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• 1. Singin’ in the Rain
• 2. West Side Story
• 3. Wizard of Oz
• 4. Sound of Music
• 5. Cabaret
• 6. Mary Poppins
  7. A Star is Born
• 8. My Fair Lady
• 9. American in Paris
• 10. Meet Me in St. Louis
• 11. The King and I
• 12. Chicago
  13. 42nd Street
  14. All That Jazz
  15. Top Hat
  16. Funny Girl
  17. Band Wagon
• 18. Yankee Doodle Dandy
• 19. On the Town
• 20. Grease
  21. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
• 22. Beauty and the Beast
• 23. Guys and Dolls
  24. Show Boat
• 25. Moulin Rouge

Good book, though Claire and Henry were a bit too cool for me. Great read though!

Just finished “Duck Soup.” This movie was very much “just after” the silent era. The humor got to be a bit predictable, but it’s the first Marx brothers movie I’ve ever seen and I respect the film considering the social and cultural context.

I’ve knocked a few off in the last couple weeks:

The Wild Bunch
I saw this in the airport on my laptop while on an overnight layover. It wasn’t boring.
Goodfellas
Finally I saw this movie! How many movies have Pesci and De Niro done together? A little long, but Ray Liotta was a pleasant surprise and the excellent filming was matched with equally excellent acting and a strong (and true, which surprised me) storyline.
2001: A Space Odyssey
Emphasis on “odd”. What was this movie about? I’m not a huge sci fi person…I’ve heard good things about the book…but seriously…could anyone shed some light on this movie? Maybe I’m just being shallow and dense, but this movie was strange. Kubrick’s direction was superb. Beautiful shots, beautiful angles, beautiful music, excellent effects. But couldn’t this movie have been like 45 minutes and not the agonizing 140+ that it was…?
MASH
Loved this movie! Donald Sutherland was so entertaining and this movie’s somewhat dark and political perspective was so enjoyable…and still very much relevant.

Hmmm…I seem to notice a lot of discourse regarding the genetic characteristics of this affliction called cuticle picking. Just to speak for myself here – I don’t think the “picking” is the genetic part. Anxiety runs in my family and I believe that is the biological facet of this horrible habit, for me anyway. I’ve started wearing gloves at night – if only I could just wear gloves all day…because that wouldn’t be the weirdest thing ever…

4 more to see:

• Movies I’ve Seen
  Movies I Really Enjoyed/Should Own

• 1. CITIZEN KANE (1941)
• 2. CASABLANCA (1942)
• 3. THE GODFATHER (1972)
• 4. GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
• 5. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
• 6. THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)
• 7. THE GRADUATE (1967)
• 8. ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)
• 9. SCHINDLER’S LIST (1993)
• 10. SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN (1952)
• 11. IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)
• 12. SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)
• 13. THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957)
• 14. SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)
• 15. STAR WARS (1977)
• 16. ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
• 17. THE AFRICAN QUEEN (1951)
• 18. PSYCHO (1960)
• 19. CHINATOWN (1974)
• 20. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST (1975)
• 21. THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1940)
• 22. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)
• 23. THE MALTESE FALCON (1941)
• 24. RAGING BULL (1980)
• 25. E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)
• 26. DR. STRANGELOVE (1964)
• 27. BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967)
  28. APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)
• 29. MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)
• 30. THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948)
• 31. ANNIE HALL (1977)
• 32. THE GODFATHER PART II (1974)
• 33. HIGH NOON (1952)
• 34. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)
• 35. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)
• 36. MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969)
• 37. THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946)
• 38. DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)
• 39. DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1965)
• 40. NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
• 41. WEST SIDE STORY (1961)
• 42. REAR WINDOW (1954)
  43. KING KONG (1933)
  44. THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915)
• 45. A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1951)
• 46. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971)
• 47. TAXI DRIVER (1976)
• 48. JAWS (1975)
• 49. SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937)
• 50. BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)
• 51. THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940)
• 52. FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953)
• 53. AMADEUS (1984)
• 54. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)
• 55. THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965)
• 56. MASH (1970)
• 57. THE THIRD MAN (1949)
• 58. FANTASIA (1940)
• 59. REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)
• 60. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)
• 61. VERTIGO (1958)
• 62. TOOTSIE (1982)
• 63. STAGECOACH (1939)
• 64. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977)
• 65. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991)
• 66. NETWORK (1976)
• 67. THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962)
• 68. AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951)
• 69. SHANE (1953)
• 70. THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971)
• 71. FORREST GUMP (1994)
• 72. BEN-HUR (1959)
• 73. WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939)
• 74. THE GOLD RUSH (1925)
• 75. DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990) (even though KC can’t act)
• 76. CITY LIGHTS (1931)
• 77. AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973)
• 78. ROCKY (1976)
• 79. THE DEER HUNTER (1978)
• 80. THE WILD BUNCH (1969)
• 81. MODERN TIMES (1936)
• 82. GIANT (1956)
• 83. PLATOON (1986)
• 84. FARGO (1996)
• 85. DUCK SOUP (1933)
• 86. MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1935)
• 87. FRANKENSTEIN (1931)
• 88. EASY RIDER (1969)
• 89. PATTON (1970)
• 90. THE JAZZ SINGER (1927)
• 91. MY FAIR LADY (1964)
• 92. A PLACE IN THE SUN (1951)
• 93. THE APARTMENT (1960)
• 94. GOODFELLAS (1990)
• 95. PULP FICTION (1994)
• 96. THE SEARCHERS (1956)
• 97. BRINGING UP BABY (1938)
• 98. UNFORGIVEN (1992)
• 99. GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER (1967)
• 100. YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942)

