Saturday, December 14, 2013

Announcing 2014 Blind Spot Entries


Around Christmas, I will post my entry for this month's Blind Spot and with that 2013 Blind Spot Series will come to a conclusion. Blind Spot series is designed to motivate us into scratching off the names from our to-watch lists. We do that with every film we watch but these are meant to be those big, glaring omissions that are certain to attract some stares if you admit not having seen them in public. At this time of the year last year, I was little skeptical about being a part of it because first of all, there are just too many of them and secondly if I did participate, I wanted to take it seriously and look at the finish line. I am happy that I am at least looking at it now but as usual, others are way ahead of me. Most others have already published next year's entries. I might be lagging but I ain't a quitter! This is what I intend to check off for this series in 2014.


Off course in compliance with my OCD, movies are spread almost evenly over the time period ranging from silent era to contemporaries. 2 silents, 1 Halloween special, 1 previous Best Picture winner, 4 foreign films and one Satyajit Ray as a bonus should hopefully give me a lot of variety. Majority of the movies I saw this year were for their directors. I ventured into Tarkovskiy territory for the very first time and will encounter Ozu in December, went deeper into Kubrick and Bergamn filmography. I see the trend continuing next year as well with likes of Scorsese, Coppola and Bunuel but there are few here I have included based on their own accord. Biggest change from this year, however, would be me abandoning the question-answer format I used this year for these posts. I think I am about ready to do straight up posts for them. We'll see how that goes!

This year was a great hit considering that I ended up loving almost all the movies I saw for this list. I really don't like writing negative reviews so I really hope next year will be the same. Huge thanks to Ryan McNeil for organizing this, compiling the links every month and championing it throughout the year. I hope to be at the finish line this time next year as well. 

13 comments:

  1. I've seen five of these (Brief Encounter, The Exterminating Angel, American Graffiti, Ed Wood, L'enfant), and I'll be interested in reading your thoughts. The King of Comedy and Diabolique are on my Blind Spots list for 2014 too. Interesting list!

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    1. Ans Safety Last! just missed your cut, right? I actually finalised The King of Comedy after it appeared on your list. So thanks for the final push. I hope 2014 would be as great as this year was!

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  2. I saw three of these- Brief Encounter, Au Revoir Les Enfants and Diabolique this year and they were among my most favourite first watches.

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    1. I remember you talking about Brief Encounter and Diabolique looks like film most people are excited about. I am certainly looking forward to them. Great to hear some good stuff coming my way.

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  3. I've seen 3 (Valley, Graffiti, Au revoir). It looks like a great list though. I really need to see Ed Wood too.

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    1. Good to know! :)

      That's what I've been saying about Ed Wood for over a year. I haven't seen most of early Tim Burton work and not like his recent is any encouraging. But I guess I have to start somewhere. Ed Wood looks like a perfect start!

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  4. Great stuff here. Diabolique... that's a fantastic film. Truly wonderful film.

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    1. Thanks, always nice to have your stamp of approval. :) Can't wait for Diabolique. I really do not know much about that film and I intend to keep it that way till I get to it.

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  5. Interesting selection! I have only seen Dracula and Au Revoir Les Enfants myself. Looking forward to your thoughts on these!

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    1. Wow! I would've thought people would have seen a lot of these. It certainly makes this year interesting though. :)

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  6. Nice picks! Can't wait to hear your thoughts on L'Enfant, Brief Encounter and American Graffiti.

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    1. Can't wait to get to them. Heard many good things about them, especially Brief Encounter.

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