Art House Everyday!

This summer, I’ve set several goals for myself. One of the ones I’m most excited about (besides a long awaited entrance into the workforce) is watching 50 artsy-fartsy films. It’s more like 49, and most of them are regarded worldwide as cinematic masterpieces. With great joy and enthusiasm I announce that I will watch or (re-watch) one of the following films every day and simultaneously cross out a good 70% of the movies on my netflix queue:

1. Alexander Nevsky (1938)
2. Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
3. L’Avventura (1960)
4. Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
5. Beauty and the Beast (1946)
6. Black Orpheus (1959)
7. Brief Encounter (1945)
8. The Fallen Idol (1948)
9. Fires on the Plain (1959)
10. Fists in the Pocket (1965)
11. Floating Weeds (1959)
12. Forbidden Games (1952)
13. The 400 Blows (1959)
14. Grand Illusion (1937)
15. Haxan (1922)
16. Ikiru (1952)
17. The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
18. Ivan the Terrible, Part II (1958)
19. Le Jour Se Leve (1939)
20. Jules and Jim (1962)
21. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
22. Knife in the Water (1962)
23. The Lady Vanishes (1938)
24. The Life and Death of Colonel Blim (1943)
25. Loves of a Blonde (1965)
26. M (1931)
27. M. Hulot’s Holiday (1953)
28. Miss Julie (1951)
29. Pandora’s Box (1929)
30. Pepe Le Moko (1937)
31. Il Posto (1961)
32. Pygmalion (1938)
33. Rashomon (1950)
34. Richard III (1955)
35. The Rules of the Game (1939)
36. Seven Samurai (1954)
37. The Seventh Seal (1957)
38. The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
39. La Strada (1954)
40. Summertime (1955)
41. The Third Man (1949)
42. The 39 Steps (1935)
43. Ugetsu (1953)
44. Umberto D. (1952)
45. The Virgin Spring (1960)
46. Viridiana (1961)
47. The Wages of Fear (1953)
48. The White Sheik (1952)
49. Wild Strawberries (1957)

SO EXCITED.