11-10-2006, 05:18 AM
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Re: Sight and Sound (2002) Greatest Films Club
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| I guess the one aspect of this is still that while clearly (IMO) there are films on the lists that aren't really one of the 10 best ever in the person's opinion, but just a film they wanted to champion, they still must be powerful enough/loved enough to make it into their "films I want to champion" list. |
In some alternate universe, where I was asked to vote on the S&S list, if I took that attitude, then instead of voting for films like Citizen Kane, Casablanca, Rear Window, Dr. Strangelove, The Godfather, The Apartment, etc., I'd "champion" 10 films like:
Planes, Trains & Automobiles
Charade
Hopscotch
What's Up, Doc?
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
The Incredibles
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Mon Oncle
Closely Watched Trains
which would be stupid compared to listing my actual top 10, but would be far better than lists than include drivel like Performance, Written on the Wind and Don't Look Now.
"Movies should be like amusement parks. People should go to them to have fun." - Billy Wilder
"Subtitles good. Hollywood bad." - Tarzan, Sight & Sound 2012 voter.
"My films are not slices of life, they are pieces of cake." - Alfred Hitchcock
"My great humility is just one of the many reasons that I am vastly superior to everyone else." - Ramrod Clerk
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