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*TRYING TO FINISH IN 2020*
Here we go again. Since I barely finished this challenge last year, and am hoping to attend an actual, real-life film school this year, I'm cutting myself some slack.
Introduction
From the pioneers of film to post-digital trailblazers, the aim of this challenge is to take you on an adventure through the history of film. This challenge will take place across the 52 weeks of 2019. Each week will address a new topic that will provide signposts through your journey. The goal is to watch at least one film each week that will expand your experience of film. Here is Bobby Jones‘ original list
The Weekly Topics
Week 1 - Actor - Clara Bow…
37/52
*TRYING TO FINISH IN 2020*
Here we go again. Since I barely finished this challenge last year, and am hoping to attend an actual, real-life film school this year, I'm cutting myself some slack.
Introduction
From the pioneers of film to post-digital trailblazers, the aim of this challenge is to take you on an adventure through the history of film. This challenge will take place across the 52 weeks of 2019. Each week will address a new topic that will provide signposts through your journey. The goal is to watch at least one film each week that will expand your experience of film. Here is Bobby Jones‘ original list
The Weekly Topics
Week 1 - Actor - Clara Bow
Week 2 - Genre - Horror - Silent Horror (1913-1928)
Week 3 - Movement - French Impressionism (1918-1929)
Week 4 - Studio - Universal Pictures - Universal's Monsters
Week 5 - Auteur - Jean Renoir
Week 6 - Movement - German Weimar Cinema (1919-1933)
Week 7 - Composer - Alfred Newman
Week 8 - Genre - Western - The Dying Western (1930s)
Week 9 - Production Designer - Cedric Gibbons
Week 10 - Movement - 30's Musicals
Week 11 - Actor - Humphrey Bogart
Week 12 - Composer - Elmer Bernstein
Week 13 - Editor - Daniel Mandell
Week 14 - Movement - British New Wave (1950-1969)
Week 15 - Composer - Dimitri Tiomkin
Week 16 - Genre - Documentary - Early Documentary (1922-1955)
Week 17 - Auteur - Yasujirō Ozu
Week 18 - Genre - Western - Spaghetti Westerns
Week 19 - Movement - Golden Age of Japanese Cinema (1950-1963)
Week 20 - Studio - RKO Radio Pictures
Week 21 - Cinematographer - Boris Kaufman
Week 22 - Writer - Ernest Lehman
Week 23 - Actor - Simone Signoret
Week 24 - Studio - American International Pictures
Week 25 - Auteur - Jacques Demy
Week 26 - Genre - Western - Acid Westerns
Week 27 - Costume Designer - Danilo Donati
Week 28 - Movement - New Chilean Cinema
Week 29 - Producer - Carlo Ponti
Week 30 - Writer - Robert Towne
Week 31 - Auteur - John Cassavetes
Week 32 - Genre - Thriller - 70s Conspiracy Thrillers
Week 33 - Studio - American International Pictures
Week 34 - Auteur - Akira Kurosawa
Week 35 - Auteur - Ousmane Sembène
Week 36 - Actor - Klaus Kinski
Week 37 - Genre - Horror - Giallo Horror
Week 38 - Movement - Hong Kong New Wave (1979-1989)
Week 39 - Auteur - John Carpenter
Week 40 - Studio - Studio Ghibli
Week 41 - Genre - Crime - Neo-Noir
Week 42 - Production Designer - Richard Sylbert
Week 43 - Cinematographer - Robby Müller
Week 44 - Auteur - Wong Kar-Wai
Week 45 - Writer - William Goldman
Week 46 - Actor - Philip Seymour Hoffman
Week 47 - Editor - Paul Hirsch
Week 48 - Auteur - Lee Chang-dong
Week 49 - Genre - Horror - Korean Horror
Week 50 - Genre - 90s Rom-Coms
Week 51 - Genre - "Christmas" Movies
Week 52 - Movement - The Three Amigos of Cinema