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Alternative '1001 Movies you must see before you die' (updated)

Make Way For Tomorrow and The Ladies' Man are on the original list.

3/1/2006 View
Alternative '1001 Movies you must see before you die' (updated)

No trouble at all. Tokyo Olympiad is also in the original book

2/18/2006 View
Alternative '1001 Movies you must see before you die' (updated)

Mighty Aphrodite (Allen, 1995) [though I think there are probably too many Allen films on this list, this is one of his most underrated]
Brother's Keeper (Joe Berlinger & Bruce Sinofsky, 1992)
Moonrise (Frank Borzage, 1948)
Chocolat (Claire Denis, 1988)
Passing Fancy (Ozu, 1933)
Late Autumn (Ozu, 1960)

2/18/2006 View
Alternative '1001 Movies you must see before you die' (updated)

And while I think of them...

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (H.C. Potter, 1948)
Libeled Lady (Jack Conway, 1936)
Don Giovanni (Joseph Losey, 1979)
The Love Parade (Ernst Lubitsch, 1929)
The Lower Depths (Kurosawa, 1957)
High And Low (Kurosawa, 1963)
Red Dust (Victor Fleming, 1932)

2/18/2006 View
Alternative '1001 Movies you must see before you die' (updated)

Funny Games and Five Deadly Venoms are both actually on the original list

2/18/2006 View
small brunettes game: find bands by initials of their members' names

Guess I'll keep going

26. The Velvet Underground (John Cale, Sterling Morrison, Maureen Tucker, Lou Reed)
27. ABBA

2/16/2006 View
small brunettes game: find bands by initials of their members' names

Yes, hopefully someone else will join in to make it a bit more exciting.

2/15/2006 View
small brunettes game: find bands by initials of their members' names

1. Queen (Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, John Deacon)
8. The Clash (Mick Jones, Joe Strummer, Paul Simonon)

2/15/2006 View
10 things I'm most proud of myself for

That first one is pretty impressive. Did you just spend the whole week at home by yourself, or did you actually go out in public and still avoid saying anything?

2/15/2006 View
small brunettes game: find bands by initials of their members' names

19. The Who (Keith Moon, Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, John Entwistle)

2/15/2006 View
small brunettes game: find bands by initials of their members' names

2. Metallica (James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, Jason Newsted, Dave Mustaine)
5. Roxy Music
7. Ramones (Joey Ramone, Dee Dee Ramone, Marky Ramone, Johnny Ramone)

2/14/2006 View
small brunettes game: find bands by initials of their members' names

4. Rolling Stones (Keith Richards, Mick Taylor, Brian Jones, Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts)
13. Led Zeppelin (John Bonham, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones)
14. Pink Floyd (Syd Barrett, David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Roger Waters)
16. Nirvana (Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic, Dave Grohl)

2/14/2006 View
Game with Music Groups

3. Queens of the Stone Age
17. Cracker

You guys might be interested in this: http://www.pithrecords.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1207

2/9/2006 View
100 Best Books of all time

#65: I think you'll find that Ethan Frome was written by Edith Wharton. And whoever wrote it, it sure ain't better than War and Peace

2/3/2006 View
1,001 Albums You Must Hear

The other day as a joke I typed "1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die" into google, to see if anything came up, not expecting anything. But it turns out that such a book is in the works, to be released in March. It might also be of interest to listologists.

1/25/2006 View