lizatleeds's "The List (Part Tres)"

"So maybe something along the lines of 26 movies that really revolutionized cinema? A 26 film intermediate introduction to film history? 26 films I should have seen but didn’t?"

For some reason I felt the need to attach that as some kind of disclaimer on my part. So, welcome to your third list. I can hardly believe we are on list number three already. I didn’t know if you’d want my suggestions anymore, especially after the Nuremberg Response. It really makes me excited to see you getting into watching some of these films, but of course, you hate all of them so I won’t mention it again. The thing is, since we’ve started doing this you’ve grown quite a bit as a movie viewer so my goal with this list was to take it up a notch. You’re naturally going to watch the kind of movies you like, but I wanted to give you something of a challenge. For example, there is a Western, I mean, a Musical included on this list. And you know how you were afraid that there would be Nazis on the list? Well, I didn’t put one movie with Nazis in them on the list, I put three of them. In my defense I had selected them before you expressed concern about Nazis. As always do let me know if I have selected a film that you have already seen, and I apologize in advance for any typos. One of the best ways to look at the history of film is to look at it through its noteworthy directors. Obviously I couldn’t fit all the noteworthy directors on a list of 26 films, D.W. Griffith, John Ford and Martin Scorsese are conspicuously absent, but I did get a number of the big ones. This was part of my brilliant idea; the first bullet point under each film, lists its director and several other films that they have done, some of which you have already seen. With a few exceptions, this list is dark, violent and emotionally charged, so I am fully expecting many "What the hell are you making me watch?" phone calls, and some very quiet mornings. So, I’ll just end by saying it’s been nice knowing you.