"Thank You, Come again"
Posted on 06/11/2005 8:50:34 AM PDT by voletti
The All-TIME 100 Movies feature—compiled by Richard Schickel and me, and handsomely packaged by Josh Macht, Mark Coatney and all the smart folks at TIME.com—attracted a record-busting 7.8 million page views in its first week, including 3.5 million on May 23rd, its opening day. Thousands of readers have written in to cheer or challenge our selections, and thousands more have voted for their own favorites. The response simply underscores Richard's and my long-held belief that everybody has two jobs: his own and movie critic.
The idea was to assemble 100 estimable films since TIME began, with the March 3, 1923 issue. Later, each of us was asked to contribute five items in sidebars called Great Performances (acting), Guilty Pleasures (trash treasures) and Top Scores (soundtracks). Essentially, though, a century of movies from 82 years. That shouldn't be hard: pick a picture for each year, with 18 slots left for honorable mentions.
Not so simple, in fact, for we faced a couple of complications. The first was that two of us were to agree on the selections; and, though my admiration for Schickel is hardly bounded, and he probably doesn't mind me, no two critics will agree on all, or even most, great films. The other is the onus of the list-making process. It's a truism that a list like this takes either an hour (go with your initial inspirations) or a month (weigh every film with Solomonic probity). Our effort clocked in at about four months, off and on. And the clock is still running.
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I don't know about you, but if I made a list like this, I'd change it once a month, keeping maybe 80% of the titles each time; in a few years of doing that, I'd probably have it down to a solid Top 300.
"Still trying to get an original copy of the book.:
But do Androids dream of electric sheep?
"Berlin Alexanderplatz"?: Name one critic who has sat through this 13 hour film! I don't know of any. Outside of The Z Channel, it's never been on televison in its entirety.
"Bonnie & Clyde"?: You've got to be kidding!
"Barry Lyndon"?: A pretty film, but shouldn't be on the list.
"The Fly"?: Why not "The Dead Zone"?
"The Singing Detective"?: Why not "The Long Good Friday" or the original "Get Carter"?
Dumb list.
Jack.
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Well, I'd put Gone With The Wind and Blazing Saddles as the top two movies of ALL time!*~*
Funny you should say that shotokan. I turned it on the other night to see what it was about and after hearing God's name in vain no less than what seemed to be 100 times in the first five minutes OFF it went.
I guess you have to be a hopeless romantic like myself to love that movie, Deejay......hehehehehe.
>>> But do Androids dream of electric sheep?
Say what...?
I want an original copy of the book, I read and collect.
Been waiting a year for a callback from several used book dealers.
"Thank You, Come again"
Oh come on, "The Fly" over "Gone With The Wind".
This list is a joke.
I'm also surprised that a film directed by Sergei Eisenstein didn't merit even an honorable mention.
Pulp Fiction????
They can't be serious.
The movie is actually painful to watch. I can think of about a hundred better movies than that to put on the list.
And where, may I ask, is Ghostbusters II,Rocky IV, and Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure? :)
No John Wayne? No Robert Taylor? No Cary Grant?
No credibility.
I used to live and read books in accordance with the belief that the book upon which a movie was based would be even better. But Blade Runner/Do Androids Dream... and The Natural were extremely disappointing exceptions to that rule.
It's positive depiction of the South.
Sorry, I've never heard of Sergei Eisenstein......now Mel Brooks yes! The sillier and more outrageous a film is, the better I like it. I know I may have a defect.......*~*.
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