By my count, I've seen 773 out of these 1175 listings which comes out to about 2/3 that I've completed and about 400 or so left to go...My calculations may be a bit off...but if I was better with numbers, I'd be doing a quantum mechanics blog instead of this one!
I'd like to thank others with blogs on this subject that show me I'm not alone (you know who you are...at least I hope you know who you are!), my family (Especially my wife, who I can picture now rolling her eyes as she asks me as I'm watching television, "Is this another one of your book movies?"), my friends (Though, interestingly, I have less of these since I started doing this blog), and my pets (Though interestingly, I have more of these since I started doing this blog.)

So it's back to the movies I go...But do I really have to sit through all of The Mother and the Whore? And that experimental film that just stares at a tree for two hours? Do I really have to see that one too? And I've started Les Vampires about three times...might have to save that six hour silent epic for last. And Pink Flamingos? I got to see that one again? But there are still a lot of titles on the list I look forward to visiting or re-visiting.
             
Movies (numbered) I have seen from the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Books since I started this blog in 2009

                             1.            A Trip to the Moon (1902) 1
                             2.            The Great Train Robbery (1903) 2
                             3.            The Birth of a Nation (1915) 3
                             4.            Les Vampires (1915)
                             5.            Intolerance (1916) 4
                             6.            The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919) 5
                             7.            Broken Blossoms (1919)
                             8.            Way Down East (1920)
                             9.            Within Our Gates (1920) 6
                         10.            The Phantom Carriage (1921) 7
                         11.            Orphans of the Storm (1921)
                         12.            The Smiling Madame Beudet (1922)
                         13.            Dr. Mabuse, Parts 1 and 2 (1922)
                         14.            Nanook of the North (1922) 8
                         15.            Nosferatu, A Symphony of Terror(1922) 9
                         16.            Haxan (1923) 10
                         17.            Foolish Wives (1922)
                         18.            Our Hospitality (1923) 11
                         19.            The Wheel (1923)
                         20.            The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
                         21.            Strike (1924)
                         22.            Greed (1924)
                         23.            Sherlock, Jr. (1924) 12
                         24.            The Last Laugh (1924) 13
                         25.            The Great White Silence (1925)
                         26.            Seven Chances (1925) 14
                         27.            The Phantom of the Opera (1925) 15
                         28.            The Battleship Potemkin (1925) 16
                         29.            The Gold Rush (1925) 17
                         30.            The Big Parade (1925)
                         31.            The Eagle (1925) 18
                         32.            The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)
                         33.            Metropolis (1927) 19
                         34.            Sunrise (1927) 20
                         35.            The General (1927) 21
                         36.            The Unknown (1927) 22
                         37.            October (1927)
                         38.            The Jazz Singer (1927) 23
                         39.            Napoleon (1927)
                         40.            The Kid Brother (1927) 24
                         41.            The Crowd (1928)
                         42.            The Docks of New York (1928)
                         43.            An Andalusian Dog (1928) 25
                         44.            The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) 26
                         45.            Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) 27
                         46.            Storm over Asia (1928)
                         47.            Blackmail (1929) 28
                         48.            The Man with the Movie Camera (1929) 29
                         49.            Pandora's Box (1929) 30
                         50.            A Throw of Dice (1929)
                         51.            The Blue Angel (1930) 31
                         52.            The Age Of Gold (1930) 32
                         53.            Earth (1930)
                         54.            Little Caesar (1930) 33
                         55.            All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
                         56.            Freedom For Us (1931) 34
                         57.            The Million (1931) 35
                         58.            Tabu (1931)
                         59.            Dracula (1931) 36
                         60.            Frankenstein (1931) 37
                         61.            City Lights (1931) 38
                         62.            The Public Enemy (1931) 39
                         63.            M (1931) 40
                         64.            The Bitch (1931)
                         65.            Limite (1931)
                         66.            Vampyr (1932) 41
                         67.            Love Me Tonight (1932) 42
                         68.            Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932) 43
                         69.            I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
                         70.            Trouble in Paradise (1932)
                         71.            Scarface: The Shame Of A Nation (1932) 44
                         72.            Shanghai Express (1932)
                         73.            Freaks (1932) 45
                         74.            Me and My Gal (1932)
                         75.            Zero for Conduct (1933) 46
                         76.            42nd Street (1933) 47
                         77.            Footlight Parade (1933) 48
                         78.            Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) 49
                         79.            She Done Him Wrong (1933) 50
                         80.            Duck Soup (1933) 51
                         81.            Queen Christina (1933)
                         82.            Land Without Bread (1933)
                         83.            King Kong (1933) 52
                         84.            The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933)
                         85.            Sons of the Desert (1933) 53
                         86.            It's a Gift (1934) 54
                         87.            Triumph of the Will (1934)
                         88.            L'Atalante (1934) 55
                         89.            The Black Cat (1934) 56
                         90.            Judge Priest (1934) 57
                         91.            It Happened One Night (1934) 58
                         92.            The Thin Man (1934) 59
                         93.            The Goddess (1934)
                         94.            Captain Blood (1935) 60
                         95.            Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) 61
                         96.            A Night at the Opera (1935) 62
                         97.            The 39 Steps (1935) 63
                         98.            Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 64
                         99.            Top Hat (1935) 65
                    100.            Peter Ibbertson (1935)
                    101.            A Day in the Country (1936) 66
                    102.            Modern Times (1936) 67
                    103.            Swing Time (1936) 68
                    104.            My Man Godfrey (1936) 69
                    105.            Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) 70
                    106.            Camille (1936) 71
                    107.            Sabotage (1936) 72
                    108.            Dodsworth (1936) 73
                    109.            Things to Come (1936) 74
                    110.            The Story of a Cheat (1936) 75
                    111.            Captains Courageous (1937) 76
                    112.            Midnight Song (1937)
                    113.            Grand Illusion (1937) 77
                    114.            Stella Dallas (1937)
                    115.            The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
                    116.            Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) 78
                    117.            Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) 79
                    118.            The Awful Truth (1937) 80
                    119.            Pepe Le Moko (1937) 81
                    120.            Jezebel (1938) 82
                    121.            The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) 83
                    122.            Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) 84
                    123.            Olympia (1938)
                    124.            The Baker's Wife (1938)
                    125.            Bringing Up Baby (1938) 85
                    126.            The Lady Vanishes (1938) 86
                    127.            Stagecoach (1939) 87
                    128.            The Story of the Late Chrysanthemum (1939)
                    129.            Babes in Arms (1939)
                    130.            Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 88
                    131.            The Wizard of Oz (1939) 89
                    132.            Destry Rides Again (1939) 90
                    133.            Only Angels Have Wings (1939) 91
                    134.            Gone With the Wind (1939) 92
                    135.            Daybreak (1939)
                    136.            Gunga Din (1939) 93
                    137.            Ninotchka (1939) 94
                    138.            The Rules of the Game (1939)
                    139.            Wuthering Heights (1939) 95
                    140.            His Girl Friday (1940) 96
                    141.            Rebecca (1940) 97
                    142.            Fantasia (1940) 98
                    143.            The Philadelphia Story (1940) 99
                    144.            The Grapes of Wrath (1940) 100
                    145.            Dance, Girl, Dance (1940) 101
                    146.            Pinocchio (1940) 102
                    147.            The Mortal Storm (1940) 103
                    148.            The Bank Dick (1940) 104
                    149.            Citizen Kane (1941) 105
                    150.            The Lady Eve (1941) 106
                    151.            The Wolf Man (1941) 107
                    152.            The Maltese Falcon (1941) 108
                    153.            Sergeant York (1941) 109
                    154.            Dumbo (1941) 110
                    155.            High Sierra (1941) 111
                    156.            Sullivan's Travels (1941) 112
                    157.            How Green Was My Valley (1941) 113
                    158.            The Palm Beach Story (1942) 114
                    159.            Now, Voyager (1942) 115
                    160.            Casablanca (1942) 116
                    161.            To Be or Not to Be (1942) 117
                    162.            Cat People (1942) 118
                    163.            The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) 119
                    164.            Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) 120
                    165.            Mrs. Miniver (1942) 121
                    166.            Meshes of the Afternoon (1943) 122
                    167.            Fires Were Started (1943)
                    168.            The Man in Grey (1943) 123
                    169.            The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) 124
                    170.            I Walked with a Zombie (1943) 125
                    171.            The Seventh Victim (1943)
                    172.            The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) 126
                    173.            Shadow of a Doubt (1943) 127
                    174.            Ossessione (1943)
                    175.            Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) 128
                    176.            To Have and Have Not (1944) 129
                    177.            Laura (1944) 130
                    178.            Gaslight (1944) 131
                    179.            Henry V (1944)
                    180.            Ivan the Terrible, Parts One and Two (1944)
                    181.            Double Indemnity (1944) 132
                    182.            Murder, My Sweet (1944) 133
                    183.            The Battle of San Pietro (1945) 134
                    184.            Spellbound (1945) 135
                    185.            Mildred Pierce (1945) 136
                    186.            The Children of Paradise (1945) 137
                    187.            Open City (1945) 138
                    188.            The Lost Weekend (1945) 139
                    189.            Detour (1945) 140
                    190.            I Know Where I'm Going! (1945) 141
                    191.            The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) 142
                    192.            Brief Encounter (1946) 143
                    193.            Paisan (1946) 144
                    194.            The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) 145
                    195.            My Darling Clementine (1946) 146
                    196.            The Stranger (1946) 147
                    197.            Beauty and the Beast (1946) 148
                    198.            The Big Sleep (1946) 149
                    199.            The Killers (1946) 150
                    200.            A Matter of Life and Death (1946) 151
                    201.            Great Expectations (1946) 152
                    202.            Notorious (1946) 153
                    203.            Black Narcissus (1946) 154
                    204.            It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 155
                    205.            Gilda (1946) 156
                    206.            Monsieur Verdoux (1947) 157
                    207.            Out of the Past (1947) 158
                    208.            The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) 159
                    209.            Odd Man Out (1947) 160
