Tuesday, March 11, 2008

AFI Update
This is an update to a MySpace.com blog wherein Lucas and I tallied how many of the AFI's 100 greatest movies we had seen. Once that I found out that I had only seen like half (I was shocked by this) I was inspired to get a hold of these movies and watch them quickly. Well I worked my queue and DVR and I began catching up slowly. That is until AFI released a ten year anniversary list last summer adding like twenty new movies to the list. Well recently I have been working hard to spend my movie watching free time knocking films off of both my lists. So as I move forward I will be bringing up a film now and then that is worth getting a hold of.

This Week I fell in love with 12 Angry Men, again. It is a perfect film. I thought I had seen it before, but couldn't remember exactly (so I had to watch it again). I started it while doing dishes and before five minutes had gone by, I was on the couch entranced. This drama was filmed mostly on a single set, and plays out one of the simplest stories, just perfect.

Stay tuned... I have lots of films to go.

2 comments:

Burtopia said...

I'm not 100% sure about the original, but the remake was also filmed in scene order. They remained true to the original in every other aspect, so I wonder if the original was also shot in this manner.

Amber Strahl said...

I'm always excited and impressed with myself when I've seen something you or Lucas has not. Even if it is just a fluke. Like Tootsie, saw that gem quite a long time ago.