Venn Diagrams are Fun

Spending as much time thinking about movies as I do, it’s really hard to answer the inevitable, “What are your favorites?” question that most people ask when they find out I’m a film student.  Well, really they first ask, “What kind of movies do you make?” and I have to explain that I’m in theory, not production, but then they always ask for my favorite movies.

Anyway, now I have a handy Venn diagram (click to embiggen):

The green and blue circles could be much more full, but I tried to limit myself to films I’m particularly excited about.  The red circle, on the other hand, is 100% complete (unless I’m just forgetting something).  I only listed the years for those movies that share titles with other (inferior) films.

So I suppose you could call those ten movies in the center, which fit into all three circles, my Top Ten Favorite Movies.  Maybe I’ll write an entry (or series of entries) focusing on them sometime.

And yes, for a grad student in film, my tastes are pretty US-centric.  I do my best to expand my horizons, but my fascination with American culture is a part of who I am as a nerd and a scholar.