THIS MARATHON IS THE FIRST TIME WE FOCUS ON A SINGULAR ARTIST IN THE FILM INDUSTRY. JACK NICHOLSON ISN'T THE MOST PROLIFIC ACTOR, NOR THE MOST PROGRESSIVE. WHAT HE IS, NOW IN THE TWILIGHT OF HIS LIFE, IS AN ACTOR THAT WAS LUCKY TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HELP SHAPE CINEMA FOR THREE DECADES IN ICONIC FILMS. WE TAKE HIS GOLDEN AND BRONZE YEARS OF FILMS INTO REVIEW IN THIS SMALL MARATHON OF SEVEN TITLES OUT OF NICHOLSON'S 64.
"ONCE A DECADE, SIGHT & SOUND ASKS CRITICS TO SELECT THE GREATEST FILMS OF ALL TIME. IN OUR BIGGEST POLL EVER, CONDUCTED IN 2012, 846 CRITICS, PROGRAMMERS AND CURATORS FROM AROUND THE WORLD NOMINATED TEN BEST MOVIES EVER MADE - AND THE RESULTS GAVE US A NEW TOP FILM, ENDING THE 50-YEAR REIGN OF CITIZEN KANE." LAST UPDATED IN JUNE, 2021. EVERY TEN YEARS BRINGS THOSE CRITICS TO UPDATE THIS BIG LIST AND THESE TITLES ARE OUR TASTE CHOICES FROM IT.
WELCOME TO OUT THIRD MARATHON! THIS ONE, AS THEY SAY, IS A STRANGE ONE. TWO OF US WENT WITH THIS IDEA FOR A MARATHON: MOVIES SET AND IN DIRECT/INDIRECT WAYS SHOW LIFE IN BOTH TOWNS/SUBURBS AS WELL AS CITIES. ONE OF US TOOK THE SMALLER SIDE OF LIFE WHILE THE OTHER TOOK ON THE BIG CITIES. WE HOPE YOU ENJOY OUR DISCUSSIONS OF PRETTY GRAND MOVIES THAT DELVE INTO THE THEMES AND TOPICS WERE EXTRAPOLATED.
THERE ARE MORE FILMS OUT THERE THAN JUST MODERN ONES. FOR OUR SECOND MARATHON, WE BRING YOU OLDER FILMS. SPECIFICALLY, WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT A FRACTION OF THE FILMS THAT HAVE INSPIRED OTHERS. ANYTHING AFTER THE 1960'S DOESN'T COUNT AND WE HAVE HANDPICKED THREE MOVIES APIECE THAT HAVE DIRECT OR INDIRECT INFLUENCES TO POP CULTURE AND FILMS TODAY.
FOR OUR VERY FIRST MARATHON, WE DECIDED TO TACKLE THE ANIMATED MEDIUM. WHAT FEELS LIKE A GENRE IS ONLY A TYPE OF ART FORM WHERE ALL GENRES AND STORIES-THROUGH-MOTION CAN BE TOLD. THE ANIMATED STARTER PACK HAS A SAMPLE OF SEVERAL ANIMATED FEATURES FROM AROUND THE WORLD; WITH A SLIGHT FOCUS ON THE US AND JAPAN. LET'S SEE WHAT YOU KNOW AND JOIN US.
