Haggai accepted my offer to play the movie DVD game. Some similarities between his list and mine -- we both have a Hitchcock, Ingrid Bergman, 81/2. Looks like I've more of a taste for comedy. Of course, he's now got me rethinking my selections -- The Godfather, how could I leave it off a list, even if it is the number one film on IMDB!

I think we need to invent a "best in genre" game to deal with categories I didn't even think about, like animation. This is even harder than "what's your favorite dish" without being able to say "favorite Indian," "favorite Italian," "favorite Lebanese," etc. In the meantime, he-e-e-ere's Haggai...!

• Total number of films I own: About 165 DVDs
• Last movie I bought: Make that the last six movies I bought, five in one boxset. They were in an Amazon order that came in a few days ago: Steve McQueen Collection, and Jules and Jim.
• Last movie I saw: Jules and Jim. This category changes pretty much every day for me.
• Five favorites: My top five movies are fairly solid, but not the order they come in. With no particular order:
  • Casablanca
  • Lawrence of Arabia
  • The Godfather
  • The Empire Strikes Back
  • Rear Window
  Another five favorites:
  • 2001
  • Chinatown
  • The Searchers
  • 8 1/2
  • The Rules of the Game*
  * [ed. -- A surprisingly common title, so I'm assuming this is Jean Renoir's "La Regle du jeu"]

In terms of frequently watching things, I fall into odd patterns these days. I think the DVD in my collection that I've watched the most often has ended up being Kind Hearts and Coronets. I've been keeping a log of everything I watch since the beginning of this year, and there are two movies I've seen more than once since Jan. 1st: Bambi, and Days of Being Wild (first viewing of that one was in a theater).