Further Reading

If you're like me, you love to read up on stories about good films. For further reading and information on some of the films I watched this summer, here are some links I've compiled to interesting tidbits, reviews, and general information:

Saturday Night Fever: 

- "Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night" from New York Magazine, the article that inspired the film and was later proved to be fabricated

- Roger Ebert's review of the film 

-Vanity Fair's article describing the production of Saturday Night Fever

-The soundtrack can be found and purchased digitally here

2001: A Space Odyssey:

-Roger Ebert's review of the film

-"The Amazingly Accurate Futurism of 2001: A Space Odyssey" from WIRED

-"How 2001: A Space Odyssey Prophesized Modern Technology" from Slate

-"Weird, Unseen Images from the Making of 2001: A Space Odyssey" from Vanity Fair

Full Metal Jacket:

-"16 Hardcore Facts About Full Metal Jacket" from Mental Floss

-Soundtrack can be found and purchased digitally here

The Exorcist:
-The Exorcist in 30 Seconds With Bunnies
-Behind The Exorcist 

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid:
-"12 Wild Facts About Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" from Mental Floss
-Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Biography from History

Casablanca:
-Casablanca in 30 Seconds With Bunnies
-Roger Ebert's Review of the film
-"Everybody Come To Rick's: Casablanca on the Big Screen" from The New Yorker

The Godfather
-"The Godfather and the Decline of Marlon Brando" by Stanley Kauffmann (April, 1972) - A negative review of Brando's performance
-Was a Real Horse Head Used in The Godfather? from Snopes
-"Unauthorized Photos from the Heavily Guarded Set of The Godfather" from Mashable
-"The Mob vs. The Godfather" from Shortlist Magazine

Citizen Kane
-Citizen Kane information, including a chart comparing Charles Foster Kane to real-life newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hurst, from AMC Filmsite
-Roger Ebert's review of the film (one of my favorite reviews of any film, I think)
-"The Making of the Best Film of All Time" a photo gallery from CNN

Sunset Boulevard
-Roger Ebert's review of the film
-"Sunset Boulevard: 15 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About The Hollywood Classic" from MovieFone
-Filming locations of the movie

Raging Bull
-"15 Punchy Facts About 'Raging Bull'" from Mental Floss
-"Brutal Attraction: The Making of Raging Bull" from Vanity Fair
-"Facts About Raging Bull" from ShortList Magazine

Taxi Driver
-"13 Grimy Facts About 'Taxi Driver'" from Mental Floss
-"De Niro, Scorsese, Foster Talk Taxi Driver at 40" from Vulture
-"Taxi Driver: 25 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Martin Scorsese's Classic" from MovieFone
-"Taxi Driver: Its Influence on John Hinckley, Jr." from Famous American Trials

Rocky
-"All 7 Rocky Movies Ranked, from Original to Creed" from The Wrap
-"A Unified Theory of the Rocky Movies" from The New Yorker
-Total Rocky (fan website of the film franchise with facts, memorabilia, and articles)

Harold and Maude
-"Ten Perfectly Paired Facts about 'Harold and Maude'" from Mental Floss
-"25 Things You Didn't Know About 'Harold and Maude'" from MovieFone
-"Bud Cort: Harold and Maude Was A Blessing and a Curse" from The Guardian
-Harold and Maude Analysis (a psychoanalytic, dramatic brainstorm) from Dramatica

Dr. Strangelove (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb)
-"Almost Everything in Dr. Strangelove Was True" from The New Yorker
-"15 Things You Might Not Know About Dr. Strangelove" from Mental Floss
-Roger Ebert's review of the film

Breathless
-"A Fresh Look Back at Right Now" from The New York Times
-"BREATHLESS (A Bout De Souffle)" from New Wave Film Encyclopedia 
-"How Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless Reinvented The Movies" from Slate
-"What Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless Can Teach You About Film Editing" from No Film School