Re: The best film of all time?

[Jonathan Stowe]

On Mon, 17 Sep 2001, Mike Jarvis wrote:

> Monday, September 17, 2001, 1:31:13 PM, Jasper McCrea wrote:
>
> JM> Worst movie of all time:
>
> JM> Citizen Kane or the Piano. It's a toss up between these two.
>
> Bah!  Citizen Kane changed filmmaking forever.  Not just from a
> technical standpoint (although it did that...check out the low shot of
> Kane returning to the office) but more importantly, from a narrative
> standpoint.  Kane changed everything.
>

Or tge opening shot through the sky light, the scene in the hall etc etc
...


The man had drunk at the well of 'Mis en Scene' very deeply and was
probably its first practitioner in a holywood movie.

/J\