                    210.            The Bicycle Thief (1948) 161
                    211.            Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
                    212.            Secret Beyond the Door (1948) 162
                    213.            Force of Evil (1948) 163
                    214.            Spring in a Small Town (1948)
                    215.            Red River (1948) 164
                    216.            Rope (1948) 165
                    217.            The Snake Pit (1948) 166
                    218.            The Lady from Shanghai (1948) 167
                    219.            The Paleface (1948) 168
                    220.            The Red Shoes (1948) 169
                    221.            The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) 170
                    222.            Louisiana Story (1948) 171
                    223.            The Heiress (1949) 172
                    224.            Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) 173
                    225.            Gun Crazy (1949)
                    226.            Adam's Rib (1949) 174
                    227.            Whiskey Galore! (1949)
                    228.            White Heat (1949) 175
                    229.            The Reckless Moment (1949)
                    230.            The Third Man (1949) 176
                    231.            On the Town (1949) 177
                    232.            Orpheus (1949)
                    233.            The Asphalt Jungle (1950) 178
                    234.            Rashomon (1950) 179
                    235.            Winchester '73 (1950) 180
                    236.            Rio Grande (1950) 181
                    237.            All About Eve (1950) 182
                    238.            Sunset Blvd. (1950) 183
                    239.            Los Olvidados (1950)
                    240.            In a Lonely Place (1950) 184
                    241.            Ace in the Hole (1951) 185
                    242.            A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) 186
                    243.            Strangers on a Train (1951) 187
                    244.            The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) 188
                    245.            Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951)
                    246.            The African Queen (1951) 189
                    247.            Diary of a Country Priest (1951)
                    248.            An American in Paris (1951) 190
                    249.            A Place in the Sun (1951)
                    250.            The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) 191
                    251.            The Quiet Man (1952) 192
                    252.            Forbidden Games (1952) 193
                    253.            Angel Face (1952) 194
                    254.            Singin' in the Rain (1952) 195
                    255.            Ikiru (1952)
                    256.            Europa '51 (1952)
                    257.            The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) 196
                    258.            The Big Sky (1952)
                    259.            High Noon (1952) 197
                    260.            Umberto D (1952)
                    261.            The Golden Coach (1952)
                    262.            The Bigamist (1953) 198
                    263.            The Band Wagon (1953) 199
                    264.            Madame De… (1953)
                    265.            From Here to Eternity (1953) 200
                    266.            Tokyo Story (1953) 201
                    267.            Roman Holiday (1953) 202
                    268.            Wages of Fear (1953) 203
                    269.            The Naked Spur (1953) 204
                    270.            Pickup on South Street (1953) 205
                    271.            Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) 206
                    272.            The Big Heat (1953) 207
                    273.            Mr. Hulot's Holiday (1953) 208
                    274.            Voyage in Italy (1953) 209
                    275.            Tales of Ugetsu (1953) 210
                    276.            Shane (1953) 211
                    277.            Beat the Devil (1953) 212
                    278.            Summer with Monika (1953) 213
                    279.            Johnny Guitar (1954) 214
                    280.            On the Waterfront (1954) 215
                    281.            Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) 216
                    282.            Les Diaboliques (1954) 217
                    283.            Animal Farm (1954) 218
                    284.            Rear Window (1954) 219
                    285.            A Star Is Born (1954)
                    286.            The Barefoot Contessa (1954) 220
                    287.            La Strada (1954) 221
                    288.            The Seven Samurai (1954) 222
                    289.            Senso (1954)
                    290.            Silver Lode (1954) 223
                    291.            Carmen Jones (1954) 224
                    292.            Sansho the Baliff (1954) 225
                    293.            Salt of the Earth (1954)
                    294.            Artists and Models (1955)
                    295.            Guys and Dolls (1955) 226
                    296.            Pather Panchali (1955)
                    297.            Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) 227
                    298.            The Mad Masters (1955)
                    299.            Hill 24 Doesn’t Answer (1955)
                    300.            The Ladykillers (1955) 228
                    301.            Marty (1955) 229
                    302.            Ordet (1955) 230
                    303.            Bob the Gambler (1955) 231
                    304.            Kiss Me Deadly (1955) 232
                    305.            The Man from Laramie (1955)
                    306.            Rebel Without a Cause (1955) 233
                    307.            The Phenix City Story (1955)
                    308.            Smiles of a Summer Night (1955) 234
                    309.            Night and Fog (1955) 235
                    310.            The Night of the Hunter (1955) 236
                    311.            The Sins of Lola Montes (1955)
                    312.            The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) 237
                    313.            Oklahoma! (1955) 238
                    314.            Forbidden Planet (1956) 239
                    315.            The Burmese Harp (1956) 240
                    316.            The Searchers (1956) 241
                    317.            A Man Escaped (1956) 242
                    318.            Written on the Wind (1956)
                    319.            The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) 243
                    320.            Giant (1956)
                    321.            All That Heaven Allows (1956) 244
                    322.            Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) 245
                    323.            The Wrong Man (1956)
                    324.            Bigger Than Life (1956)
                    325.            High Society (1956)
                    326.            The Ten Commandments (1956) 246
                    327.            12 Angry Men (1957) 247
                    328.            The Seventh Seal (1957) 248
                    329.            An Affair to Remember (1957) 249
                    330.            Wild Strawberries (1957) 250
                    331.            The Nights of Cabiria (1957)
                    332.            Throne of Blood (1957) 251
                    333.            The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
                    334.            The Unvanquished (1957)
                    335.            Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) 252
                    336.            The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 253
                    337.            Mother India (1957)
                    338.            The Cranes Are Flying (1957) 254
                    339.            Paths of Glory (1957) 255
                    340.            Sweet Smell of Success (1957) 256
                    341.            Man of the West (1958) 257
                    342.            Touch of Evil (1958) 258
                    343.            Cairo Station (1958) 259
                    344.            Gigi (1958) 260
                    345.            The Defiant Ones (1958) 261
                    346.            Vertigo (1958) 262
                    347.            Ashes and Diamonds (1958) 263
                    348.            Horror of Dracula (1958) 264
                    349.            My Uncle (1958)
                    350.            The Music Room (1958)
                    351.            Some Came Running (1958) 265
                    352.            The 400 Blows (1959) 266
                    353.            North by Northwest (1959) 267
                    354.            Some Like It Hot (1959) 268
                    355.            Anatomy of a Murder (1959) 269
                    356.            Eyes without a Face (1959) 270
                    357.            Ride Lonesome (1959) 271
                    358.            Black Orpheus (1959) 272
                    359.            Shadows (1959) 273
                    360.            The World of Apu (1959)
                    361.            Breathless (1959) 274
                    362.            Ben-Hur (1959)
                    363.            Pickpocket (1959)
                    364.            Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959) 275
                    365.            Rio Bravo (1959) 276
                    366.            The Hole (1959)
                    367.            Floating Weeds (1959) 277
                    368.            Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
                    369.            La Dolce Vita (1960)
                    370.            Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960) 278
                    371.            Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
                    372.            The Adventure (1960) 279
                    373.            The Young One (1960)
                    374.            The Cloud-Capped Star (1960)
                    375.            The Housemaid (1960)
                    376.            Psycho (1960) 280
                    377.            Black Sunday (1960) 281
                    378.            Peeping Tom (1960) 282
                    379.            The Apartment (1960) 283
                    380.            Spartacus (1960) 284
                    381.            Splendor in the Grass (1961)
                    382.            Last Year at Marienbad (1961) 285
                    383.            The Pier (1961) 286
                    384.            One-Eyed Jacks (1961) 287
                    385.            Lola (1961)
                    386.            Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) 288
                    387.            La Notte (1961) 289
                    388.            Jules and Jim (1961) 290
                    389.            Viridiana (1961)
                    390.            The Ladies Man (1961)
                    391.            Through a Glass Darkly (1961) 291
                    392.            Chronicle of a Summer (1961)
                    393.            The Hustler (1961)
                    394.            West Side Story (1961) 292
                    395.            The Exiles (1961)
                    396.            A Dog's Life (1962)
                    397.            Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962)
                    398.            Dog Star Man (1962)
                    399.            An Autumn Afternoon (1962) 293
                    400.            L’Eclisse (1962) 294
                    401.            Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
                    402.            To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 295
                    403.            The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
                    404.            Lolita (1962) 296
                    405.            Keeper of Promises (1962)
                    406.            The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) 297
                    407.            What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) 298
                    408.            My Life to Live (1962) 299
                    409.            Heaven and Earth Magic (1962) 300
                    410.            The Exterminating Angel (1962)
                    411.            The Birds (1963) 301
                    412.            The Nutty Professor (1963)
                    413.            Blonde Cobra (1963) 302
                    414.            The Cool World (1963)
                    415.            8 1/2 (1963) 303
                    416.            Passenger (1963)
                    417.            Contempt (1963) 304
                    418.            Hud (1963)
                    419.            Winter Light (1963) 305
                    420.            Flaming Creatures (1963) 306
                    421.            The Great Escape (1963)
                    422.            Shock Corridor (1963) 307
                    423.            The Leopard (1963) 308
                    424.            Barren Lives (1963)
                    425.            Mediteranee (1963)
                    426.            The House is Black (1963)
                    427.            The Haunting (1963) 309
                    428.            An Actor's Revenge (1963)
                    429.            The Servant (1963)
                    430.            Goldfinger (1964) 310
                    431.            Scorpio Rising (1964) 311
                    432.            The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) 312
                    433.            Marnie (1964) 313
                    434.            My Fair Lady (1964) 314
                    435.            Woman in the Dunes (1964) 315
                    436.            Dr. Strangelove (1964) 316
                    437.            A Hard Day's Night (1964) 317
                    438.            The Red Desert (1964) 318
                    439.            Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1964) 319
                    440.            The Masque of the Red Death (1964) 320
                    441.            Before the Revolution (1964)
                    442.            Gertrud (1964) 321
                    443.            The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964)
                    444.            Black God, White Devil (1964)
                    445.            The Demon (1964) 322
