Saturday 21 September 2013

The new edition



The New Edition
A new edition of ”1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die” is out as I think most readers of this blog is already aware of. That has a bit of an impact on this page as well.

First of all around 50 new movies were added. I skimmed the list and some look interesting, some look bland and already I get the impression we got a few of “How-the-hell-did-that-one-make-the-list?” entries. Meanwhile I am looking in vain for a number of my favorite films. Ah, well.

For the first time a revision does not simply add a bunch of films to the rear part of the list, the end which will only be a concern for me in some 15+ years from now, but sprinkle the goodies all over chronology. That means that they actually thought it over this time, but it also mean I will have to go back a bit.

I have been playing catch up on the first 113 films on the List. That was where I started the blog. The next review of “La Grande Illusion” was to finally close that gap. Now I will have to postpone the party as another 10 movies has appeared in the gap. But I am not complaining. We got some very interesting stuff there. Finally a Valentino movie, how on Earth did that miss the first 9 editions? There is a film about the expeditions to Antarctica and my mouth is already watering (or frozen overJ) and “The Lady Vanishes” is there as well, a Hitchcock film I cannot wait to see.

So in the coming weeks I will continue my alternation between progressing chronologically and filling the gap.

A less pleasant consequence of a new list is that I need to update my own list. Chip Lary (thanks, man) has done a great job compiling the new list, but without getting into technicalities a combination of trying to keep my hyperlinks, Blogspot’s ridiculous formatting capabilities and a totally inadequate upload speed from my home office means that my list ended up butt ugly. I have been cursing it for the last 30 hours, but it will have to do until I get to a better connection so I can upload the list in one go. I apologize, but promise it will only be for the next 3 weeks.

With a new English edition out I tried to find out what will happen in the Danish edition. Well, there will not be any. In fact it looks as if my book was the only edition ever released. I was a bit surprised to learn that and I still find it hard to believe, but at least it makes it easy for me to compile a list of Danish additions.

Anyway, plenty of interesting movies coming up.

8 comments:

  1. I have not seen all of the films that would be in your "I've got to backtrack" range, but of what I have seen I liked The Adventures of Prince Achmed the most. I also thought The Great White Silence was a wonderfully pristine presentation of footage over 100 years old. Actually, the only one I've seen that I didn't like at all was Limite. It's two hours of people in a boat staring listlessly, with occasional interruptions as we see what brought them there.

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    1. I agree completely with Chip on all three films he mentioned. Prince Achmed is an absolute joy. I can't imagine that you won't find it enchanting just for the animation.

      Limite pretty much sucks. Sorry.

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    2. I have sneak-peaked at the reviews of these films, so I understand there is some good stuff and some horrible waste of time. I have a deep facination for polar exploration and Antarctica in particular so I am really looking forward to that one. If you have not read "The Worst Journey in the World" by Cherry-Gerrard then I recommend it. And the worst journey is actually not going to the pole.

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  2. How are we dealing with the numbering system? Does everything get renumbered according to the new edition? Or maybe I better see Chip's blog! Any way, I am looking forward to going on the adventure with you.

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    1. That has been a theme of intense discussion over the past month or so. Chip has come up with a final list that has been accepted by all and he has a spreadsheet he sends around. So far Steve, Adolytsi, Squish and myself have updated their lists accordingly as far as I can see, so if you cannot get the spreadsheet a simple copy may do it.

      Speaking of which, if I may be so bold to come with a suggestion, I would love to see a hyperlinked list on your site. I know you have reviewed many of the films I am watching, but it is quite random which of them I manage to find. I would love to read all of them.

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    2. I would love to do that too but I don't know how! My computer skills are not up to much. You can see all my List reviews by going to that category on the menu up top.

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    3. Marie - what is your email address? I can send you the spreadsheet. I don't have it uploaded to my Lists from Chip site yet. I am still polishing it. If you prefer not to post your email here, then email me at golf04330@yahoo.com and I can reply to you with the spreadsheet.

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