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12 Aug 02 - 01:19 PM (#763903) Subject: BS:Sight and Sound Top 10 Critics Films From: Peter T. Knowing all the film fans around here, the British Film Institute's Sight and Sound has just released what I would call the real list of top 10 films, its 10 year survey of the critics (last done in 1992). This time, the Critics' top 10 (the site is www.bfi.org): 1.Citizen Kane (Welles) 1941 [No surprise here!] 2. Vertigo (Hitchcock) 1958 [Vertigo keeps getting higher on people's lists, and it certainly gets my vote.] 3. La Regle du Jeu (Renoir) 1939 4. The Godfather I and II (Coppola) 1972, 1974 5. Tokyo Story (Ozu) 1953 6. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick) 1968 7. Sunrise (Murnau) 1927 8. Battleship Potemkin (Eisenstein) 1925 9. 8 1/2 (Fellini) 1963 10. Singin' in the Rain (Kelly, Donen) 1951 Anyone ever seen "Sunrise?". I would certainly disagree with 2001 being this high on my list -- influence of Kubrick's death, possibly? And I have always thought that "Singing in the Rain" was highly overrated. I would put Les Enfants du Paradis number 2 or 3 on my list. Also Ikuru or the Seven Samurai from Kurosawa. But otherwise, not a bad list. The Director's list of Top 10 is somewhat different -- Dr. Strangelove is number 5 or 6, and Lawrence of Arabia number 4. yours, Peter T. |
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12 Aug 02 - 01:25 PM (#763908) Subject: RE: BS:Sight and Sound Top 10 Critics Films From: Peter T. Sorry, the web page is wrong. http://www.bfi.org.uk/sight and sound/index.html should work. yours, Peter T. link fixed by Joe Clone |
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12 Aug 02 - 01:33 PM (#763915) Subject: RE: BS:Sight and Sound Top 10 Critics Films From: greg stephens No Police Academy? |
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12 Aug 02 - 01:50 PM (#763925) Subject: RE: BS:Sight and Sound Top 10 Critics Films From: GUEST 1. All Quiet On The Western Front 2. Wizard Of Oz 3. My Fair Lady 4. The Godfather 1 and 2 5. Doctor Zhivago 6. 2001 A Space Odessey 7. Gone With The Wind 8. Star Wars 9. Caddyshack 10.The Mission |
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12 Aug 02 - 02:29 PM (#763958) Subject: RE: BS:Sight and Sound Top 10 Critics Films From: katlaughing I am surprised not to see Ran listed. I agree with you about Singing in the Rain, too. Not sure I think either of the Godfathers or 2001 should be on there. Just saw an excellent one the other day....The Emperor and the Assassin. Breathtaking in its sets, costuming, acting, and direction. Fictional, but based on the myths about Ying Zheng, the Chinese emperor famous for the archealogical find of all those terra cotta soldiers in his tomb. You can read more about it here. Here is a non-fiction account of the First Emperor of China, Yingzheng, aka Qin Shi Huang. Excellent movie; highly recommended. kat |
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12 Aug 02 - 08:17 PM (#764106) Subject: RE: BS:Sight and Sound Top 10 Critics Films From: GUEST,colwyn dane My black+white nominations:- (1)The Third Man (2)Some Like It Hot (3)The Best Years of Our Lives (4)High Noon (5)Maltese Falcon (6)From Here To Eternity (7)Stagecoach (8)They Died With Their Boots On (9)The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (10)Casablanca And some colourful contenders:- (1)Shane (2)The Quiet Man (3)Cinema Paradiso (4)Gandhi (5)The Bridge On The River Kwai (6)Unforgiven (7)The African Queen (8)West Side Story (0)Amadeus (10)American Graffiti cd. |
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12 Aug 02 - 10:35 PM (#764157) Subject: RE: BS:Sight and Sound Top 10 Critics Films From: DonMeixner In no particular order. These are movies I will always watch. My top 10 then if no one else's. The Adventures of Robin Hood-Errol Flynn The Quiet Man-John Wayne How Green Was My Valley-Maureen O'Hara The Day The Earth Stood Still-Michael Rennie Spartacus- Kirk Douglas Manon of the Spring/Babette's Feast The Fisher King-Robin Williams Rio Grande/She Wore a Yellow Ribbon/Fort Apache-John Wayne The Sea Hawk- Errol Flynn The Train- Burt Lancaster |