                    446.            Mary Poppins (1964)
                    447.            Vinyl (1965) 323
                    448.            The Shop on Main Street (1965) 324
                    449.            Doctor Zhivago (1965) 325
                    450.            The War Game (1965) 326
                    451.            Tokyo Olympiad (1965)
                    452.            The Battle of Algiers (1965) 327
                    453.            The Sound of Music (1965)
                    454.            The Saragossa Manuscript (1965)
                    455.            Alphaville (1965) 328
                    456.            Chimes at Midnight (1965)
                    457.            Repulsion (1965) 329
                    458.            Juliet of the Spirits (1965)
                    459.            Pierrot Goes Wild (1965) 330
                    460.            Faster, Pussy Cat! Kill! Kill! (1965) 331
                    461.            The Golden Thread (1965)
                    462.            The Man Who Had His Hair Cut Short (1965)
                    463.            Hold Me While I'm Naked (1966) 332
                    464.            Blowup (1966) 333
                    465.            The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966) 334
                    466.            Daisies (1966) 335
                    467.            Come Drink with Me (1966)
                    468.            Seconds (1966) 336
                    469.            Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
                    470.            Persona (1966) 337
                    471.            Masculine-Feminine (1966) 338
                    472.            Balthazar (1966) 339
                    473.            In the Heat of the Night (1967) 340
                    474.            Two or Three Things I Know About Her (1967) 341
                    475.            The Graduate (1967) 342
                    476.            Playtime (1967) 343
                    477.            Report (1967) 344
                    478.            Hombre (1967) 345
                    479.            Belle de Jour (1967)
                    480.            The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967) 346
                    481.            Week End (1967) 347
                    482.            Le Samourai (1967) 348
                    483.            Cool Hand Luke (1967) 349
                    484.            Point Blank (1967) 350
                    485.            Wavelength (1967) 351
                    486.            Bonnie and Clyde (1967) 352
                    487.            The Red and the White (1967)
                    488.            Marketa Lazarova (1967) 353
                    489.            The Jungle Book (1967) 354
                    490.            The Fireman's Ball (1967)
                    491.            Earth Entranced (1967)
                    492.            Closely Watched Trains (1967) 355
                    493.            Vij (1967)
                    494.            The Cow (1968)
                    495.            Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) 356
                    496.            Planet of the Apes (1968) 357
                    497.            Faces (1968) 358
                    498.            Rosemary's Baby (1968) 359
                    499.            If… (1968)
                    500.            Memories of Underdevelopment (1968)
                    501.            The Producers (1968) 360
                    502.            David Holzman's Diary (1968) 361
                    503.            Shame (1968) 362
                    504.            2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 363
                    505.            Hour of the Wolf (1968) 364
                    506.            Targets (1968) 365
                    507.            Night of the Living Dead (1968) 366
                    508.            My Night with Maud (1969)
                    509.            Lucia (1969)
                    510.            A Touch of Zen (1969)
                    511.            Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 367
                    512.            Midnight Cowboy (1969) 368
                    513.            Satyricon (1969) 369
                    514.            Z (1969) 370
                    515.            The Conformist (1969)
                    516.            Easy Rider (1969) 371
                    517.            High School (1969)
                    518.            In the Year of the Pig (1969)
                    519.            The Wild Bunch (1969) 372
                    520.            Andrei Rublev (1969)
                    521.            The Butcher (1969) 373
                    522.            The Color of Pomegranates (1969) 374
                    523.            Kes (1969)
                    524.            Tristana (1970) 375
                    525.            Five Easy Pieces (1970) 376
                    526.            El Topo (1970)
                    527.            Woodstock (1970) 377
                    528.            Deep End (1970)
                    529.            The Spider's Stratagem (1970)
                    530.            Little Big Man (1970) 378
                    531.            The Ear (1970) 379
                    532.            Patton (1970) 380
                    533.            M*A*S*H (1970) 381
                    534.            Performance (1970) 382
                    535.            Gimme Shelter (1970) 383
                    536.            Zabriskie Point (1970) 384
                    537.            The Bird with The Crystal Plumage (1970) 385
                    538.            The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970)
                    539.            Wanda (1971)
                    540.            W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism (1971)
                    541.            A Clockwork Orange (1971) 386
                    542.            The Sorrow and the Pity (1971) 387
                    543.            Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) 388
                    544.            McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971) 389
                    545.            Walkabout (1971) 390
                    546.            Klute (1971) 391
                    547.            Harold and Maude (1971) 392
                    548.            Red Psalm (1971)
                    549.            Get Carter (1971)
                    550.            The French Connection (1971) 393
                    551.            Shaft (1971) 394
                    552.            Dirty Harry (1971) 395
                    553.            Murmur of the Heart (1971)
                    554.            Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)
                    555.            The Last Picture Show (1971) 396
                    556.            Straw Dogs (1971)
                    557.            Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
                    558.            The Devils (1971)
                    559.            The Hired Hand (1971)
                    560.            Wake in Fright (1971)
                    561.            The Heartbreak Kid (1972)
                    562.            Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
                    563.            Cabaret (1972) 397
                    564.            Last Tango in Paris (1972)
                    565.            High Plains Drifter (1972) 398
                    566.            Sleuth (1972)
                    567.            Deliverance (1972) 399
                    568.            Solaris (1972) 400
                    569.            The Godfather (1972) 401
                    570.            Cries and Whispers (1972) 402
                    571.            Fat City (1972)
                    572.            The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
                    573.            The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant (1972)
                    574.            Frenzy (1972)
                    575.            Pink Flamingos (1972)
                    576.            Superfly (1972)
                    577.            The Sting (1973) 403
                    578.            The Mother and the Whore (1973)
                    579.            Badlands (1973) 404
                    580.            American Graffiti (1973) 405
                    581.            Papillon (1973)
                    582.            Enter the Dragon (1973) 406
                    583.            Mean Streets (1973) 407
                    584.            The Long Goodbye (1973) 408
                    585.            The Wicker Man (1973)
                    586.            Day for Night (1973) 409
                    587.            Don't Look Now (1973) 410
                    588.            Sleeper (1973) 411
                    589.            Serpico (1973) 412
                    590.            The Exorcist (1973) 413
                    591.            Turkish Delight (1973)
                    592.            The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
                    593.            Fantastic Planet (1973) 414
                    594.            Amarcord (1973)
                    595.            The Harder They Come (1973) 415
                    596.            F is for Fake (1973) 416
                    597.            Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973)
                    598.            Dersu Uzala (1974) 417
                    599.            The Conversation (1974) 418
                    600.            The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) 419
                    601.            The Mirror (1974)
                    602.            A Woman Under the Influence (1974) 420
                    603.            Young Frankenstein (1974) 421
                    604.            Chinatown (1974) 422
                    605.            Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974)
                    606.            Blazing Saddles (1974) 423
                    607.            The Godfather Part II (1974) 424
                    608.            Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) 425
                    609.            Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974) 426
                    610.            The Towering Inferno (1974) 427
                    611.            Dog Day Afternoon (1975) 428
                    612.            One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 429
                    613.            Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai Du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
                    614.            The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) 430
                    615.            The Wall (1975)
                    616.            Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 431
                    617.            Barry Lyndon (1975) 432
                    618.            Fox and His Friends (1975)
                    619.            India Song (1975)
                    620.            Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
                    621.            Manila in the Claws of Brightness (1975)
                    622.            Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975) 433
                    623.            Nashville (1975) 434
                    624.            Cria! (1975)
                    625.            The Travelling Players (1975)
                    626.            Jaws (1975) 435
                    627.            The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
                    628.            Carrie (1976) 436
                    629.            The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) 437
                    630.            All the President's Men (1976) 438
                    631.            Rocky (1976) 439
                    632.            Taxi Driver (1976) 440
                    633.            Network (1976) 441
                    634.            The Ascent (1976) 442
                    635.            In the Realm of the Senses (1976) 443
                    636.            1900 (1976)
                    637.            The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) 444
                    638.            Star Wars (1977) 445
                    639.            Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) 446
                    640.            The Last Wave (1977) 447
                    641.            Annie Hall (1977) 448
                    642.            Last Chants for a Slow Dance (1977)
                    643.            Stroszek (1977)
                    644.            Man of Marble (1977)
                    645.            Saturday Night Fever (1977) 449
                    646.            Killer of Sheep (1977)
                    647.            Eraserhead (1977) 450
                    648.            Ceddo (1977)
                    649.            The American Friend (1977)
                    650.            The Hills Have Eyes (1977) 451
                    651.            Soldier of Orange (1977)
                    652.            Suspiria (1977) 452
                    653.            Sleeping Dogs (1977)
                    654.            The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)
                    655.            Five Deadly Venoms (1978)
                    656.            The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978)
                    657.            The Deer Hunter (1978) 453
                    658.            Grease (1978) 454
                    659.            Days of Heaven (1978) 455
                    660.            Dawn of the Dead (1978) 456
                    661.            Shaolin Master Killer (1978)
                    662.            Up in Smoke (1978) 457
                    663.            Halloween (1978) 458
                    664.            The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
                    665.            Real Life (1979)
                    666.            My Brilliant Career (1979) 459
                    667.            Stalker (1979)
                    668.            Alien (1979) 460
                    669.            Breaking Away (1979) 461
                    670.            The Tin Drum (1979)
                    671.            All That Jazz (1979) 462
                    672.            Being There (1979) 463
                    673.            Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) 464
                    674.            Life of Brian (1979) 465
                    675.            Apocalypse Now (1979) 466
                    676.            The Jerk (1979) 467
                    677.            The Muppet Movie (1979)
                    678.            Manhattan (1979) 468
                    679.            Mad Max (1979) 469
                    680.            Nosferatu: Phantom Of The Night (1979) 470
