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      <title>Film:Hoop Dreams</title>
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<strong>Title:</strong> Hoop Dreams<br/>
<strong>Year:</strong> 1994<br/>
<strong>Director:</strong> Steve James<br/>
<strong>Plot:</strong> This documentary about the aspirations of high-school basketball players from inner city Chicago won awards from the Sundance film festival, the New York Film Critics Circle, and the Academy Award (Oscar) for best editing. Two young men are followed during their entire high-school career, beginning with their participation in playground games and ending with their being recruited by colleges. The obstacles these young men face include parental drug addiction, family poverty, and inner-city violence, as well as the usual obstacles that arise in competition, including physical injuries. While each aspires to leave the ghetto, there are many reasons to suppose they may not be able to, despite each beating the odds against them by winning college scholarships. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide<br/>
<strong>Times Tagged:</strong> 17<br/>
<strong>Number of Lists:</strong> 25<br/>
<strong>Number of blog posts:</strong> 6<br/>
<strong>Number of discussion threads:</strong> 2<br/>
<strong>SpoutRating:</strong> 4<br/>
</td></tr></table>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:18:25 GMT</pubDate><spout:Title>Hoop Dreams</spout:Title><spout:Year>1994</spout:Year><spout:Director>Steve James</spout:Director><spout:Plot>This documentary about the aspirations of high-school basketball players from inner city Chicago won awards from the Sundance film festival, the New York Film Critics Circle, and the Academy Award (Oscar) for best editing. Two young men are followed during their entire high-school career, beginning with their participation in playground games and ending with their being recruited by colleges. The obstacles these young men face include parental drug addiction, family poverty, and inner-city violence, as well as the usual obstacles that arise in competition, including physical injuries. While each aspires to leave the ghetto, there are many reasons to suppose they may not be able to, despite each beating the odds against them by winning college scholarships. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide</spout:Plot><spout:TimesTagged>17</spout:TimesTagged><spout:taglevel>Tag Target (&gt;10)</spout:taglevel><spout:Numberoflists>25</spout:Numberoflists><spout:NumberOfBlogPosts>6</spout:NumberOfBlogPosts><spout:NumberOfDiscussionThreads>2</spout:NumberOfDiscussionThreads><spout:SpoutRating>4</spout:SpoutRating><spout:FilmCoverURL>http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t60329jpbbf.jpg</spout:FilmCoverURL><spout:SpoutFilmDetailURL>http://www.spout.com/films/Hoop_Dreams/90856/default.aspx</spout:SpoutFilmDetailURL><spout:type>Film</spout:type></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Re:Weekly Theme for September 15: This Sporting Life</title>
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<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/121669/default.aspx'>leeroy711</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 9/15/2008 6:03:09 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> The Bad News Bears was classic. I also liked the remake.  I really liked Field of Dreams. But I thought Hoosiers was a bit better for a dramatic sports movie. Adam Sandler's done a few sports movie, Happy Gilmore, and The Waterboy. As far as I'm concerned, football and baseball are just filler sports to get me through until basketball season starts. Hoop Dreams and Through the Fire are a couple of good roundball documentaries.  <br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:03:09 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>leeroy711</spout:postby><spout:postto>Weekly Theme</spout:postto><spout:postdate>9/15/2008 6:03:09 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>The Bad News Bears was classic. I also liked the remake.  I really liked Field of Dreams. But I thought Hoosiers was a bit better for a dramatic sports movie. Adam Sandler's done a few sports movie, Happy Gilmore, and The Waterboy. As far as I'm concerned, football and baseball are just filler sports to get me through until basketball season starts. Hoop Dreams and Through the Fire are a couple of good roundball documentaries.  </spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: SXSW 2008: At the Death House Door</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/3/14/26215.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t60329jpbbf.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/9325/default.aspx'>SpoutBlog</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 3/14/2008 2:01:09 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> 
Steve James (Hoop Dreams, Stevie) is one of the best documentary filmmakers alive. (Listen to his interview here.) He may be drawn to an issue to start a project but, unlike Michael Moore or Morgan Spurlock, he doesn’t investigate issues. He takes on the much greater challenge of showing us a fully rounded human being for whom the issue is a backdrop, one of many. It’s the difference between meeting the poster-child for an issue–say AIDS in Africa–and being that poster-child’s best friend. For At the Death House Door, the issue is the Death Penalty. But the accomplishment is how Steve James and co-director, Peter Gilbert, make us intimate with the complicated life of Reverend Carroll Pickett.


