The completion of the Oscar project and the unveiling of the Great Movies project

[blue_lotus13]

Last weekend, I completed the Oscar project by watching "Ben-Hur", the 1959 best picture winner. I can't believe how greasy Charlton Heston was in this move. It's well worth seeing, especially for the chariot race. I was also fascinated by the extensive gay subtext in the film.

Unfortunately, I don't have much else to say about the film.

I'm using this project to unveil my latest project- "The Great Movies project."

I LOVED doing the Oscar project, and found that I learned a lot about film, actors, directors, writers and history by taking on this project.

The Great Movies project is based on Roger Ebert's book "The Great Movies." I chose this list because it contains a large number of cult and foreign movies, and I will broaden my film knowledge further.

(Stars indicate that I've watched it already and won't be watching it again.)

So here's what I will be watching.....
1. 2001- A space Odyssey
2. The 400 Blows
3. 8 1/2
4. Aguirre, the Wrath of God
5. Ali: Fear eats the soul
6. All about Eve******
7. The Apartment ****
8. Apocalypse Now
9. The Apu Trilogy
10. Battleship Potemkin
11. Beauty and the Beast (Cocteau version)
12. Belle de Jour
13. The Bicycle Thief
14. The Big Sleep
15. Blowup
16. Body Heat
17. Bonnie and Clyde
18. Bride of Frankenstein
19. Broken Blossoms
20. Casablanca*****
21. Chinatown
22. Citizen Kane
23. City Lights
24. Days of Heaven
25. The Decalogue
26. Detour
27. Do the Right Thing***** (One of my favourite movies)
28. Double Indemnity
29. Dracula**** (Original version is funny. There are running armadillos)
30. Dr. Strangelove
31. Duck Soup
32. E.T.****
33. The Exterminating Angel
34. Fargo***
35. Floating Weeds
36. Gates of Heaven
37. The General
38. The Godfather***
39. Gone with the WIind***
40. Grand Illusion
41. Greed
42. A Hard Day's night
43. Hoop Dreams
44. Ikiru
45. It's a Wonderful Life****
46. JFK
47. La Dolce Vita
48. The Lady Eve
49. Last year at Marienbad
50. L'Atalante
51. L'Avventura
52. Lawrence of Arabia**** (swoons over Omar Sharif on a camel...sigh!)
53. Le Samourai
54. M
55. The Maltese Falcon
56. Manhattan
57. McCabe and Mrs. Miller
58. Metropolis
59. My Darling Clementine
60. My Life to Live
61. Nashville.
62. Network****
63. Night of the Hunter
64. Nosferatu****
65. Notorious
66. On the Waterfront****
67. Pandora's Box
68. The Passion of Joan of Arc
69. Peeping Tom
70. Persona
71. Pickpocket
72. Pinocchio*** (Not sure why this one is here)
73. Psycho
74. Pulp Fiction**** (I liked this movie, but generally hate Tarantino)
75. Red River
76. Schindler's List*****
77. The Seven Samurai****
78. The Seventh Seal****** (RIP Bergman)
73. The Shawshank Redemption*****
74. Silence of the Lambs****
75. Singin' in the Rain****
76. Some Like it Hot****
77. Star Wars****
78. Sunset Boulevard****
79. Sweet Smell of Success
80. Swing Time
81. Taxi Driver
82. The Third Man
83. Trouble in Paradies
84. Un Chien Andalou***( I sat through 8 minutes of this for a film class and am not sure if I could sit through the entire non-linear Dali film without stabbing myself in the eye)
85. The "Up" Documentaries
86. Vertigo
87. The Wild Bunch***
88. Wings of Desire
89. The Wizard of Oz**** (one of my favourite movies of all-time)
90. Woman in the Dunes
91. A Woman under the Influence
92. Written on the Wind

Comments

[brdgt.livejournal.com]

84. Un Chien Andalou***( I sat through 8 minutes of this for a film class and am not sure if I could sit through the entire non-linear Dali film without stabbing myself in the eye)

Heh, I'm amusing you saw that part that makes this conclusion ironic?

I really love Ebert, perhaps a little too much.

[blue-lotus.livejournal.com]

Yep, I saw about 8 or 10 minutes of the very beginning of it.

[starfishchick]

Un Chien Andalou gave me NIGHTMARES FOR DAYS.

The Third Man is one of my Dad's all-time favourite movies.

I really liked Hoop Dreams.

[alexeye.livejournal.com]

you are goint to have so much fun with this project. plus, i think it would be super-amusing if you did it in alphabetical order - 8 1/2 followed by aguirre would be mind-blowing.

[zooby.livejournal.com]

Oh, Double Indemnity. I think I love you most of all!

[jopickles.livejournal.com]

What a fantastic idea! I may need to do this, only with the Oscars first...Hmm.

[stringy.livejournal.com]

Great idea! I really enjoyed your reviews from the Oscar project, I'm looking forward to reading a few in particular from this one - Apocalypse Now (because I didn't like it) and Dr Strangelove and Citizen Kane (because I did) and plenty just to see if I should add them to my own To-Watch list.

[oyvavoy.livejournal.com]

omg. i can't believe u finished your oscar project! good for you!

and now the Great Movies project?

ambitious much? :)