                    681.            Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)
                    682.            Ordinary People (1980) 471
                    683.            Atlantic City (1980) 472
                    684.            The Last Metro (1980) 473
                    685.            The Shining (1980) 474
                    686.            Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 475
                    687.            The Elephant Man (1980) 476
                    688.            The Big Red One (1980) 477
                    689.            Loulou (1980)
                    690.            Airplane! (1980) 478
                    691.            Raging Bull (1980) 479
                    692.            Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 480
                    693.            Das Boot (1981) 481
                    694.            Gallipoli (1981) 482
                    695.            Chariots of Fire (1981) 483
                    696.            Body Heat (1981) 484
                    697.            Reds (1981) 485
                    698.            An American Werewolf in London (1981) 486
                    699.            Three Brothers (1981)
                    700.            Man of Iron (1981)
                    701.            Too Early, Too Late (1981)
                    702.            Diva (1981)
                    703.            Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) 487
                    704.            E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) 488
                    705.            The Thing (1982)
                    706.            Poltergeist (1982)
                    707.            Blade Runner (1982) 489
                    708.            The Evil Dead (1982) 490
                    709.            Tootsie (1982) 491
                    710.            Yol (1982)
                    711.            Diner (1982)
                    712.            Fitzcaraldo (1982) 492
                    713.            Gandhi (1982)
                    714.            The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982)
                    715.            A Question of Silence (1982)
                    716.            Fanny and Alexander (1982) 493
                    717.            The Draughtsman’s Contract (1982)
                    718.            A Christmas Story (1983) 494
                    719.            El Norte (1983)
                    720.            Videodrome (1983) 495
                    721.            Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) 496
                    722.            The Big Chill (1983) 497
                    723.            Sunless (1983)
                    724.            The Last Battle (1983)
                    725.            Money (1983)
                    726.            Utu (1983)
                    727.            Terms of Endearment (1983) 498
                    728.            The Fourth Man (1983)
                    729.            The King of Comedy (1983)
                    730.            The Right Stuff (1983) 499
                    731.            Koyaanisqatsi (1983)
                    732.            Once Upon a Time in America (1983)
                    733.            Scarface (1983)
                    734.            The Ballad of Narayama (1983)
                    735.            Local Hero (1983)
                    736.            Amadeus (1984) 500
                    737.            The Terminator (1984) 501
                    738.            Paris, Texas (1984)
                    739.            A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) 502
                    740.            This Is Spinal Tap (1984) 503
                    741.            Beverly Hills Cop (1984) 504
                    742.            Ghostbusters (1984) 505
                    743.            A Passage to India (1984)
                    744.            Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
                    745.            The Killing Fields (1984)
                    746.            The Natural (1984) 506
                    747.            The Breakfast Club (1985) 507
                    748.            Ran (1985) 508
                    749.            Come and See (1985)
                    750.            The Official Story (1985)
                    751.            Out of Africa (1985) 509
                    752.            The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) 510
                    753.            Back to the Future (1985) 511
                    754.            The Time to Live and the Time to Die (1985)
                    755.            Brazil (1985) 512
                    756.            Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) 513
                    757.            The Quiet Earth (1985) 514
                    758.            Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
                    759.            Prizzi's Honor (1985) 515
                    760.            Vagabond (1985)
                    761.            Shoah (1985)
                    762.            The Color Purple (1985) 516
                    763.            Manhunter (1986) 517
                    764.            Stand By Me (1986) 518
                    765.            Blue Velvet (1986) 519
                    766.            Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) 520
                    767.            She's Gotta Have It (1986)
                    768.            The Decline of the American Empire (1986)
                    769.            The Fly (1986) 521
                    770.            Aliens (1986) 522
                    771.            Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) 523
                    772.            Down by Law (1986)
                    773.            A Room with a View (1986) 524
                    774.            Children of a Lesser God (1986)
                    775.            Platoon (1986) 525
                    776.            Caravaggio (1986)
                    777.            Tampopo (1986)
                    778.            Peking Opera Blues (1986)
                    779.            Salvador (1986)
                    780.            Top Gun (1986) 526
                    781.            Sherman's March (1986) 527
                    782.            The Horse Thief (1986)
                    783.            Brightness (1987)
                    784.            Wings of Desire (1987)
                    785.            Project A, Part II (1987)
                    786.            Babette's Feast (1987) 528
                    787.            Raising Arizona (1987)
                    788.            Full Metal Jacket (1987) 529
                    789.            Withnail and I (1987) 530
                    790.            Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) 531
                    791.            Goodbye Children (1987)
                    792.            Broadcast News (1987)
                    793.            Housekeeping (1987)
                    794.            The Princess Bride (1987) 532
                    795.            Moonstruck (1987) 533
                    796.            The Untouchables (1987) 534
                    797.            Red Sorghum (1987) 535
                    798.            The Dead (1987) 536
                    799.            Fatal Attraction (1987) 537
                    800.            A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)
                    801.            Wall Street (1987)
                    802.            RoboCop (1987) 538
                    803.            Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) 539
                    804.            The Vanishing (1988) 540
                    805.            Bull Durham (1988) 541
                    806.            Ariel (1988)
                    807.            The Thin Blue Line (1988) 542
                    808.            Akira (1988) 543
                    809.            Cinema Paradiso (1988)
                    810.            Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie (1988)
                    811.            A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
                    812.            The Naked Gun (1988) 544
                    813.            Big (1988) 545
                    814.            Dangerous Liaisons (1988) 546
                    815.            Grave of the Fireflies (1988) 547
                    816.            Landscape in the Mist (1988) 548
                    817.            The Decalogue (1988)
                    818.            Die Hard (1988)
                    819.            A Tale of the Wind (1988)
                    820.            Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) 549
                    821.            Rain Man (1988) 550
                    822.            The Story of Women (1988)
                    823.            The Accidental Tourist (1988)
                    824.            Alice (1988)
                    825.            Dead Ringers (1988)
                    826.            Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
                    827.            Drowning by Numbers (1988)
                    828.            Batman (1989) 551
                    829.            When Harry Met Sally (1989) 552
                    830.            Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) 553
                    831.            The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1989) 554
                    832.            Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
                    833.            My Left Foot (1989)
                    834.            The Killer (1989)
                    835.            Do the Right Thing (1989) 555
                    836.            Roger and Me (1989)
                    837.            Glory (1989)
                    838.            The Asthenic Syndrome (1989)
                    839.            Sex, Lies and Videotape (1989)
                    840.            Say Anything (1989) 556
                    841.            The Unbelievable Truth (1989)
                    842.            A City of Sadness (1989)
                    843.            Field of Dreams (1989) 557
                    844.            No Fear, No Die (1990)
                    845.            Reversal of Fortune (1990)
                    846.            Goodfellas (1990)
                    847.            Jacob's Ladder (1990)
                    848.            King of New York (1990)
                    849.            Dances with Wolves (1990) 558
                    850.            Europa Europa (1990)
                    851.            Pretty Woman (1990) 559
                    852.            Archangel (1990)
                    853.            Trust (1990)
                    854.            Close-Up (1990) 560
                    855.            Edward Scissorhands (1990) 561
                    856.            Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1990) 562
                    857.            Total Recall (1990) 563
                    858.            Once Upon a Time in China (1991)
                    859.            Boyz 'n the Hood (1991)
                    860.            Raise the Red Lantern (1991) 564
                    861.            Delicatessen (1991) 565
                    862.            A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
                    863.            Naked Lunch (1991)
                    864.            The Beautiful Troublemaker (1991) 566
                    865.            The Rapture (1991)
                    866.            My Own Private Idaho (1991)
                    867.            Thelma & Louise (1991)
                    868.            Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 567
                    869.            The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 568
                    870.            JFK (1991) 569
                    871.            Slacker (1991)
                    872.            Tongues Untied (1991)
                    873.            Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991) 570
                    874.            The Double Life of Veronique (1991) 571
                    875.            Strictly Ballroom (1992) 572
                    876.            The Player (1992) 573
                    877.            Reservoir Dogs (1992) 574
                    878.            Romper Stomper (1992)
                    879.            Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) 575
                    880.            Unforgiven (1992) 576
                    881.            Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) 577
                    882.            Candy Man (1992) 578
                    883.            A Tale of Winter (1992)
                    884.            Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer (1992) 579
                    885.            The Crying Game (1992)
                    886.            Man Bites Dog (1992)
                    887.            The Actress (1992)
                    888.            Farewell My Concubine (1993)
                    889.            Thirty Two Films about Glenn Gould (1993)
                    890.            Groundhog Day (1993)
                    891.            Short Cuts (1993)
                    892.            Philadelphia (1993) 580
                    893.            Jurassic Park (1993)
                    894.            The Age of Innocence (1993)
                    895.            The Puppetmaster (1993)
                    896.            Schindler's List (1993) 581
                    897.            Three Colors: Blue (1993) 582
                    898.            The Piano (1993) 583
                    899.            The Blue Kite (1993)
                    900.            The Wedding Banquet (1993)
                    901.            Three Colors: Red (1994) 584
                    902.            Hoop Dreams (1994)
                    903.            Forrest Gump (1994) 585
                    904.            Clerks (1994) 586
                    905.            Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) 587
                    906.            The Lion King (1994) 588
                    907.            Satantango (1994)
                    908.            Natural Born Killers (1994)
                    909.            The Last Seduction (1994)
                    910.            Pulp Fiction (1994) 589
                    911.            The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 590
                    912.            The Wild Reeds (1994)
                    913.            Chungking Express (1994) 591
                    914.            Crumb (1994) 592
                    915.            Heavenly Creatures (1994) 593
                    916.            Through the Olive Trees (1994) 594
                    917.            Riget (1994) 595
                    918.            Dear Diary (1994)
                    919.            Muriel's Wedding (1994) 596
