I've been obsessed with movies since I was 14 and majored in Cultural Studies (glorified Film Studies) at University, but that hasn't stopped me from having large, embarrassing gaps in my film watching.
For example, until this weekend I had never seen Network. I have only seen a few brief snippets of Un Chien Andalou. Birth Of A Nation? I've probably spent more than its running time reading about it in textbooks, but have never seen the movie itself. I could name more, but I've probably pretended I've seen some of those movies in front of people reading this blog.
It's not that kind of public shame that's driving me this week to stop up as many of these gaps as possible, though. They've probably seen me bowl. I'm sure I've already lost their respect. It's that I haven't seen most Ozu films, or Belle de Jour, or Aguirre, but I've seen The Cutting Edge - a 1992 romantic comedy about the unlike pairs figure skating team of a rich bitch and a blue collar hockey player - about three times instead. So, I'm watching Taxi Driver tonight and tomorrow... probably The Cutting Edge again just to cleanse the palate.
Feel free to weigh in with what you've somehow dodged in the comments.
3 comments:
basically ALL famous film noirs, like "double indemnity," "the maltese falcon," "the killers," "the big sleep," etc, but i've seen about a bajillion B-movie noirs. oh, schantzie. i hold you responsible for the failings of my filmic education.
if you like bunuel though, i cannot recommend "viridiana" highly enough. i really enjoyed it.
I loved The Cutting Edge.
Also, we watched Birth of a Nation in an English class once and honestly it would have been fine just to read a good summary and see a few clips. It's too much, to sit through the entire thing...
- Gone With the Wind
- All of the Rocky movies (except the end of Rocky Balboa, which I saw on a plane)
- Nashville in its entirety (I've seen many parts of it, in a class on Robert Altman films...)
- Schindler's List (keep meaning to but it's hard to psyche yourself up for this kind of movie)
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