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Steve James (Hoop Dreams, Stevie) is one of the best documentary filmmakers alive. (Listen to his interview here.) He may be drawn to an issue to start a project but, unlike Michael Moore or Morgan Spurlock, he doesn’t investigate issues. He takes on the much greater challenge of showing us a fully rounded human being for whom the issue is a backdrop, one of many. It’s the difference between meeting the poster-child for an issue–say AIDS in Africa–and being that poster-child’s best friend. For At the Death House Door, the issue is the Death Penalty. But the accomplishment is how Steve James and co-director, Peter Gilbert, make us intimate with the complicated life of Reverend Carroll Pickett.


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      <title>Spout Post: SXSW 2008: At the Death House Door</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/paul/archive/2008/3/14/26214.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t60329jpbbf.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/2132/default.aspx'>paul</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 3/14/2008 2:00:57 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> 
Steve James (Hoop Dreams, Stevie) is one of the best documentary filmmakers alive. (Listen to his interview here.) He may be drawn to an issue to start a project but, unlike Michael Moore or Morgan Spurlock, he doesn’t investigate issues. He takes on the much greater challenge of showing us a fully rounded human being for whom the issue is a backdrop, one of many. It’s the difference between meeting the poster-child for an issue–say AIDS in Africa–and being that poster-child’s best friend. For At the Death House Door, the issue is the Death Penalty. But the accomplishment is how Steve James and co-director, Peter Gilbert, make us intimate with the complicated life of Reverend Carroll Pickett.


 (more…) Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Paul<br/>
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Steve James (Hoop Dreams, Stevie) is one of the best documentary filmmakers alive. (Listen to his interview here.) He may be drawn to an issue to start a project but, unlike Michael Moore or Morgan Spurlock, he doesn’t investigate issues. He takes on the much greater challenge of showing us a fully rounded human being for whom the issue is a backdrop, one of many. It’s the difference between meeting the poster-child for an issue–say AIDS in Africa–and being that poster-child’s best friend. For At the Death House Door, the issue is the Death Penalty. But the accomplishment is how Steve James and co-director, Peter Gilbert, make us intimate with the complicated life of Reverend Carroll Pickett.


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      <title>Spout Post: SXSW 2008: At the Death House Door, Steve James and Peter Gilbert</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/3/9/26010.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t60329jpbbf.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/9325/default.aspx'>SpoutBlog</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 3/9/2008 4:00:53 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> The Reverend Carroll Pickett (whose interview I’ll post later) either fell in or was called to a ministry wherein he walked 95 death row inmates through their final hours and, ultimately, to the gurney where they were executed by lethal injection. He’s a stoic Texan and fascinating man explored in Steve James (Hoop Dreams, Stevie) and Peter Gilbert’s new documentary, At the Death House Door.
We talk about unwrapping this complicated minister and whether or not they planted a bottle of wine at the family dinner where Rev. Pickett’s children interrogate him about his job.


SXSW 2008 interview: Steve James and Peter Gilbert
At the Death House Door
SXSW news, reviews, interviews and discussions Originally posted on:SpoutBlog<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:00:53 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>SpoutBlog</spout:postby><spout:postto>SpoutBlog on spout.com</spout:postto><spout:postdate>3/9/2008 4:00:53 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>The Reverend Carroll Pickett (whose interview I’ll post later) either fell in or was called to a ministry wherein he walked 95 death row inmates through their final hours and, ultimately, to the gurney where they were executed by lethal injection. He’s a stoic Texan and fascinating man explored in Steve James (Hoop Dreams, Stevie) and Peter Gilbert’s new documentary, At the Death House Door.
