food for the eyes

books consumed in 2001:

I am currently [as of the end of 2001] reading:
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Heaven's Reach by David Brin
Macho Sluts by Pat Califia

16.) Have Space Suit -- Will Travel by Robert A. Heinlein rating
15.) Infinity's Shore by David Brin rating
14.) Brightness Reef by David Brin rating
13.) The Uplift War by David Brin rating
12.) The Guide to Getting It On! by Paul Joannides rating
11.) Sundiver by David Brin rating
10.) The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons rating
09.) Startide Rising by David Brin rating
08.) The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook by Joshua Piven and David Borgenicht rating
07.) Turbulent Souls : A Catholic Son's Return to His Jewish Family by Stephen J. Dubner rating
06.) Closing Time by Joseph Heller rating
05.) The Mosley Receipt by Kenneth Royce rating
04.) Higher Authority by Stephen White rating
03.) The Mammoth Book of Erotica edited by Maxim Jakubowski rating
02.) Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers by Leonard Koren rating
01.) Saké Pure + Simple by Griffith Frost and John Gauntner rating

 

films consumed in 2001:
[films in italics and with a date were rented or
seen on tv in their entirety without commercials;
films in bold were seen in a theatre...]

091.) Die Hard (1988) [nth time] rating
090.) Desperado (1995) [3rd time] rating
089.) À ma soeur (aka Fat Girl) rating
088.) Heat (1995) [2nd time] rating
087.) To Catch a Thief (1955) [nth time] rating
086.) Miller's Crossing (1990) rating
085.) Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain rating
084.) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone rating
083.) The Heist rating
082.) Excalibur (1981) rating
081.) House of Games (1987) rating
080.) Buffalo 66 (1998) rating
079.) The Man Who Wasn't There rating
078.) The City of Lost Children (1995) [3rd time] rating
077.) Goodfellas (1990) [2nd time] rating
076.) Waking Life rating
075.) K-PAX rating
074.) Drugstore Cowboy (1989) [2nd time] rating
073.) The Parallax View (1974) rating
072.) The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) rating
071.) 101 Reykjavík rating
070.) Final Fantasy - The Spirits Within (2001) rating
069.) Fight Club (1999) [2nd time] rating
068.) Dangerous Liaisons (1989) [2nd time] rating
067.) Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) [3rd time] rating
066.) Heartbreakers (2001) rating
065.) Bread and Tulips rating
064.) Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back rating
063.) Rushmore (1999) rating
062.) The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) rating
061.) Living Out Loud (1998) rating
060.) Red Shoe Diaries - Girl on a Bike (1999) rating
059.) Princess Mononoke (1999) rating
058.) The Intruder (1999) rating
057.) American Gigolo (1980) rating
056.) Go Fish (1994) rating
055.) Hurlyburly (1998) rating
054.) Double Take (2001) rating
053.) Cinema Paradiso (1990) [2nd time] rating
052.) The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) rating
051.) American Movie (1999) rating
050.) Wonder Boys (2000) [2nd time] rating
049.) Chocolat (2000) [2nd time] rating
048.) Wonder Boys (2000) rating
047.) Proof of Life (2000) rating
046.) Bullitt (1968) rating
045.) Beautiful Girls (1996) [2nd time] rating
044.) Swimming with Sharks (1995) rating
043.) Unbreakable (2000) rating
042.) Topsy-Turvy (2000) rating
041.) Nurse Betty (2000) rating
040.) Moving Targets (1998) rating
039.) Last Tango in Paris (1972) rating
038.) Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1999) [2nd time] rating
037.) The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) rating
036.) Chocolat (1988) rating
035.) Bananas (1971) rating
034.) Meet Joe Black (1998) rating
033.) O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) [2nd time] rating
032.) Memento [2nd time] rating
031.) The Andromeda Strain (1971) [2nd time] rating
030.) You Can Count On Me (2000) rating
029.) The Claim (2000)rating
028.) Pootie Tang rating
027.) State and Main (2000)rating
026.) The Land That Time Forgot (1975)rating [see only if you like cheesy]
025.) You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)rating
024.) Atlantis: The Lost Empire rating
023.) Lara Croft Tomb Raider rating
022.) Bridget Jones's Diary rating
021.) The Killing (1956)rating
020.) Groove (2000)rating
019.) Space Cowboys (2000)rating
018.) Moulin Rouge rating
017.) Das Boot (1982)rating
016.) Shrek rating
015.) Requiem for a Dream (2000)
015.) [How well done it was: rating How much I enjoyed it: rating]
014.) American Graffiti (1973) rating
013.) Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (2000)rating
013.) [I saw the above on television, but have included it because it was excellent]
012.) Memento rating
011.) Twilight (1998)rating
010.) Virtuosity (1995)rating
009.) Snatch rating
008.) O Brother, Where Art Thou? rating
007.) Magnolia (2000)rating
006.) Traffic rating
005.) The Perfect Storm (2000)rating
004.) Shanghai Noon (2000)rating
003.) Hollow Man (2000)rating
002.) What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966)rating
001.) Fight Club (1999)rating

 

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the 2002 list

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updated Tuesday, 08 January 2002
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