Seen of the work of They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?'s Top 100 Directors
Submitted by MaxCastle on Thu, 09/14/2006 - 09:07
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1. Orson Welles
- Citizen Kane (1941)
- The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
- The Stranger (1946)
- The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
- Macbeth (1948)
- The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice (1952)
- Mr Arkadin (1955)
- Touch of Evil (1958)
- The Trial (1962)
- Chimes at Midnight (1965)
- The Immortal Story (1968)
2. Alfred Hitchcock
- The Pleasure Garden (1925)
- The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927)
- Blackmail (1929)
- Rich and Strange (1931)
- Number Seventeen (1932)
- The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
- The 39 Steps (1935)
- Secret Agent (1936)
- Sabotage (1936)
- Young and Innocent (1937)
- The Lady Vanishes (1938)
- Jamaica Inn (1939)
- Rebecca (1940)
- Foreign Correspondent (1940)
- Suspicion (1941)
- Saboteur (1942)
- Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
- Lifeboat (1944)
- Spellbound (1945)
- Notorious (1946)
- Under Capricorn (1949)
- Strangers on a Train (1951)
- I Confess (1953)
- Dial M for Murder (1954)
- Rear Window (1954)
- The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
- Vertigo (1958)
- North by Northwest (1959)
- Psycho (1960)
- The Birds (1963)
- Marnie (1964)
- Torn Curtain (1966)
- Frenzy (1972)
- Family Plot (1976)
3. Federico Fellini
- Lo sceicco bianco/The White Sheik (1952)
- I vitelloni (1953)
- L'amore in città (1953) segment
- La strada (1954)
- Il bidone (1955)
- Le notti di Cabiria (1957)
4. John Ford
- Stagecoach (1939)
- Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
- My Darling Clementine (1946)
- Mister Roberts (1955)
- The Searchers (1956)
- Gideon's Day (1958)
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
5. Stanley Kubrick
- Flying Padre (1951) short
- Day of the Fight (1951) short
- Killer's Kiss (1955)
- The Killing (1956)
- Paths of Glory (1957)
- Lolita (1962)
- Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
- Full Metal Jacket (1987)
6. Jean Renoir
- Sur un air de Charleston (1927) short
- Partie de Campagne (1936)
7. Akira Kurosawa
- Yoidore tenshi/Drunken Angel (1948)
- Shizukanaru ketto/The Silent Duel (1949)
- Nora inu/Stray Dog (1949)
- Shubun/Scandal (1950)
- Rashomon (1950)
- Seven Samurai (1954)
- Kagemusha (1980)
- Ran (1985)
8. Ingmar Bergman
- Kris (1946)
- To Joy (1950)
- Summer Interlude (1951)
- The Seventh Seal (1957)
- So Close to Life (1958)
- The Face (1958)
- The Virgin Spring (1960)
- Through a Glass Darkly (1961)
- Winter Light (1962)
- The Silence (1963)
- Scenes from a Marriage (1973)
- Fanny and Alexander (1982)
9. Francis Ford Coppola
- You’re a Big Boy Now (1966)
- Finian’s Rainbow (1968)
- The Rain People (1969)
- The Godfather (1972)
- The Conversation (1974)
- Apocalypse Now (1979)
- One From the Heart (1982)
- Rumble Fish (1983)
- The Cotton Club (1984)
- Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
- Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)
10. Jean-Luc Godard
- À Bout de Souffle (1959)
- Charlotte et son Jules (1960) short
- Le Petit Soldat (1960)
- Une femme est une femme (1961)
- Vivre sa vie: Film en douze tableaux (1962)
- Le Mépris (1963)
- 2 ou 3 choses que je sais d’elle (1967)
- Week End (1967)
- Prénom Carmen (1983)
- Aria (1987) [segment Armide]
11. Charles Chaplin
- Twenty Minutes of Love (1914) short
- A Busy Day (1914) short
- Mabel's Married Life (1914) short
- Laughing Gas (1914) short
- The Face on the Bar-Room Floor (1914) short
- Recreation (1914) short
- The Masquerader (1914) short
- His New Profession (1914) short
- The Rounders (1914) short
- The New Janitor (1914) short
- Those Love Pangs (1914) short
- His Musical Career (1914) short
- Getting Acquainted (1914) short
- His New Job (1915) short
- A Night Out (1915) short
- The Champion (1915) short
- In the Park (1915) short
- A Jitney Elopement (1915) short
- The Tramp (1915) short
- By the Sea (1915) short
- Work (1915) short
- A Woman (1915) short
- The Bank (1915) short
- Shanghaied (1915) short
- A Night in the Show (1915) short
- Burlesque on Carmen (1915) short
- Police (1916) short
- Modern Times (1936)
