On Thursday, I got to go to a theatrical screening of Dazed and Confused, which isn’t just one of my favorite comedies but one of my all time favorite films. It was great to see Richard Linklater’s ode to the 70s on the big screen but it also symbolizes something else: the start of summer. So I’ve decided to announce that this season I plan to start a marathon of movies.
I don’t have any particular plan set up but I do have some ideas. I’ll start watching The Three Colors Trilogy soon and watch Rashomon again and maybe write a comparison of it to Arrested Development’s fourth season. I also have a giant stack of DVDs ready to be watched, including Notorious, The Searchers, Three Outlaw Samurai, and The Deer Hunter, plus I got a double Criterion Collection set of Yasujiro Ozu’s The Only Son and There Was A Father.
I’d like to thank all my readers and followers for supporting me along the way. By August, Cinematic will have been up for two years and I’m trying to come up with something special planned. In the meantime, have a great summer.
Sounds like a plan 🙂
By: le0pard13 on June 14, 2013
at 11:06 am
Thanks for the comment. Love the song “School’s Out.”
By: ckckred on June 14, 2013
at 12:11 pm
Sounds like a solid summer of quality movie watching! Who could ask for anything more? 🙂
By: Three Rows Back on June 14, 2013
at 1:00 pm
Thanks for the comment! I have a lot of great films in store.
By: ckckred on June 14, 2013
at 1:22 pm
You sure do!
By: Three Rows Back on June 14, 2013
at 1:24 pm
Excellent! Three Colours Red and The Deer Hunter are two of my all-time favourites. I’ve never quite got the hang of Ozu – but feel like I’m missing out so looking forward to seeing what you have to say…
By: beautifulorange on June 14, 2013
at 1:50 pm
Thanks! I’ve been waiting to see both Three Colors and The Deer Hunter for quite a while. It took me some time to get into Ozu. When I first saw Floating Weeds, I didn’t appreciate it at first but when I watched it again it really amazed me.
By: ckckred on June 14, 2013
at 2:11 pm
Love me some Dazed and Confused.
By: Mark Walker on June 15, 2013
at 4:47 am
I always have an annual ritual of seeing Dazed and Confused at the beginning of summer. One of the best comedies ever.
By: ckckred on June 15, 2013
at 8:00 am
Oh hell yeah. I would LOVE to see Dazed and Confused on the big screen. It’s one of my all-time favorites as well.
By: Eric @ The Warning Sign on June 17, 2013
at 8:34 pm
It was great to see in theaters and I went with a friend who never saw the movie and really loved it as well.
By: ckckred on June 18, 2013
at 7:58 am