Wow, Mulholland Dr. at #28? Huh. It's the most recent movie on the list (2001). And In the Mood for Love at #24 from 2000. And lots of movies I've never heard of.
Fred: The size and depth of the wound indicate a female vampire. Harmony: Or gay! Fred: Um…it doesn't really work like that.
'Harm's Way'
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Polter-Cow - Aug 01, 2012 11:31:30 am PDT #22072 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
DavidS - Aug 01, 2012 11:54:41 am PDT #22073 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I just have a hard time beliving 30% of the "best" example of the medium was made in 1920-1930.
I'd think that some of that is that these are the ones that have endured the best, and that's easier to see as time goes on. Thousands of movies were made during that period. Only a tiny portion still remain relevant because they're not dependent on the immediate culture around them to make sense of them. They endure because they're singular.
Mostly what I see when I look at a movie from several decades back are the tropes and historical assumptions of that era. When those get stripped away by time's passage the films that still work create their own aesthetic. Something accessible to any era as long as you can relinquish the tropes of your time to see it on its own terms.
Amy - Aug 01, 2012 11:58:10 am PDT #22074 of 30000
Because books.
Did they change the name of The Bicycle Thief to Bicycle Thieves? Or am I remembering wrong?
Polter-Cow - Aug 01, 2012 12:06:30 pm PDT #22075 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Yeah, I was wondering about that. Maybe it was the sequel (rejected title: 2 Thief 2 Bicycle ).
billytea - Aug 01, 2012 12:13:27 pm PDT #22076 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I am so happy that Citizen Kane is no longer number one. I hate Citizen Kane. I saw it as a teenager, and I can't even tell you why I hated it, except I thought it was boring. And I loved old movies when I was a kid.
I have Citizen Kane in the house right now, awaiting viewing! Along with His Girl Friday, which I watched last night, and found frequently hilarious.
Scrappy - Aug 01, 2012 1:42:29 pm PDT #22077 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I LOVE His Girl Friday. She's smart and a bit goofy but also passionate and brave. And he's bossy and manipulative but also understands and appreciates her and together, they fight crime (literally. Plus they are very sexy together.
Sophia Brooks - Aug 01, 2012 2:09:34 pm PDT #22078 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I also LOVE His Girl Friday! Much more enjoyable than boring old Citizen Kane
Polter-Cow - Aug 01, 2012 2:10:29 pm PDT #22079 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I love BOTH those movies.
megan walker - Aug 01, 2012 6:15:01 pm PDT #22080 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Did they change the name of The Bicycle Thief to Bicycle Thieves? Or am I remembering wrong?
The Italian title (Ladri di biciclette) was always plural. Only fairly recently have more people been insisting on the proper English translation. You still see it both ways all over the place.
Fiona - Aug 01, 2012 8:53:36 pm PDT #22081 of 30000
Did they change the name of The Bicycle Thief to Bicycle Thieves? Or am I remembering wrong?
The Italian title (Ladri di biciclette) was always plural.
The plural title is nicely ambiguous, so I'm glad they're trying to change it back.
I'm going to have to rewatch Vertigo, aren't I? It is probably my least favourite Hitchcock from that period, but I think I was about 18 when I saw it, and I can imagine it is one of those movies which improves as you age.
I hate Citizen Kane. I saw it as a teenager, and I can't even tell you why I hated it, except I thought it was boring.
I have always found Citizen Kane emotionally rather cold. But - and it's a big but - as a piece of filmmaking it really is out of this world. It's the sort of film where there's something new to notice every time you watch it. But a lot of its innovations have become standard since it was made, so it helps to have a bit of a sense of film history to be able to appreciate them fully, I think.
(Citizen Kane is the only individual film I take the time to look at at length in my classes. When we start, most of the students can't understand why it was long counted as the best. When we finish, all of them can).