Though I strongly feel the "top five theme" is way overdone, I'm structuring this blog around it anyway. The reason is twofold. First, in light of living in Chicago, I've chosen one of my favorite Chicago-based films, High Fidelity, and obviously have ripped the top five theme from that movie. Secondly, I am indecisive. Because I can never tell anyone this is my favorite (fill in the blank), or if I could do one thing it would be (fill in the blank), you get the idea, my top five will allow options and maybe stimulate a conversation or two. So, feel free to comment, leave your top five or begin a top five topic.
So here goes a first shot at a top five.
My top five favorite Chicago-based films:
1. The Company directed by Robert Altman
2. Some Like It Hot directed by Billy Wilder
3. High Fidelity directed by Stephen Frears
4. Ferris Bueller's Day Off directed by John Hughes
5. Pretty in Pink directed by Howard Deutch
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love it... your blog idea. well, i love the film. love john cusack. love chicago. so that said, well done. i'm intrigued. :) i own the movie and just watched it recently. you should add stranger than fiction to the list. excellent movie.
ReplyDeletei'm a fan of this format! what would your top 5 chicago-based books be? :)
ReplyDeletei'm a big fan of #3 and #4. i think i may have watched ferris bueller's day off everyday for about a month straight when i was in middle school.
ReplyDeletewhat's your chicago-based criteria? do they have to be set in chicago or just filmed here, like the dark knight was? great idea though. curious to see the upcoming top fives!
Let's see. Well, off the top of my head, I can't think of five Chicago-based books I've read. The first that came to mind was A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers. It is only partially based in Chicago and Chicago is referenced frequently. I'll keep thinking about it. Maybe you could add on.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I suppose I think filmed in Chicago, although, I believe all the films I chose also reference Chicago in some way.
home alone is pretty chicago and john hughes directed that i think...totally 90s and maybe totally awful and cheesy? what IS macaulay culkin up to these days?
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