More Stolen Ideas
Taken directly from the frames of High Fidelity, here are my Top Five Side One, Track One songs of All-Time.
1. Two of Us - Let it Be - The Beatles
2. Black Dog - IV - Led Zeppelin
3. The Moon is Down - The Moon is Down - Further Seems Forever
4. Where the Streets Have No Name - The Joshua Tree - U2
5. As You Wish - Fallen Star Collection - Brandtson
Anyone...yes anyone that would like to commit their Top Five to the list may as they please.
z.james
Stolen Ideas
I don't normally steal ideas from other people, but Jason Panella is a good friend of mine, and from the looks of it, he stole the idea from Buddy. So, oh well. Here is the American Film Institute's Top 100 film list from a couple years ago, and I'm going to mark the ones I've seen with an *, and in the rare occasion I own one of them **.
1. CITIZEN KANE (1941)
*2. CASABLANCA (1942)
*3. THE GODFATHER (1972)
4. GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
*5. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
*6. THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)
*7. THE GRADUATE (1967)
8. ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)
*9. SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993)
10. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952)
11. IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)
12. SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)
13. THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957)
*14. SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)
**15. STAR WARS (1977)
16. ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
17. THE AFRICAN QUEEN (1951)
*18. PSYCHO (1960)
*19. CHINATOWN (1974)
20. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1975)
21. THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1940)
22. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)
23. THE MALTESE FALCON (1941)
*24. RAGING BULL
**25. E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)
*26. DR. STRANGELOVE (1964)
27. BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967)
*28. APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)
29. MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)
30. THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948)
31. ANNIE HALL (1977)
*32. THE GODFATHER PART II (1974)
*33. HIGH NOON (1952)
*34. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)
35. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)
36. MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969)
37. THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946)
*38. DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)
39. DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1965)
40. NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
41. WEST SIDE STORY (1961)
*42. REAR WINDOW (1954)
43. KING KONG (1933)
44. THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915)
45. A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1951)
*46. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971)
*47. TAXI DRIVER (1976)
*48. JAWS (1975)
*49. SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937)
*50. BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)
51. THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940)
52. FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953)
53. AMADEUS (1984)
54. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)
*55. THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965)
*56. M*A*S*H (1970)
*57. THE THIRD MAN (1949)
**58. FANTASIA (1940)
*59. REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)
**60. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)
61. VERTIGO (1958)
62. TOOTSIE (1982)
*63. STAGECOACH (1939)
64. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977)
**65. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991)
66. NETWORK (1976)
67. THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962)
68. AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951)
69. SHANE (1953)
70. THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971)
*71. FORREST GUMP (1994)
*72. BEN-HUR (1959)
73. WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939)
74. THE GOLD RUSH (1925)
*75. DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990)
76. CITY LIGHTS (1931)
*77. AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973)
*78. ROCKY (1976)
79. THE DEER HUNTER (1978)
80. THE WILD BUNCH (1969)
*81. MODERN TIMES (1936)
82. GIANT (1956)
*83. PLATOON (1986)
*84. FARGO (1996)
85. DUCK SOUP (1933)
86. MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1935)
87. FRANKENSTEIN (1931)
88. EASY RIDER (1969)
89. PATTON (1970)
90. THE JAZZ SINGER (1927)
*91. MY FAIR LADY (1964)
92. A PLACE IN THE SUN (1951)
93. THE APARTMENT (1960)
*94. GOODFELLAS (1990)
**95. PULP FICTION (1994)
96. THE SEARCHERS (1956)
97. BRINGING UP BABY (1938)
98. UNFORGIVEN (1992)
99. GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER (1967)
100. YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942)
Now this is a list that I will continue to work on, but don't always agree totally with. Also, like Jason, I have seen some of these films, just not the entire thing and didn't want to count partial viewings. Later.
Oh, yeah. One more thing:
HERE WE GO STEELERS!
z.james