12. Billy Wilder
- The Major and the Minor (1942)
- Double Indemnity (1944)
- Sunset Blvd. (1950)
- Ace in the Hole (1951)
- Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
- Some Like it Hot (1959)
- The Apartment (1960)
- The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
- Fedora (1978)
13. Luis Bunuel
- Un chien andalou (1929) short
- L’Âge d’or (1930)
- Las Hurdes (1933) short
- Gran Casino (1947)
- Los Olvidados (1950)
- Robinson Crusoe (1954)
- Viridiana (1961)
- Belle de jour (1967)
- La Voie lactée (1969)
- Tristana (1970)
- Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie (1972)
- Le Fantôme de la liberté (1974)
- Cet obscur objet du désir (1977)
14. Martin Scorsese
- The Big Shave (1967) short
- Mean Streets (1973)
- Taxi Driver (1976)
- New York, New York (1977)
- Raging Bull (1980)
- The King of Comedy (1983)
- After Hours (1985)
- The Color of Money (1986)
- Goodfellas (1990)
- Cape Fear (1991)
- The Age of Innocence (1993)
- A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995)
- Gangs of New York (2002)
- The Aviator (2004)
- The Departed (2006)
15. Howard Hawks
- Twentieth Century (1934)
- Bringing Up Baby (1938)
- Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
- His Girl Friday (1940)
- To Have and Have Not (1944)
- The Big Sleep (1946)
- The Thing from Another World (1951)
- Monkey Business (1952)
- El Dorado (1966)
16. Carl Dreyer
- La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc (1928)
- Vampyr - der Traum des Allan Grey (1932)
17. Sergei Eisenstein
- Stachka/Strike (1925)
18. F.W. Murnau
- Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)
19. Yasujiro Ozu
- Tokyo no kôrasu/Tokyo Chorus (1931)
20. Robert Bresson
- Les dames du Bois de Boulogne (1945)
- Un condamné à mort s’est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut (1956)
- Procès de Jeanne d’Arc (1962)
- Au hasard Balthazar (1966)
21. Fritz Lang
- Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler (1922)
- Metropolis (1927)
- Fury (1936)
- You Only Live Once (1937)
- Man Hunt (1941)
- Ministry of Fear (1944)
- The Woman in the Window (1945)
- Scarlet Street (1945)
- The Big Heat (1953)
- Moonfleet (1955)
- Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)
22. Andrei Tarkovsky
- Ivanovo detstvo/Ivan’s Childhood (1962)
- Andrei Rublev (1969)
23. François Truffaut
- Les Mistons (1957) short
- Les Quatre cents coups (1959)
- Tirez sur le pianiste (1960)
- Jules et Jim (1962)
- Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
- La Mariée était en noir (1968)
- La Nuit américaine (1973)
24. Kenji Mizoguchi
- Ugetsu monogatari (1953)
25. David Lean
- In Which We Serve (1942) (co-director)
- This Happy Breed (1944)
- Blithe Spirit (1945)
- Brief Encounter (1945)
- Great Expectations (1946)
- Oliver Twist (1948)
- Doctor Zhivago (1965)
- Ryan’s Daughter (1970)
- A Passage to India (1984)
26. Buster Keaton
- One Week (1920) short
- The ‘High Sign’ (1921) short
- The Goat (1921) short
- Cops (1922) short
- Our Hospitality (1923)
- Sherlock Jr. (1924)
- The Navigator (1924)
- Seven Chances (1925)
- The General (1927)
27. Michelangelo Antonioni
- Cronaca di un amore (1950)
- L'Amore in città (1953) segment
- L’Avventura (1960)
- Zabriskie Point (1970)
- The Passenger (1975)
28. Roberto Rossellini
- La Prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV (1966)
29. D.W. Griffith
- Broken Blossoms (1919)
30. Steven Spielberg
- Duel (1971)
- Something Evil (1972)
- Jaws (1975)
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
- 1941 (1979)
- Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
- The Color Purple (1985)
- Empire of the Sun (1987)
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
- Jurassic Park (1993)
- Schindler’s List (1993)
- Catch Me If You Can (2002)
- War of the Worlds (2005)
- Munich (2005)
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
31. Max Ophüls
- Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
- Lola Montès (1955)
32. Vittorio De Sica
- Sciuscià/Shoeshine (1946)
- Ladri di biciclette/Bicycle Thieves (1948)
- Miracolo a Milano (1951)
33. Luchino Visconti
- Ossessione (1943)
- La terra trema (1948)
- Death in Venice (1971)
34. Ernst Lubitsch
- Trouble in Paradise (1932)
- Ninotchka (1939)
- The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
- To Be Or Not To Be (1942)
