It depends on how you look at the film. Do you look at it as a "movie" or do you look at the whole thing as an art piece? Like the editing, the camera work etc. could be counted as part of the collective aesthetic.
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 2:05 PM, Kelwyn <ravena...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I place "Sweetback" at number five in my fab five because, while seminal, > it is the least watchable. In fact, as cinema, it is really a mess. > > ~(no)rave! > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@...> > wrote: > > > > Good comments, Rave. I might put Sweetback at number 2 or number 1, as > the completion story behind it, and its phenomenal success (I believe it > made more money than "Love Story") actually opened the way for other black > films. Not sure if it leads or follows "Shaft" in release dates, though... > > > > And if you've never seen "Baddasss", Mario's faithful biographical > telling of his dad's struggle to make "Sweetback", please do so. A really > good movie that too few black people seem to have caught, and a reminder > that Mario is way more talented than usually given credit for being. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Kelwyn" <ravena...@...> > > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 8:18:53 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > > Subject: [scifinoir2] Fifty best Blaxploitation Movies of All Time > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://best.complex.com/lists/The-50-Best-Blaxploitation-Movies-of-All-Time > > > > Interesting list. No way Foxy Brown (3) should be rated higher than Coffy > (14), since, as the authors' note, Coffy is the "debut of the most famous > twos of the '70s." > > > > And, to quibble, Cooley High, Uptown Saturday Night, The Spook Who Sat By > the Door and Shaft are REAL movies and not blaxploitation movies. That said, > Shaft should be number one on this list as it is the movie that caused the > Blaxploitation boom. > > > > My personal top five: > > 1)Shaft > > 2)Superfly > > 3)Coffy > > 4)The Mack > > 5)Sweet Sweetback's Badass Song > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Post your SciFiNoir Profile at > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! > Groups Links > > > > -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
