I checked in with Christian Sullivan, who gave me this one, for the official ruling. We're going with AFI's Tenth Anniversary List that they did in 2008, not the original 1998 list.
So tonight Seamus Sullivan and I got started by watching Raging Bull - #3 on the list and one of the many I've not seen yet. I came away with a few thoughts:
- I finally get how good Deniro is/was. I've obviously never seen any of his truly defining roles before.
- For a guy who can often be thought of as a one dimensional parody of himself, Joe Pesci really rocked it in this one.
- The background/music track was WAY louder than the dialogue track so I'm pretty sure we missed a 5th of the movie.
- Despite that it did a great job of building tension and got me really into it despite a lot of initial misgivings.
- Joe Pesci is either the greatest or worst Wingman of all time. The pool scene, in particular.
- I had no idea that the Jersey Shore stereotype is basically a direct descendant from these kinds of characters until watching this movie.
- Holy shit Joe Pesci just tried to straight up murder that dude with a car door!
- Did you fuck my wife? is a pretty great payoff.
So now the score reads:
| CITIZEN KANE
| 1941 |
| THE GODFATHER
| 1972 |
| CASABLANCA | 1942 |
| RAGING BULL
| 1980 |
| SINGIN' IN THE RAIN | 1952 |
| GONE WITH THE WIND | 1939 |
| LAWRENCE OF ARABIA | 1962 |
| SCHINDLER'S LIST | 1993 |
| VERTIGO | 1958 |
| THE WIZARD OF OZ
| 1939 |
| CITY LIGHTS | 1931 |
| THE SEARCHERS | 1956 |
| STAR WARS
| 1977 |
| PSYCHO | 1960 |
| 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY | 1968 |
| SUNSET BLVD. | 1950 |
| THE GRADUATE | 1967 |
| THE GENERAL | 1927 |
| ON THE WATERFRONT | 1954 |
| IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE | 1946 |
| CHINATOWN | 1974 |
| SOME LIKE IT HOT | 1959 |
| THE GRAPES OF WRATH | 1940 |
| E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
| 1982 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | 1962 |
| MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
| 1939 |
| HIGH NOON | 1952 |
| ALL ABOUT EVE | 1950 |
| DOUBLE INDEMNITY | 1944 |
| APOCALYPSE NOW
| 1979 |
| THE MALTESE FALCON | 1941 |
| THE GODFATHER PART II
| 1974 |
| ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
| 1975 |
| SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS
| 1937 |
| ANNIE HALL
| 1977 |
| THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI | 1957 |
| THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES | 1946 |
| THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE | 1948 |
| DR. STRANGELOVE
| 1964 |
| THE SOUND OF MUSIC
| 1965 |
| KING KONG | 1933 |
| BONNIE AND CLYDE | 1967 |
| MIDNIGHT COWBOY | 1969 |
| THE PHILADELPHIA STORY | 1940 |
| SHANE | 1953 |
| IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT | 1934 |
| A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
| 1951 |
| REAR WINDOW | 1954 |
| INTOLERANCE | 1916 |
| THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
| 2001 |
| WEST SIDE STORY | 1961 |
| TAXI DRIVER | 1976 |
| THE DEER HUNTER | 1978 |
| M*A*S*H
| 1970 |
| NORTH BY NORTHWEST | 1959 |
| JAWS | 1975 |
| ROCKY | 1976 |
| THE GOLD RUSH | 1925 |
| NASHVILLE | 1975 |
| DUCK SOUP | 1933 |
| SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS | 1941 |
| AMERICAN GRAFFITI | 1973 |
| CABARET | 1972 |
| NETWORK | 1976 |
| THE AFRICAN QUEEN | 1951 |
| RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK | 1981 |
| WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? | 1966 |
| UNFORGIVEN | 1992 |
| TOOTSIE | 1982 |
| A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
| 1971 |
| SAVING PRIVATE RYAN | 1998 |
| THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION | 1994 |
| BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID | 1969 |
| THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS | 1991 |
| IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT | 1967 |
| FORREST GUMP | 1994 |
| ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN
| 1976 |
| MODERN TIMES | 1936 |
| THE WILD BUNCH | 1969 |
| THE APARTMENT | 1960 |
| SPARTACUS | 1960 |
| SUNRISE | 1927 |
| TITANIC
| 1997 |
| EASY RIDER | 1969 |
| A NIGHT AT THE OPERA
| 1935 |
| PLATOON | 1986 |
| 12 ANGRY MEN | 1957 |
| BRINGING UP BABY | 1938 |
| THE SIXTH SENSE
| 1999 |
| SWING TIME | 1936 |
| SOPHIE'S CHOICE | 1982 |
| GOODFELLAS | 1990 |
| THE FRENCH CONNECTION | 1971 |
| PULP FICTION
| 1994 |
| THE LAST PICTURE SHOW | 1971 |
| DO THE RIGHT THING | 1989 |
| BLADE RUNNER | 1982 |
| YANKEE DOODLE DANDY | 1942 |
| TOY STORY
| 1995 |
| BEN-HUR | 1959 |
76 to go...
