Re: directors' list So Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein are still not great. Idiotic! And no Val Lewton. Nathalie
On Sat, Dec 3, 2022, 9:37 PM David Kusumoto <davidmkusum...@hotmail.com> wrote: > As I wrote elsewhere on FB - In my view (opinion, not necessarily fact) - > > The recent trend of being "inclusive" - has come at the expense of > universally admired "classics" which - until this list - would show up > every time. So many great films were not just "re-ordered" - but KICKED > OFF, i.e., "Lawrence of Arabia." There's no value for a point-by-point > riposte for the selections - as I think the goal was to signal "how great > and more enlightened us younger critics are" - but also - to get boomers > and traditional film historians riled up. > > "Parasite" making the list just three years after being released is the > most obvious example of recency bias. Second most obvious is "Jeanne > Dielman" finished "#1" - but finished #36 in the 2012 poll - the biggest > jump to #1 in history. (I saw the film last year only because it's now a > Criterion issue and it's as arty as it is dull, worthy maybe, but not in my > top 25.) > > Until now, this list had NEVER ranked a film released within ten years > prior. I now imagine that when the BFI re-issues its separate list of the > "greatest British films ever made" - that classics like "The Third Man," > "Brief Encounter," and "Lawrence of Arabia" will all fall out of the top 10. > > Meanwhile, at least the simultaneously released S&S 2022 DIRECTORS' poll - > induces some heartburn, but FAR less: > > > https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/directors-100-greatest-films-all-time > Directors’ 100 Greatest Films of All Time | BFI > <https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/directors-100-greatest-films-all-time> > Every decade since 1992, Sight and Sound has complemented its celebrated > critics’ poll by formally sounding out the world’s leading directors on the > ten films they believe to be the greatest of all time. Though it has always > been global and inclusive in scope, the poll has expanded significantly > each decade. In 1992, 101 directors voted; fast-forward to 2012, when 358 > filmmakers took part. > www.bfi.org.uk > ** > > ------------------------------ > *From:* MoPo List <mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> on behalf of Bruce > Hershenson <brucehershen...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Saturday, December 3, 2022 5:37 AM > *To:* MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU <MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> > *Subject:* Sight & Sound’s top 100 Greatest Films of All Time 2022 > > I am likely one of the only people here who saw all of the almost *4 > HOURS* of “Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxel” in a > theater. and it the ultimate case of The Emperor's New Clothes! How the > 1,500 people who made this dreadful pretentious list did so, apparently > with a straight face, is beyond me. Oh wait, there are very few comedies on > the list, indicating these people completely lack a sense of humor. The > order of the movies is flat-out ridiculous. But I am more bothered by the > films and directors left off, than the ones included. And they were > "bumped" off to make room for recent movies, movies by women, and movies by > minorities. *Shouldn't a "greatest" list completely ignore those factors?* > Just > admit it is a list that is designed to get people to see many great > overlooked movies, and I am fine with it. *But a list of the "100 > Greatest Films of All Time"? Not remotely close on ANY level.* > *Sight & Sound’s top 100 Greatest Films of All Time 2022* > 1. “Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxel” (Chantal Akerman, > 1975) > 2. “Vertigo” (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958) > 3. “Citizen Kane” (Orson Welles, 1941) > 4. “Tokyo Story” (Ozu Yasujiro, 1953) > 5. “In the Mood for Love, Wong Kar-wai, 2001) > 6. “2001: A Space Odyssey” (Stanley Kubrick, 1968) > 7. “Beau travail” (Claire Denis, 1998) > 8. “Mulholland Dr.” (David Lynch, 2001) > 9. “Man with a Movie Camera” (Dziga Vertov, 1929) > 10. “Singin’ in the Rain” (Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly, 1951) > 11. “Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans” (F.W. Murnau, 1927) > 12. “The Godfather” (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972) > 13. “La Règle du Jeu” (Jean Renoir, 1939) > 14. “Cléo from 5 to 7” (Agnès Varda, 1962) > 15. “The Searchers” (John Ford, 1956) > 16. “Meshes