Dagmar Versus 1001 Movies: November 2019

Introduction

1001 movies you must see before you die. Must I? Let's see.

My name is Dagmar and I am from Czech Republic. I have a bachelor's degree in screenwriting. I study movies. I watch movies. I write about movies. I kind of mention movies a lot. I even cross stitch things I like in movies. My views on cinema could be described as peculiar. My views on the "1001 movies" list as complicated. It happens a lot that I get the feeling it wasn't that necessary to see some particular movies. Sometimes I'm really grateful I saw them. And there are also times when I don't watch any new movies for six months straight. And they keep adding new movies every damn year so I might have to never die to watch them all.

What's the score right now?

606/1245 - That's 639 left to see.

I started this experiment on July 3rd 2009 and the latest update was made on April 19th 2023.

You can find the full list here.

Saturday, 23 November 2019

Phantom Thread (2017)

United Kingdom/USA
written and directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson
starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Vicky Krieps, Lesley Manville
seen on 23rd November, 2019

-"Whatever you do, do it carefully."

Finally I can say that a film by Mr. Anderson tells a story of the kind of reserved passionate madness I personally recognize.

Friday, 22 November 2019

It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

USA
directed by: Frank Capra
written by: Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Frank Capra
starring: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore
seen on 22nd November, 2019

What a charming little film about suicide.