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To: Borges

Vertigo is such an incredibly spectacular film! Definitely the best film by the best director of all time.

I never even heard of most of the others. Maybe I’ll have to broaden my horizons and check some of them out.

I’ve seen the Joan of Arc movie and I guess it has lost something over the years. Other silent movies have held up much better, such as Seven Chances by Buster Keaton.


28 posted on 08/01/2012 1:04:58 PM PDT by Family Guy (A society's first line of defense is not the law but customs, traditions and moral values. -Williams)
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I’ve seen the Joan of Arc movie and I guess it has lost something over the years. Other silent movies have held up much better, such as Seven Chances by Buster Keaton.

If you have not seen Sunrise, one of the great silent films, which is on the list, you should. As to Keaton, The General made this list in years past. I'm not as into 7 Chances as much as you (but I do really like it; I like all Keaton's silent features). I think I'd go with Sherlock, Jr. or The Navigator as Keaton's best films.

I'm glad to see Vertigo get some respect, but I'd not rate it # 1 film or even #1 Hitchcock; but it is a masterpiece. I think 2001 is vastly over-rated. I'd have put Barry Lyndon ahead of it as far as Kubrick films are concerned.

38 posted on 08/01/2012 2:16:40 PM PDT by Sans-Culotte ( Pray for Obama- Psalm 109:8)
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