Monthly Archives: February 2011
Cinema Fanatic on Facebook!
Just a friendly reminder that you can find Cinema Fanatic on Facebook. I try to make the Facebook page a little interactive, so feel free to “like” the page and join in on the fun.
Movie Quote of the Day – Dead Poets Society, 1989 (dir. by Peter Weir)
Todd Anderson: O Captain, my Captain!
Mr. Nolan: Sit down, Mr. Anderson. Do you hear me? Sit down, sit down!
Knox Overstreet: O Captain, my Captain!
Mr. Nolan: Mr. Overstreet, I warned you, sit down!
[rest of class joins in]
John Keating: Thank you boys, thank you.
Movie Quote of the Day – The Silence of the Lambs, 1991 (dir. Jonathan Demme)
Hannibal Lecter: A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti.
YAM Mag: Beginner’s Guide To Silent Films
Everyone be sure to head over to YAM Mag and check out the piece I wrote about Silent Cinema for them. It’s part of a new feature for them called “Beginner’s Guide.” Really, their whole site is worth a look over.
Movie Quote of the Day – Groundhog Day, 1993 (dir. Harold Ramis)
Phil: Don’t drive angry. Don’t drive angry!
111 New-To-Me Films in a Month? I Don’t Call Myself A Fanatic For Nothing.
As I’ve said many times now, I work as a substitute teacher. But I’m only called in to work an average of 3 to 6 days a month. This leaves me A LOT of free time. I also recently got a DVR, which allows me to tape TCM (the best channel in the world) while I’m sleeping. So now it doesn’t matter when a film is being shown, if I want to watch it odds are I’ll watch it. Which brings me to my whopping new-to-me count for January. 111. Triple digits in one month. I’m pretty sure I’ve had some years where I didn’t even watch that many films in twelve months. I just really love film, okay? And I would love to watch every movie ever made. Well, maybe not every movie, but lots anyhow. After the cut I’ll post the entire list, as well as point out a few new favorites and do a breakdown by decade (spoiler alert: it’s mostly pre-70s films).
How My Readers Keep Me In Good Books On Film
As many of you know I add links at the end of most of my posts to my Amazon aStore where you can purchase whatever film it is I just wrote about. You can also go through that store to purchase anything on your own Amazon wishlist. Basically, I get anywhere from $0.50 to $1.00 from every purchase. I then get Amazon giftcards, with which I buy things off of my Books On Film wishlist. Well, actually, I’ve only gotten enough referrals from my aStore to buy one book so far:
It just arrived today and I am excited to read it. So I guess the point of this post is a) to say THANK YOU for helping me get this great book and perpetuate my growing knowledge on film and b) to beg you to continue to buy things from my aStore whenever you intend to get something from Amazon. Because, really, it doesn’t cost you anymore than you’d already be spending, but it does help this cinephile out just a little bit. It’s a win-win for all involved.
Movie Quote of the Day – The Maltese Falcon, 1941 (dir. John Huston)
Detective Tom Polhaus: [picks up the falcon] Heavy. What is it?
Sam Spade: The, uh, stuff that dreams are made of.
We’ve Been Added To LAMB – The Large Association of Movie Blogs!
We’re very excited to announce that we’re are now part of the Large Associations of Movie Blogs! We applied to be added a little over a month ago, so the info on our profile is a little off (we just had week 39 of Oscar Vault Monday, not 34). LAMB is a really great directory of movie blogs and if you ever get a chance to check out some of the other blogs listed, please do.
the diary of a film history fanatic 