OK, so I'm in

Rome,

and I love the movies,

 so what do I do?

A pilgrimage is essential:

Trevi Fountain,
of course:
Marcello, Anita, Federico...

Trevi Fountain, with and without Marcello and Anita
"La Dolce Vita"
And     
The Vatican recomments movies, too. Click here...

The Vatican

 is a must-visit...

And like any good tourist,


I want to see Click here to see the BIG Pantheon

 The Pantheon.
I marvel at Roman ingenuity.

 

 and what do I do then? I can't help myself...


I think of...

Andrew Sarris

 

and Buster Keaton and Howard Hawks and Orson Welles and John Ford and Max Ophüls and Alfred Hitchcock...

Jeeem's Pantheon
Buster Keaton

Luis Buñuel

Howard Hawks

Orson Welles

Yasujiro Ozu

Ernst Lubitsch

F.W. Murnau

Max Ophüls

Alfred Hitchcock

Kenji Mizoguchi

Josef von Sternberg

Preston Sturges

Jean Renoir

The Marx Brothers

John Ford

Claude Chabrol

Douglas Sirk

 Inside the Pantheon, an early example of projection

Just so you'll know where I'm coming from: These are the filmmakers whose works mean the most to me, in very personal ways.  They're the ones who have most shaped (or reflected) my perception of life, and of movies.

 

Fresh tattoo obtained in Rome, signifying love for my friends. It's directly over my arrhythmic heart.

Jeeem's 120 Most Beloved Movies

 Roman Polanski

Krzysztof Zanussi

Krzysztof Kieslowski

David Cronenberg

Wim Wenders

Martin Scorsese

Robert Altman

Stanley Kubrick

Chuck Jones

Mike Leigh

Spike Lee

Joel & Ethan Coen

Eric Rohmer

Jean-Luc Godard

François Truffaut

Robert Bresson

Woody Allen

 

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