- Heaven Can Wait (1943)
35. Satyajit Ray
- Pather Panchali (1955)
36. John Huston
- The Maltese Falcon (1941)
- Across the Pacific (1942)
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
- Key Largo (1948)
- The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
- The Red Badge of Courage (1951)
- The African Queen (1951)
- Beat the Devil (1953)
- Moby Dick (1956)
- The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)
- Fat City (1972)
- The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
- Wise Blood (1979)
- Prizzi’s Honor (1985)
- The Dead (1987)
37. Woody Allen
- What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966)
- Take the Money and Run (1969)
- Bananas (1971)
- Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)
- Sleeper (1973)
- Love and Death (1975)
- Annie Hall (1977)
- Manhattan (1979)
- A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy (1982)
- Zelig (1983)
- Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
- The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
- Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
- Radio Days (1987)
- Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
- Shadows and Fog (1991)
- Husbands and Wives (1992)
- Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
38. Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly
- On the Town (1949)
- Royal Wedding (1951) *Donen
- Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
- Charade (1963) *Donen
39. Jean Vigo
40. Roman Polanski
- Morderstwo/Murder (1957) short
- Usmiech zebiczny/A Toothful Smile (1957) short
- Rozbijemy zabawe.../Let’s Break the Ball (1957) short
- Dwaj ludzie z szafa/Two Men and a Wardrobe (1958) short
- Lampa/The Lamp (1959) short
- Gdy spadaja anioly/When Angels Fall (1959) short
- Le Gros et le maigre (1961) short
- Ssaki/Mammals (1962) short
- Repulsion (1965)
- Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
- Chinatown (1974)
- Tess (1979)
- The Pianist (2002)
- Oliver Twist (2005)
41. Robert Altman
- MASH (1970)
- McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
- The Long Goodbye (1973)
- California Split (1974)
- Nashville (1975)
- Quintet (1979)
- Beyond Therapy (1987)
- Aria (1987) [segment Les Boréades]
- Vincent & Theo (1990)
- The Player (1992)
- Short Cuts (1993)
- Prêt-à-Porter (1994)
- Gosford Park (2001)
- A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
42. Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger
- The Edge of the World (1937) *Powell
- The Spy in Black (1939) *Powell
- Contraband (1940)
- The Thief of Bagdad (1941) *Powell
- An Airman’s Letter to His Mother (1941) *Powell (short)
- One of Our Aircraft is Missing (1942)
- The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
- A Canterbury Tale (1944)
- ‘I Know Where I’m Going!’ (1945)
- A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
- Black Narcissus (1947)
- The Red Shoes (1948)
- The Small Back Room (1949)
- The Elusive Pimpernel (1950)
- Gone to Earth (1950)
- Peeping Tom (1960) *Powell
- Return to the Edge of the World (1978) *Powell (short)
43. Frank Capra
- The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933)
- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
- Meet John Doe (1941)
- Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
- It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
44. Michael Curtiz
- 20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
- Captain Blood (1935)
- The Walking Dead (1936)
- The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
- Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
- Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
- Casablanca (1942)
- Mildred Pierce (1945)
45. Alain Resnais
- L’Année dernière à Marienbad (1961)
- Je t’aime, je t’aime (1968)
- Providence (1977)
46. Sergio Leone
- A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
- For a Few Dollars More (1965)
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
- Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
- A Fistful of Dynamite (1971)
- Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
47. Victor Fleming
- The Wizard of Oz (1939)
48. Sam Peckinpah
- The Deadly Companions (1961)
- Ride the High Country (1962)
- The Wild Bunch (1969)
- Straw Dogs (1971)
- The Getaway (1972)
- Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973)
- Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
- The Killer Elite (1975)
- The Osterman Weekend (1983)
49. Preston Sturges
- The Great McGinty (1940)
- Christmas in July (1940)
- The Lady Eve (1941)
- Sullivan’s Travels (1941)
- The Palm Beach Story (1942)
- The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek (1944)
- Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)
- The Great Moment (1944)
- The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947)
- Unfaithfully Yours (1948)
50. Bernardo Bertolucci
- Novecento (1976)
- The Last Emperor (1987)
51. Carol Reed
- Night Train to Munich (1940)
- Odd Man Out (1947)
- The Third Man (1949)
- The Man Between (1953)
- Oliver! (1968)
52. Ridley Scott
- Alien (1979)
- Blade Runner (1982)
- Someone to Watch Over Me (1987)
- Thelma and Louise (1991)
- American Gangster (2007)
53. John Cassavetes
- Shadows (1959)
- Faces (1968)
54. Marcel Carné
- Le Quai des brumes (1938)
- Le Jour se lève (1939)
- Les Visiteurs du soir (1942)
- Les Enfants du paradis (1945)
- Les Portes de la nuit (1946)
55. Erich Von Stroheim
- Blind Husbands (1919)
- Greed (1924)
56. George Cukor
- The Philadelphia Story (1940)
57. R.W. Fassbinder
- Katzelmacher (1969)
- Warum läuft Herr R. Amok? (1970)
- The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
- Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980)
- Querelle (1982)
58. Leo McCarey
- Duck Soup (1933)
59. Vincente Minnelli
- Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
60. Douglas Sirk
- Lured (1947)
- Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (1952)
61. Werner Herzog
- Auch Zwerge haben klein angefangen/ Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970)
- Fata Morgana (1971)
- Fitzcarraldo (1982)
- Grizzly Man (2005)
- Encounters at the End of the World (2007)
62. David Lynch
- Eraserhead (1977)
- The Elephant Man (1980)
- Dune (1984)
- Blue Velvet (1986)
- Wild at Heart (1990)
63. Jacques Tati
- Jour de fête (1949)
- Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot (1953)
- Mon Oncle (1958)
64. Josef Von Sternberg
- Der Blaue Engel (1930)
65. Nicholas Ray
- Johnny Guitar (1954)
66. Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Accattone (1961)
67. Elia Kazan
- Panic in the Streets (1950)
- A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
- On the Waterfront (1954)
- East of Eden (1955)
68. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- All About Eve (1950)
- Julius Caesar (1953)
- The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
- Guys and Dolls (1955)
- Sleuth (1972)
69. Krszystof Kieslowski
- Koncert zyczen/Concert of Requests (1967) short
- Blizna/The Scar (1976)
- A Short Film About Killing (1988)
- A Short Film About Love (1988)
70. William Wyler
- Dead End (1937)
- Wuthering Heights (1939)
- The Desperate Hours (1955)
- Ben-Hur (1959)
71. Abbas Kiarostami
- Where is My Friend’s House? (1987)
72. Terrence Malick
- Badlands (1973)
- Days of Heaven (1978)
- The New World (2005)
73. King Vidor
- Show People (1928)
74. Jacques Tourneur
- Cat People (1942)
- I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
- The Leopard Man (1943)
- Build My Gallows High (1947)
- Night of the Demon (1957)
75. Milos Forman
- Konkurs/Talent Competition (1964)
- Taking Off (1971)
- Amadeus (1984)
76. Wim Wenders
- Hammett (1982)
- Paris, Texas (1984)
- Der Himmel über Berlin (1987)
77. Jacques Rivette
- Le Coup du berger (1956) short
- Paris nous appartient (1960)
78. Chris Marker
- A.K. (1985)
79. Eric Rohmer
- Le Signe du lion (1959)
- Présentation ou Charlotte et son steak (1960) short
- La Boulangère de Monceau (1963) short
- La Carrière de Suzanne (1963)
- Nadja à Paris (1964) short
- Le Genou de Claire (1970)
80. Wong Kar-Wai
- A Fei zheng chuan/Days of Being Wild (1991)
- Chung Hing sam lam/Chungking Express (1994)
- Duo luo tian shi/Fallen Angels (1995)
- Chun gwong cha sit/Happy Together (1997)
- Fa yeung nin wa/In the Mood for Love (2000)
- 2046 (2004)
81. Quentin Tarantino
- Reservoir Dogs (1992)
- Pulp Fiction (1994)
- Jackie Brown (1997)
- Kill Bil: Vol. 1 (2003)
- Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
82. David Cronenberg
- The Dead Zone (1983)
- The Fly (1986)
- Naked Lunch (1991)
- eXistenZ (1999)
- A History of Violence (2005)
