Greg Goes to the Movies

 Greg Goes to the Movies





    This one is not exactly an anecdote but a list of the films loved by Greg who was big screen passionate as a young man and motion picture crabby as an old man. I went to many a movie with the guy that included trips to La Habra's Fashion Square, a foray to the Fox Inglewood, time machines to the Vogue on Long Beach blvd., midnight shows at the Fox Westwood, lining up for big ones at the Bruin, acid-aided at General Cinema (known as GC) and smoking cigs on the left side of the Fox Venice. Two of the very best things about the developing Greg was his thirst for knowledge and his proper behavior in a theater. You would never hear him talk out loud, shout requests to the stage, pass wind in a crowded section or laugh too loud. The man eschewed eating popcorn and spoke harshly of anyone who did except children. When he was a kid he like "flicks" or "necco wavers" but as an adult he was there to watch a film not have lunch. There are countless stories that take place before, during or after moviegoing but here are some of the films the man loved forever in no particular order. I rarely went to the movies with him after 1990 so the list may be skewed in that backwards direction. Lissy would know the 21st century better than I. Feel free to add picks



1. Chinatown

2. Five Easy Pieces

3. The Conversation

4. Midnight Cowboy

5. the Graduate

6. Brewster McCloud

7. How the West Was Won

8. The Professionals

9. Psycho

10. To Kill a Mockingbird

11. Bullit

12. The Apartment

13. Cool Hand Luke

14. Bonnie and Clyde

15. French Connection

16. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

17. Harold and Maude

18. Summer of 42

19. Deliverence

20. One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest

21. Das Boot

22. Stand by Me

23. Platoon

24. Field of Dreams

25. Saving Private Ryan

26. Shawshank

27. Last of the Mohicans

28. L.A. Confidential

29, The Incredibles

30. In  the Bedroom

31. Medium Cool

32. Nashville



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