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Wednesday, February 07, 2007

There were three films in this list I had not seen, though I know everything about them--Martin Scorsese's "Taxi Driver," John Schlesinger's "Midnight Cowboy" (screenplay by the two-time Oscar winner Waldo Salt), and Darren Aronofsky's "Requiem of a Dream."

I was very surprised at the lack of foreign films on this list.  A true movie buff ventures into this most enriching of territories.  Anyway, I digress. Now that these films have kept me from reaching that 100% mark, their being placed on my que.

Tonight, while I recuperate from two, one more than was scheduled, x-ray driven lumbar epidural injections into two bulging disks in my lower back, I am watching the re-release of Warren Beatty's "Reds," starring Diane Keaten and Warren Beatty.

Your Movie Buff Quotient: 88%
You are a movie buff of the most obsessive variety. If a movie exists, chances are that you've seen it.
You're an expert on movie facts and trivia. It's hard to stump you with a question about film.

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