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My son has never seen The Godfather. Now, there’s an offer I can’t refuse.

This hasn’t been a good week for the Eberting project. Or for sleeping. Or seeing the family. Or doing anything other than work, selling the house, and commutenapping.

There are two pleasures I’m looking forward to while Eberting. One is getting introduced to a bunch of films I might not have otherwise seen. The other is the joy of revisiting old favorites.

I had been planning to do the unfamiliar films first, and then end with a rush of old favorites. A RearWindowSnowWhiteCasablancaWizardOfOzgasm, if you will. However, I’m going to jump the Godfather and the Godfather Part II to the early part of the list – purely as a nod to the lad’s ongoing education, of course.

I got cast in a play. I’m playing David Stern in “NBA Lockout: The Musical”. Every actor has a bucket list. King Lear. Willy Loman. I didn’t know how much I wanted to play David Stern until I saw the audition notice. We start rehearsals soon, which means that my movie watching time for the summer is severely curtailed. That 5-movies-in-the-first-week-of-Eberting pace is not sustainable.

Looking ahead on the list, there are a few I’m not looking forward to. Shoah, for example. Nine hours of holocaust documentary. Contact – I didn’t like it the first time I saw it, not looking forward to the rewatch.

And there are a few that I would have sworn were on the list and aren’t. How the hell is Sullivan’s Travels not there? He does have The Lady Eve, so Preston Sturges is not unrepresented but still… it’s Sullivan’s Travels.

And, sadly, Mr. Ebert never put my all-time favorite film on his “Great Movies” list.
Coming up on the viewing list…

The Godfather Part II… and we’ll stop there with the Godfather movies.
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