Monday, May 03, 2010

Films I Could Have (Would Have Liked to Have) Done More With

In case people ask, there were indeed films in this dissertation that I had to neglect, trim or skim over.

Some films I wish I had have spent more time on:
  • Spanglish
  • Mrs Delafield Wants to Marry
  • Brooklyn Babylon
  • Yentl
  • Hester Street
  • The Apprenticeship of Duddy Karavitz
  • Two Lovers
  • Flannel Pajamas
  • Giving it Up
  • Reality Bites

(I am sure there are more; I will update this list as I progress in my preparations.)

4 comments:

Catherine said...

I wished I'd spent LESS time on Spanglish. Ugh. :)

H. said...

I actually liked Spanglish, but I am a Sandler fan so that likely influenced me a great deal.

BUT, regardless of quality, it had a lot of material I could have done more with in my dissertation. Giving it Up, which is also on the list, was an absolutely foul movie, but I could have done more with it in the diss.

Ah well - decisions have to be made.

Catherine said...

Usefulness v. watchability must be an annoying balance sometimes.

H. said...

OH LORDY yes. As evidenced by the hours and hours I have wasted in front of the collected works of Ben Stiller. :(

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