Maybe you’ve heard of it? <\/p>\n
I think it’s gonna be huge, you guys! Seriously. I have a feeling<\/i> about these things. I like to be on the cutting edge of technology, I really do. You know. Like when I got a DVD player last summer – a DVD player that someone else had to buy FOR me. But you know. It was my first DVD player, and it was 2006, after all … so obviously I am FAR ahead of everybody else, in terms of gadgetry.<\/p>\n
I just signed up with Netflix last week. For the first time ever. Much to the amazement of pretty much everyone who knows me.<\/p>\n
Everyone who knows me: “You’re not on Netflix? What is your problem???”
\nMy answer: “How much time have you got?”<\/p>\n
So I signed up. It’s like the best thing ever invented. I can’t believe it. I feel almost a little nervous<\/i> about the whole thing because I could get completely out of control – and already am a little bit. But I am just browsing through, to my heart’s content, remembering: “Oh yes! I need to see that movie again!” Or … “Hmmm … let’s see what Greta Garbo movies they have, shall we?” It’s just heaven. No longer do I need to rely on my local video store’s goodwill in keeping their paltry “classics” shelves stocked. Now I can go hogwild.<\/p>\n
And just the system itself should win awards for efficiency and convenience. It’s idiot proof. I love it. Go, Netflix. I’ll get over it soon, I’ll get used to it, but for now? I’m all about Netflix. And how cool it is.<\/p>\n
I have already watched my first 2 choices … my “baptism” into Netflix consisted of The French Connection<\/i> and Dane Cook’s The Vicious Circle<\/i>.<\/p>\n
And now … let the games begin. My queue grows exponentially every day. I am sure this is comPLETEly fascinating to EVERYone. it was so funny, though – I casually mentioned it last night to Allison (and she was one of the Netflix evangelists) – I tried to throw it in the conversation casually, “Yeah, so on my Netflix queue …” and Allison pounced. “Your what?? Your Netflix queue?? You’re on Netflix? Isn’t it so AMAZING??”<\/p>\n
So here’s my queue. I look at it and shiver with the knowledge that, to me, it is an absolute work of art. Many of these I have seen – but because of the general suckiness of video stores …. I haven’t been able to see them in YEARS. I’m so excited. Also THRILLED to see Way Down East<\/i> – directed by DW Griffith – starring Lillian Gish and Richard Bartelmess (I will always think of him as the new pilot in Only Angels Have Wings<\/i> – that was his “comeback”) – but anyway – Way Down East<\/i> has this scene of Lillian Gish floating along an icy river, lying down on an ice floe – as Bartelmess tries to get to her. I’m sure you’ve seen the clip – it is regularly included on any “greatest scenes ever filmed” list.<\/p>\n
This was shot on location, that is really Lillian Gish – it was a truly dangerous stunt – and I’ve only seen the clip, never the whole film. I can’t wait!!<\/p>\n
La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc<\/a> – 1928 – directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer<\/p>\n Sudden Fear<\/a> – 1952 – directed by David Miller<\/p>\n Marie Antoinette<\/a> – 2006 – directed by Sofia Coppola<\/p>\n Alice Adams<\/a> – 1935 – directed by George Stevens<\/p>\n The Good, the Bad and the Ugly<\/a> – 1966 – directed by Sergio Leone<\/p>\n L’Histoire d’Ad\u00e8le H.<\/a> – 1975 – directed by Fran\u00e7ois Truffaut (Emily, speaking of Truffaut!!! Ha. There’s a lot of his movies on here, coincidentally. I love this movie – and Isabelle Adjani is incredible in it. It’s just been years since I’ve seen Truffaut’s movies, so I’m gorging myself now that I have discovered Netflix.)<\/p>\n Nosferatu<\/a> – 1922 – directed by Murnau<\/p>\n The Searchers<\/a> – 1956 – directed by John Ford<\/p>\n Patton<\/a> – 1970 – directed by Franklin J. Schaffner<\/p>\n Rocky Balboa<\/a> – 2006 – directed by Sylvester Stallone (this one is released in March some time – but I’ve pre-ordered it)<\/p>\n The Lady Eve<\/a> – 1941 – directed by Preston Sturges – I’ve never seen this movie, and I’m really psyched. Peter Bogdonavich loves this movie – and includes it in his “Movie of the Week” book and it sounds like my kind of film.<\/p>\n Richard Pryor: Live in Concert<\/a> – 1979 – directed by Jeff Margolis<\/p>\n Metropolis<\/a> – 1927 – directed by Fritz Lang<\/p>\n Steamboat Bill, Jr.