Al’s Movie Log, 2007
A Complete Accounting of His Year at the Movies
(Numbers in parenthesis are Partial Viewings.)
Last updated Monday, 31 December (2007, Gregorian) at 20.33 hours.
1. The Devil’s Miner
2. The Painted Veil
3. Dances With Wolves
4. Handle With Care [a.k.a. Citizens Band]
5. Melvin and Howard
6. The Fog of War: 11 Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara
7. Casino Royale [2006]
8. Freedom Writers
9. Invasion of the Body Snatchers [1978]
(1). The Asphalt Jungle
10. Miss Potter
11. Notes on a Scandal
12. Witness for the Prosecution
(2.) My Darling Clementine
(3.) Cheyenne Autumn
13. Dreamgirls
(4.) Platoon
14. Inherit the Wind
15. The Producers
16. The Cable Guy
(5.) The Collector
17. El Laberinto del Fauno [Pan’s Labyrinth]
18. After Maevis
(6.) Four Weddings and a Funeral
(7.) Yves Saint Laurent: His Life and Times
19. Heaven’s Gate
(8.) What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
20. Sweet Land
21. My Architect
22. Venus
23. Cocoon
(9.) Roxanne
(10.) Cyrano de Bergerac
24. Rabbit
25. City Paradise
26. Everything Will Be OK
27. Collision
28. Nine
29. No Room For Gerold
30. Guide Dog
31. Eaux Forte
32. Davey and the Son of Goliath
33. Overtime
34. Game Over
35. Dreams and Desires
(11.) Buster Keaton Rides Again
36. La Regle du jeu [The Rules of the Game]
37. 2 ou 3 choses que je sais d’elle [Two or Three Things I Know About Her]
38. Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
(12.) Next Stop, Greenwich Village
39. Volver
40. Iraq in Fragments
41. The Danish Poet
42. Lifted
43. The Little Matchgirl
44. Maestro
45. No Time for Nuts
46. Binta y La Gran Idea [Binta & the Great Idea]
47. Eranos Pocos [One Two Many]
48. Helmer & Son
49. The Savior
50. West Bank Story
(13.) The Man Who Never Was
(14.) The Dam Busters
51. Four-Eyed Monsters
52. The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
53. Das Leben der Anderen [The Lives of Others]
(15.) The More the Merrier
54. Flannel Pajamas
(16.) Samson and Delilah
55. The Ultimate Gift
56. King Solomon’s Mines
(17.) The Third Man
57. The Rape of Europa
58. High Risk Offender
(18.) EMPz 4 Life
59. Christo in Paris
60. Ikimler [Climates]
61. Fired!
62. East of Eden
(19.) Viva Zapata
63. EMPz 4 Life
64. Puccini for Beginners
65. Harvest Queens
66. Fah talai jone [Tears of the Black Tiger]
67. Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
68. Color Me Kubrick
(20.) The Mission
(21.) Harvest Queens
69. Hardwood
70. The Lookout
(22.) At My Mother’s Breast
71. The Earrings of Madame de…
72. Chats perches [The Case of the Grinning Cat]
73. [THE TITLE ESCAPED US— “House cat on a Keyboard”]
74. [THE TITLE ESCAPED US— “Zoo Parade”]
75. An Owl Is an Owl Is an Owl
76. Bull Fight in Okinawa
77. Slow Tango
78. It Happened One Night
79. Mr. Deeds Goes To Town
80. Bamako
81. 51 Birch Street
(23.) The Snake Pit
(24.) One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
82. Fauteuils d’ orchestre [Avenue Montaigne]
83. Inland Empire
(25.) Actuality: The Art and Life of Alan King
84. Zwartboek [Black Book]
85. An Unreasonable Man
(26.) The Sweet Smell of Success
(27.) The Bad and the Beautiful
86. Fracture
87. Mafioso
(28.) Witness for the Prosecution
(29.) The Ox-Bow Incident
88. Escarpment Blues
89. Lovable
90. Forever
91. Spider-Man 3
92. West Side Story
(30.) Last Call at the Gladstone Hotel
(31.) Jimmy Rosenberg: the Father, the Son & the Talent
93. Away From Her
(32.) Casablanca
94. Laura
(33.) Gilda
95. The TV Set
96. My Different Life
97. Paris Stories: The Writing of Mavis Gallant
98. The Wind that Shakes the Barley