                    920.            The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
                    921.            Casino (1995)
                    922.            Deseret (1995) 597
                    923.            Babe (1995)
                    924.            Toy Story (1995) 598
                    925.            Strange Days (1995) 599
                    926.            Braveheart (1995)
                    927.            Safe (1995)
                    928.            Clueless (1995)
                    929.            Heat (1995) 600
                    930.            Zero Kelvin (1995)
                    931.            Seven (1995)
                    932.            Smoke (1995) 601
                    933.            The White Balloon (1995) 602
                    934.            Cyclo (1995)
                    935.            Underground (1995)
                    936.            The Brave Heart Will Take the Bride (1995)
                    937.            Dead Man (1995) 603
                    938.            The Usual Suspects (1995)
                    939.            The Pillow Book (1996)
                    940.            Three Lives and Only One Death (1996)
                    941.            Fargo (1996) 604
                    942.            Independence Day (1996) 605
                    943.            Secrets and Lies (1996)
                    944.            Breaking the Waves (1996) 606
                    945.            The English Patient (1996)
                    946.            Gabbeh (1996) 607
                    947.            Lone Star (1996)
                    948.            Trainspotting (1996)
                    949.            Scream (1996) 608
                    950.            Shine (1996) 609
                    951.            Deconstructing Harry (1997) 610
                    952.            L.A. Confidential (1997)
                    953.            Happy Together (1997)
                    954.            Princess Mononoke (1997) 611
                    955.            Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control (1997)
                    956.            The Butcher Boy (1997) 612
                    957.            The Ice Storm (1997) 613
                    958.            Boogie Nights (1997)
                    959.            Kundun (1997)
                    960.            The Sweet Hereafter (1997) 614
                    961.            Funny Games (1997) 615
                    962.            Taste of Cherry (1997)
                    963.            Open Your Eyes (1997)
                    964.            Mother and Son (1997) 616
                    965.            Titanic (1997) 617
                    966.            Hana-Bi (1997)
                    967.            Tetsuo (1998)
                    968.            The Celebration (1998)
                    969.            Saving Private Ryan (1998)
                    970.            Buffalo 66 (1998)
                    971.            Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
                    972.            Run Lola Run (1998) 618
                    973.            Rushmore (1998)
                    974.            Pi (1998) 619
                    975.            Happiness (1998)
                    976.            The Thin Red Line (1998) 620
                    977.            The Idiots (1998)
                    978.            Sombre (1998)
                    979.            Ringu (1998) 621
                    980.            There's Something About Mary (1998)
                    981.            The Big Lebowski (1998) 622
                    982.            Magnolia (1999)
                    983.            Beau Travail (1999)
                    984.            The Blair Witch Project (1999) 623
                    985.            Taboo (1999)
                    986.            Rosetta (1999)
                    987.            All About My Mother (1999) 624
                    988.            Three Kings (1999)
                    989.            The Wind Will Carry Us (1999)
                    990.            The Audition (1999)
                    991.            Time Regained (1999)
                    992.            Fight Club (1999) 625
                    993.            Being John Malkovich (1999) 626
                    994.            American Beauty (1999)
                    995.            Attack the Gas Station! (1999)
                    996.            Eyes Wide Shut (1999) 627
                    997.            The Sixth Sense (1999)
                    998.            The Matrix (1999) 628
                    999.            Toy Story 2 (1999) 629
                1000.            Nine Queens (2000) 630
                1001.            The Captive (2000)
                1002.            In the Mood for Love (2000) 631
                1003.            Ali Zaoua, Prince of the Streets (2000) 632
                1004.            Gladiator (2000) 633
                1005.            Kippur (2000) 634
                1006.            A One and a Two 635
                1007.            Requiem for a Dream (2000) 636
                1008.            Amores Perros (2000) 637
                1009.            Meet the Parents (2000)
                1010.            Signs and Wonders (2000)
                1011.            Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) 638
                1012.            Traffic (2000)
                1013.            The Gleaners and I (2000) 639
                1014.            Memento (2000) 640
                1015.            Dancer in the Dark (2000)
                1016.            O Brother Where Art Thou (2000) 641
                1017.            Amelie (2001) 642
                1018.            What Time Is It Over There? (2001)
                1019.            Y Tu Mamá También (2001)
                1020.            Kandahar (2001)
                1021.            Spirited Away (2001) 643
                1022.            The Piano Teacher (2001) 644
                1023.            The Son's Room (2001) 645
                1024.            No Man's Land (2001) 646
                1025.            Moulin Rouge (2001)
                1026.            Monsoon Wedding (2001) 647
                1027.            Fat Girl (2001) 648
                1028.            Mulholland Dr. (2001) 649
                1029.            The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) 650
                1030.            The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
                1031.            A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001) 651
                1032.            Lantana (2001)
                1033.            Gangs of New York (2002) 652
                1034.            The Pianist (2002)
                1035.            Talk to Her (2002) 653
                1036.            City of God (2002) 654
                1037.            Russian Ark (2002) 655
                1038.            Chicago (2002) 656
                1039.            Bowling for Columbine (2002)
                1040.            Adaptation (2002) 657
                1041.            Far From Heaven (2002) 658
                1042.            Hero (2002) 659
                1043.            Bus 174 (2002)
                1044.            Uzak (2002)
                1045.            Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002) 660
                1046.            Irreversible (2002) 661
                1047.            The Two Towers (2002)
                1048.            The Barbarian Invasions (2003) 662
                1049.            Kill Bill (2003) 663
                1050.            Oldboy (2003) 664
                1051.            Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
                1052.            The Best of Youth (2003)
                1053.            Lost in Translation (2003)
                1054.            Elephant (2003)
                1055.            Aileen Wuornos: The Life and Death of a Serial Killer (2003) 665
                1056.            Osama (2003)
                1057.            The Return of the King (2003)
                1058.            Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
                1059.            The Passion of the Christ (2004)
                1060.            Collateral (2004) 666
                1061.            The Aviator (2004) 667
                1062.            Million Dollar Baby (2004) 668
                1063.            Downfall (2004) 669
                1064.            A Very Long Engagement (2004)
                1065.            Sideways (2004) 670
                1066.            Head-On (2004)
                1067.            3-Iron (2004)
                1068.            The Consequences of Love (2004) 671
                1069.            Moolade (2004)
                1070.            Cache (2005) 672
                1071.            Go, Live and Become (2005)
                1072.            Paradise Now (2005) 673
                1073.            Brokeback Mountain (2005) 674
                1074.            Tsotsi (2005) 675
                1075.            The Constant Gardner (2005) 676
                1076.            Crash (2005) 677
                1077.            Little Miss Sunshine (2006) 678
                1078.            The Prestige (2006) 679
                1079.            The Lives of Others (2006) 680
                1080.            United 93 (2006) 681
                1081.            Children of Men (2006) 682
                1082.            Pan's Labyrinth (2006) 683
                1083.            Apocalypto (2006) 684
                1084.            The Departed (2006) 685
                1085.            Borat (2006) 686
                1086.            Once (2006) 687
                1087.            The Queen (2006) 688
                1088.            The Host (2006) 689
                1089.            The Last King Of Scotland (2006) 690
                1090.            Babel (2006) 691
                1091.            Volver (2006) 692
                1092.            The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) 693
                1093.            La Vie En Rose (2007) 694
                1094.            No Country For Old Men (2007) 695
                1095.            Into the Wild (2007) 696
                1096.            There Will Be Blood (2007) 697
                1097.            Atonement (2007) 698
                1098.            Surfwise (2007) 699
                1099.            The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) 700
                1100.            Paranormal Activity (2007) 701
                1101.            Wall-E (2008) 702
                1102.            The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008) 703
                1103.            The Dark Knight (2008) 704
                1104.            The Wrestler (2008) 705
                1105.            The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) 706
                1106.            Gomorra (2008) 707
                1107.            The Class (2008) 708
                1108.            Slumdog Millionaire (2008) 709
                1109.            Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2008) 710
                1110.            Let The Right One In (2009) 711
                1111.            The Hurt Locker (2009) 712
                1112.            An Education (2009) 713
                1113.            The Hangover (2009) 714
                1114.            Precious (2009) 715
                1115.            Avatar (2009) 716
                1116.            Fish Tank (2009) 717
                1117.            The White Ribbon (2009) 718
                1118.            Inglorious Basterds (2009) 719
                1119.            District 9 (2009) 720
                1120.            In the Loop (2009) 721
                1121.            Monsters (2010) 722
                1122.            Of Gods and Men (2010) 723
                1123.            Black Swan (2010) 724
                1124.            Four Lions (2010) 725
                1125.            The Social Network (2010) 726
                1126.            Inception (2010) 727
                1127.            The King’s Speech (2010) 728
                1128.            True Grit (2010) 729
                1129.            Senna (2010) 730
                1130.            Toy Story 3 (2010) 731
                1131.            Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010) 732
                1132.            Nostalgia for the Light (2010) 733
                1133.            Le Havre (2011) 734
                1134.            Shame (2011)
                1135.            The Tree of Life (2011) 735
                1136.            The Kid with a Bike (2011) 736
                1137.            The Girl with the Dragoon Tattoo (2011) 737
                1138.            Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy (2011) 738
                1139.            Drive (2011) 739
                1140.            War Horse (2011) 740
                1141.            A Separation (2011) 741
                1142.            Bridesmaids (2011) 742
                1143.            The Descendants (2011) 743
                1144.            Hugo (2011) 744
                1145.            The Artist (2011) 745
                1146.            Les Miserables (2012) 746
                1147.            Amour (2012) 747
                1148.            Argo (2012) 748
                1149.            Lincoln (2012) 749
                1150.            Skyfall (2012) 750
                1151.            Django Unchained (2012) 751
                1152.            The Life of Pi (2012) 752
                1153.            The Cabin in the Woods (2012) 753
                1154.            Wadjda (2012) 754
                1155.            The Act of Killing (2012) 755
                1156.            Blancanieves (2012) 756
                1157.            Twelve Years a Slave (2013) 757
                1158.            American Hustle (2013) 758
                1159.            Gravity (2013) 759
                1160.            The Great Beauty (2013) 760
                1161.            Nebraska (2013) 761
                1162.            The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) 762
                1163.            Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) 763
                1164.            A Touch of Sin (2013) 764
                1165.            Blue is the Warmest Color (2013) 765
                1166.            Ida (2013) 766
                1167.            Under the Skin (2013)
                1168.            Citizenfour (2014)
                1169.            Leviathan (2014) 767
                1170.            Boyhood (2014) 768
                1171.            Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) 769
                1172.            Birdman (2014) 770
                1173.            Whiplash (2014) 771
                1174.            The Theory of Everything (2014) 772
                1175.            The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) 773
  
