My "Meme"

My entry in the favorite films meme. Each of these had a significant effect on me at various stages of my development. I noticed that several of them include music as an integral ingredient.


A- American Beauty (1999, Sam Mendes)

B- Blues Brothers, The (1980, John Landis)

C- Chinatown (1974, Roman Polanski)

D- Dazed & Confused (1993, Richard Linklater)

E- Ed Wood (1994, Tim Burton)

F- Funny Bones (1995, Peter Chelsom)

G- Goodfellas (1990, Martin Scorsese)

H- Hustler, The (1961, Robert Rossen)

I- Ice Storm, The (1997, Ang Lee)

J- Jungle Fever (1991, Spike Lee)

K- Kingdom, The (1994, Lars von Trier)

L- Leaving Las Vegas (1995, Mike Figgis)

M- McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971, Robert Altman)

N- No Country for Old Men (2007, Joel & Ethan Coen)

O- Over the Edge (1979, Jonathan Kaplan)

P- President's Analyst, The (1967, Theodore J. Flicker)

Q- Quadrophenia (1979, Franc Roddam)

R- Round Midnight (1986, Betrand Tavernier)

S- Stop Making Sense (1984, Jonathan Demme)

T- Two Lane Blacktop (1971, Monte Hellman)

U- Unbearable Lightness of Being, The (1988, Philip Kaufman)

V- Virgin Suicides, The (2000, Sofia Coppola)

W- Werckmeister Harmonies (2000, Bela Tarr)

X- X-The Unheard Music (1986, W.T. Morgan) [really fine doc of the band that received very limited theatrical release]

Y- Young Frankenstein (1974, Mel Brooks)

Z- Zero Effect (1998, Jake Kasdan)