http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/posts/tags/vertigo/page/1/ I want to go through life jumping into fountains naked. en Vox Sun, 11 May 2008 04:02:36 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss vertigo http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/post/julie-has-vertigo.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(Sean & Stefan) http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/post/julie-has-vertigo.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/post/julie-has-vertigo.html?_c=feed-rss-full Sun, 11 May 2008 04:02:36 -0700 <p><strong>Sean and Stefan say...</strong></p> <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00d41449676f6a4700cd973e0e9a4cd5" at:format="large" at:align="right" class="enclosure enclosure-right enclosure-large photo-enclosure" style="text-align: center; float: right;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="padding: 9px; border: 1px solid; width: px; margin: 0 0 20px 20px;" > <div class="enclosure-list"> <div class="enclosure-item photo-asset last"> <div class="enclosure-image"> <a href="http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d41449676f6a4700cd973e0e9a4cd5.html"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d41449676f6a4700cd973e0e9a4cd5-320pi" alt="Vertigo - Sean's Favorite Film Scene" title="Vertigo - Sean's Favorite Film Scene" /></a> </div> <div class="enclosure-meta"> <div class="enclosure-asset-name"><a href="http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d41449676f6a4700cd973e0e9a4cd5.html" title="Vertigo - Sean's Favorite Film Scene">Vertigo - Sean's Favorite Film Scene</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end enclosure --> <p>Yesterday we spent a great and (what turned out to be) beautiful day with our friend <strong>Julie </strong>(sporting a lovely hair-do we might add)!&#160; We saw <strong>Sean</strong>&#39;s favorite flick <strong><u><em>EVER</em></u></strong>, <strong>Alfred Hitchcock</strong>&#39;s <strong>Vertigo</strong> in a revival at what is becoming our favorite theatre pastime <strong><a href="http://www.thecharles.com/">The Charles</a></strong>.&#160; And then we continued on to <strong>Cafe Hon </strong>in <strong>Baltimore&#39;s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampden,_Baltimore">Hampden</a> </strong>area.&#160; The theatre was packed and the film got a round of applause at the end. As we drove over to <strong><a href="http://cafehon.ezsitemaster.com/">Cafe Hon</a></strong>, we debated the reasons why the film ended the way it did and whether the ledges of&#160;Spanish mission bell towers are really that wide.&#160;<strong>Stefan</strong> later proved himself by remembering what <strong>Sean</strong>&#39;s favorite <strong>Vertigo</strong> scene was without prompting as well as showing sympathy for poor Midge (<strong>Barbara</strong> <strong>BelGeddes</strong>), <strong>Jimmy Stewart</strong>&#39;s character&#39;s pining ex-fiance who obsesses in her own way. <strong>Stefan</strong> led us on a shopping tour after a late brunch. <a href="http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/post/can-you-really-ever-trust-a-woman-named-phyllis.html"><strong>This all felt like it happened before but it really didn&#39;t.</strong></a> It was great to see <strong>Julie</strong>; she always gives us welcome and sage advise! </p> <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00d41449676f6a4700f48d15a7580001" at:format="auto" at:align="center" class="enclosure enclosure-center enclosure-auto embed-enclosure" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="width: 425px;" > <div class="enclosure-list"> <div class="enclosure-item embed-asset last"> <div class="enclosure-embed"> <iframe class="enclosure-iframe" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" src="http://a0.vox-data.com/6a00d41449676f6a4700f48d15a7580001-html" style="width: 425px; height: 355px;"></iframe> </div> <div class="enclosure-meta"> <div class="enclosure-asset-name">Kim Novak: Judy Becomes Madeline</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end enclosure --> <p></p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/post/julie-has-vertigo.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d41449676f6a4700f48cf6f7480003?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> movie movies baltimore vertigo alfred hitchcock jimmy stewart kim novak cafe hon charles theatre barbara belgeddes http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/post/seans-top-100-films-2007-edition.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(Sean & Stefan) http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/post/seans-top-100-films-2007-edition.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/post/seans-top-100-films-2007-edition.html?_c=feed-rss-full Sun, 08 Jul 2007 09:32:40 -0700 <div> <div> <div><strong>Sean says...</strong></div> <div>&#160;</div> <div>As&#160;many of you know, I am a&#160;<span style="FONT-SIZE: 1.25em"><strong>BIG</strong></span> movie nerd.&#160; Recently, the <strong>American Film Institute </strong>(AFI) revised their top 100 list and so did I! (<em>This post is a repeat of the email that previously went out June 20, 2007.</em>) Since 2003, I have biannually prepared a list of the best films ever made in my humble opinion. Listed below is the 2007 version of this list. I have a more detailed breakdown that is still be prepared with various statistics and cross referencing that you can all see if you so dare to. So on with the list and enjoy! </div> <div>&#160;</div> <div><u>This list has been shaken up considerably from the previous two!</u> The criteria for this list is cultural impact, awards, critical reviews, ability to entertain over time, and my personal taste. This year&#160;I let my personal taste impact the list more than usual so it reflected me and not just critics.