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Sunday, September 20, 2015

THE ODD COUPLE (1968), FACES (1968)

1968
Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon
in The Odd Couple
The Odd Couple-Neil Simon's The Odd Couple, the comedy about two divorced men sharing an apartment in New York City, debuted on Broadway in 1965 and has been a perennial stage production all over ever since. I grew up with the television version starring Tony Randall and Jack Klugman which will always remain a favorite of sitcom of mine.

But for many the definitive version is the original movie starring Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon. Matthau plays Oscar, the sloppy sportswriter and Lemmon plays Felix, the fussy neurotic These two actors worked so well together, that they went on to appear together in numerous successful films in subsequent years. However, I can't bring myself to watch their thirty year later Odd Couple II

But for all these positives, The Odd Couple is NOT in the 1001 movie book! But never mind that, see it anyway.
Gena Rowlands and John Marley playing another
odd couple in Faces

Faces-Faces...close-ups...laughing...joking...crying...yelling...drinking....more close-ups...wrinkles...and more close-ups. It's a hard movie to define, unless you want the simple definition of it being the story about the dissolution of a marriage. Cassavetes movies are like that. It doesn't have a plot that's easy to follow or characters who we can get to know or even know who they are very easily! And the overlapping dialogue makes it difficult to catch everything being said. It's kind of like life that way and Cassavetes certainly doesn't make it easy for the viewer. Undoubtedly a hard film to get into at times, but worth the effort.