In Less than acceptable condition, or downright gross:LEFT thumb
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I’ve seen the bulleted films:

• 2007 The Departed
• 2006 Crash
• 2005 Million Dollar Baby
• 2004 Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• 2003 Chicago
• 2002 A Beautiful Mind
• 2001 Gladiator
• 2000 American Beauty
• 1999 Shakespeare in Love
• 1998 Titanic
• 1997 The English Patient
• 1996 Braveheart
• 1995 Forrest Gump
• 1994 Schindler’s List
• 1993 Unforgiven
• 1992 The Silence of the Lambs
• 1991 Dances With Wolves
• 1990 Driving Miss Daisy
• 1989 Rain Man
• 1988 The Last Emperor
• 1987 Platoon
• 1986 Out of Africa
• 1985 Amadeus
• 1984 Terms of Endearment
• 1983 Gandhi
• 1982 Chariots of Fire
• 1981 Ordinary People
• 1980 Kramer vs. Kramer
• 1979 The Deer Hunter
• 1978 Annie Hall
• 1977 Rocky
• 1976 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
• 1975 The Godfather, Part II
• 1974 The Sting
• 1973 The Godfather
• 1972 The French Connection
• 1971 Patton
• 1970 Midnight Cowboy
• 1969 Oliver!
• 1968 In the Heat of the Night
• 1967 A Man for All Seasons
• 1966 The Sound of Music
• 1965 My Fair Lady
• 1964 Tom Jones
• 1963 Lawrence of Arabia
• 1962 West Side Story
• 1961 The Apartment
• 1960 Ben-Hur
• 1959 Gigi
• 1958 The Bridge on the River Kwai
• 1957 Around the World in 80 Days
• 1956 Marty
• 1955 On the Waterfront
• 1954 From Here to Eternity
• 1953 The Greatest Show on Earth
• 1952 An American in Paris
• 1951 All About Eve
• 1950 All the King’s Men
• 1949 Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet
• 1948 Gentleman’s Agreement
• 1947 The Best Years of Our Lives
• 1946 The Lost Weekend
• 1945 Going My Way
• 1944 Casablanca
• 1943 Mrs. Miniver
• 1942 How Green Was My Valley
• 1941 Rebecca
• 1940 Gone with the Wind
• 1939 You Can’t Take It With You
• 1938 The Life of Emile Zola
• 1937 The Great Ziegfeld
• 1936 Mutiny on the Bounty
• 1935 It Happened One Night
• 1934 Cavalcade
• 1933 Grand Hotel
• 1932 Cimarron
• 1931 All Quiet on the Western Front
• 1930 The Broadway Melody of 1929
• 1929 Wings
• 1929 Sunrise