We talk about unwrapping this complicated minister and whether or not they planted a bottle of wine at the family dinner where Rev. Pickett’s children interrogate him about his job.


SXSW 2008 interview: Steve James and Peter Gilbert
At the Death House Door
SXSW news, reviews, interviews and discussions Originally posted on:SpoutBlog</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: SXSW 2008: At the Death House Door, Steve James and Peter Gilbert</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/paul/archive/2008/3/9/26008.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t60329jpbbf.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/2132/default.aspx'>paul</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 3/9/2008 4:00:35 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> The Reverend Carroll Pickett (whose interview I’ll post later) either fell in or was called to a ministry wherein he walked 95 death row inmates through their final hours and, ultimately, to the gurney where they were executed by lethal injection. He’s a stoic Texan and fascinating man explored in Steve James (Hoop Dreams, Stevie) and Peter Gilbert’s new documentary, At the Death House Door.
We talk about unwrapping this complicated minister and whether or not they planted a bottle of wine at the family dinner where Rev. Pickett’s children interrogate him about his job.


SXSW 2008 interview: Steve James and Peter Gilbert
At the Death House Door
SXSW news, reviews, interviews and discussions Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Paul<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:00:35 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>paul</spout:postby><spout:postto>paul on spout.com</spout:postto><spout:postdate>3/9/2008 4:00:35 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>The Reverend Carroll Pickett (whose interview I’ll post later) either fell in or was called to a ministry wherein he walked 95 death row inmates through their final hours and, ultimately, to the gurney where they were executed by lethal injection. He’s a stoic Texan and fascinating man explored in Steve James (Hoop Dreams, Stevie) and Peter Gilbert’s new documentary, At the Death House Door.
We talk about unwrapping this complicated minister and whether or not they planted a bottle of wine at the family dinner where Rev. Pickett’s children interrogate him about his job.


SXSW 2008 interview: Steve James and Peter Gilbert
At the Death House Door
SXSW news, reviews, interviews and discussions Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Paul</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: movie year countdown #13 - 1994 - Hoop Dreams</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/risselada/archive/2007/9/14/19785.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t60329jpbbf.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/5353/default.aspx'>Risselada</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 9/14/2007 5:58:31 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> This blog entry is part of my &ldquo;movie year countdown&rdquo;.  To read more about that check out my first Spout filmblog entryHoop DreamsI don&#39;t think I would have had any major interest in seeing this just based on the subject matter.  I saw it specifically because of the outrageous accolades.  Often hearing it was one of the greatest documentaries ever made.  Ebert called it the greatest movie of the whole decade.  And anything on Criterion is at least worth checking out for the DVD presentation.I do appreciate a lot of things in this movie.  Almost all of it takes place in Chicago where I&#39;ve been living for three years.  It shows real people with their dreams and problems.  It was filmed over several years so there is a lot of footage to chose from and you get to see things played out.  And somewhat by luck, things actually worked out in a fashion that was almost dramatic enough that it seemed as though it was written.However I did find it to be a big longer than I could stand.  Almost thee hours.  I felt like it almost could have been better served as a reality TV series.  However I realize that when this movie came out there was hardly anything like reality TV.  