I mentioned The Odd Couple didn't make have made the 1001 list,  and here are a few more films from 1968 that I’ve seen that didn’t quite make the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die cut.

1. The Swimmer
If I could add one movie to the 1001 book, it would probably be the existential swimming movie starring Burt Lancaster and based on the John Cheever novel. It's one of those movies that strikes you or doesn't. Clearly I'm in the "strikes me" camp.
Burt Lancaster temporarily out of the water
in The Swimmer
2. The Green Berets
John Wayne's ill-fated attempt to make a positive Vietnam film during the year the war was most unpopular. Recognized as politically naive and a poor film to boot, but at least it did have that catchy theme song by Sgt. Barry Sadler!

3. Oliver!
Another Best Picture winner that didn't make the 1001 movie book but is certainly worthwhile for any fan of musicals. At least catch it on stage if you can.

4. Charly
Based on Flowers for Algernon, which is one of my favorite books. The structure of the Daniel Keyes's novel doesn't lend itself easily to a film treatment, but Cliff Robertson's Oscar-winning performance and the Ravi Shankar music is worth checking out.

5. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Dick Van Dyke's success in Mary Poppins led him to leave his classic television series to pursue a movie career, with very mixed results. I do think I liked the flying car when I saw this as a kid.

6. Head
The Monkees...The Pre-Fab Four star in a film that has gained a certain amount of cult status, but also pretty much killed their career. But never fear, The Monkees in one form or another have made many a comeback over the years and had the last laugh.
Mike, Peter, Davy and Mickey in Head
Yes, I grew up watching their TV series

7. Yellow Submarine
The real fab four (The Beatles, I mean) didn't have a lot to do with this creative animated film about the lad's journey through Pepperland fighting blue meanies. They did do some new songs for the film, including John's "Hey, Bulldog," and Paul's "All Together Now."

8. Monterey Pop
If Woodstock wasn't enough of a journey down musical memory lane for you, I think Monterey Pop might help you to quench your 60's groove thirst. This music festival included The Mamas and the Papas, Simon and Garfunkel, Jimi Hendrix and many more.

9. The Lion in Winter
Even though it came from a stage play and was remade with Patrick Stewart, the version of The Lion in Winter with Katherine Hepburn and Peter O'Toole probably remains the gold standard for this story. I say probably because it's been an awfully long time since I've seen it.

10. Psych-Out
I have a special place in my film buffs heart for all the hippie movies that came out in the late 60's. The Trip, Blow-Up, The Born Losers, Easy Rider, Alice's Restaurant and others. Psych-Out was about...about...I guess I don't remember, man.

I at least remember Jack Nicholson was in Psych-Out
11. Pretty Poison
All the years after first seeing this movie at the Silver Screen theater in Atlanta, this movie still sticks with me. Beautiful Tuesday Weld gets involved with nutty Anthony Perkins, but she turns out to be even crazier than he is! I guess if I ever saw it again, I run the risk of it not being as good as I remember. That's the chance you take when you revisit.

12. No Way to Treat a Lady
Pretty good police thriller from what I remember. I also remember Rod Steiger does a W. C. Fields impression which foreshadows his later role as Fields in W. C. Fields and Me.

13. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
Adaptation of yet another of my favorite Southern novels and does show a strong feel for the period and setting. And Alan Arkin as the deaf-mute Mr. Singer is every bit as good as Robertson in Charly.

14. The Love Bug
I certainly loved Herbie, The Love Bug when this first came out. And I thought that Buddy Hackett was so funny! I was at an impressionable age, you know. I also liked the sequel, Herbie Rides Again, a few years later. But as I got older, Herbie and I parted ways. Herbie Goes Bananas?...This I cannot abide.

15. Wild in the Streets
You can probably add Wild in the Streets to the previous list of hippie movies. This was one of the first movies I checked out after I got my first VCR! A rock singer who gets the voting age lowered to 14 and leads to a teenage takeover of the government is pretty silly stuff for the most part, but does hit on some real issues here and there.

Don't trust anyone over 30
in Wild in the Streets
Goodbye, 1968!
Peace

Thursday, September 10, 2015

ATLANTIC CITY (1981), SCANNERS (1981)

1981

Burt Lancaster and Susan Sarandon
in Atlantic City
Atlantic City-During the time they were handing out Academy Awards for the films made in 1981, Henry Fonda was on his death bed and everyone knew that he was going to win a long overdue Best Actor Oscar. But another performance from that year by a veteran was probably just as good if not better. That was Burt Lancaster's funny and moving role as a small-time gangster whose stories about his past are more exciting than the rather sad reality. Burt in his twilight and Susan Sarandon just beginning to hit her movie star sride make a great team in this little but excellent film.

Scanners "Blowed him up, real good!"

Scanners-The first thing I think of when I think of this movie is the sketch on SCTV with John Candy and Joe Flaherty called Farm Film Celebrity Blow Up. That skit featured these two as yokels reviewing movies and especially loving movie where people blow up! Thier favorite movie was Scanners because people "blowed up real good!"

But despite being aware of the movie Scanners, I never got around to seeing it until now. Scanners are people with the psychic ability to force other people bodily harm and yes, occasionally blow up! The movie has pluses and minuses. The story about one of the scanners as a fish out of water chasing after something that is bigger than he is that he doesn't understand and must stop is good and is a plot that has been re-used in many a Hollywood thriller since. The special effects range from pretty good to a bit on the cheesy side, but I appreciated the pre-CGI special effects. There are some continuity errors such as a man's head exploding and the subsequent cut back to the table showing no blood! The leading actor, Stephen Lack is, well, have you ever heard of Stephen Lack in anything since? We have more success here with the supporting players. Patrick McGoohan (formerly of one of my favorite shows, The Prisoner) is the head of the organization that hires Lack. Best of all is Michael Ironside (I know him best from Total Recall) who began his seemingly endless number of portrayals of movie and TV heavies in Scanners.

Scanners is not in the 1001 movie book, but does have a cult following, as many of director David Cronenberg's movies do. It also got a video release by the usually higher brow Criterion Collection, which says something for it.


I mentioned Scanners didn't make have made the 1001 list,  and here are a few more films from 1981 that I’ve seen that didn’t quite make the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die cut.

1. Tarzan, the Ape Man
The infamous John and Bo Derek collaboration which was a lot more about Jane than Tarzan. The movie was panned mercilessly at the time, but was successful mostly because of Bo's nude swimming scenes and other topless scenes where she wrestled with an orangutan. At least I think it was an orangutan. I might be thinking of Every Which Way But Loose on that point.


Bo Derek and her leading man
in  Tarzan, the Ape Man

2. History of the World, Part II
Mel Brooks series of vignettes had its funny moments, but was the first one of his movies that I was largely indifferent about.

3. The Four Seasons
I saw this Alan Alda film being made when I was in high school during the spring in Atlanta. It was interesting to see that particular scene the following year on the screen set in the North during the fall. Overall, I do like The Four Seasons, but this may come with a bias towards movies that I saw as they were being filmed.

4. Under the Rainbow
Set during the making of the Wizard of Oz...the dwarfs are running wild in the streets...Chevy Chase and Carrie Fischer are trying to solve a crime or something...Well, that's about all I remember about that one.

5. American Pop
Ralph Bakshi's animated film depicting three generations of immigrants intertwined with popular music was pretty good. At least that's my memory of it, haven't seen in in thirty-two years. But that's my story and I'm sticking to it

6. All the Marbles
I kind of liked this movie with Peter Falk as a wrestling manager of a sexy female tag team. I saw one of the women, Vicki Frederick, on stage that same year in an Atlanta production of Damn Yankees. Maybe she's the reason I like this one. Actually, looking at her stills from the film-I'm definitely sure she's the reason I like this one.


All the Marbles Vicki Frederick is the brunette
7. Sharky's Machine
The more serious the film Burt Reynolds tried to make during his heyday, the less successful it seemed to be. I thought Sharky's Machine with Burt as an Atlanta cop was pretty good, but it seems audiences preferred the next one on the list...

8. Cannonball Run
Burt Reynolds and a bunch of celebrities go on a cross country race of some kind. Seems they ad-libbed a lot from what I remember. I also remember that I hated it. Have no desire to revisit it.

9. Looker
This Michael Crichton/Albert Finney movie about models dying under strange circumstances might warrant a second look. This is the problem when you comment on a movie that you haven't seen in over thirty years!

