Notes read. Now, why don't I try writing what I wrote and lost again...
To begin with, a confession. I have never watched The Maltese Falcon. I've a good understanding of the plot and the performances, enough to supply me with the gist of what the film is about. And I am not going to feel guilty about not having seen it.
On the other hand, I've never seen any of the films that make up the Godfather trilogy. And this is not quite so guilt-free a situation, because der Brucer and I have the films on DVD. I've simply not sat down and watched them.
Nor have I watched any of the films included in the Chaplin collection released last year. I've watched some of the supplementary material, but not the films themselves.
I started to watch Kiki's Delivery Service, but got interrupted and didn't finish it. Same is true of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and A Hard Day's Night.
Waiting for Guffman, Memento, The Man Who Wasn't There, A Beautiful Mind, Road to Perdition, Saving Private Ryan, Adaptation, Braveheart, Gladiator, Spartacus, fer crying out loud, all sit on the shelf, waiting and gathering dust. So does the entire first set from American Film Theater, and I, Claudius, both of which I insisted on adding to our collection.
Plus there's a boxed set of early Hitchcock der Brucer bought, which I agreed to.
The fault for not taking the time to watch these films, when they are easily in my reach, is my own.