8 By 8 By 8 – A Small Celebration

Twenty Four Frames was started eight years ago this month. It wasn’t much and as I looked back at some of the post I wrote back then they came across as pretty bad.  I’ve grown, me thinks, as has the blog. As sort of a small celebration, for lack of a better term, I have come up with a list of films I am calling 8 by  8 by 8. Eight years, eight lists and eight films on each lists. The films are not in any particular order, but they do represent some of my favorites in each group. Some of the films selected could have easily fell into two categories. For example, A Face in the Crowd which I included in my Journalism/Media category could easily fit into the politics group. The same could be said for All the President’s Men. I wanted to listed a different film in each category, so I resisted the temptation of repeating.

And so without further ado, as they use to say, here are the lists.

Films About Writers

The Shining (1980)

Barton Fink (1991)

Misery (1990)

The Front (1976)

The Player (1992)

Sunset Blvd.(1950)

Capote (2005)

Howl (2010)

Politics

The Candidate (1972)

The Best Man (1964)

Z (1969)

Lincoln (2012)

All the King’s Men (1949)

The Great McGinty  (1940)

Dr. Strangelove (1964)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

Snow Bound

Fargo (1996)

Airport (1970)

On Dangerous Ground (1951)

The Gold Rush (1925)

McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971)

Mon Oncle Antoine (1971)

The Dead (The 1987)

The Shining (1980)

On the Road Again Movies

Badlands (1973)

Vacation (1983)

Duel (1971 – TV Movie)

Two Lane Blacktop (1971)

Wild at Heart (1990)

Thelma and Louise (1991)

The Hitch-Hiker (1953)

On the Road (2012)

Journalism/Media

All the President’s Men (1976)

His Girl Friday (1940)

Ace in the Hole (1951)

Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

Network (1976)

A Face in the Crowd (1957)

Spotlight (2105)

Deadline U.S.A. (1952)

Snapshots: Films Focusing on Photography

Funny Face (1957)

Picture Snatcher (1933)

Everlasting Moments (2008)

Blow-Up (1966)

Pretty Baby (1976)

Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)

Rear Window (1954)

One Hour Photo (2002)

Sex and the Cinema

Body Heat (1981)

Fatal Attraction (1987)

The Last Seduction (1994)

Deep End (1970)

Secretary (2002)

Swimming Pool (2003)

Malèna (2000)

Last Tango in Paris (1972)

Conspiracy Theories

Blow Out (1981)

JFK (1991)

The Parallax View (1974)

The Stepford Wives (1975)

The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

Seven Days in May (1964)

The Conversation (1973)

Three Days of the Condor (1975)

New York Noir

Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)

Cry of the City (1948)

Side Street (1949)

The Window (1949)

Pickup on South Street (1953)

Scarlet Street (1945)

The Naked City (1948)

The Dark Corner (1946)