10. Caveman
Well, I thought this one was kind of funny. Probably the best starring role for Ringo Starr. And Barbara Bach looks pretty good as a cavewoman. Obviously, Ringo thought so in real life, too.


Mr. and Mrs. Richard Starkey
in Caveman
11. Tattoo
Any movie with Bruce Dern as a mentally-ill tattoo artist and Maud Adams in various states of undress has by definition got to have something going for it!

12. Private Lessons
During HBO's early days, a lot of cheesy R-rated fare showed up during the late night hours to titillate audiences. Some featured Sybil Danning or Marilyn Chambers. Private Lessons featured Emmanuelle star Sylvia Krystal as the teen boy's housekeeper/fantasy woman. 

13. My Bloody Valentine, Halloween II, Friday the 13th Part II, The Funhouse, Hell Night, Graduation Day, Blood Beach and Oliver Stone's The Hand!
1981 was the peak of the Hollywood slasher movie that started for the most part with John Carpenter's Halloween in 1978. I saw most of them, but to tell you the truth, they all seem to be running together at this point. 

14.  Student Bodies
I seem to be in the minority that thinks this parody of the slasher film is pretty funny. And who could forget Malvert the janitor?

15. Mommie Dearest
Despite all the horror movies that came out in 1981, Faye Dunaway as Joan Crawford may have been the scariest image to emerge from that year.

Mommie Dearest

Goodbye, 1981. It's been fun!


Tuesday, September 1, 2015

BREAKING AWAY (1979), THE JERK (1979)

1979

I admit to being a bit biased here, but I've always thought of 1979 as the best movie year ever. My bias may be partly because of the fact that this was the year I started my senior year of high school and maybe I saw it as the end of an era...Maybe. But hey...that year gave us Apocalypse, Now, All That Jazz, Alien....and that's just movies that begin with A! Anyway, the first movie I re-watched for this year is definitely a good one to come out your senior year...

Dennis Christopher in
Breaking Away
Breaking Away- This story about a small town underdog bicycle team received good reviews when it came out and I remember it fondly, though I'm not sure it would be on my all-time list or anything.

So I was curious what my reaction would be after watching it again... And after viewing, I think the film has aged very well. It's still has the kind of underdog Rocky vibe to it, but I honestly think I like it more than Rocky at this point. A well-written and performed story with a lot of charm and humor.

Do I want to go to college? Do I want to speak Italian? Do I want to race bicycles? Well, life is full of questions when you're seventeen, isn't it? Anyway, Breaking Away is definitely on my on my 1001 list.

Steve Martin is The Jerk
The Jerk-The late 70's was the era of Steve Martin. He seemingly burst onto the scene out of nowhere to be just about everywhere all the time! Keep in mind, this was a time that was dominated by the three networks. Martin was always on The Tonight Show, often as guest host. He hosted the new Saturday Night Live show so often, that he was as close as anyone to being a regular as anyone who wasn't actually called a regular. And there was also his prime time specials. And then there was the record albums, of which I had every one, including: Let's Get Small and A Wild and Crazy Guy. Steve was always and I mean always in character as the goofball, dense but fun-loving guy named...well...it was Steve Martin. He didn't break character...and that I loved!  But then I watched him on a Barbara Walters interview as...himself? Not the wild and crazy guy! I remember being so let down seeing that he was more of a regular guy than his goofball alter-ego persona. But, it was better for him and his fans in the long run.

Then the movies-where he did maintain the Martin character persona (At least until Pennies from Heaven). First, there was the funny short film The Absent-Minded Waiter as well a cameo in The Muppet Movie. Steve's version of Maxwell's Silver Hammer in Robert Stigwood's Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is probably the highlight of that largely dismal film.

But Martin's decade ended with his magnum opus, The Jerk. It's still funny, if not admittedly silly. The plot has Steve as Navin Johnson as a white guy who was born a poor-black child (according to the narrator) and leaves home to obtain (and eventually lose) a fortune. But the plot is just an excuse for gags and funny lines from Navin, who seems to misinterpret everything: Calling his dog Shit-Head when told that's what he should name him, thinking a blow job was a type of employment opportunity, thinking someone who is trying to shoot him is trying to shoot the cans of motor oil next to him, complaining to a waiter about snails in his dates food after he orders escargot-are just a few examples. Navin is so good-natured and innocent about it all, you just have to laugh. At least I still do.

Martin made many fine comedies in the years that followed, but The Jerk will probably always represent the peak of Martinmania.
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Breaking Away and The Jerk both made the 1001 list, but here are a few more films that I've seen that didn't quite make the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die cut.

1. 10
I remember the part of this movie when Bo Derek is running down the beach in slow motion and...that's really all I can remember about 10.

10

2. Americathon
I remember going to see this off-beat comedy about a a telethon to save America from corporate interests? or was it Native Americans? I don't remember. Apparently, neither does anyone else. Maybe it's time for an Americathon revival? It did have an interesting cast list that included: John Ritter, Fred Willard, Elvis Costello, Meatloaf, Peter Marshall, Chief Dan George and Tommy Lasorda!

3. Hair
The hippie musical re-imagined by Milos Forman has always been a favorite of mine. I'll take it over Grease anyday.

4. The China Syndrome
A tense drama (from what I remember) about a leak at a nuclear power plant. I'm a little surprised this isn't in the 1001 book.

5. The Concord Airport ’79, Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
The disaster movie craze of the 70's had really petered out by the time these sequels came out. If these movies didn't completely kill off the disaster genre, then Irwin Allen's When Time Ran Out put the final nail in the coffin next year.

6. California Dreamin'
I like the movie Califonia Dreamin'. And I know the main reason I like it is because I saw it while I was a senior in high school and it was a nice and pleasant diversion about guys and gals on the beach. If it had come out a couple of years later, I'd probably have no use for it. That being said, I haven't seen it since 1979 and probably hold it in higher regard than it deserves.


California Dreamin'

7. The In-Laws
Peter Falk and Alan Arkin in one of the all-time great movie teamings.

8. Fast Break
After John Travolta hit it big in movies, I guess it was time to make fellow Welcome Back, Kotter alum Gabe Kaplan a movie star! Didn't work out quite as well. Aside form that, Fast Break is a nice little film with Gabe as a basketball coach to a bunch of misfits. (That's how I remember it, anyway)

9. Going in Style
Touching comedy about three outcast elderly gents (George Burns, Art  Carney, Lee Strasberg) who plan a bank robbery just to feel alive again.

10. Boardwalk
1979 was a good movie year for Lee Strasberg. And he gets to kick some young punk's ass in this movie!

11. Caligula
Actually filmed a few years earlier, but how can I leave Caligula off a list of 1979 movies since that was the year it came out? I remember going to the midnight movie to see this one. I guess I was just really interested in Roman history. Yeah, that must have been the reason.
Malcolm McDowell as Caligula

12. The Kids are Alright
I was a Who fan. Still am. Went to see Tommy in 1975. Went to see this in 1979. What? Who? What was I saying?

13. Norma Rae, The Rose
Oscar worthy performances by Sally Field and Bette Midler in these two films. But the Academy could only give it to one. Sorry, Bette.

14. North Dallas Forty
One of the best movies ever made about American football. Actually, I can't think of a better one.

15. Meatballs
Yes, the silly summer camp movie doesn't really date that well. But I had to go see it at the time just to see Saturday Night Live's Bill Murray in his first starring vehicle. And that would still be the main reason to see it if I ever choose to sit through it again.

16. Phantasm
Bizarre, creepy, macabre horror movie that I actually didn't see until I went off to college the next year. Obviously a favorite of a bunch of drunk, loud college students. And who can forget the Tall Man?

Phantasm
17. Wise Blood

Putting a rather film unfriendly Flannery O'Connor story on film is a tricky task, but I admit John Huston does a nice job with this one.

18. Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Don't try to be 2001: A Space Odyssey! Don't try to be Star Wars! Be Star Trek! But we had to wait until Wrath of Khan for that to happen.

19. Time After Time
Exciting thriller with H. G. Wells chasing Jack the Ripper through a time machine into modern San Francisco. Sorry that I missed the stars Malcolm McDowell and Jack Warner when they re-united at Dragon Con last year.

20. The Wanderers/The Warriors
Two gang movies from this year. The Warriors is the cult film that more people seem to remember (Warriors! Come out to plaaaayyy!) but The Wanderers, which is set in the early 60's is worth remembering too.

21. Rock N Roll High School
The true high school musical from the time I went to high school (And not Grease). And just for the presence of The Ramones and my former girlfriend P. J. Soles...What more do you need?
P. J. Soles and The Ramones
What else do you need?