This week Cinema Cemetery kicks off this pre-summer weekend by exploring a far bleaker one. 1945’s The Lost Weekend explores the life of Don Birnam as he bounces from bottle to bar on a 48 hour+ bender. Birnam’s conversations and flashbacks reveal his lifelong battle and goals of writing a novel, all while struggling with the virtual prison of his own addiction. At the time, and even today, this film is an unflinching look at the power of addiction and its effect on all involved. Will Cinema Cemetery recommend this film for your weekend? Find out here!
Current Rankings:
4- Lawerence of Arabia
5- Gone With Wind
11-It Happened One Night
24. Casablanca
25- All Quiet on the Western Front
27-Rebecca
30-The Mutiny on the Bounty
35-You Can’t Take It With You
36- Mrs. Miniver
60-Cimarron
65-The Great Ziegfeld
70- Wings
71-Grand Hotel
77-Life of Emil Zola
79- How Green Was My Valley
85- Going My Way
91- Broadway Melody
92-Cavalcade
