Sunday, December 01, 2024

2025 Blind Spot Series Announcement

 

With 2024 coming to an end with Rainer Werner Fassbinder's epic near-15 hour miniseries Berlin Alexanderplatz being the last one to watch for the year. The time has come once again to make an announcement for the 2025 edition as I have chosen to do diversify myself again but also avoid doing grand epics as that is something I think I won't do for a while. At the same time, I wanted to avoid doing films by the same director as well as wanting to choose films that I've been wanting to see for a long time. Even based on discoveries I've made this year through the Blind Spot Series has forced me wanting to do more in terms of exploration. There is also the case for availability as not every can be found easily which was the mistake I made for the 2021 series as I nearly got into some legal trouble as that I don't want to do ever again. My choices for next year has me once again going further into the 20th Century as it will be spread around from the 1930s to the 1990s. Unfortunately, there won't be any films by women for the 2025 mainly because I didn't know what to choose as what is available aside from some of the Blu-Rays I've recently acquired as I would rather focus on doing small marathons based on those filmmakers. Most of the films that I have chosen are those that are currently available on Blu-Ray or will be released on Blu-Ray while other films that I don't have on Blu-Ray will be seen either through a streaming service or as a YouTube rental. Here are the 12 films in chronological order that I will watch for the 2025 Blind Spot Series:

The Public Enemy by William A. Wellman

Limite by Mario Peixoto

Notorious by Alfred Hitchcock

A Star is Born by George Cukor

The Misfits by John Huston

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Mike Nichols

Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song by Melvin Van Peebles

The Mother and the Whore by Jean Eustache

The Sting by George Roy Hill

Love Streams by John Cassavetes

Princess Mononoke by Hayao Miyazaki

Cure by Kiyoshi Kurosawa

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10 comments:

  1. SJHoneywell7:30 PM

    Interesting list. There are a few here of which I am not a big fan and a few that I genuinely love.

    I won't spoil it for you, though.

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    1. thevoid998:38 PM

      Don't. That's part of the reasons why I do the Blind Spot Series. It gives me a chance to watch movies I've been wanting to see for a long time as well as something obscure or left field I am intrigued by.

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  2. keith71_9811:51 AM

    Whew...some good choices in that bunch. You're gonna have fun!

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    1. thevoid994:25 PM

      I hope so. I already have bought some of them recently for Xmas.

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  3. Brittani Burnham2:49 PM

    Nice list! I fell off hard on Blind Spots this year. You continue to put me to shame. Love Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf and Princess Mononoke. Can't wait to hear what you think of them!

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    1. thevoid9911:28 PM

      I just got the latter as a steelbook Blu-Ray. I'm eager to see these films as I wanted to do something different and shake things up again.

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  4. Ruth5:44 PM

    I haven't done Blind Spots in ages, simply not enough time. I haven't seen any of these, but now I'm interested in checking them out, especially Notorious, The Sting, and Princess Mononoke. I need to catch up on more Studio Ghibli movies!

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    1. thevoid9912:45 PM

      The Studio Ghibli films is something I want to do more of as I haven't been disappointed with any of them though I heard the Earwig film is one of the worst.

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  5. Ruth6:52 PM

    Oh you mean Earwig and the Witch, as there's another horror film called Earwig and I was like, ewww! Well I'll avoid that one then; I had never even heard of it before, ahah.

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    1. thevoid9912:32 PM

      That one. I saw how it looked and I was like.... NO! Then I read the reviews and oh... it was worse than I thought it would be.

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