of the Afternoon” (Maya Deren and Alexander Hammid, 1943) > 17. “Close-Up” (Abbas Kiarostami, 1989) > 18. “Persona” (Ingmar Bergman, 1966) > 19. “Apocalypse Now” (Francis Ford Coppola, 1979) > 20. “Seven Samurai” (Akira Kurosawa, 1954) > 21. (TIE) “The Passion of Joan of Arc” (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1927) > 21. (TIE) “Late Spring” (Ozu Yasujiro, 1949) > 23. “Playtime” (Jacques Tati, 1967) > 24. “Do the Right Thing” (Spike Lee, 1989) > 25. (TIE) “Au Hasard Balthazar” (Robert Bresson, 1966) > 25. (TIE) The Night of the Hunter” (Charles Laughton, 1955) > 27. “Shoah” (Claude Lanzmann, 1985) > 28. “Daisies” (Věra Chytilová, 1966) > 29. “Taxi Driver” (Martin Scorsese, 1976) > 30. “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” (Céline Sciamma, 2019) > 31. (TIE) “Mirror” (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1975) > 31. (TIE) “8½” (Federico Fellini, 1963) > 31. (TIE) “Psycho” (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960) > 34. “L’Atalante” (Jean Vigo, 1934) > 35. “Pather Panchali” (Satyajit Ray, 1955) > 36. (TIE) “City Lights” (Charlie Chaplin, 1931) > 36. (TIE) “M” (Fritz Lang, 1931) > 38. (TIE) “À bout de souffle” (Jean-Luc Godard, 1960) > 38. (TIE) “Some Like It Hot” (Billy Wilder, 1959) > 38. (TIE) “Rear Window” (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954) > 41. (TIE) “Bicycle Thieves” (Vittorio De Sica, 1948) > 41. (TIE) “Rashomon” (Akira Kurosawa, 1950) > 43. (TIE) “Stalker” (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979) > 43. (TIE) “Killer of Sheep” (Charles Burnett, 1977) > 45. (TIE) “North by Northwest” (Alfred Hitchcock, 1959) > 45. (TIE) “The Battle of Algiers” (Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966) > 45. (TIE) “Barry Lyndon” (Stanley Kubrick, 1975) > 48. (TIE) “Wanda” (Barbara Loden, 1970) > 48. (TIE) “Ordet” (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1955) > 50. (TIE) “The 400 Blows” (François Truffaut, 1959) > 50. (TIE) “The Piano” (Jane Campion, 1992) > 52. (TIE) “News from Home” (Chantal Akerman, 1976) > 52. (TIE) “Fear Eats the Soul” (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1974) > 54. (TIE) “The Apartment” (Billy Wilder, 1960) > 54. (TIE) “Battleship Potemkin” (Sergei Eisenstein, 1925) > 54. (TIE) “Sherlock Jr.” (Buster Keaton, 1924) > 54. (TIE) “Le Mépris” (Jean-Luc Godard 1963) > 54. (TIE) “Blade Runner” (Ridley Scott 1982) > 59. “Sans soleil” (Chris Marker 1982) > 60. (TIE) “Daughters of the Dust” (Julie Dash 1991) > 60. (TIE) “La dolce vita” (Federico Fellini 1960) > 60. (TIE) “Moonlight” (Barry Jenkins 2016) > 63. (TIE) “Casablanca” (Michael Curtiz 1942) > 63. (TIE) “GoodFellas” (Martin Scorsese 1990) > 63. (TIE) “The Third Man” (Carol Reed 1949) > 66. “Touki Bouki (Djibril Diop Mambéty 1973) > 67. (TIE) “The Gleaners and I” (Agnès Varda 2000) > 67. (TIE) “Metropolis” (Fritz Lang 1927) > 67. (TIE) “Andrei Rublev” (Andrei Tarkovsky 1966) > 67. (TIE) “The Red Shoes” (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger 1948) > 67. (TIE) “La Jetée” (Chris Marker 1962) > 72. (TIE) “My Neighbour Totoro” (Miyazaki Hayao 1988) > 72. (TIE) “Journey to Italy” (Roberto Rossellini 1954) > 72. (TIE) “L’avventura” (Michelangelo Antonioni 1960) > 75. (TIE) “Imitation of Life” (Douglas Sirk 1959) > 75. (TIE) “Sansho the Bailiff” (Mizoguchi Kenji 1954) > 75. (TIE) “Spirited Away” (Miyazaki Hayao 2001) > 78. (TIE) “A Brighter Summer Day” (Edward Yang 1991) > 78. (TIE) “Sátántangó” (Béla Tarr 1994) > 78. (TIE) “Céline and Julie Go Boating” (Jacques Rivette 1974) > 78. (TIE) “Modern Times “(Charlie Chaplin 1936) > 78. (TIE) “Sunset Blvd.” (Billy Wilder 1950) > 78. (TIE) “A Matter of Life and Death” (Michael Powell & Emeric > Pressburger 1946) > 84. (TIE) “Blue Velvet” (David Lynch 1986) > 84. (TIE) “Pierrot le fou” (Jean-Luc Godard 1965) > 84. (TIE) “Histoire(s) du cinéma” (Jean-Luc Godard 1988-1998) > 84. (TIE) “The Spirit of the Beehive” (Victor Erice, 1973) > 88. (TIE) “The Shining” (Stanley Kubrick, 1980) > 88. (TIE) “Chungking Express” (Wong Kar Wai, 1994) > 90. (TIE) “Madame de…” (Max Ophüls, 1953) > 90. (TIE) “The Leopard” (Luchino Visconti, 1962) > 90. (TIE) “Ugetsu” (Mizoguchi Kenji, 1953) > 90. (TIE) “Parasite” (Bong Joon Ho, 2019) > 90. (TIE) “Yi Yi” (Edward Yang, 1999) > 95. (TIE) “A Man Escaped” (Robert Bresson, 1956) > 95. (TIE) “The General” (Buster Keaton, 1926) > 95. (TIE) “Once upon a Time in the West” (Sergio Leone, 1968) > 95. (TIE) “Get Out” (Jordan Peele, 2017) > 95. (TIE) “Black Girl” (Ousmane Sembène, 1965) > 95. 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