Monday, April 11, 2011

My Cinematic Alphabet

I've seen this même going around the blogs lately, so I figured I'd give it a shot. Unsurprisingly, picking a favorite for some letters was impossible because of the limited options (X2 was pretty much alone) or because I had so many choices (I actually wasted time stressing over whether to sub Playtime for Phantom of the Paradise, Repulsion or Rio Bravo for The Red Shoes, McCabe & Mrs. Miller for Miami Vice and The Straits of Love and Hate or Sansho the Bailiff for Sweetie). But I went with my gut and I've think I've got a decent range here. I've not repeated any directors, which was surprisingly difficult.


A is for A.I. Artificial Intelligence



B is for Bringing Out the Dead


C is for Chungking Express


D is for Déjà Vu


E is for Evil Dead II


F is for Fearless


G is for Grand Illusion


H is for Hoop Dreams


I is for I Was Born, But...



J is for Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles


K is for Kill Bill


L is for Lola Montès


M is for Miami Vice


N is for The Night of the Hunter


O is for Only Angels Have Wings


P is for Phantom of the Paradise


Q is for Quiz Show


R is for The Red Shoes


S is for Sweetie


T is for Two or Three Things I Know About Her


U is for An Unmarried Woman


V is for Videodrome


W is for Walkabout


X is for X2: X-Men United


Y is for Yi Yi


Z is for Zodiac
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8 comments:

  1. UnknownApril 11, 2011 at 7:48 PM

    Wings of Desire
    Wonder Boys
    The Wicker Man
    Witness
    Wonderland (Michael Winterbottom)
    Withnail & I
    Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

    So why do you hate the letter "W"?

    :)

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  2. JakeApril 11, 2011 at 10:27 PM

    Goddamnit, I knew I should have trusted that nagging feeling that said I missed something.

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  3. Kevin J. OlsonApril 12, 2011 at 11:44 AM

    No "Xtro" for X? Come one, man! This is a great list. Great idea for a meme, too. I might try this if I ever decide to get off my ass and start blogging again.

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  4. JakeApril 12, 2011 at 12:08 PM

    I kept trying to find an Asian film that started with an X in the original language (or in the Westernized version of the characters) but since I didn't do that for the other foreign films I had so few options haha.

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  5. Drew McIntoshApril 12, 2011 at 7:06 PM

    Very cool, Jake! Many, many films I love here are represented (just got my Criterion Blu's for The Red Shoes and Yi Yi, can't wait to jump into those), as well as a few classics that I've somehow not gotten around to yet (I Was Born But..., Grand Illusion, Sweetie).

    I think I may try my hand at this and throw up my own list later in the week, it should be fun to compile! Though I don't see, off the top of my head at least, how my V and Z could be different, the two you've chosen are two of my favorite movies. I always enjoy these creative meme's that go around every so often.

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  6. JakeApril 12, 2011 at 7:13 PM

    Yeah, X just killed me. But I would rather have limited choices than make those agonizing choices of one over the other. For a meaningless game, it really does make you sweat over the picks.

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  7. Sasha JamesApril 13, 2011 at 1:06 AM

    +2

    Yet -2 for the VIDEODROME photo.

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  8. JakeApril 13, 2011 at 1:17 AM

    What do you have against stomach vaginas, Sash?

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