&#160; <strong>Please note that this list contains silent and foreign films as well as the usual American ones (AFI&#39;s does not).</strong> </div> <div>&#160;</div> <div>Look at <a href="http://www.imdb.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc">http://www.imdb.com/</span></a>&#160;if you don&#39;t know or remember a film. And I encourage you to make your own list or argue with me about mine! </div> <div>&#160;</div> <div><u>Enjoy!</u> </div> <div>&#160;</div> <div><strong>Sean&#39;s Top 100 Films of All Time Part III (2007 Edition)</strong></div> <div>&#160;</div> <div>1. Casablanca</div> <div>2. Vertigo</div> <div> <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00d41449676f6a4700cd973e0e9a4cd5" at:format="large" at:align="left" class="enclosure enclosure-left enclosure-large photo-enclosure" style="text-align: center; float: left;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="padding: 9px; border: 1px solid; width: px; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" > <div class="enclosure-list"> <div class="enclosure-item photo-asset last"> <div class="enclosure-image"> <a href="http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d41449676f6a4700cd973e0e9a4cd5.html"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d41449676f6a4700cd973e0e9a4cd5-320pi" alt="Vertigo - Sean's Favorite Film Scene" title="Vertigo - Sean's Favorite Film Scene" /></a> </div> <div class="enclosure-meta"> <div class="enclosure-asset-name"><a href="http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d41449676f6a4700cd973e0e9a4cd5.html" title="Vertigo - Sean's Favorite Film Scene">Vertigo - Sean's Favorite Film Scene</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end enclosure --> </div> <div></div> <div>&#160;</div> <div>&#160;</div> <div>&#160;</div> <div>&#160;</div> <div>&#160;</div> <div>&#160;</div> <div>&#160;</div> <div>&#160;</div> <div>&#160;</div> <div>&#160;</div> <div>&#160;</div> <div>&#160;</div> <div>3. Citizen Kane</div> <div>4. The Wizard of Oz</div> <div>5. Lawrence of Arabia</div> <div>6. The Seven Samurai</div> <div>7. Singin&#39; In The Rain</div> <div>8. Frankenstein</div> <div>9. The Maltese Falcon</div> <div>10. The Rules of The Game</div> <div>&#160;</div> <div>11. The Graduate</div> <div>12. Chinatown</div> <div>13. Annie Hall</div> <div>14. West Side Story</div> <div>15. Sunset Boulevard</div> <div>16. Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs</div> <div>17. The Day The Earth Stood Still</div> <div>18. The Exorcist</div> <div>19. The Bride of Frankenstein</div> <div>20. The Night of the Hunter</div> <div>&#160;</div> <div>21. The Treasure of Sierra Madre</div> <div>22. Nashville</div> <div>23. Double Indemnity</div> <div>24. High Noon</div> <div>25. Jaws</div> <div>26. The General/Steamboat Bill Jr. (tie)</div> <div>27. King Kong</div> <div>28. M</div> <div>29. Do The Right Thing</div> <div>30. Once Upon A Time In The West</div> <div>&#160;</div> <div>31. The Bridge on the River Kwai</div> <div>32. Alien</div> <div>33. All About&#160;Eve</div> <div>34. Psycho</div> <div>35. Young Frankenstein</div> <div>36. North By Borthwest</div> <div>37. The Third Man</div> <div>38. The Battle of Algiers</div> <div>39. The Philadelphia Story</div> <div>40. Toy Story</div> <div>&#160;</div> <div>41. Laurel &amp; Hardy Short Films (Collective)</div> <div>42. On The Waterfront</div> <div>43. Sullivan&#39;s Travels</div> <div>44. Network</div> <div>45. To Kill A Mockingbird</div> <div>46. Bonnie &amp; Clyde</div> <div>47. Grand Illusion</div> <div>48. Star Wars</div> <div>49. Pulp Fiction</div> <div>50. Raiders of The Lost Ark</div> <div>&#160;</div> <div>51. The Killers</div> <div>52. The Big Sleep</div> <div>53. The Last Picture Show</div> <div>54. The Gold Rush</div> <div>55. A Face In The Crowd</div> <div>56. Raging Bull</div> <div>57. Rashomon</div> <div>58. Bringing Up Baby</div> <div>59. The African Queen</div> <div>60. La Dolce Vita</div> <div>&#160;</div> <div>61. Some Like It Hot</div> <div>62. The Crowd</div> <div>63. A Streetcar Named Desire</div> <div>64. The Guns of Navarone</div> <div>65. The Apartment</div> <div>66. Twelve Angry Men</div> <div>67. His Girl Friday</div> <div>68. Shadow Of A Doubt</div> <div>69. Notorious</div> <div>70. Bambi</div> <div>&#160;</div> <div>71. Open City</div> <div>72. Duck Soup</div> <div>73. Dr Strangelove or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb</div> <div>74. Strangers on a Train</div> <div>75. Tokyo Olympiad</div> <div>76. Mr. Smith Goes To Washington</div> <div>77. A Room With A View</div> <div>78. What&#39;s Up Doc?</div> <div>79. GoodFellas</div> <div>80. Doctor Zhivago</div> <div>&#160;</div> <div>81. Dog Day Afternoon</div> <div>82. Rear Window</div> <div>83. Fargo</div> <div>84. Marty</div> <div>85. The Candidate</div> <div>86. This Is Spinal Tap</div> <div>87. Boogie Nights</div> <div>88. Woodstock</div> <div>89. Gone With The Wind</div> <div>90. One Flew Over The Cuckoo&#39;s Nest</div> <div>&#160;</div> <div>91. The Wages of Fear</div> <div>92. Laura</div> <div>93. Cabaret</div> <div>94. Ben Hur (1959)</div> <div>95. Cat People</div> <div>96. The Women</div> <div>97. Swing Time</div> <div>98. Freaks</div> <div>99. All Quiet on The Western Front</div> <div>100. Two For The Road</div> <div>&#160;</div> <div><strong><u>Honorable Mention:</u></strong> Brief Encounter, Zulu, Roman Holiday, The Little Foxes, The Silence of The Lambs, and Modern Times</div></div></div> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/post/seans-top-100-films-2007-edition.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d41449676f6a4700d41449bc696a47?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> san francisco golden gate hitchcock vertigo kim novak