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The Best Film Project
Connie explores film history and her imagination. The screen is small. The drinks are not.
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The Best Film Project
The Best Film Project
Connie’s top 100 movies of all time go something like this:
Brent Olson
Nov 14, 2016
The Revision
The Revision
We have reworked the film project slightly in order to increase the diversity of films and to eliminate some of the fluff that we felt was…
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Nov 14, 2016
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Singin’ in the Rain (1952, Stanley Donen)
American Film Institute #5
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Jul 28, 2017
Blue Velvet (1986, David Lynch)
Blue Velvet (1986, David Lynch)
Rolling Stone Maverick Films #9
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May 13, 2017
Au Hasard Balthazar (1966, Robert Bresson)
(Village Voice # 9)
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Dec 5, 2016
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960 Karol Reisz)
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960 Karol Reisz)
British Film Institute #14
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Nov 20, 2016
Raging Bull (Martin Scorcese, 1980)
Raging Bull (Martin Scorcese, 1980)
AFI #4, Rolling Stone (Maverick) #6
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Nov 15, 2016
The Third Man (1949, Carol Reed) — BFI #1, Village Voice #30, Rolling Stone “Maverick” #41.
The Third Man (1949, Carol Reed) — BFI #1, Village Voice #30, Rolling Stone “Maverick” #41.
Brent’s note. We’re back after a long hiatus for a deep dive into artistic escapism. Or perhaps simply fuel for depression. Or perhaps a…
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Nov 15, 2016
#20. Psycho (1960, Alfred Hitchcock)(updated, complete)
The Prediction
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Nov 15, 2016
AFI #9 and VV #3 — Vertigo, 1958 (updated)
The Prediction
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Nov 15, 2016
#60 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962, John Ford)
The Prediction
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Nov 15, 2016
#8 The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928, Carl Theodor Dreyer)(complete)
Prediction
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Nov 15, 2016
Welcome back to the film project (2013 edition)
*editors note: Our birthday viewing of Holy Motors has inspired us to jump start the film project. You can get familiarized and catch up…
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Nov 15, 2016
#74. Two or Three Things I Know About Her (1966, Jean-Luc Godard) (update 1)(2013 refresh)
note: This prediction was made long ago. We’ll have to decide if we are going to watch the film as is, or throw it back in the pile.
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Nov 15, 2016
#29: Ugetsu (1953)
My Prediction: (A reminder from Brent: As discussed in the introduction to the Film Project, Connie’s predictions are typically based only…
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Nov 15, 2016
#95. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Prediction: (note This time Connie does have a little background knowledge. She could name the author of the book Frankenstein and had an…
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Nov 15, 2016
Commentary: The 500 most mediocre movies of all time.
Empire magazine recently polled 10,000 of their readers, and 200 people who actually know something about movies (directors, critics, etc)…
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Nov 15, 2016
#23 The Seven Samurai (1954) (Updated)
Prediction: The Seventh Samurai is like the 6th player on a basketball team. When Samurai #4 plunges into a crevasse to his early and…
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Nov 14, 2016
#100: Suspiria (1977) (Updated)
Prediction: This is the first Italian Sci-fi movie, complete with a trip to space. It is about coming to grips with an increasingly…
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Nov 14, 2016
#39: The Bicycle Thief (Updated)
Prediction:
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Nov 14, 2016
#47: The 400 Blows (1959, Francois Truffaut) (election edition) (updated)
#47: The 400 Blows (1959, Francois Truffaut) (election edition) (updated)
Prediction:
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Nov 14, 2016
#85: Wavelength (1967) (updated)
Prediction:
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Nov 14, 2016
34. Taxi Driver (1976)(updated)
(editor’s note: Connie’s prediction is forthcoming below, but I’d like to take this opportunity to direct you to a new feature on the site…
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Nov 14, 2016
#92: Nosferatu (1922) (updated)
Prediction
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Nov 14, 2016
#71. Performance (1970, Nicolas Roeg & Donald Cammell) (Updated)
#71. Performance (1970, Nicolas Roeg & Donald Cammell) (Updated)
Note: Connie has been negligent in reflecting upon “Pickpocket,” but I wanted to make sure that everyone had ample opportunity to make…
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Nov 14, 2016
#25. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942, Orson Welles)
Prediction
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Nov 14, 2016
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