Let me be brief. Joy and I plan to work our way through the AFI Top 100 films list, blogging about them as we go. We'll be using the updated 2008 list, and plan on watching one film a week, starting at the top. We're seeing a 35mm print of Citizen Kane tomorrow!
Why? Since when did someone need a good reason to start a blog? Exactly.
I'll be watching the films not as a filmmaker, but as a audience member. Joy will be counting how many films she can stay awake for. And how many will make her cry. I'm predicting the numbers will be high in both categories.
We'll also include a segment called "What Joy thought the movie was going to be about" and "What the movie really was about." This was inspired by a near disaster screening of Blue Velvet when Joy thought we were going to see National Velvet.
As a warm up, we're watching The Third Man, which comes in at the top spot of the BFI's top 100. We'll see if those Brits know anything about making movies.
Cheers,
Todd
We are thoroughly looking forward to your posts - and some movie recs. The Joy categories are great! We refer to movies/tv shows that elicit crying as "needing the weepy box," i.e., Kleenex. Steve says he loves The Third Man. He guarantees "Best Zither Music of the Top 100." Enjoy!
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