The Quest for 1,000 Films

A film buff's quest to view all the films on They Shoot Pictures, Don't They's 1,000 Greatest Films list (www.theyshootpictures.com/gf1000)

Monday, January 24, 2022

Farewell for now

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Dear readers of this blog, For quite some time, this blog has been stumbling along, in spite of my failure to keep up with it properly. Then...
Friday, January 7, 2022

Vive L'Amour (1994, Tsai Ming-Liang)

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Quest Status: 762 / 1000 TSPDT Rank #752 In the opening shot of Vive L'Amour , we see a young salesman (Lee Kang-sheng) steal a key. Th...
Saturday, December 18, 2021

2 or 3 Things I Know About Her (1967, Jean-Luc Godard)

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Quest Status: 761 / 1000 TSPDT Rank #250 Oh boy. Let us begin with this quote from the Criterion Collection's official description of t...
Saturday, November 27, 2021

Salvatore Giuliano (1962, Francesco Rosi)

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Quest Status: 760 / 1000 TSPDT Rank #377 Usually when a person's name is the title of a film, it means that that person is the film...
Saturday, October 23, 2021

The Naked Island (1960, Kaneto Shindo)

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Quest Status: 759 / 1000 TSPDT Rank #876 Kaneto Shindo is primarily known in the West for his classic samurai horror films Onibaba and Kur...
Friday, October 15, 2021

Bad Lieutenant (1992, Abel Ferrara)

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Quest Status: 758 / 1000 TSPDT Rank #907 Most movies involving copious drug use tend to try to recreate the experience for the viewer, with...
Monday, September 20, 2021

Floating Weeds (1959, Yasujiro Ozu)

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Quest Status: 757 / 1000 TSPDT Rank #966 The films of Yasujiro Ozu are a rare breed. Heavy with emotion, but moving along with a light touc...
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I have been charting my progress on the 1,000 Greatest Films list from They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? for over ten years now. The quest continues! You can also check out my spinoff blog at https://cinema-cycles.tumblr.com/
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