Idea
I was looking over my movie collection the other day, and I came to the realization that I have several DVDs that I’ve never watched. Some of them are movies that I’ve seen years ago in other formats, others are gifts from various friends or family members — but still films I really like. Some are just movies that I bought when they were on a good sale but never had a chance to watch them.
So, I’m thinking about starting something like “a movie a night”; I’ll go through all the feature films (and a couple of the shorts) that I’ve got in my collection, one by one, over the course of several weeks. To make it interesting, instead of working through it alphabetically, or by favorites, I figured I’d start chronologically, based on original theatrical release. Hence the first several will be early Alfred Hitchcock films from the 1930′s.
Certainly I don’t have a diverse collection, but I figure this way it’ll illustrate the evolution of filmmaking and stories over the last 80 years or so. I’m thinking about starting on June 21, the first day of summer. I’ve got over 100 films to go through, so this movie marathon will last a few months. Maybe I’ll stick with it.