Raising Kane
The American Film Institute has just published its 100 greatest films list, having polled "artists, critics and historians", and here it is:
1 Citizen Kane 1941
2 The Godfather 1972 3 Casablanca 4 Raging Bull 1980 5 Singin' In The Rain 1952 6 Gone With The Wind 1939 7 Lawrence Arabia 8 Schindler's List 1993 9 Vertigo 1958 10 The Wizard Of Oz 1939 11 City Lights 1931 12 The Searchers 1956 13 Star Wars 1977 14 Psycho 1960 15 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968 16 Sunset Blvd. 1950 17 The Graduate 1967 18 The General 1927 19 On The Waterfront 1954 20 It's A Wonderful Life 1946 21 Chinatown 22 Some Like It Hot 1959 23 The Grapes Of Wrath 1940 24 E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial 1982 25 To Kill A Mockingbird 1962 26 Mr. Smith Goes To Washington 27 High Noon 1952 28 All About Eve 1950 29 Double Indemnity 1944 30 Apocalypse Now 1979 31 The Maltese Falcon 1941 32 The Godfather Part Ii 1974 33 One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest 1975 34 Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs 1937 35 Annie Hall 1977 36 The Bridge On The River Kwai 1957 37 The Best Years Of Our Lives 1946 38 The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre 1948 39 Dr. Strangelove 1964 40 The Sound Of Music 1965 41 King Kong 1933 42 Bonnie And Clyde 43 Midnight 44 The Philadelphia 45 Shane 1953 46 It Happened One Night 1934 47 A Streetcar Named Desire 1951 48 Rear Window 1954 49 Intolerance 1916 50 The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring 2001 51 West Side 52 Taxi Driver 1976 53 The Deer Hunter 1978 54 M*A*S*H 1970 55 North By Northwest 1959 56 Jaws 1975 57 Rocky 1976 58 The Gold Rush 1925 59 Nashville 60 Duck Soup 1933 61 Sullivan's Travels 1941 62 American Graffiti 1973 63 Cabaret 1972 64 Network 1976 65 The African Queen 1951 66 Raiders Of The Lost Ark 67 Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? 1966 68 Unforgiven 1992 69 Tootsie 1982 70 A Clockwork Orange 1971 71 Saving Private Ryan 1998 72 The Shawshank Redemption 1994 73 Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid 1969 74 The Silence Of The Lambs 1991 75 In The Heat Of The Night 1967 76 Forrest Gump 1994 77 All The President's Men 1976 78 Modern Times 1936 79 The Wild Bunch 1969 80 The Apartment 81 Spartacus 1960 82 Sunrise 83 Titanic 1997 84 Easy Rider 1969 85 A Night At The Opera 1935 86 Platoon 1986 87 12 Angry Men 1957 88 Bringing Up Baby 1938 89 The Sixth Sense 1999 90 Swing Time 1936 91 Sophie's Choice 1982 92 Goodfellas 1990 93 The French Connection 1971 94 Pulp Fiction 1994 95 The Last Picture Show 1971 96 Do The Right Thing 1989 97 Blade Runner 1982 98 Yankee Doodle Dandy 1942 99 Toy Story 1995100 Ben-Hur 1959
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No films not in English? No funniest film of all time - Bergman's 7th Seal? (Unless I've missed it.)
Pfetic.
Was Florence of Araby a US production, then?
E.T. sucked.
And, Snow White apart, no cartoons either. Some of the 1940s/50s Tom & Jerry were simply brilliant, especially those in which Tom plays the classical piano pieces. Several of these (can't recall their titles now) won the highest awards in Hollywood. Still, I suppose any list of this sort is necesarily subjective and a different panel would doubtless have chosen differently.
Ah, 'The Seventh Seal'. There's many, erm, one bad joke I've made about that.
Or, come to that, 'Kwai'.
CH - Not my cup of tea either, but not as appallingly dreadful as 'Forrest Gump'.
Nomad - 'Toy Story' is in there. Maybe it was full length films only.
I've seen only 45 of the top 100!!! I'm with you on the musicals & Forrest Gump Croydonian.
Hitcocks Vertigo was shit, why the hell is that so high!
Goodfellas and Platoon should be in the top 10 also Godfather 2 was better then the first, in my humble opinion you must understand.
Hope you are well?
There are some good ones and some curious ones in there. I'm yet to meet anyone who /truly/ enjoyed '2001', and 'Easy Rider' isn't all that, frankly.
Meanwhile, yes, all is well at Croydonian Towers, likewise at Hercules Towers I hope.
Fortunately I have a talent for not having to actually see a movie to know whether it's any good.
For example, I knew that Forrest Gump was going to be emetic just from looking at photos of Tom Hanks's face. I saw one clip out of Chinatown and knew instinctively, "pretentious with precious camera angles and lighting". Another one I didn't see.
