Posted by: nanmcvittie | December 9, 2009

If Our Semester Lasted Another 20 Weeks…

I would have included all of the following films.  (This is also assuming I suddenly had complete power to dictate the syllabus) As it is, I thought I’d throw these out there in case anyone was looking to beef up their Netflix queue.

1. Sunset Blvd.

(Billy Wilder, 1950)

2. Some Like It Hot

(Billy Wilder, 1959)

3. Tokyo Story

(Yasujiro Ozu, 1953)

4. The Bigamist

(Ida Lupino, 1953)

5. Pick-Up on South Street

(Sam Fuller, 1953)

6. The Third Man

(Carol Reed, 1949)

7. Jules et Jim

(Francois Truffaut, 1962)

8. The Quiet Man

(John Ford, 1952)

9. My Man Godfrey

(Gregory LaCava, 1936)

10. The Tingler

(William Castle, 1959)

11. The Apartment

(Billy Wilder, 1960)

12. The Thing From Another World

(Christian Nyby (credited), Howard Hawks (uncredited), 1951 )

13. All That Heaven Allows

(Douglas Sirk, 1955)

14. Scorpio Rising

(Kenneth Anger, 1964)

15. The Searchers

(John Ford, 1956)

16. The Women

(George Cukor, 1939)

17. All About Eve

(Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1950)

18. Johnny Guitar

(Nicholas Ray, 1954)

19. The Fallen Idol

(Carol Reed, 1948)

20. The Thin Man

(W.S. Van Dyke, 1934)

If you manage to catch even one of these films over break, you’ll be a happier person for it.

Thanks again, guys, for a great term!


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  1. [...] going to borrow a great idea from Nancy, who posted a list on her blog of 20 more films she would have assigned if there were 20 more [...]


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