[a fool in paradise]

Rear Window
Dr. Strangelove
Modern Times
Citizen Kane
Monkey Business
Mean Streets
The Party
The General
Animal House
Jazz on a Summer’s Day

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I don’t get Taxi Driver or even 2001 on these lists. And I’m not even a big fan of Mean Streets or Citizen Kane but at least recognize the impact on other movie making.

[Borges]

2001 had a huge influence on filmmaking. TD had a hallucinatory feel that was new to American film.