I feel like there's very little overlap between my movie experiences and those of the listmaker. All I can remember seeing of the list (though thanks to an expensive cable habit back in the day, I may have seen more where I just don't recall the title):
- Aguirre: the Wrath of God (1972)
- Blade Runner (1982) (own)
- Brazil (1985) (own)
- Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
- Casablanca (1942)
- Charade (1963) (own)
- Citizen Kane (1941)
- Double Indemnity (1944) (why don't I own this?)
- E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
- The Godfather, Parts I and II (1972, 1974)
- Goodfellas (1990)
- His Girl Friday (1940) (another should-own)
- It's A Wonderful Life (1946) (keep meaning to own this, too)
- The Lady Eve (1941)
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962) (own)
- The Lord of the Rings (2001-03) (own)
- The Manchurian Candidate (1962) (damn, haven't bought it, either)
- Metropolis (1927)
- Miller's Crossing (1990)
- Notorious (1946)
- On the Waterfront (1954)
- Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) (own)
- Pinocchio (1940)
- Psycho (1960)
- Pulp Fiction (1994) (own)
- Singin' in the Rain (1952)
- Some Like It Hot (1959) (own)
- Star Wars (1977) (own)
- A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
- Swing Time (1936)
- Unforgiven (1992) (own)
- Wings of Desire (1987)
All this tells me is that while, for a while, my DVD buying was out of control, I *still* don't own everything I should.
(Thanks, by the way, Strega. During the day, I only have the one hand to type with, because the Squeakaboo resists being set down for naps.)
"Lawrence of Arabia" didn't do anything for me: my memory of it is basically "desert ... desert ... homoeroticism ... desert ... zzzzzz." Maybe I should try rewatching it someday, but I'm a philistine about long movies in general
I was 10, and I have a distinct memory of how, after we saw it, my entire family was like, "Eh... why was that such a big deal?" as we left the theater.
That was my family's reaction almost to the word.
I'll have to review the list o' movies and see which I want to see. I've already Netflixed "The Singing Detective," though.
LoA aired in the middle of the night on some UHF channel when I saw it...even at 3 in the morning on a 20" TV, I was riveted. I didn't want it to end.
I hated my viewing of
2001
so much I daren't see
Lawrence of Arabia
on the small screen.
But
2001
is intentionally boring.
Is it intentionally sucky?
Double Indemnity (1944) (why don't I own this?)
For some reason, it's unavailable on DVD. Got no idea why.
I don't think 2001 is either boring or sucky. It may be slow, but it's a masterpiece. I prefer it to Barry Lyndon, which is similarly slow, but not by much. However, for slow, meditative movies about the frailty of humanity encountering vast Otherness in space, I'll take Solaris every time.
