Dear Mopes - I’ve really enjoyed this thread.
The uneducated cult of what came out last month vs. time-tested titles is also alive and well in the poster game as you all know. But old icons die like everthing else. It’s a hobby of mine to try and keep them alive a bit longer - buy my personal favorites a litte more screen time. Ask 100 teenagers who Hopalong Cassidy was and how many do you think would know the answer? History is a matter of perspective and time. It’s point of view that creates fandom. That’s often a function of the times - the past, the present and the future. Those silly lists on the internet about the top 20 horror films that have 7 titles selected from the past 10 years just plan pisses me off. As far as a best picture list goes - or any review of a movie (which I do my best not to read)… I’m old-school - I don’t like anybody trying to sell me something, tell me what I’m supposed to like, or tell me what’s trash or what’s gold. I make my own lists, form my own opinions and dig through the trash to find the gems that catch my eye. Alan > On Dec 3, 2022, at 8:44 PM, Nemo None <[email protected]> wrote: > > Bruce, actually I watched a lot of that Jeanne, etc. It was trying so hard > to be arty but I found it dull and revolting. It was on when I had to stay > up for something else and I was too tired to change the channel. > Nathalie > > On Sat, Dec 3, 2022, 8:38 AM Bruce Hershenson <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> I am likely one of the only people here who saw all of the almost 4 HOURS of >> “Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxel” in a theater. and it the >> ultimate case of The Emperor's New Clothes! >> >> How the 1,500 people who made this dreadful pretentious list did so, >> apparently with a straight face, is beyond me. Oh wait, there are very few >> comedies on the list, indicating these people completely lack a sense of >> humor. >> >> The order of the movies is flat-out ridiculous. But I am more bothered by >> the films and directors left off, than the ones included. And they were >> "bumped" off to make room for recent movies, movies by women, and movies by >> minorities. Shouldn't a "greatest" list completely ignore those factors? >> >> Just admit it is a list that is designed to get people to see many great >> overlooked movies, and I am fine with it. But a list of the "100 Greatest >> Films of All Time"? Not remotely close on ANY level. >> >> Sight & Sound’s top 100 Greatest Films of All Time 2022 >> 1. “Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxel” (Chantal Akerman, >> 1975) >> 2. “Vertigo” (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958) >> 3. “Citizen Kane” (Orson Welles, 1941) >> 4. “Tokyo Story” (Ozu Yasujiro, 1953) >> 5. “In the Mood for Love, Wong Kar-wai, 2001) >> 6. “2001: A Space Odyssey” (Stanley Kubrick, 1968) >> 7. “Beau travail” (Claire Denis, 1998) >> 8. “Mulholland Dr.” (David Lynch, 2001) >> 9. “Man with a Movie Camera” (Dziga Vertov, 1929) >> 10. “Singin’ in the Rain” (Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly, 1951) >> 11. “Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans” (F.W. Murnau, 1927) >> 12. “The Godfather” (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972) >> 13. “La Règle du Jeu” (Jean Renoir, 1939) >> 14. “Cléo from 5 to 7” (Agnès Varda, 1962) >> 15. “The Searchers” (John Ford, 1956) >> 16. “Meshes of the Afternoon” (Maya Deren and Alexander Hammid, 1943) >> 17. “Close-Up” (Abbas Kiarostami, 1989) >> 18. “Persona” (Ingmar Bergman, 1966) >> 19. “Apocalypse Now” (Francis Ford Coppola, 1979) >> 20. “Seven Samurai” (Akira Kurosawa, 1954) >> 21. (TIE) “The Passion of Joan of Arc” (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1927) >> 21. (TIE) “Late Spring” (Ozu Yasujiro, 1949) >> 23. “Playtime” (Jacques Tati, 1967) >> 24. “Do the Right Thing” (Spike Lee, 1989) >> 25. (TIE) “Au Hasard Balthazar” (Robert Bresson, 1966) >> 25. (TIE) The Night of the Hunter” (Charles Laughton, 1955) >> 27. “Shoah” (Claude Lanzmann, 1985) >> 28. “Daisies” (Věra