It’s my birthday again.
If ever there’s a day where it’s permissible to have cake for breakfast, it has to be today, right?
If you’ve been around this site for a little while, you may or may not remember that I have an annual birthday tradition. Someone I know once suggested that I make a list of things I want to do before my next birthday and seal the list in an envelope. Then, the next year I was to open the envelope on my birthday, see what I’d managed to serendipitously do (since most of the list is almost immediately forgotten), and then make a new list.
Over the years, I have morphed the idea into making a little watchlist for myself – choosing 21 titles I hope to watch by my next birthday. I might watch ’em, I might not.
The bad news is that over the last few years, I have only ever managed to get through six or seven of the twenty-one. The good news though is that looking through older lists, I’ve managed to get to more as ime goes on.
Out of last year’s twenty-one, I got through seven:
BREATHLESS
EAST OF EDEN
PRIMER
THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC
CHARIOTS OF FIRE
RULES OF THE GAME
ACE IN THE HOLE
I wonder if this is the year I finally get to double-digits. The new list is below.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to try not to get soaked in a rainstorm.
THE HUDSUCKER PROXY
VIVRE SA VIE
48 HOURS
KISS ME, STUPID
KUNDUN
EYES WITHOUT A FACE
GIANT
BATTLE ROYALE
MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO
ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA
GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS
DEFENDING YOUR LIFE
THE STATION AGENT
THE THREE COLOURS Trilogy
THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
DANCER IN THE DARK
TASTE OF CHERRY
SANJURO
THE FALL
LEGENDS OF THE FALL