\n…they [are] the movies you just kind of figure everybody ought to have seen in order to have any sort of informed discussion about movies. They’re the common cultural currency of our time, the basic cinematic texts that everyone should know, at minimum, to be somewhat “movie-literate.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Kottke then asterisks all the movies he has seen. I do not consider myself movie literate, but for kicks, let’s see how I do.
* means I saw it
– means I’ve seen parts of it (parts = at least a ten minute segment, not “clips”) and probably won’t ever watch the whole thing<\/p>\n
– 2001: A Space Odyssey
* The 400 Blows
* 8 1\/2
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Alien
* All About Eve
* Annie Hall
* Apocalypse Now
* Bambi
The Battleship Potemkin
The Best Years of Our Lives
The Big Red One
The Bicycle Thief
The Big Sleep
* Blade Runner
* Blowup
Blue Velvet
*Bonnie and Clyde
Breathless
Bringing Up Baby
Carrie
* Casablanca
Un Chien Andalou
Children of Paradise \/ Les Enfants du Paradis
– Chinatown
* Citizen Kane
– A Clockwork Orange
The Crying Game
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Days of Heaven
Dirty Harry
* The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Do the Right Thing
La Dolce Vita
Double Indemnity
* Dr. Strangelove
– Duck Soup
* E.T. — The Extra-Terrestrial
Easy Rider
* The Empire Strikes Back
– The Exorcist
– Fargo
* Fight Club
* Frankenstein
The General
The Godfather, The Godfather, Part II
Gone With the Wind
GoodFellas
* The Graduate
Halloween
* A Hard Day’s Night
Intolerance
It’s a Gift
* It’s a Wonderful Life
* Jaws
The Lady Eve
* Lawrence of Arabia
M
Mad Max 2 \/ The Road Warrior
* The Maltese Falcon
The Manchurian Candidate
* Metropolis
Modern Times
* Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Nashville
The Night of the Hunter
Night of the Living Dead
* North by Northwest
– Nosferatu
On the Waterfront
Once Upon a Time in the West
Out of the Past
Persona
Pink Flamingos
– Psycho
– Pulp Fiction
Rashomon
Rear Window
Rebel Without a Cause
Red River
Repulsion
The Rules of the Game
Scarface
The Scarlet Empress
Schindler’s List
The Searchers
* The Seven Samurai
* Singin’ in the Rain
* Some Like It Hot
A Star Is Born
* A Streetcar Named Desire
* Sunset Boulevard
– Taxi Driver
The Third Man
– Tokyo Story
Touch of Evil
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Trouble in Paradise
Vertigo
* West Side Story
The Wild Bunch
* The Wizard of Oz<\/p>\n
Yikes. I’ve only seen 33 of these movies. Does it matter that I can explain the historical significance and\/or plot of at least half the movies I haven’t seen? How do my readers compare?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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