The deal is to go through the alphabet (that’s A-Z if you didn’t remember) picking one favourite from each letter. For me, I wanted to go around not choosing the most obvious ones, trying to show some love to a few lesser known films and truly just work through my mood at the moment. With my cinematic alphabet I’m hoping to showcase a somewhat wide split through my taste in film and also select films that are worthy of at least an 8 / 10 classification. Therefore, Split Reel’s Cinematic Alphabet is not to be confused with a Split Reel’s Best Of .. list for that matter. Please join in; post your own Cinematic Alphabet and Tweet with the hashtag #CinematicAlphabet to share with the blogosphere.
Amores Perros by Alejandro González Iñárritu
Barbarian Invasions, The by Denys Arcand
Choke by Clark Cregg
Delicatessen by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Europa by Lars Von Trier
Fargo by Joel Coen
Gone Baby Gone by Ben Affleck
High Fidelity by Stephen Frears
In Bruges by Martin McDonagh
Jackie Brown by Quentin Tarantino
Kramer Vs. Kramer by Robert Benton
Lolita by Stanley Kubrick
Mirror, The by Andrey Tarkovskiy
No Man’s Land by Danis Tanovic
On The Waterfront by Elia Kazan
Primer by Shane Carruth
Queen, The by Stephen Frears
Royal Tenenbaums, The by Wes Anderson
Shallow Grave by Danny Boyle
This Is England by Shane Meadows
United States of Leland, The by Matthew Ryan Hoge
Volver by Pedro Almodóvar
Wonder Boys by Curtis Hanson
X2 by Brian Singer
Y Tu Mamá También by Alfonso Cuarón
Zodiac by David Fincher
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Nice! A lot of films I have to admit I’ve never even heard of… I might do this myself too, sounds like fun :)
Yeah, it’s fun ! Can’t help but think that if I’d done this another day or something it might be completely different! Except for a few letters there’s so much to choose from that your mood affects it so much.
I’m with you, Jenni. There’s plenty on here I haven’t heard of. A couple that I have but just didn’t like (Royal Tenenbaums). I might have to get in on this as well in the next couple of days.
Some very nice ones on this list, though. Fargo, Gone Baby Gone, Jackie Brown, On the Waterfront. All good choices. I love High Fidelity. In Bruges is another good one. Kramer vs Kramer is a classic. X2 and Zodiac I enjoyed. And very good call on Wonder Boys. I love that movie. It’s pretty awesome.
High Fidelity is the best romcom ever made for sure.
Ooh, sexy list. I particularly like Amores Perros, Delicatessen, Fargo, Gone Baby Gone, In Bruges, Kramer vs Kramer, The Royal Tenenbaums, Volver and Zodiac
I’ve made a lot of my friends watch Amores Perros because no one’s ever seen it even though it’s bitchin’.
Yey, great idea, might borrow ^_~!
I actually squeeled outloud as I read “Wonder Boys”. Bought it finally just last weekend. Gem!
Seriously, it is so amazing. Michael Chabon’s books are really the best, if you haven’t yet you should check f.e. The Escapist out; it’s one of my top 10 books.
Sweet Alphabet in Movies with a nice eclectic list of movies. I’ve been pondering whether to make one but yea, I don’t know ahah ;)
It’s fun; there’s not as much pondering as with a best of this and this list. Kind of more for yourself than anything else.
Very nice! I’d forgotten about “No Man’s Land” after long meaning to check it out.
Nice list and many good ones! With Amores Perros starting the list you can’t go wrong much ;-) Should I do this some day as well? Maybe :)
It’s always nice seeing someone’s list of cinematic alphabet! Lots of movies I haven’t heard here, but we do share a few in common: The Queen & X-Men. I really respect Gone, Baby, Gone, an impressive debut from Affleck. Oh look at how cute Ewan McGregor is in that Shallow Hall photo and man, that guy never ages!
Ewan’s got that boyish charm that he’s always going to seem 21. I love these alphabets, they’re so varied.
Fun list! I loved seeing Choke and Delicatessen on there, both are underrated in my opinion.
This is a really unique list. I like it!
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