A Cinephile's Resolution to Re-watch and Reassess Certain Films

By: scorpiorising

This 2011, I have decided to give certain films I might have possibly underrated and unfairly criticized a second chance, a re-watch. Last year, I re-watched Edvard Munch and Jubilee, and both second watches proved to be revelations.

One must realize that one usually is not in the right good or condition when watching a film, and this usually leads to one underrating or overrating it, most likely the former. And one’s sensibilities are ever-changing, and I’d like to think that this also applies to myself.

Perhaps, there are other films I might have thought of and criticized more harshly than deserved but, for now, these are the films that I look forward to seeing again. I know these might be a lot of titles so I plan to do at least one for each week.

Jan 1-7- Sans Soleil (10/10)
Jan 8-14- Memories of Underdevelopment (10/10)
Jan 15-21- Black God, White Devil (9/10)
Jan 22-28- The Perfumed Nightmare (10/10)
Jan 29- Feb 4- The Earrings of Madame de… (8/10)

Feb 5-11- Yi Yi (10/10)
Feb 12-18- Salo, or 120 Days of Sodom (9/10)
Feb 19-22- Arsenal (6/10)
Feb 23-26- The Ascent (10/10)
Feb 27-28- 21-87 (9/10)

Mar 1-4- The Thunder of the Mountain (10/10)
Mar 5-9- Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (9/10)
Mar 10-16- Courage for Every Day (7/10)
Mar 17-20- Closely Watched Trains (10/10)
Mar 21-25- Ashes and Diamonds (10/10)
Mar 26- Apr 1- Diary of a Shinjuku Thief (9/10)

Apr 2-30- In a Lonely Place (8/10)

May 1-5- Cria Cuervos (10/10)
May 6-25- Color of Pomegranates (9/10)
May 26- Jun 6- Pink Narcissus (7/10)

July 1-29- Ajantrik (8/10)

Aug 1-30- Arrebato (9/10)

The Musketeers of Pig Alley
Szerelem
Arrebato
Trans-Europ-Express
Ajantrik
Vive L’amour
Faces
Bleak Moments
The Rules of the Game
Killer of Sheep
Wings of Desire
O Drakos
Bitter End of a Sweet Night
The Most Important Thing Is to Love
Pink Narcissus
L’Intrus
India Song
Khrustalyov, My Car!
Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?
My Night at Maud’s
Touki Bouki
Lola (1961)
Taipei Story
Reason, Debate and a Story
The World
Shadows
Daisies
Spione
The Holy Girl
Diamonds of a Night
The Seventh Continent
Two-Lane Blacktop
Platform
Marriage of the Blessed
The Servant
Nine Days of One Year
Loves of a Blonde
Four Nights of a Dreamer
July Rain
Late Spring
Japanese Girls at the Harbour
Muriel
The Raven’s End
W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism
Hunger (1966)
The Marriage of Maria Braun
El Sur
The Puppetmaster
Street Angel (1937)
Solaris
Vampyr
Kooyanisqatsi
The Adjuster
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
The Battle of Culloden
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
Mikey and Nicky
Raining in the Mountain
Man with a Movie Camera
Nights of Cabiria
Last Tango in Paris
Shock Corridor
Repulsion
F for Fake
Opening Night
L’avventura
David Holzman’s Diary
Naked
Father and Son
The Third Generation
Zabriskie Point
Days of Being Wild
Tristana
Effi Briest
Medium Cool
Michael
The Cow
As Tears Go By
Mother Joan of the Angels
Breaking the Waves
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
The Misfits
Caro Diario
Mr. Freedom
Spider
Rose Hobart
Passing Fancy
Flaming Creatures
Millenium Mambo
Hawks and Sparrows
Goryeojang
A Nos Amours
The Gold Diggers
A Story of Floating Weeds
Johan
Young Aphrodites
La Signora di Tutti
The Seashell and the Clergyman
The Scenic Route
Late August at the Hotel Ozone
Love Is Colder than Death
Farewell to the Ark
The Ashes
Dancing in the Rain
Heroic Purgatory