I finally watched Lawrence of Arabia this past weekend, which means that I’ve seen all top 10 of the AFI movies on both lists. I’d tried watching it a couple of years ago but only made it about an hour into the film (which constitutes about 1/4 of the entire movie). I have even owned the film on DVD for a few years now, but just never had the time to sit and watch it all the way through. Four hours is a lot to devote to a film, I have to say, even if it is excellent. Which it was, of course. It took about six hours to get through it because of frequent stops to look things up on Wikipedia or make random telephone calls or deal with laundry. But I got through it! I think I only have one major epic left on the list, which is Spartacus, and I’m looking forward to it because I like Kirk Douglas.
I am coming within spitting distance of finishing off these lists! I may leave The Wild Bunch to the last, because it’s on both lists. I’ve already tried to get through it twice without success, so I might need to have a party and invite others to watch it with me, so that I don’t have any excuse for stopping it in the middle and never starting it again. Anyway, it would be nice to finish off both lists with one movie, so that may be the goal.
I would watch Wild Bunch with you…
Ok! We will do that! I bet Dad would like it too- it is a western.