And this was the first movie of it&#39;s kind in many respects.So I respect it in many ways, but it wasn&#39;t my favorite.  I&#39;m not a huge fan of professional sports either.  I find them rather silly sometimes.  Actually the sillyness of it does come off in this movie sometimes, so I did enjoy that.  I wish I liked it more because I can&#39;t come up with very good reason as to why I don&#39;t, but I can&#39;t say that I thought it was great.Rating: 6/10<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2007 21:58:31 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>Risselada</spout:postby><spout:postto>Risselada Blog</spout:postto><spout:postdate>9/14/2007 5:58:31 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>This blog entry is part of my &amp;ldquo;movie year countdown&amp;rdquo;.  To read more about that check out my first Spout filmblog entryHoop DreamsI don&amp;#39;t think I would have had any major interest in seeing this just based on the subject matter.  I saw it specifically because of the outrageous accolades.  Often hearing it was one of the greatest documentaries ever made.  Ebert called it the greatest movie of the whole decade.  And anything on Criterion is at least worth checking out for the DVD presentation.I do appreciate a lot of things in this movie.  Almost all of it takes place in Chicago where I&amp;#39;ve been living for three years.  It shows real people with their dreams and problems.  It was filmed over several years so there is a lot of footage to chose from and you get to see things played out.  And somewhat by luck, things actually worked out in a fashion that was almost dramatic enough that it seemed as though it was written.However I did find it to be a big longer than I could stand.  Almost thee hours.  I felt like it almost could have been better served as a reality TV series.  However I realize that when this movie came out there was hardly anything like reality TV.  And this was the first movie of it&amp;#39;s kind in many respects.So I respect it in many ways, but it wasn&amp;#39;t my favorite.  I&amp;#39;m not a huge fan of professional sports either.  I find them rather silly sometimes.  Actually the sillyness of it does come off in this movie sometimes, so I did enjoy that.  I wish I liked it more because I can&amp;#39;t come up with very good reason as to why I don&amp;#39;t, but I can&amp;#39;t say that I thought it was great.Rating: 6/10</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Re: Chicago = Playground Theater</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/groups/Chicago/Re_Chicago_Playground_Theater/354/11609/1/ShowPost.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t60329jpbbf.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/5353/default.aspx'>Risselada</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 6/21/2007 3:24:17 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> It&#39;s weird to imagine if they are all from different eras.Gondorf and Hooker are pulling a big one over on Lonnegan.  Dr. Richard Kimble is on the run from a U.S. Marshal.  The McAllister family is flying out of O&#39;Hare minus one member.  Bill is working his last day at the steel-mill.  Rob Gordon is making another stupid list and whining about his life.  Satan is giving a bus tour of the St. Valintine&#39;s Day Massacre.  Wayne and Garth are headbanging.  "Rocket" Steadman is sucking it up like usual.  Tom Stansfield is chasing an owl named O.J. in the year 2003.  A baby carriage falls down the stairs.  William Gates fucks up his knee.  <br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 19:24:17 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>Risselada</spout:postby><spout:postto>Chicago</spout:postto><spout:postdate>6/21/2007 3:24:17 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>It&amp;#39;s weird to imagine if they are all from different eras.Gondorf and Hooker are pulling a big one over on Lonnegan.  Dr. Richard Kimble is on the run from a U.S. Marshal.  The McAllister family is flying out of O&amp;#39;Hare minus one member.  Bill is working his last day at the steel-mill.  Rob Gordon is making another stupid list and whining about his life.  Satan is giving a bus tour of the St. Valintine&amp;#39;s Day Massacre.  Wayne and Garth are headbanging.  "Rocket" Steadman is sucking it up like usual.  