<\/a> – 1928 – directed by Charles Reisner and Buster Keaton<\/p>\n Breathless <\/a> – 1960 – directed by Jean-Luc Godard<\/p>\n General Idi Amin Dada<\/a> – 1974 – directed by Barbet Schroeder<\/p>\n Mean Streets<\/a> – 1973 – directed by Martin Scorsese<\/p>\n Stranger than Fiction<\/a> – 2006 – directed by Mark Forster<\/p>\n Rio Bravo<\/a> – 1959 – directed by Howard Hawks<\/p>\n Half Nelson<\/a> – 2006 – directed by Ryan Fleck<\/p>\n Mr. Smith Goes to Washington<\/a> – 1939 – directed by Frank Capra<\/p>\n A Clockwork Orange<\/a> – 1971 – directed by Stanley Kubrick<\/p>\n Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid <\/a> – 1969 – directed by George Roy Hill<\/p>\n The General<\/a> – 1927 – directed by Buster Keaton<\/p>\n The Third Man <\/a> – 1949 – directed by Carol Reed<\/p>\n Queen Christina<\/a> – 1933 – directed by Rouben Mamoulian<\/p>\n Touch of Evil <\/a> – 1958 – directed by Orson Welles<\/p>\n Tootsie<\/a> – 1982 – directed by Sydney Pollack<\/p>\n Lock Up<\/a> – 1989 – directed by John Flynn<\/p>\n Paper Clips<\/a> – 2004 – directed by Elliot Berlin and Joe Fab<\/p>\n The Seventh Seal<\/a> – 1957 – directed by Ingmar Bergman<\/p>\n Tango & Cash<\/a> – 1989 – directed by Andrei Konchalovsky<\/p>\n Idiocracy<\/a> – 2006 – directed by Mike Judge<\/p>\n The Specialist<\/a> – 1994 – directed by Luis Llosa<\/p>\n Jules et Jim<\/a> – 1962 – directed by Fran\u00e7ois Truffaut<\/p>\n Pirates of the Caribbean: Black Pearl<\/a> – 2003 – directed by Gore Verbinski<\/p>\n Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest<\/a> – 2006 – directed by Gore Verbinski<\/p>\n Mildred Pierce<\/a> – 1945 – directed by Michael Curtiz<\/p>\n Inside the Actors Studio: Icons: Barbra Streisand<\/p>\n Kolya<\/a> – 1996 – directed by Jan Sver\u00e1k<\/p>\n Persona<\/a> – 1966 – directed by Ingmar Bergman<\/p>\n F.I.S.T. <\/a> – 1978 – directed by Norman Jewison<\/p>\n Kiss Me Deadly<\/a> – 1955 – directed by Robert Aldrich<\/p>\n M <\/a> – 1939 – directed by Fritz Lang<\/p>\n The Bicycle Thief <\/a>– 1948 – directed by Vittorio De Sica<\/p>\n La Dolce Vita<\/a> – 1960 – directed by Federico Fellini<\/p>\n Short Cuts<\/a> – 1993 – directed by Robert Altman<\/p>\n The Young Lions <\/a> – 1958 – directed by Edward Dmytryk<\/p>\n The 400 Blows<\/a> – 1959 – directed by Fran\u00e7ois Truffaut<\/p>\n Triumph of the Will<\/a> – 1935 – directed by Leni Riefenstahl<\/p>\n Rambo: First Blood<\/a> – 1982 – directed by Ted Kotcheff<\/p>\n Rambo: First Blood Part II<\/a> – 1985 – directed by George P. Cosmatos<\/p>\n Rambo III: Ultimate Edition<\/a> – 1988 – directed by Peter MacDonald<\/p>\n Nashville<\/a> – 1975 – directed by Robert Altman<\/p>\n Living Out Loud <\/a> – 1998 – directed by Richard LaGravenese<\/p>\n Way Down East<\/a> – 1920 – directed by DW Griffith<\/p>\n Broken Blossoms <\/a> – – 1919 – directed by DW Griffith<\/p>\n Saboteur<\/a> – 1942 – directed by Alfred Hitchcock<\/p>\n The Best Years of Our Lives<\/a> – 1946 – directed by William Wyler<\/p>\n Gilda<\/a> – 1946 – directed by Charles Vidor<\/p>\n SNL: The Best of Steve Martin<\/p>\n State and Main<\/a> – 2000 – directed by David Mamet<\/p>\n Jackass: The Movie<\/a> – 2002 – directed by Jeff Tremaine<\/p>\n The Heiress<\/a> – 1949 – directed by directed by William Wyler<\/p>\n The Big Heat<\/a> – 1953 – directed by Fritz Lang<\/p>\n Shane<\/a> – 1953 – directed by George Stevens<\/p>\n Lawrence of Arabia<\/a> – 1962 – directed by David Lean<\/p>\n The Wild Bunch: Special Edition<\/a> – 1969 – directed by Sam Peckinpah<\/p>\n Chinatown <\/a> – 1974 – directed by Roman Polanski<\/p>\n Tomorrow <\/a> – 1972 – directed by Joseph Anthony (this is starring Robert Duvall – I have never seen it – and my father has been urging me to see it for, what, 10 years? I have just never got around to it … or I keep forgetting. So now! Finally!!)<\/p>\n The Deep<\/a> – 1977 – directed by Peter Yates<\/p>\n MASH: Season 11: Disc 3 (finale of series)<\/p>\n Don’t Bother to Knock<\/a> – 1952 – directed by Roy Ward Baker – a Marilyn Monroe tour de force<\/p>\n I look back over this and am amazed at how awesome Netflix is. I am so glad I discovered it. 3 years after everybody else did. And, in typical Sheila fashion, the choices run the gamut. From Queen Christina<\/i> to Jackass<\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Maybe you’ve heard of it? I think it’s gonna be huge, you guys! Seriously. I have a feeling about these things. I like to be on the cutting edge of technology, I really do. You know. Like when I got … Continue reading