I watched Rome, Open City by director Roberto Rossellini tonight. I thought it was very powerful, and sad, another reminder of mankind's cruelty: hooray!
I watched it as part of a little project I've set for myself to see at least one movie by all 100 top directors at the
They Shoot Picture's Don't They? site. When I started this project, I had 25 director's films to see; with Rossellini out of the way, I've got 14 left:
- Tarkovsky
- Ophuls
- Visconti
- Cassavetes
- Kiarostami
- Fassbinder
- Pasolini
- von Stroheim
- Mankiewicz
- Marker
- Hsiao-Hsien Hou
- Dovzhenko
- Flaherty
- Rocha
I've been putting holds on DVDs at the library - it's been very effective, and a nice way to spend part of my summer.
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I have decided to (make
I have decided to (make attempts to) see all of the movies deemed worthy of being in the Criterion Collection. Watching all the Hitchcocks and Wes Andersons has been easy. I haven't gone to the Bergmans or Fellinis yet.
Wow, that's a goal. I'm
Wow, that's a goal. I'm surprised at some of the films included in the collection, but none more than number 100, The Beastie Boys Video Anthology. This is a head scratcher.