Tom Stansfield is chasing an owl named O.J. in the year 2003.  A baby carriage falls down the stairs.  William Gates fucks up his knee.  </spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Movie year countdown viewing project</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/risselada/archive/2007/2/17/5581.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t60329jpbbf.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/5353/default.aspx'>Risselada</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 2/17/2007 11:57:00 AM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Here&rsquo;s the dilemma.  I have a list of well over three thousand movies I want to see saved on IMDB.  I have a subscription to Netflix and recently every time I return a DVD it has been an extremely arduous task to make the decision as to which movie I should see next.  In an effort to narrow down my choices and make the process of choosing slightly less overwhelming I have devised a system, almost a bit of a game for me.  Here&rsquo;s how it goes.For my first film selection, I have narrowed the options down to only films that were released in the year 2006.  Then after I have watched that movie, my next selection would have to be a film released in 2005.  Then I would see a film from 2004, then 2003, etc.  The process of deciding is still laborious, but actually quite a bit more exciting.  (I&#39;m going by IMDB as my source for release years)I have already been making a list and have also already begun watching the films.  I decided this might be a good time to start fooling around with this spoutblog I have until now left unutilized.  So I&rsquo;ll try to start writing a little blurb or so about each movie I watch in this process.My only limitation here is of course movies that are available on Netflix.  Which sadly excludes several I know are available on DVD, and have been longing to see for a long time, but Netflix just doesn&rsquo;t seem to have available.  It&rsquo;d sort of annoying how they do list quite a few movies that that you can put in your queue under &ldquo;saved&rdquo;, yet they obviously do not have available.  I have countless movies in that unavailable but saved queue, and I&rsquo;m not sure that a single one has ever become available.  What&rsquo;s the point I wonder.But if anyone has any recommendations, I&#39;ll take that into consideration.  THANK YOU!---------------------------------------------------------------------------------New addition to this post:Today is Tuesday March 13, and I have completed a preliminary list of all of the movie I will be watching.  Unfortunately many of them were not available on Netflix.  I will hunt those down some day.  I&#39;m don&#39;t doubt that as I make my way through the list I will make a few more changes depending on my mood and other factors, but for now, here it is:1.  Art School Confidential (2006)2.  The Comedians of Comedy (2005)3.  The Passion of the Christ (2004)4.  Ruang rak noi nid mahasan (Last Life in the Universe) (2003)5.  Im toten Winkel - Hitlers Sekret&auml;rin (Blind Spot. Hitler&#39;s Secretary) (2002)6.  El Espinazo del diablo (The Devil&#39;s Backbone) (2001)7.  Werckmeister harm&oacute;ni&aacute;k (Werckmeister Harmonies) (2000)8.  The Virgin Suicides (1999)9.  Buffalo &#39;66 (1998)10.  In the Company of Men (1997)11.  Hard Core Logo (1996)12.  Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995)13.  Hoop Dreams (1994)14.  Short Cuts (1993)15.  In the Soup (1992)16.  Surviving Desire (1991)17.  Misery (1990)18.  Der Siebente Kontinent (The Seventh Continent) (1989)19.  Topio stin omichli (Landscape in the Mist) (1988)20.  Evil Dead II (1987)21.  Ying hung boon sik (1986)22.  Sans toit ni loi (Vagabond) (1985)23.  Sixteen Candles (1984)24.  Videodrome (1983)25.  Chan Is Missing (1982)26.  Coup de torchon (1981)27.  The Ninth Configuration (1980)28.  Hardcore (1979)29.  Halloween (1978)30.  Pumping Iron (1977)31.  Logan&#39;s Run (1976)32.  Tommy (1975)33.  The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)34.  The Exorcist (1973)35.  Kozure &Ocirc;kami: Kowokashi udekashi tsukamatsuru (Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance) (1972)36.  Get Carter (1971)37.  Il Conformista (The Conformist) (1970)38.  Hsia nu (A Touch of Zen) (1969)39.  