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L<\/span>ong-time film buffs like me have seen a whole lot of films, but there are also a whole lot of films we’ve somehow missed…blind spots in our cinematic knowledge, if you will. There’s no way to ever see ALL the things we haven’t seen, or even all the things we “ought” to have seen, since what we “ought” to see depends in great part on who’s talking at any given moment. But even so, there are some omissions that feel more weighty than others, some films we haven’t seen that seem to stand as darker marks on our unseen lists than others. I have entire pages on this site dedicated to films I haven’t seen yet and want to – both a short list<\/a> and a super long list<\/a>. Even the short list is pretty long, though, which is why there’s a very short “list of shame” broken out from that, which is basically what this series is based on.<\/p>\n The major impetus for breaking it down to twelve films for 2012, though, is that a bunch of other bloggers are doing this, too, following James McNally’s lead over at Toronto Screenshots<\/a> and choosing twelve films off their own lists of shame and vowing to watch and write about them over the coming year. Twelve is one per month, but that’s not a restriction – all twelve in December? Sure. Knowing my procrastinatory ways, that may be what happens. But I hope not.<\/p>\n Here are the twelve films I’ve chosen:<\/p>\n The Passion of Joan of Arc Other bloggers I know are participating: Ryan McNeil at the Matinee<\/a>, David Brook at the Blueprint Review<\/a>, CS at Big Thoughts from a Small Mind<\/a>, and I’m sure many others. If you are, let me know! I’d love to keep up with you on this project. I won’t pin myself down to a specific publishing schedule (and some of my ability to finish this series probably depends on whether I subscribe to Netflix discs again or not), but these are twelve films I’d definitely like to have seen by the end of the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Long-time film buffs like me have seen a whole lot of films, but there are also a whole lot of films we’ve somehow missed…blind spots in our cinematic knowledge, if you will. 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\nA Place in the Sun
\nThe Virgin Spring<\/a>
\nWho’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?<\/a>
\nCool Hand Luke
\nArmy of Shadows
\nSolaris
\nThe Outlaw Josey Wales
\nAli: Fear Eats the Soul
\nEraserhead
\nOnce Upon a Time in America
\nRequiem for a Dream<\/b><\/p>\n