caution: cinephile treading in close vicinity.
the dreamers challenge.
so i figured i would share with the world the "movie challenges" i set up for myself. anyone is welcome to join me and comment on their progress as well (though i doubt anyone will >_>). additionally, anything crossed out means i've watched it since starting the challenge.
the dreamers is a movie starring eva green that references many classic and sometimes french films, so i decided i would take it upon myself to watch all of said referenced movies. (the dreamers itself is a highly-sexually-explicit film, so i would, er, warn against watching it if you take offense to those sorts of things.)
this list also goes to expound on what a f*cking cinematic genius jean-luc godard was, and how everyone in the film industry reveres him like a god. so without further ado:
bande a part (godard)
le dames du bois de boulogne
shock corridor
pierrot le fou (godard)
the 400 blows
persona (ingmar bergman)
la chinoise (godard)
blowup
blonde venus
follow the fleet
scarface
queen christina
top hat
a bout de souffle / breathless (godard)
sunset boulevard
mouchette
japanese new wave / general japanese classics
names in bold are the directors, the films listed after them are by mentioned directors. the way i chose the films were, by the way, completely arbitrary - either what wikipedia deemed an important work, or just had a title i really liked. ^^
nagisa oshima
cruel story of youth
night and fog in japan
death by hanging
boy / shounen
gohatto / taboo
seijun suzuki
youth of the beast
horishi teshigahara
woman in the dunes
the face of another
antonio gaudi
rikyu
shohei imamura
the ballad of narayama
the eel
a man vanishes
yasujirou ozu
tokyo story / tokyo monogatari
floating weeds / ukigasa
an inn in tokyo
akira kurosawa
seven samurai
drunken angel
ran
and much more...
misc.
summer wars (anime teehee)
47 rounin
mishima: a life in four chapters
the demon / kichiku
godard
yes, the man has his own challenge.
every man for himself
in praise of love / eloge de l'amour
week end
sympathy for the devil
ici et ailleurs
comment ca va
two or three things i know about her
alphaville
masculin, feminin
vivre sa vie
le mepris
sauve qui peut
oscars season 2011
can you believe i haven't seen any of these films yet? >_< the list will be updated as the contenders/nominees come out; the current list are a collection of speculations.
the kids are alright
another year
get low
animal kingdom
inception
the social network
127 hours
the king's speech
winter's bone
true grit
the town
black swan
blue valentine
greenberg
never let me go
daddy longlegs
tiny furniture
rabbit hole
made in dagenham
river phoenix
stand by me
a night in the life of jimmy reardon
little nikita
running on empty
indiana jones and the last crusade
i love you to death
my own private idaho
dogfight
sneakers
the thing called love
silent tongue