Working Towards a Top 10: Part 4: 50 - 40

Round 3 of cuts. If you want an entire write-up of what I am doing... here is the first post where I "go long" on it. http://atleastyouregettingsome.blogspot.com/2012/08/working-towards-top-10-part-1.html

Under you'll find the remaining 40 and beneath that the list of cuts from the three rounds

I didn't write anything after these cuts. This has me being extremely honest about what is a favorite. Notice the amount of challenging films that got cut because on any given day, frankly, I prefer some of the more charming films that remain on the list. Also, as my mood dictates what gets cut from day to day... the amount of anxiety that has been making me a bit of a wreck and kinda "off" this whole week (trying to hide anxiety is always a mistake; I can't even begin to imagine what my over-compensated masking is making me seem like) has me looking at the cultural and personal importance of the lighter, more comedic films (comedy is important, but that doesn't excuse them from being dumb... none of these comedies are dumb, dummy). I'm also noticing how much I value romance, love and how much the loss of it resonates with me.

Feel free to tell me what you would have added to this list and / or why I'm nuts for cutting something. I find that shit fascinating.

CASABLANCA
BREATHLESS
IN A LONELY PLACE
CERTIFIED COPY
FOUR NIGHTS OF A DREAMER
ZERO DE CONDUITE
WHAT TIME IS IT THERE?
IRMA VEP
THE LOVERS ON THE BRIDGE
MY NIGHT AT MAUDE'S
DOGVILLE
CITY LIGHTS
HIS GIRL FRIDAY
THE PHILADELPHIA STORY
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
THIS IS ENGLAND
RED DESERT
THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER
LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD
HUSBANDS
FITZCARALDO
PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC
MANHATTAN
NIGHT MOVES
ALL THE REAL GIRLS
IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE
UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
WERCKMEISTER HARMONIES
F FOR FAKE
THE BIG LEBOWSKI
SABRINA
VERTIGO
APOCALYPSE NOW
THE MAN WITH THE MOVIE CAMERA
POETRY
STALKER
SANS SOLEIL
THE SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE
WINGS OF DESIRE

The third 10 that had to go:
THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE...
THE NAKED KISS
MORVERN CALLAR
JOHNNY GUITAR
THE DEVIL, PROBABLY
ANTICHRIST
SUNRISE
GILDA
FAT CITY
BADLANDS

The second 10 that had to go:
THE CONVERSATION (Impossible choice. Well, I guess not that impossible)
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (FAT CITY just sits deep in my bones, this one I just dig the fuck out of)
ANNIE HALL (This was a mood based pull... tomorrow I may regret not putting MANHATTAN in this spot)
SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE (I had to pull this as the cut that makes this list is the TV cut)
TWO-LANE BLACKTOP
CLAIRE'S KNEES (Same deal as ANNIE HALL)
SANSHO THE BAILIFF
NINOTCHKA (This was a painful pull... Basically, it just left because it isn't fresh in my mind)
THE THIN RED LINE (This left only because BADLANDS resonates with me emotionally on a much deeper level... I would not argue with you if you said TTRL is the better film)

The first 10 that had to go (Remember, these are all amazing films and it hurt me just a little bit to cut each one that I did. Especially you, Ms. Brooks.):
SHAUN OF THE DEAD
LE SAMOURAI
KINGS OF THE ROAD
HE WHO GETS SLAPPED
THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER
CHINATOWN
PANDORA'S BOX
TAXI DRIVER
THE PIANO TEACHER
IKIRU