Fando y Lis (1968)40.  Dutchman (1967)41.  Kenka erejii (Fighting Elegy) (1966)42.  Rekopis znaleziony w Saragossie (The Saragossa Manuscript) (1965)43.  Sei donne per l&#39;assassino (Blood and Black Lace) (1964)44.  The Great Escape (1963)45.  Cape Fear (1962)46.  Yojimbo (1961)47.  Plein soleil (Purple Noon) (1960)48.  Some Like It Hot (1959)49.  Mon oncle (1958)50.  Sweet Smell of Success (1957)51.  Biruma no tategoto (The Burmese Harp) (1956)52.  Rebel Without a Cause (1955)53.  Gojira (Godzilla) (1954)54.  Ugetsu monogatari (1953)55.  Ikiru (1952)56.  A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)57.  D.O.A. (1950)58.  White Heat (1949)59.  Rope (1948)60.  Born to Kill (1947)61.  Black Narcissus (1946)62.  And Then There Were None (1945)63.  The Miracle of Morgan&#39;s Creek (1944)64.  Le Corbeau (1943)65.  Cat People (1942)66.  The Wolf Man (1941)67.  Road to Singapore (1940)68.  Gone with the Wind (1939)69.  The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)70.  Dr&ocirc;le de drame ou L&#39;&eacute;trange aventure de Docteur Molyneux (1937)71.  Flash Gordon (1936/I)72.  Triumph des Willens (Triumph of the Will) (1935)73.  The Thin Man (1934)74.  The Invisible Man (1933)75.  Trouble in Paradise (1932)76.  City Lights (1931)77.  Der Blaue Engel (The Blue Angel) (1930)78.  Chelovek s kino-apparatom (The Man with a Movie Camera) (1929)79.  La Chute de la maison Usher (The Fall of the House of Usher) (1928)80.  The King of Kings (1927)81.  Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed (The Adventures of Prince Achmed) (1926)82.  Stachka (Strike) (1925)83.  The Thief of Bagdad (1924)84.  The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)85.  H&auml;xan (1922)86.  Seven Years Bad Luck (1921)87.  Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam (1920)88.  Blind Husbands (1919)<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Feb 2007 16:57:00 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>Risselada</spout:postby><spout:postto>Risselada Blog</spout:postto><spout:postdate>2/17/2007 11:57:00 AM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Here&amp;rsquo;s the dilemma.  I have a list of well over three thousand movies I want to see saved on IMDB.  I have a subscription to Netflix and recently every time I return a DVD it has been an extremely arduous task to make the decision as to which movie I should see next.  In an effort to narrow down my choices and make the process of choosing slightly less overwhelming I have devised a system, almost a bit of a game for me.  Here&amp;rsquo;s how it goes.For my first film selection, I have narrowed the options down to only films that were released in the year 2006.  Then after I have watched that movie, my next selection would have to be a film released in 2005.  Then I would see a film from 2004, then 2003, etc.  The process of deciding is still laborious, but actually quite a bit more exciting.  (I&amp;#39;m going by IMDB as my source for release years)I have already been making a list and have also already begun watching the films.  I decided this might be a good time to start fooling around with this spoutblog I have until now left unutilized.  So I&amp;rsquo;ll try to start writing a little blurb or so about each movie I watch in this process.My only limitation here is of course movies that are available on Netflix.  Which sadly excludes several I know are available on DVD, and have been longing to see for a long time, but Netflix just doesn&amp;rsquo;t seem to have available.  It&amp;rsquo;d sort of annoying how they do list quite a few movies that that you can put in your queue under &amp;ldquo;saved&amp;rdquo;, yet they obviously do not have available.  I have countless movies in that unavailable but saved queue, and I&amp;rsquo;m not sure that a single one has ever become available.  What&amp;rsquo;s the point I wonder.But if anyone has any recommendations, I&amp;#39;ll take that into consideration.  THANK YOU!---------------------------------------------------------------------------------New addition to this post:Today is Tuesday March 13, and I have completed a preliminary list of all of the movie I will be watching.  Unfortunately many of them were not available on Netflix.  I will hunt those down some day.  