GPFI's Series On Cultural Relevance

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ABOUT THE GPFI:

The Greg Poulos Film Institute (GPFI) was created by Gregory Poulos in the November of 2002 as a side result of the formation of the Nick Poulos Film Institute (NPFI). The GPFI was formed to increase awareness for the cinematic arts worldwide.

In order to reach this lofty goal, we here at the GPFI have created a list of films spanning all genres and eras of moviedom, and we dubbed this list the "Series On Cultural Relevance". Every week, two of these movies are selected at random for viewing. After a certain movie has been shown, it is removed from the list and replaced by another movie waiting in a seperate list known as the Movie Queue.

The efforts of the GPFI have not gone unnoticed. In the winter of 2003 the GPFI's wholly owned and operated theater, the POULOSPLEX, was offered a generous financial grant from the Creticos-Poulos Society for the Advancement of Basements (CPSAB). The POULOSPLEX recieved a marvelous makeover, complete with a new screen, a magnificent sound system, luxuriuos seating, and new technical equipment, all designed to create the ultimate movie viewing experience possible for our patrons.

But what does this mean for you? It means that the GPFI, through its wonderful partnership Kwality Co., is fully prepared to bring YOU into the wonderful world of the silver screen! You are cordially invited to the POULOSPLEX every time there is a screening of a movie as a part of the Series On Cultural Relevance. However, if you do plan on attending one of these showings, please contact Greg a little while before you plan on showing up. You will also probably need to provide your own transportation to and from the POULOSPLEX.


POULOSPLEX UPDATE!!! (9/7/05)

Due to unavoidable circumstances, the GPFI's Series on Cultural Relevance has been tossed into a (hopefully) temporary state of limbo. The GPFI's 18-month contract with the POULOSPLEX has run out. Meanwhile, GPFI founder Greg Poulos has left the Chicagoland area in order to continue his education in the Boston metropolitan area. The GPFI Board of Trustees is currently deciding whether to keep the Series on Cultural Relevance a POULOSPLEX exclusive, or to move SOCR operations to another GPFI-affiliated theater located in Cambridge. More updates as they come.

THE MOVIES (FOR THE WEEK OF ___):
NO NEW MOVIES TO BE ANNOUNCED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
[sorry.]

CONTACT ME IF YOU INTEND TO ATTEND A SHOWING AT THE POULOSPLEX!
MOVIES AND TIMES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE!



The list itself is arbitrarily broken up into 6 groupings of 20 movies each. The ordering of the movies is completely random, and the grouping only exists to accomodate the random selection process that takes place weekly here at the GPFI. The movies themselves are only able to make the list after either being accepted by the GPFI, so feel free to suggest to Greg any movies that you think deserve to be on the list, and he will ceratinly consider them.




I:
  1. Dirty Harry 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
  2. The Godfather Parts II, III
  3. Total Recall
  4. Akira
  5. Sanjuro
  6. Waiting for Guffman
  7. Five Deadly Venoms
  8. Dude, Where's My Car?
  9. The Pink Panther
  10. Modern Times, City Lights, The Great Dictator, The Gold Rush (Charlie Chaplin movies)
  11. The Green Mile
  12. Rosemary's Baby
  13. Gladiator
  14. For a Few Dollars More, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
  15. Rocky
  16. Citizen Kane
  17. Annie Hall
  18. Scarface
  19. Rambo
  20. Labyrinth

II:
  1. Planet of the Apes
  2. Evil Dead 2
  3. 2001: A Space Odyssey
  4. Run Lola Run
  5. Metropolis (1927)
  6. Time Bandits
  7. Dr. No
  8. Naked Gun, Naked Gun 2 1/2, Naked Gun 33 1/3
  9. Wayne's World, Wayne's World 2
  10. Star Trek III, IV, V, and VI
  11. American History X
  12. Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal, Red Dragon
  13. American Beauty
  14. Amelie
  15. Blade Runner
  16. The Day the Earth Stood Still
  17. Conan the Barbarian
  18. The Wizard
  19. Battlefield Earth
  20. Pi

III:
  1. Once Upon a Time in America
  2. Amadeus
  3. Hackers
  4. The Italian Job
  5. Titus
  6. Lawrence of Arabia
  7. A Few Good Men
  8. The Terminator
  9. Once Upon a Time in the West
  10. Who Is Cletis Tout?
  11. The Maltese Falcon
  12. Plan 9 From Outer Space
  13. Ghost in the Shell
  14. Trekkies
  15. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
  16. Blues Brothers
  17. Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
  18. Buffalo '66
  19. Mulholland Drive
  20. Aliens, Alien 3, Alien Resurrection

IV:
  1. Nosferatu
  2. Get Shorty
  3. The French Connection
  4. Unbreakable
  5. Metropolis (2001)
  6. Ran
  7. The Searchers
  8. Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
  9. Ed Wood
  10. And Then There Were None
  11. Lethal Weapon 1, 2, 3, 4
  12. The Deer Hunter
  13. The Professional
  14. Fletch
  15. Swordfish
  16. Sixteen Candles
  17. Tootsie
  18. Koyaanisqatsi, Powaqqatsi, Naqoyqatsi
  19. Kramer vs. Kramer
  20. Moulin Rouge!

V:
  1. American Pie
  2. The Devil's Advocate
  3. Rashomon
  4. Dune
  5. The Blair Witch Project
  6. The Last Emperor
  7. Saturday Night Fever
  8. Breakfast at Tiffany's
  9. You Got Served
  10. Double Indemnity
  11. The Third Man
  12. Singin' in the Rain
  13. Donnie Darko
  14. The Grapes of Wrath
  15. The Triplets of Bellville
  16. Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
  17. Natural Born Killers
  18. Risky Business
  19. Raging Bull
  20. Cecil B. Demented

VI:
  1. M
  2. Predator
  3. Carrie
  4. Duck Soup, A Night at the Opera (Marx Bros. movies)
  5. Night of the Living Dead; also Dawn, Day, and Land of the Dead (George Romero oeuvre)
  6. Bring It On
  7. The Omen 1, 2, 3
  8. Friday
  9. Robocop
  10. Monty Python's Life Of Brian
  11. Fast Times At Ridgemont High
  12. Saving Private Ryan
  13. Battle Royale
  14. History of the World: Part I
  15. Yellow Submarine
  16. Four Rooms
  17. The Untouchables
  18. Battleship Potemkin
  19. The Fisher King
  20. Baseketball




MOVIES ALREADY HAVING BEEN SEEN:
(* indicates the film comes specially recommended by me for whatever reason)


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