I'm going to talk about 5 films that I've never gotten around to watching that I really have no good excuse for why I haven't seen them. I'm hoping this public shaming will provide me with the motivation to finally watch these films.
The list of movies I'm drawing from is quite a bit longer than the 5 movies I'm going to talk about here and there are in fact even more embarrassing holes in my film education that I just wasn't comfortable admitting (mostly because I think there are some that I've pretended to have seen around people to look clever... what a douche eh?) but these are 5 renowned films that I've never seen and am going to try to get around to in the next few weeks. As I complete them I'll try to post a little bit about them here.
#1 - 8 1/2 - Directed By Federico Fellini
For shame. I'm pretty sure I've told people that I actually have seen this several times. I'm such a dick. I've started this film several times but for some reason always seem to choose to start watching it when I'm already falling asleep and seem to nod off in the first 10 minutes every time. Well no more lies, no more doucheyness. I even own the criterion edition of the DVD so there is NO good excuse for not having seen this. It is time.
#2 - Infernal Affairs - Directed By Wai-keung Lau & Alan Mak
The Departed was one of my favorite movies of 2006 and ever since I saw it I've been meaning to catch up with the original film that it was based on.
#3 - Barry Lyndon - Directed By Stanley Kubrick
I think Stanley Kubrick was one of the most amazing filmmakers of all time. I'm always blown away each time I watch one of his films. Visually stunning, thematically compelling and always entertaining. For some reason this is one of the few Kubrick films I've not acquired on DVD yet (possibly because of how long I know it is.)
#4 - Once Upon a Time in the West - Directed By Sergio Leone
The Dollars Trilogy are three of my favorite films and some of my favorite filmmaking. The visual style of those movies is just captivating. Once again, I think the length of this one is what has prevented me from catching up with it so far.
#5 - Metropolis - Directed By Fritz Lang
Going old-school for this pick. I did once see the anime adaptation of this film a long time ago before I knew of the original films existence. The Calgary Cinematheque is screening this film in November (with a recently discovered 20 minutes of footage that was missing until now) with live orchestra providing the music for this silent classic. Looking forward to getting a chance to finally see such a well-regarded classic movie.
So there are 5 blind-spots for me. Not sure exactly when or in what order I'll get to them, but I do plan to watch them all sooner rather than later.
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