Chytilová, 1966) >> 29. “Taxi Driver” (Martin Scorsese, 1976) >> 30. “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” (Céline Sciamma, 2019) >> 31. (TIE) “Mirror” (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1975) >> 31. (TIE) “8½” (Federico Fellini, 1963) >> 31. (TIE) “Psycho” (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960) >> 34. “L’Atalante” (Jean Vigo, 1934) >> 35. “Pather Panchali” (Satyajit Ray, 1955) >> 36. (TIE) “City Lights” (Charlie Chaplin, 1931) >> 36. (TIE) “M” (Fritz Lang, 1931) >> 38. (TIE) “À bout de souffle” (Jean-Luc Godard, 1960) >> 38. (TIE) “Some Like It Hot” (Billy Wilder, 1959) >> 38. (TIE) “Rear Window” (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954) >> 41. (TIE) “Bicycle Thieves” (Vittorio De Sica, 1948) >> 41. (TIE) “Rashomon” (Akira Kurosawa, 1950) >> 43. (TIE) “Stalker” (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979) >> 43. (TIE) “Killer of Sheep” (Charles Burnett, 1977) >> 45. (TIE) “North by Northwest” (Alfred Hitchcock, 1959) >> 45. (TIE) “The Battle of Algiers” (Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966) >> 45. (TIE) “Barry Lyndon” (Stanley Kubrick, 1975) >> 48. (TIE) “Wanda” (Barbara Loden, 1970) >> 48. (TIE) “Ordet” (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1955) >> 50. (TIE) “The 400 Blows” (François Truffaut, 1959) >> 50. (TIE) “The Piano” (Jane Campion, 1992) >> 52. (TIE) “News from Home” (Chantal Akerman, 1976) >> 52. (TIE) “Fear Eats the Soul” (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1974) >> 54. (TIE) “The Apartment” (Billy Wilder, 1960) >> 54. (TIE) “Battleship Potemkin” (Sergei Eisenstein, 1925) >> 54. (TIE) “Sherlock Jr.” (Buster Keaton, 1924) >> 54. (TIE) “Le Mépris” (Jean-Luc Godard 1963) >> 54. (TIE) “Blade Runner” (Ridley Scott 1982) >> 59. “Sans soleil” (Chris Marker 1982) >> 60. (TIE) “Daughters of the Dust” (Julie Dash 1991) >> 60. (TIE) “La dolce vita” (Federico Fellini 1960) >> 60. (TIE) “Moonlight” (Barry Jenkins 2016) >> 63. (TIE) “Casablanca” (Michael Curtiz 1942) >> 63. (TIE) “GoodFellas” (Martin Scorsese 1990) >> 63. (TIE) “The Third Man” (Carol Reed 1949) >> 66. “Touki Bouki (Djibril Diop Mambéty 1973) >> 67. (TIE) “The Gleaners and I” (Agnès Varda 2000) >> 67. (TIE) “Metropolis” (Fritz Lang 1927) >> 67. (TIE) “Andrei Rublev” (Andrei Tarkovsky 1966) >> 67. (TIE) “The Red Shoes” (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger 1948) >> 67. (TIE) “La Jetée” (Chris Marker 1962) >> 72. (TIE) “My Neighbour Totoro” (Miyazaki Hayao 1988) >> 72. (TIE) “Journey to Italy” (Roberto Rossellini 1954) >> 72. (TIE) “L’avventura” (Michelangelo Antonioni 1960) >> 75. (TIE) “Imitation of Life” (Douglas Sirk 1959) >> 75. (TIE) “Sansho the Bailiff” (Mizoguchi Kenji 1954) >> 75. (TIE) “Spirited Away” (Miyazaki Hayao 2001) >> 78. (TIE) “A Brighter Summer Day” (Edward Yang 1991) >> 78. (TIE) “Sátántangó” (Béla Tarr 1994) >> 78. (TIE) “Céline and Julie Go Boating” (Jacques Rivette 1974) >> 78. (TIE) “Modern Times “(Charlie Chaplin 1936) >> 78. (TIE) “Sunset Blvd.” (Billy Wilder 1950) >> 78. (TIE) “A Matter of Life and Death” (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger >> 1946) >> 84. (TIE) “Blue Velvet” (David Lynch 1986) >> 84. (TIE) “Pierrot le fou” (Jean-Luc Godard 1965) >> 84. (TIE) “Histoire(s) du cinéma” (Jean-Luc Godard 1988-1998) >> 84. (TIE) “The Spirit of the Beehive” (Victor Erice, 1973) >> 88. (TIE) “The Shining” (Stanley Kubrick, 1980) >> 88. (TIE) “Chungking Express” (Wong Kar Wai, 1994) >> 90. (TIE) “Madame de…” (Max Ophüls, 1953) >> 90. (TIE) “The Leopard” (Luchino Visconti, 1962) >> 90. (TIE) “Ugetsu” (Mizoguchi Kenji, 1953) >> 90. (TIE) “Parasite” (Bong Joon Ho, 2019) >> 90. (TIE) “Yi Yi” (Edward Yang, 1999) >> 95. (TIE) “A Man Escaped” (Robert Bresson, 1956) >> 95. (TIE) “The General” (Buster Keaton, 1926) >> 95. (TIE) “Once upon a Time in the West” (Sergio Leone, 1968) >> 95. (TIE) “Get Out” (Jordan Peele, 2017) >> 95. (TIE) “Black Girl” (Ousmane Sembène, 1965) >> 95. 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