SCALE Status Report Week of Jul 2, 2007

July 9th, 2007
  • Provided report to SCALE chairs a list of roles and responsibilities for each committee.
  • Discussed website priorities with Matt.
  • Reviewed and paid June 2007 bills, updating financial records accordingly.
  • Held community IRC meetings (logs to follow)
  • Further progress on Westin contract was delayed due to Jul 4 holiday, will follow up Monday Jul 9.
  • Began contacting media sponsors for SCALE 6x.

Movies to watch…

July 9th, 2007

Mike just sent me a list of movies he has to watch for a writters seminar hes taking later this year. I’ve seen most of these, but I added a bunch of them to my netflix queue. The excersice is for him to watch each movie and identify what about them makes them “great”.

I’ve marked the ones I’ve seen in italic. The rest I’ve added to my list to watch.

* A Beautiful Mind
* About Schmidt

* Accidental Tourist, The
* Adaptation
* After Hours
* Alien
* Amadeus
* American Beauty
* And Justice For All

* Artificial Intelligence

* Babel

* Being John Malkovich

* Big Chill, The

* Brokeback Mountain

* Carnal Knowledge

* Casablanca

* Chinatown

* Crying Game, The

* Deer Hunter, The

* Departed, The


* Diabolique

* Die Hard

* Empire Strikes Back, The

* English Patient, The

* Farewell My Concubine

* Fight Club

* Fish Called Wanda, A

* Godfather I & II

* In The Realm Of The Senses

* Jaws

* Kiss Of The Spider Woman

* Kramer V. Kramer

* Last King of Scotland, The

* Law & Order

* Leaving Las Vegas

* Life Is Beautiful

* Little Miss Sunshine

* Million Dollar Baby

* Mystic River

* Mrs. Soffel

* Ordinary People

* Parenthood

* Piano, The

* Pulp Fiction

* Queen, The

* Reservoir Dogs

* River, The

* Sex and the City

* Sideways

* Six Feet Under

* Star Wars

* Streetcar Named Desire, A

* Talented Mr. Ripley, The

* Tender Mercies

* The Terminator

* Terms Of Endearment

* Trading Places

* Unmarried Woman, An

* Verdict, The

* Wall Street