Cahiers du cinéma 2017.

The Library of Congress announced the latest additions to the National Film Registry yesterday.

Random thoughts:

  • The Saturday movie group is doing pretty well, if I do say so myself. We watched both “Spartacus” and “Ace in the Hole” this year. Of the two, I like “Spartacus”, I think more than the CHeston “Ben-Hur” (which we watched last Saturday). But even I think “Spartacus” is a little long. (And I believe this “restored edition” is even longer than the Criterion DVD we watched.) As for “Ace in the Hole”: wow. This is a fantastically underrated movie that you should buy on Criterion and watch as soon as you can.
  • The greatest Christmas movie ever is on this year’s list. Good.
  • Haven’t changed my mind about “Field of Dreams”.
  • We need to find “He Who Gets Slapped”, “one of the earliest ‘creepy clown’ movies”.
  • Maybe I should watch “Memento”.
  • Saw the original “Superman” in theaters. I remember it being…okay. But even as a 13-year-old, I didn’t care much for Superman as a character: where’s the conflict if you have a character who is basically invulnerable to everything? (And don’t give me that kryptonite crap: Superman is allergic to his home planet? Really?) I think I just wasn’t born with the superhero gene.
  • Saw “Titanic” in theaters too. I don’t think it is a great movie, and I wouldn’t have put it on the list, but it does have Kate Winslet going for it.
  • I would like to see “Four Little Girls”.
  • I’ve never seen “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner”.
  • We need to watch “Only Angels Have Wings” one night when RoadRich is with us.
  • A Winsor McCay WWI propaganda film? Sign me up, please.
  • “Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser” is pricy. But I do want to see it.

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2 Responses to “Cahiers du cinéma 2017.”

  1. Infidel de Manahatta says:
    December 14, 2017 at 9:59 am

    Note to self: Field of Dreams IS NOT about the New York Football Giants draft pick.

    (Though they do need a left tackle).

  2. stainles says:
    December 14, 2017 at 11:00 am

    Kevin Costner’s a bit old to play left tackle, isn’t he?

    But he’d probably do a good job as a head coach. I can imagine his locker room speeches now…

    “Okay, guys. I know we’re down by 21 points. But I remember what they told me when I made ‘Waterworld’: ‘You’re never going to come back from this.’ And yet, I did! I made ‘Field of Dreams 2: Lockout’ and ‘Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit’! You guys can come back from this, too! Now go out there and win one for the Iowa corn farmers!”