The Purpose of This Blog

Hey people.

I've created this movie blog with a specific purpose in mind. Over the next twenty-five weeks, my goal is to work my way through a special list of 50 movies I've never seen before (well, I will rewatch about five movies I haven't seen in a long time). These movies will represent a diverse collection of films ranging from silent classics to upcoming theatrical releases. Some of these films can be found in the American Film Institute's "Top 100" movie list. Others can be found in the always reliable ten-cent VHS section at the used video-store.

I'll watch these movies over the next few months and report my findings here. This blog will be a sort of cinematic journal where I can keep track of my progress, as well as record my impressions (I also might use it to explore other movie-watching goals such as seeing every movie with Zooey Deschanel or Daniel Day-Lewis in it).

If you're interested in following along (because you don't have a life), please do. Comments, dialogue, and suggestions are always welcome.

- Cole

The List:

1. 400 Blows

2. 500 Days of Summer

3. Apocalypse Now

4. The Asphalt Jungle

5. The Band Wagon*

6. The Blair Witch Project

7. Blue Velvet

8. Breathless

9. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

10. The Conversation

11. Dangerous Liasons

12. Das Boot

13. Dead of Night

14. The Deerhunter

15. Donnie Darko

16. Dr. Strangelove

17. Dr. Zhivago

18. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

19. Following

20. The Gay Divorcee

21. Glenglarry, Glen Ross

22. Grapes of Wrath

23. La Dolce Vita

24. Lawrence of Arabia*

25. M

26. The Man Who Would Be King

27. Metropolis

28. Miller's Crossing

29. The Mission

30. Mulholland Drive

31. The Omen

32. Platoon

33. Point Blank (not to be confused with Pointe Break)

34. The Proposition

35. Raise the Red Lantern

36. Rashomon

37. Rio Bravo*

38. The Road

39. The Seventh Seal

40. Some Like It Hot

41. Sweet Smell of Success

42. The Third Man*

43. Top Hat

44. Trainspotting

45. The Unbearable Lightness of Being

46. The Unforgiven*

47. Vertigo*

48. The Wolf Man (2010)

49. The Wicker Man (most definitely not to be confused with the Nicolas Cage version)

50. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

* The asterisk indicates movies I've already seen and want to rewatch.