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Antares' Half Century of Life and Films Marathon
« on: April 02, 2011, 06:22:12 PM »
Got this idea from some friends at the DCO forum. I was born in 1960 and celebrated my fiftieth birthday last year. This marathon will consist of viewing one film (Which I haven't seen yet) from every year of my life. Hopefully, it won't take me fifty years to finish. ;)

L'avventura (1960)
Lola (1961)
Ivan's Childhood (1962)
Black Sabbath (1963)
Band of Outsiders (1964)
Juliet of the Spirits (1965)
The Battle of Algiers (1966)
Branded to Kill (1967)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968)
The Honeymoon Killers (1969)
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970)
The Last Picture Show (1971)
Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972)
Scenes from a Marriage (1973)
The Night Porter (1974)
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (1975)
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
Eraserhead (1977)
La cage aux folles (1978)
The Tin Drum (1979)
Melvin and Howard (1980)
Chariots of Fire (1981)
Blade Runner (1982)
Tender Mercies (1983)
Paris, Texas (1984)
Brazil (1985)
Manhunter (1986)
Wings of Desire (1987)
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989)
La Femme Nikita (1990)
El mariachi (1992)
Naked (1993)
Three Colors: Red (1994)
Se7en (1995)
Kolya (1996)
The Ice Storm (1997)
Rushmore (1998)
Magnolia (1999)
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Mulholland Dr. (2001)
City of God (2002)
Goodbye Lenin! (2003)
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Broken Flowers (2005)
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
Hot Fuzz (2007)
The Brothers Bloom (2008)
An Education (2009)
The Social Network (2010)
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Re: Antares' Half Century of Life and Films Marathon
« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2011, 09:19:00 PM »
That's a great batch of films there.  A lot of my favorites (and a few of my least favorites).

Haven't seen these:

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968)
La cage aux folles (1978)
Chariots of Fire (1981)
Tender Mercies (1983)
Kolya (1996)
Goodbye Lenin! (2003)
The Brothers Bloom (2008)

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Re: Antares' Half Century of Life and Films Marathon
« Reply #2 on: April 02, 2011, 10:07:14 PM »
I feel like I need to do a marathon like this only with years I don't presently have a top-200 contender out of...so mostly pre-60s.

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Re: Antares' Half Century of Life and Films Marathon
« Reply #3 on: April 02, 2011, 11:58:35 PM »
Great list.  I look forward to reading your write ups.
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Re: Antares' Half Century of Life and Films Marathon
« Reply #4 on: April 03, 2011, 11:09:15 AM »
I'm going to try and finish the list before my birthday in October, but I'm not optimistic about my chances.
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« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2011, 10:59:10 PM »
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (1968) 4/5 - This is one of those forgotten little gems from the mid-sixties which at first comes across as your atypical southern pot-boiler. It has elements of bigotry, coming of age and teenage angst which were prevalent in a lot of the films of the time. But this film had a soul, and that soul belonged to John Singer, a lonely man who happens to be deaf and mute. Marvelously played by Alan Arkin, I had forgotten how great an actor he could be, when given the right performance. He never utters a word throughout the film, but his sincerity and also his inner pain is richly portrayed. The story meanders its way through the people that Singer comes in contact with throughout a lazy summer in rural Georgia. Each has their own personal strife and Singer becomes their sounding board as he becomes therapeutic in resolving these issues, just by listening to their troubles. But in the end, his own loneliness and despair will trigger a serious event, which those who have come to know him, will not expect.

Is this a great film? No...it has moments that tend to drag a bit, and at times the portrayals of a few of the lesser characters is extremely wooden, but I would recommend this film just to see Arkin's memorable performance. Also, if you can only think of Sondra Locke in those old Clint Eastwood beer and brawling films from the late 70's, then I also recommend it to see why she was at one time considered, an up and coming prospect in films. After watching this film, I now believe that hooking up with Clint Eastwood, probably sabotaged her career, there was a true gleam of promise there.
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Re: Antares' Half Century of Life and Films Marathon
« Reply #6 on: April 14, 2011, 11:10:31 AM »
Intriguing. I would like to see that Arkin performance you mention but not sure if I care to sit through the rest. It certainly looks different, I'll give it that.

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Re: Antares' Half Century of Life and Films Marathon
« Reply #7 on: April 14, 2011, 12:40:54 PM »
The film is definitely a product of its time. I doubt I would re-visit it anytime in the near future.
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Re: Antares' Half Century of Life and Films Marathon
« Reply #8 on: April 14, 2011, 02:35:21 PM »
The film is definitely a product of its time.

You lived through 1968, you were eight. Any special memories from that year? Did you watch a lot of movies at that age? If so, what?

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Re: Antares' Half Century of Life and Films Marathon
« Reply #9 on: April 14, 2011, 02:38:57 PM »
Not sure about Tender Mercies but your run from 1982 to 1988 is going to be amazing. I saw most of Manhunter again recently. It is trippy and Cox's Lecter is.....clinical.
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