I&amp;#39;m don&amp;#39;t doubt that as I make my way through the list I will make a few more changes depending on my mood and other factors, but for now, here it is:1.  Art School Confidential (2006)2.  The Comedians of Comedy (2005)3.  The Passion of the Christ (2004)4.  Ruang rak noi nid mahasan (Last Life in the Universe) (2003)5.  Im toten Winkel - Hitlers Sekret&amp;auml;rin (Blind Spot. Hitler&amp;#39;s Secretary) (2002)6.  El Espinazo del diablo (The Devil&amp;#39;s Backbone) (2001)7.  Werckmeister harm&amp;oacute;ni&amp;aacute;k (Werckmeister Harmonies) (2000)8.  The Virgin Suicides (1999)9.  Buffalo &amp;#39;66 (1998)10.  In the Company of Men (1997)11.  Hard Core Logo (1996)12.  Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995)13.  Hoop Dreams (1994)14.  Short Cuts (1993)15.  In the Soup (1992)16.  Surviving Desire (1991)17.  Misery (1990)18.  Der Siebente Kontinent (The Seventh Continent) (1989)19.  Topio stin omichli (Landscape in the Mist) (1988)20.  Evil Dead II (1987)21.  Ying hung boon sik (1986)22.  Sans toit ni loi (Vagabond) (1985)23.  Sixteen Candles (1984)24.  Videodrome (1983)25.  Chan Is Missing (1982)26.  Coup de torchon (1981)27.  The Ninth Configuration (1980)28.  Hardcore (1979)29.  Halloween (1978)30.  Pumping Iron (1977)31.  Logan&amp;#39;s Run (1976)32.  Tommy (1975)33.  The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)34.  The Exorcist (1973)35.  Kozure &amp;Ocirc;kami: Kowokashi udekashi tsukamatsuru (Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance) (1972)36.  Get Carter (1971)37.  Il Conformista (The Conformist) (1970)38.  Hsia nu (A Touch of Zen) (1969)39.  Fando y Lis (1968)40.  Dutchman (1967)41.  Kenka erejii (Fighting Elegy) (1966)42.  Rekopis znaleziony w Saragossie (The Saragossa Manuscript) (1965)43.  Sei donne per l&amp;#39;assassino (Blood and Black Lace) (1964)44.  The Great Escape (1963)45.  Cape Fear (1962)46.  Yojimbo (1961)47.  Plein soleil (Purple Noon) (1960)48.  Some Like It Hot (1959)49.  Mon oncle (1958)50.  Sweet Smell of Success (1957)51.  Biruma no tategoto (The Burmese Harp) (1956)52.  Rebel Without a Cause (1955)53.  Gojira (Godzilla) (1954)54.  Ugetsu monogatari (1953)55.  Ikiru (1952)56.  A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)57.  D.O.A. (1950)58.  White Heat (1949)59.  Rope (1948)60.  Born to Kill (1947)61.  Black Narcissus (1946)62.  And Then There Were None (1945)63.  The Miracle of Morgan&amp;#39;s Creek (1944)64.  Le Corbeau (1943)65.  Cat People (1942)66.  The Wolf Man (1941)67.  Road to Singapore (1940)68.  Gone with the Wind (1939)69.  The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)70.  Dr&amp;ocirc;le de drame ou L&amp;#39;&amp;eacute;trange aventure de Docteur Molyneux (1937)71.  Flash Gordon (1936/I)72.  Triumph des Willens (Triumph of the Will) (1935)73.  The Thin Man (1934)74.  The Invisible Man (1933)75.  Trouble in Paradise (1932)76.  City Lights (1931)77.  Der Blaue Engel (The Blue Angel) (1930)78.  Chelovek s kino-apparatom (The Man with a Movie Camera) (1929)79.  La Chute de la maison Usher (The Fall of the House of Usher) (1928)80.  The King of Kings (1927)81.  Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed (The Adventures of Prince Achmed) (1926)82.  Stachka (Strike) (1925)83.  The Thief of Bagdad (1924)84.  The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)85.  H&amp;auml;xan (1922)86.  Seven Years Bad Luck (1921)87.  Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam (1920)88.  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<strong>Number of times used:</strong> 130</br><br/>
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<strong><br/> Number of films tagged:</strong> 414</br><br/>
<strong>Number of people who tagged:</strong> 35</br><br/>
<strong>Number of times used:</strong> 49</br><br/>
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<strong><br/> Number of films tagged:</strong> 37</br><br/>
<strong>Number of people who tagged:</strong> 23</br><br/>
<strong>Number of times used:</strong> 39</br><br/>
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<strong><br/> Number of films tagged:</strong> 396</br><br/>
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<strong><br/> Number of films tagged:</strong> 15</br><br/>
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