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12 Aug 02 - 11:10 PM (#764167) Subject: RE: BS:Sight and Sound Top 10 Critics Films From: Peg I am thinking Singin' in the Rain is there because it is such a shining example of the genre of the golden age Hollywod musical; which is an important part of film history even if such films are not made any more. Such lists are always subjective and arbitrary and bound up with expectations. I remember a local art theatre doing a survey on the top 100 foreign films of all time; this was a couple of years ago. The top two films were basically the most recent foreign films any of the voters had seen or heard of: Life is Beautiful and Run, Lola, Run. I think there La Dolce Vita clocked in at around # 33 and Bergman was not even in the top ten. There ya go. Then again these were not critics or film historians, just audience members who liked to frequent that particular theatre. Still... My personal top ten are somewhat eclectic, including obscure or silly things like Picnic at Hanging Rock and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. But as maybe one of the only professional film critics on Mudcat (a dubious occupation) I offer my top ten list of favorite films also taking into consideration their lasting value and importance:
1. La Dolce Vita (Fellini) (if I did not include the director's name it means I do not remember it at the moment!)
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13 Aug 02 - 12:11 AM (#764188) Subject: RE: BS:Sight and Sound Top 10 Critics Films From: John O'L Les Enfants du Paradis, McCabe and Mrs. Miller, Excalibur, The Good, The Bad & The Ugly, A Wonderful Life and The Horsemen should be in there IMHO Glenn |
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13 Aug 02 - 01:43 AM (#764210) Subject: RE: BS:Sight and Sound Top 10 Critics Films From: Peg ah yes. It's a Wonderful Life! How could I forget that? Also one of my favorites and one of the best films ever made. peg looking forward to seeing Possession when it opens next week...
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13 Aug 02 - 04:11 AM (#764243) Subject: RE: BS:Sight and Sound Top 10 Critics Films From: Peter Kasin Seven Samurai / Les Enfants De Paradis / The Bicycle Thief / The Godfather, parts I and II / It's A Wonderful Life / Greed / Twelve Angry Men / Citizen Kane / Steamboat Bill, Jr. Almost top tens: Chushingura / Metropolis / Singin' In The Rain / West Side Story / Lord Of The Flies (original version) / Vertigo / Cape Fear (original version, with the greatly underrated Robert Mitchum). If you haven't seen Greed, by all means rent it. It's available on video - one of the true masterpieces, a silent film from 1927 (or '28?), based on Frank Norris's novel "McTeague." When it was recommended to me, I wasn't sure if I'd really be affected by a serious, full-length silent movie, but was I ever! My choice of Steamboat Bill Jr. might seem odd, but I think it's one of the greatest comedies ever - my personal favorite. Just brilliant from every angle. Buster Keaton at his best. So, why not put a straight-out comedy on the list, eh? Chanteyranger |
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13 Aug 02 - 06:52 AM (#764304) Subject: RE: BS:Sight and Sound Top 10 Critics Films From: Hrothgar Isn't somebody going to mention "A Man For All Seasons?" If you want something out of the far distance, there is always "The Gods Must Be Crazy." Don't care what the critics say, a heck of a lot of pepole have seen it and loved it. |
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13 Aug 02 - 10:31 AM (#764385) Subject: RE: BS:Sight and Sound Top 10 Critics Films From: John O'L I nearly mentioned "The Gods Must Be Crazy", but I think Australia was the only place where it was popular. I might be wrong, I usually am... Glenn |