Raging Bull -- oooooh, a movie about an angry man! I'll bet I could miss that and still sleep at night!
I did see Vertigo and wondered throughout what it was all about and why should I care? How could they have slotted it in above Psycho, which really was outstanding.
Over all, though, this list is exactly what "artists, critics and historians" would have come up with. It would be intersting to see a list voted on by the general, movie-going/renting public.
Bladerunner at 97..pfff.
I think Toy Story should count as a cartton though; even though it has no right to be in there.
I rate both Raging Bull and Chinatown, but à chacun son goût.
There is a list of the top 100 by adjusted box office receipts here, but it opens up a blizzard of pop ups.
So, as an act of charity, here it is:
1. Gone With the Wind (1939)
2. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
3. The Sound of Music (1965)
4. E. T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
5. The Ten Commandments (1956)
6. Titanic (1997)
7. Jaws (1975)
8. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
9. The Exorcist (1973)
10. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
11. 101 Dalmatians (1961)
12. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
13. Ben-Hur (1959)
14. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
15. The Sting (1973)
16. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
17. Jurassic Park (1993)
18. The Graduate (1967)
19. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
20. Fantasia (1940)
21. The Godfather (1972)
22. Forrest Gump (1994)
23. Mary Poppins (1964)
24. The Lion King (1994)
25. Grease (1978)
26. Thunderball (1965)
27. The Jungle Book (1967)
28. Sleeping Beauty (1959)
29. Shrek 2 (2004)
30. Ghostbusters (1984)
31. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
32. Love Story (1970)
33. Spider-Man (2002)
34. Independence Day (1996)
35. Home Alone (1990)
36. Pinocchio (1940)
37. Cleopatra (1963)
38. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
39. Goldfinger (1964)
40. Airport (1970)
41. American Graffiti (1973)
42. The Robe (1953)
43. Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
44. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
45. Bambi (1942)
46. Blazing Saddles (1974)
47. Batman (1989)
48. The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
49. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
50. The Towering Inferno (1974)
51. Spider-Man 2 (2004)
52. My Fair Lady (1964)
53. The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
54. National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
55. The Passion of the Christ (2004)
56. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
57. Back to the Future (1985)
58. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
59. The Sixth Sense (1999)
60. Superman (1978)
61. Tootsie (1982)
62. Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
63. Finding Nemo (2003)
64. West Side Story (1961)
65. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
66. Lady and the Tramp (1955)
67. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977/1980)
68. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
69. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
70. Rocky (1976)
71. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
72. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
73. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
74. Twister (1996)
75. Men in Black (1997)
76. The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957)
77. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
78. Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
79. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
80. M*A*S*H (1970)
81. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
82. Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
83. Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
84. Aladdin (1992)
85. Ghost (1990)
86. Duel in the Sun (1946)
87. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
88. House of Wax (1953)
89. Rear Window (1954)
90. The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
91. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
92. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
93. Sergeant York (1941)
94. Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
95. Toy Story 2 (1999)
96. Top Gun (1986)
97. Shrek (2001)
98. The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
99. "Crocodile" Dundee (1986)
100. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)
Surely The Passion of the C. made more money, even relatively? It was $300 m. some time ago.
BTW, surely Lassie Come Home should rate? I thought it was one of the most popular movies of the time? It should be notable for introducing Elizabeth Taylor to a breathless world.
Mary, Verity, I really would not know. I just did a copy and paste job.
However, apparently LCL "has been deemed "culturally significant" by the Library of Congress". Which is nice.
I look forward to other films being judged "culturally insignificant", which would be far more amusing.
Thank you, Croydonian.
Also, you titled your post 'Raising Kane', which reminded me, 'Raising Arizona' was neat little movie. Well worth renting.
Indeed - a thoroughly amusing film. I rate the Coen brothers as the most consistently interesting, challenging and entertaining film makers currently working.
What are some of their other films? Not that they'll have them at my local video rental, so I suppose I'm asking out of academic interest.
They have done maybe a dozen or so films, with personal favourites including the deeply noir 'Blood Simple', pitch black comedy / drama 'Fargo' and 'The Big Lebowski'.
More here.
I hated Fargo. As in, loathed it as a politically correct piece of garbage. I have never, in the hugeness of the United States, heard of a very pregnant woman sheriff. Never. Never in any county in Texas. Nor in S Dakota. Nor in upstate NY. Never. Nor in Louisiana. Nor in Oklahoma. Nor in Washington State.
I mean, NEVER.
I hate that manufactured crap. I kept hoping she'd get hit by a stray bullet as she trudged across the interesting overwhelming white, white, landscape in which she was just a tiny figure. Oh, the camera-work! I am amazed that she didn't have a little red hat on for interesting contrast.
