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Films Seen: Listology Scoreboard 2012

I got Berlin Alexanderplatz through Netflix. It is still available that way. One review I read strongly suggested that, if one were not well acquainted with the film and the history of the work, they watch the last disc first because it contains some important explanatory material about it. I did that and it did help me with the work.

Also, if you have access to a library that will do Interlibrary Loan for films (mine does), consider that method. Its cheaper than Netflix unless you are already a Netflix subscriber. Not available through Netflix Instant Play, though.

2/2/2012 View
Films Seen: Listology Scoreboard 2012

I was having problems with one of my lists saving. But only one of them. No matter what I did, the Captcha would not work. But other lists were saving without problems, even if I was prompted for a Captcha. Ultimately, it turned out that removing all hyphens in the list and author comment areas allowed me to save my list. So if someone else, or if this list, has that problem, here is a potential solution. Remove ALL hyphens (minus sign). No other symbol which is also a mathematical symbol seems to have a problem ... at this point. This FYI.

1/22/2012 View
Films Seen: 2012

Fellow Scoreboard member here. Curious, what are the slashes around the names of some movies? I was thinking "seen in a theater", but Rear Window? So I'm asking.

1/11/2012 View
Films Seen: Listology Scoreboard 2012

There's the spirit!

1/11/2012 View
Films Seen: Listology Scoreboard 2012

The trick to getting that high is to push films as much as you can early in the year. That way, when life gets too real, you are already ahead of the game. In 2010 I not only met, but significantly passed my goal of 365 films. This was how I did it.

1/11/2012 View
Films Seen: Listology Scoreboard 2012

I'd also like to play again. http://www.listology.com/dashforcover/list/2012-movie-log

1/10/2012 View
IMDB Top 250 movies (as of 12/31/2010)

Thanks for cloning this. I accidentally screwed up my copy of it. And yours is perfect to re-create it! I'm doing the new one as I write.

12/31/2011 View
The Guardian's 100 Greatest Non-Fiction Books

As your #20 book you have The Second Sex. Two titles below that is a title "The Medium is the Massage". The actual title of this book is "The Medium is the Message". Its an interesting book, but has some invalid assumptions in it. McLuhan starts discussing the revolution in music generated by the Beatles as though what they did was fully unique. He was unaware of the influence on their music that came from the US R&B music.

6/18/2011 View
The Guardian's 100 Greatest Non-Fiction Books

I changed the order to be alphabetical by title.

6/18/2011 View
2011 Reading Log

Do feel free, misscurly! I wondered if anyone had actually read them. I'm pleased to know someone took the time to read my musings. And not only enjoyed them, but found the idea useful, too.

6/14/2011 View
Listology Spam Brigade

cmonster, I would be willing to help, but not until mid-June. I'm on Listology almost every day, sometimes multiple times a day. So if you still need help mid-June, count me in.

If its getting really bad, it might be a good idea to have several of us doing it.

BTW, My comments seem to always trigger a CAPTCHA.

5/3/2011 View
Alfred Hitchcock Anniversary Quiz

Surely the honor must go to the inimitable Leo G. Carroll who had honorific titles in all 6 Hitch films in which he appeared, with only one duplication. Here is the list:

Rebecca - Dr. Baker
Suspicion - Captain Melbeck
Spellbound - Dr. Murchison
The Paradine Case - Sir Joseph
Strangers on a Train - Sen. Morton
North by Northwest - The Professor

Some may argue that The Professor does not count. I claim it does since, if the character had a full name, it would have been Prof. whatever. Simply because there is no surname, it does not follow that Professor is not an honorific.

5/1/2011 View
Academy Awards: Foreign Language Feature Nominees and Winners

Thanks! I've corrected it.

4/3/2011 View
1001 (+) Movies You Must See Before You Die (should be all editions - 2009)

You have listed The Bank (1940) (just above your current #36). The title actually is: The Bank Dick (1940; Edward F. Cline)
Also, there are the following errors:
Storszek (1977) should be Stroszek (1977)
The Battle of Narayama (1983) should be The Ballad of Narayama (1983)
The Phoenix City Story (1955) should be The Phenix City Story (1955) (Its not the same city as the one in Arizona)
The Will be Blood (2007) should be There Will be Blood (2007)

Also, I'm wondering if you have access to all editions of this. I show some titles in my list that are not in yours, but may be things that well-wishing folks or self-styled experts added to the list. My only source for the lists are those here on listology.

The ones I have that are not in your list at all are:
Vampyr (1932)
The Unvanquished [Aparajito] (1957)
Drowning by Numbers (1988)
Story of Women [Une affaire de femmes] (1988)
The Pillow Book (1996)

On my list from 5 editions (though I don't know which 5), I'm missing these from your current list here (for the benefit of others):
Top Hat (1935)
Midnight Song (1937)
Open City (1945)
The Stranger (1946)
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
Black Orpheus (1959)
The 400 Blows (1959)
La Joven (1960)
Keeper of Promises (1962)
An Autumn Afternoon (1962)
Before the Revolution (1964)
The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964)
The Bird with The Crystal Plumage (1970)
The Mirror (1974)
Five Deadly Venoms (1978)
Tootsie (1982)
Top Gun (1986)
No Fear, No Die (1990)
Once Upon a Time in China (1991)
Tongues Untied (1991)
All About My Mother (1999)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Kandahar (2001)
Paranormal Activity (2007)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
Let the Right One In (2008)
Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2008)
Avatar (2009)
An Education (2009)
Fish Tank (2009)
Inglorious Basterds (2009)
Precious (2009)
The Hangover (2009)
The Hurt Locker (2009)
The White Ribbon (2009)

Thanks for all your hard work!

4/1/2011 View
Films Seen: Listology Scoreboard 2011

My kind of guy. And the kind I'll be this year. Just happy to be a part of this. Even if I'm not near the top, its fun seeing who is around me and how the others move in the list.

2/2/2011 View