The Rules

I have now completed two months of the projects and it has become apparent that I need to set up some guidelines. They are as follows:

1. There will be a limit of four films a month that have been made roughly within the last three years (2006-2010 to allow for the new year). Also they cannot be in the same week.

2. Throughout the course of the year, there will be four weeks for every month and any extra days will be absorbed into those four weeks (ie October has 31 days, 4 weeks is 28 days, the three days are absorbed and do not carry over)

3. There will be the allowance of a series of short films viewed counting as one film entry. (see: Experimental Film Day)

4. Films in a movie theater do not count if they are part of a film's initial distribution cycle. However, a re-release of a film would count (ie 2001: Space Odysessy or Rocky Horror Picture Show)

5. At least one film a week should satisfy a sub-goal of this project, which is to watch the entirety of the imdb top 250 films. Due to the changing nature of this list, any and all films that have appeared on it from the start of this project will be included. A list of the films remaining that I have not yet seen, dated 9/2/09, can be found here.

6. At least one film a week should be a foreign language film. Click here for the current tally.

7. If for some reason I feel like scaling back the project at some point, I will keep track of how many films I need to make up to keep the integrity of the project intact.

8. I reserve the right to ignore any of these rules if I feel like it.