Ryan McNeil
It’s my birthday today.
I have a little tradition, first suggested by a friend of a friend, and that is to make a list of things I’d like to do in the next year. Once the list is done, I seal it inside an envelope and refrain from looking at it until the next year. The idea is to see what you happened to serendipitously accomplish.
Some years are better than others, but I’ve really started to take a shining to it. So much so that I thought I’d even extend it a little bit. This year, I’ll be posting a list of 21 movies I’ve never seen before, and on my next birthday, I’ll come back to this post and see how many I managed to watch.
In case you’re curious, the list is behind the jump. Now if you’ll pardon me, I’m off to eat some cake.
HARVEY
FIVE EASY PIECES
LOCK, STOCK, AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS
MANHATTAN*
LA DOLCE VITA
BOTTLE ROCKET
HAROLD AND MAUDE
STRIPES*
THE RED SHOES*
THE GOLD RUSH
A NIGHT AT THE OPERA
RAISING ARIZONA*
THE AFRICAN QUEEN
ERASERHEAD
PRIDE OF THE YANKEES
RASHOMON*
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD
SMOKE
WOMAN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN*
GROUNDHOG DAY*
NETWORK
HAPPY FRAKEN BIRTHDAY MAN!!!!
I’m really sorry I missed the shindig š
~ B ~
Oh – and I think I have a burned copy of #19. I’ll try to find it for you.
~ B ~
oh I’m so excited for you to enjoy all those movies! Harvey and Harold and Maude are two of my all-time favorites, so I hope you like them. And have a great birthday!
Happy Birthday! The list is a great idea, but opening it a year later could be a little depressing…
Thanks everyone!
PS Ivy – Every list of 21 items that I’ve made has always gone incomplete come the next year. But given that by twelve months later, you’ve almost forgotten all of it anyway, it’s not so much disappointment in what you haven’t done, as joy an surprise in what you have.
Give it a go on your next b-day!
Happy Birthday!
I’ve been meaning to see Five Easy Pieces forever.
Happy Birthday Hatter!
Awesome list of films that – getting to see those is certainly a great big present for yourself š Enjoy!
Zang – you are going to have some fun with some of those movies! A few of them are fav's of mine!
Happy birthday, Mav!
Happy birthday. Believe me, when you see Rashomon, you’re going to instantly like it. Of course, if you ask for my opinion, I’d have difficulty to choose between Akira Kurosawa’s Rashomon and Zhang Yimou’s Hero, which both have different stories but relatively similar plot structure.