- Eastern Promises (2007)
83. Joel & Ethan Coen
- Blood Simple (1984)
- Raising Arizona (1987)
- Miller’s Crossing (1990)
- Barton Fink (1991)
- The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
- Fargo (1996)
- The Big Lebowski (1998)
- O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
- The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001)
- Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
- The Ladykillers (2004)
- No Country for Old Men (2007)
- Burn After Reading (2008)
84. Jean Cocteau
- Le Sang d’un poète (1930)
- La Belle et le bête (1946)
- Orphée (1950)
85. Hou Hsiao-Hsien
- Kôhî jikô/Café Lumière (2003)
- Zui hao de shi guang/Three Times (2005)
- Le Voyage du ballon rouge/Flight of the Red Balloon (2007)
86. Clint Eastwood
- Play Misty for Me (1971)
- The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
- The Gauntlet (1977)
- Pale Rider (1985)
- Bird (1988)
- White Hunter Black Heart (1990)
- Unforgiven (1992)
- Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
87. Jean-Pierre Melville
- Le Silence de la Mer (1949)
- Les enfants terribles (1950)
- Le Samouraï (1967)
- L’Armée des ombres (1969)
88. Nicolas Roeg
- Performance (1970)
- Walkabout (1971)
- Don’t Look Now (1973)
- The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
- Bad Timing (1980)
- Eureka (1984)
- Insignificance (1985)
- Aria (1987) [segment Un ballo in maschera]
- Track 29 (1988)
- The Witches (1990)
89. Robert Flaherty
90. Alexander Dovzhenko
91. Sidney Lumet
- 12 Angry Men (1957)
- The Anderson Tapes (1971)
- The Offence (1972)
- Serpico (1973)
- Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
- Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
- Network (1976)
- Deathtrap (1982)
- The Verdict (1982)
- Q & A (1990)
92. Brian De Palma
- Carrie (1976)
- The Fury (1978)
- Scarface (1983)
- The Untouchables (1987)
- Raising Cain (1992)
- Mission: Impossible (1996)
- The Black Dahlia (2006)
93. Jacques Demy
94. Raoul Walsh
- The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
- The Roaring Twenties (1939)
- They Drive By Night (1940)
- High Sierra (1941)
- White Heat (1949)
95. George Lucas
- THX 1138 (1971)
- Star Wars (1977)
- Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace (1999)
96. James Cameron
- The Terminator (1984)
- Aliens (1986)
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
- True Lies (1994)
97. Andrzej Wajda
- Pokolenie/A Generation (1955)
- Kanal (1957)
- Czlowiek z marmuru/Man of Marble (1977)
- Czlowiek z zelaza/Man of Iron (1981)
- Danton (1983)
98. Otto Preminger
- Danger - Love at Work (1937)
- Laura (1944)
- Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
- Angel Face (1952)
99. Chantal Akerman
100. George Stevens
- Shane (1953)
- Giant (1956)
Author Comments:
Now updated to reflect the new version of the list published in December 2008, which can be found here.
There still seem to be some alarming and, indeed, slightly shameful gaps in my film-viewing. I shall continue (slowly) trying to rectify them.
01/01/2009: At this point I've seen 492 features and 45 shorts. There are still 9 directors on this list by whom I've apparently seen nothing at all (Ozu, Satyajit Ray, Vigo, Sirk, von Sternberg, Flaherty, Dovzhenko, Demy, Akerman); I should probably do something about that...
Hope you don't mind if I clone this list :P
Not at all. :)
I shall clone this list, too.
Great idea for a list!
Yes, you do have some interesting gaps. I hope you see some Eisenstein, Satyajit Ray, Ozu, Herzog, Leo Mccarey.
You can skip Cassavetes.
No, don't skip Cassavetes. He's unskippable.
I've been skipping Cassavetes for decades; he's one of the less accidental gaps. :)
Most of my serious film viewing was done in an age before satellite telly and online DVD rental, when some of the omissions were unavoidable (I don't think I got a sniff of a Mizoguchi until I was in my thirties, for example) - though that hardly explains my ignorance of, say, Eisenstein, Ozu and Renoir - and I'd slackened off a lot in the last few years just as a vast array of films was becoming readily available (children and stuff taking up my time, as they do).
I'm hoping to fill all the gaps on here in the next year or two (not completely fill, obviously; but hopefully there'll be no actual blanks staring back at me).
Bravo!