I recently set myself the lofty goal of sitting down and actually watching all those classic and seminal films that are so often quoted and talked about by those in the know.
The reason for this sudden interest in classic movies? I have a habit, late at night, when I'm tried enough so that my brain switches off, yet not tired enough to drag my carcass to bed, to sit and watch some random film on the TV, in my eclectic DVD collection, or downloaded (legally, I might point out, though a service such as Vizumi).
And I tend to watch the worst of the worst; real stinkers of wasted celluloid. I am not going to embarrass myself by listing them here; but after sitting through the pointless waste of an hour and a half that was Doom, I realised a simple truth: I had never seen Citizen Kane; I had not watched the beautiful splendor of Lawrence of Arabia; I cannot remember a Bogart movie; and I have never watched 12 Angry Men argue across a table. Sure, I have seen many classics; but there are huge holes in my cinematic experience.
So, I am happy to say that over the past couple of weeks I have finally watched Citizen Kane, and last night I sat through the immensely long, but very rewarding Lawrence of Arabia. I still have a ways to go (I'm trying to get through a large Akira Kurosawa collection as well), but I must say, it really beats watching Mission to Mars to 2AM.
Oh, and Ms. K. is finally happy with her re-recording of The Green Man. I'll put that up on World's Abound shortly. She's finished A Taste of Life as well; my duties as audio editor are lagging behind again ...
