Where do you file your DVDs.....
 

.....that start with Le, La, Les, Los, L', Une, etc?

As a guy, I don't have any movies that start that way. :)

But if I did, probably the same as my "the" or "a" movies, under the letter of the first "real word" of the title.

Using your examples..... under "L".

Aaaaah...come on....La Femme Nikita is a guy flick.

Those would go under "L" for me

Well, mine are all filed by director, not title. But, if they were, 'L'Age D'Or' would go under "A."

Then it would be "Le Femme Nikita", wouldn't it?

Say, Isn't Nikita a guy's name anyway?

...am I the only one that files movies that start with just the letter "A" under "A"?

Avventura, L'
Biches, Les
Dolce Vita, La
etc.

But my DVDs are organized by director anyway.

As a guy without issues, I don't define my masculinity based on my DVD collection. :shrug:

In my collection, those go under the first proper word. Example: La Haine goes under "H", just like A Dirty Shame goes under "D"

I go buy the cataloging system that i learned in elementary school. First real word of the title is where it gets filed. No "the, and, an, a etc" Foreign films no translations of above mentioned words. Of course I do have several dvds that start with the letters "les"... but those get filed in a different area.

I know, I just can't resist using that joke. C'mon, I used the smiley!

I have several titles that start with L' or similar.

Who here files 'A Clockwork Orange' under "A" and who under "C" (especially seeing as how the spine of the disc just lists the title as 'Clockwork Orange')?

Do you file all the movies that start with "The" under "T"? If you do, then I would say the La, Les type movies would be filed that way.

so what about 'Das Boot'? D or B?

Boot, Das.

I mean, even the English title is The Boat. Makes no sense if it goes under D.

Good point. For some reason, this is the only film, foreign or otherwise, that I file under the definite article.

Other than that, I can't imagine filing something under a for "a" or t for "the", that makes no sense to me :hscratch:

I know.... I'm just being snide...


I file it under Das too, (go figure).

Le Mans is a straight up guy movie. I guess you don't like cars or racing? :)

I file La Femme Nikkita under F, I think I did L to begin with but notced it was sorted as L in my DVDspot collection. I didn't even think about it until then, but I did fix it. I don't have das Boot, but I would ahve filed it under D. But now if and when I get it I will put it under B.

Here's another good reason to skip the definite articles when filing movies or books or anything else you want alphabetical:

There are several titles* that are sometimes confusing as to whether there is an 'a' or 'the' in front of them or not. By filing everything under the first "real" word, there is less confusion.

* Of course I can't think of a single good example right now.

Next to my recipe for La -sagna, but behind my recipe for Lo-Mein

Do what I do. Random shelf placement.

Foreign language movies are pretty girly.

For me, it depends on the movie. With The School of Rock, it's under S because I never call it The School of Rock, I always drop the "the". However, with movies like The Edge, I will file under T, because I call the movie The Edge.

So it all comes down to how the movie is known for me.

You randomly place a shelf around the house?

Different, but I like it.

What about dvds that begin with someone's name? For instance, a quick glance at DVDProfiler pointed out:

Frank Miller's Sin City - I file under 'S'
Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles - I file under 'B'
John Carpenter's Halloween - I file under 'H'
John Carpenter's The Fog - filed under 'F'
National Lampoon's Van Wilder - filed under 'V'

*sneaks out of thread to put Das Boot under 'B'*

Some others:

John Carpenter's Vampires
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Cheech & Chong's Up In Smoke
Robert Rodriguez Mexico Trilogy

I've always kept these under the first letter of the name: J,B,C,R

hmm...interesting, exactly the opposite from what I do.

I'd bet my old elementary school librarian would kick my ass if she saw how I organized my dvds.

rotfl

If I filed 'em by title, I'd file 'em under the ACTUAL title of the movie, not the director's name. But I already file 'em under the director's name, so it's not a problem for me.

A better question is where do films with actual character names in the title (as opposed to a director's ego requirements) go; Does 'Putney Swope' go under "P" or "S"? 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith' under M or S? 'Henry Fool' under "H" or "F"? 'Donnie Darko' under "D" or "D"?

Now, TV shows; that's a different ballgame. (Most have multiple directors, so I file 'em by title) I file 'Veronica Mars', for instance, under "M." If 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer' had been called 'Buffy Summers The Vampire Slayer' it would have gone under "S" instead.

They go in whatever order DVDAf tells me.

Thats what I do. The only dvds I keep in one place are my concerts

Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
Tim Burton's The Corpse Bride
Wallace and Gromit in the Curse of the Wererabbit.