And the husband never said, "Darling, this is all wrong. You are nine months pregnant! You should not be out chasing a killer across the snowy wastes!" No. He made her a cup of coffee.
God, I hate lefties. Frankly, had I been the husband, I'd have shot her. He could have moved to a warmer climate and, with the insurance money, found a girl for bikini beach parties oceanside.
These lefties have to learn they can't have it all their own way.
I sincerely loathed that movie.
Having spent large portins of my life living in somewhat out of the way places - incuding ome without both tv or cinema - my knowledge of films is rather limited. But from what I can see, practically the entire output of folk like John Wayne, Rock Hudson, David Niven and Donald Sutherland (many of whose films I quite enjoyed in my younger days) and no doubt others who do not readily spring to mind seem to have been utterly worthless.
PS: Verity - as you will probably not return to that deadwood thread, my final comment was to the effect that different thyme zones permit us to orchidstrate our comments! You over there, me over here and our gallant host in the middle! Lotsa fun innit!!
Caroline Hunt - I never saw it, but I knew instinctively that it would suck.
Yes, Nomad, we can run rings round the rest of them. And that is my last tree comment.
Who is burning British flags in Malaysia? Which party? Or just a bunch of loonies? What's the PM's attitude to this?
In a sense, I'm very surprised, but in another sense, I'm not. It was because I anticipated events that I did not return to Malaysia, although I love the country.
In any event, I am looking forward to watching a three-episode video this evening of that entertaining American sit-com, Fronds.
Verity: Not sure where your info is coming from, but there have been no reports at all about any flag burnings - or indeed any other reaction from the usual suspects - here. These events have been reported quite fully, on local and internation TV and in local papers, from Pakistan, Iran etc, but all is quiet on the Eastern front. This may be because, following a very fierce 5 hour storm and exceptionally heavy rain a couple of days ago, many people are far too busy clearing up after the two rivers overflowed their banks flooding the entire centre of our overbuilt capitaal city, including Merdeka Square and environs, up to a depth of about 4 feet. This now seems to be coming something of a regularity and the PM is mightily peeved about it, more so as he was in everybody's good books having just married again - this time to his sister in law. He is also mightily pissed off again because of major (unrelated!) leaks to the roofs of several high profile govt buildings including the famous new court-house and parliament, plus quite a serius landslide in the new town of Putrajaya, which fortunately just managed not to kill anybody. All put down to shoddy maintenance and employing unskilled Indons to do the work. Cheap labour and cronyism win the day again! Plus ca change...
PS: There is ABSOLUTELY NO TRUTH IN THE RUMOUR that I am planning to change my name to Jack Aranda.
Hmmmm ... well, I know you're a Limey, like me, but would The Telegraph lie to us? Obviously, it caught my eye when I read it. Perhaps they're just bananas.
Did Badawi have the forethought to divorce his first wife before marrying the second, or has he gone native? If so, he's setting a bad exhemple.
Anyway, for the round-up of news on KL and the Indonesia workers, treemakasi!
Verity: Just goes to show that one should not believe everything one reads in the papers! I am not even sure the DT has a regular stringer here.
Mr B's first wife died of cancer a little over a year ago and he has been soldiering on alone in the interim. So the requisite time had elapsed for him to go hunting again.
Perhaps it was al-Beeb. I saw the piece and was going to read it later and never bothered.
Sorry to hear about the PM's late wife. Hadn't read anything about it. What's with Anwar these days?
g les couilles qui me gratouilllent
Thought 'treemakasi' was worthy of a special bow! It didn't even get a mention!
Verity; Rest assured it raised a grin (although I did not really appreciate the Limey bit!!). But the nuances did not go unmissed.
Just as a by-the-by, yet another roof collapsed over the weekend, this time at the Terengganu Development Office. Fortunately it happened out of office hours when the place was empty and thus avoided the necessity for the PM having to explain why a worker was brained by a two ton beam.
Verity: In response to your other question - not much. He continues to operate in the shadows, but I suspect will make a comeback attempt when the time is right. Mr B now seems to be mainly concerned with the foreign stuff, jetting hither and yon a la Blair, and leaving Najib as the front man on all the domestic stuff. The runes say that there cd be a change of leadership come the election - but .....
{No postings yesterday as I was otherwise engaged all day, hence the delayed responses. N}
I met Anwar. He's a sneaky little bugger. He had good presentation because a middle aged English lady who had been in KL for yonks was a friend of his and chose his clothes. I won't mention her name because I'm not sure of the legality and besides, what's the point? Anyway, she was a good friend to him and helped him to look like a sophisticated Western statesman.
Verity: Yes, that's why he always looked quite Spruce!! [Haha - which is also something one finds in a garden, I think!].
Over and out on this thread. N
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