99. Red River
(34.) Around the World in Eighty Days
(35.) The Dam Busters
100. La Doublure [The Valet]
101. Waitress
102. All the President’s Men
(36.) Short Cuts
103. The Wild Parrotts of Telegraph Hill
104. The Year of the Dog
105. The Elephant Man
(37.) Frances
106. Paris, je t’aime
107. Pirates of the Carribbean: At World’s End
108. Ride the High Country
109. The Wild Bunch
(38.) Black Narcissus
110. Requiem for a Heavyweight
(39.) Rocky
(40.) Citizen Black
111. La Vie en Rose
112. Viva Zapata
(41.) East of Eden
(42.) Notman’s Canada
113. Evening
114. That’s Entertainment III
115. Dr. Strangelove…Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
(43.) The Party
116. You Kill Me
(44.) My Darling Clementine
117. Les Paul: Chasing Sound
118. Broken English
(45.) Young Frankenstein
(46.) The Bad Seed
119. McLuhan’s Wake
120. Eagle vs. Shark
121. Flatly Stacked
122. The Band Wagon
(48.) Forbidden Planet
(49.) The Tempest
123. Sunshine
(50.) A Streetcar Named Desire
(51.) The Birdman of Alcatraz
(52.) Kiss of the Spider Woman
124. Gitmo
125. Buster Keaton Rides Again
126. Interview
127. Winning
(53.) A Wedding
(54.) California Split
128. Chinese Daughters
129. Reality Quest
(55.) Gilda
(56.) Laura
130. Unveiled: Mother/Daughter Relationship
131. My Best Friend
132. Stardust
(57.) Twelve O’Clock High
(58.) The Bad and the Beautiful
133. Dear Juliette
134. The Barefoot Contessa
135. The Prime of Miss Jean Brody
136. Killer of Sheep
137. Rocket Science
(59.) The Dam Busters
138. Love is a Many-Splendored Thing”
139. Salmar fra Kjokkenet [Kitchen Stories]
140. Lady Chatterley
141. Way Down East
142. Honeydripper
143. The Princess of Nebraska
144. Where God Left His Shoes
145. Manufactured Landscapes
146. Pierrot le fou
147. Hail the Conquering Hero
148. Girl Inside
149. Are We Still Married?
150. de Artificiali Perspectiva [Ananmorphosis]
151. The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer
152. Long Way Down
153. The Comb
154. From the Museum of Sleet
155. Inevitable Fatum
156. Stille Nacht II [Tales From the Vienna Woods]
157. Stille Nacht IV [ Can’t Go Wrong Without You]
158. Street of Crocodiles
159. The Kite Runner
(60.) The Cincinnati Kid
160. Se, jie [Lust, Caution]
161. Cut Piece
162. With Love from Truman
163. Meet Marlon Brando
164. Russian Close-up
165. Muhammed and Larry
(61.) Les Girls
166. Grey Gardens
(62.) Wordplay
(63.) Dog Day Afternoon
167. Hotel Chevalier
168. The Darjeeling Limited
169. Le Doulos [The Hat]
170. Red Road
171. Phantom of the Paradise
(64.) This is Spinal Tap
172. Lars and the Real Girl
173. The Candidate
(65.) Salvador
174. Next Stop, Greenwich Village
175. Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
(66.) The Longest Day
(67.) Father of the Bride
(68.) The Philadelphia Story
176. Mr. Roberts
177. Blade Runner: The Final Cut
178. Malon 9 Kochavim [9 Star Hotel]
179. A fost sau n-a fost? [12.08 East of Bucharest]
180. The Bothersome Man
181. Dr. Strangelove…Or How I Learned to Quit Worrying and Love the Bomb
(69.) The Party
182. No Country for Old Men
(70.) Wal-Town: The Film
183. I’m Not There
184. The Seventh Seal
185. The Magican
186. To Catch a Thief
(71.) China Blue
187. Christmas in Connecticut
(72.) The More the Merrier
188. Juno
189. Starting Out in the Evening
190. Charlie Wilson’s War
191. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
(73.) The Miracle Worker
192. The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T
(74.) The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
193. Romance & Cigarettes
194. The Savages