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Guess this is the equivalent of raising my hand, since if a smart guy like Horbal can display his canonical ignorance in public, then why not somebody considerably less smart like yours truly? Plus a little embarrassment’s never killed anyone—at least not yet—and how embarrassing can it be? Just a parlor game for film fans, to find out who hasn’t seen what, who’s the great pretender and who’s really really up on his/her stuff . . .
But my own personal wrinkle’s gonna be this: I haven’t even scanned the They Shoot Pictures list yet! Not with full advertence anyway—like, Citizen Kane comes first, right?—so who knows what surprises are in store, for me or anyone curious (or cynical) enough to look and laugh and point the ridiculing finger? But confidence, Pat, confidence—since obviously I must think I’ve seen enough “great” movies to try this stunt in the first place. On the other hand, could be I’m simply delusional. But if Horbal can cheerfully admit to not having seen L’Eclisse or The Travelling Players (both in my own top ten, fercrissake!), then how much worse can it get for me?
