The Greatest Film(s) of All Time...

[TheGSMoeller]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/aug/05/sight-sound-best-film-poll-2012

Sight and Sound released their "Greatest Film" list this decade, the conversation began in Last Movie I watched but thought we could dedicate an individual thread for this.

[TheGSMoeller]

Here was Bogey's response from earlier...

Ah, why not....Casablanca for me.  Possibly the Maltese Falcon.  But if I were to nominate a Hitch, I would go with Rear Window.

...and great pics for sure. Difficult to find arguments on those two.

[Sammy]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/aug/05/sight-sound-best-film-poll-2012

Sight and Sound released their "Greatest Film" list this decade, the conversation began in Last Movie I watched but thought we could dedicate an individual thread for this.

That's one crummy list; nothing more recent than a 1968 film that was way too long.  More recent Hollywood movies would be a big plus; everyone knows that Hollywood does it best.

[TheGSMoeller]

That's one crummy list; nothing more recent than a 1968 film that was way too long.  More recent Hollywood movies would be a big plus; everyone knows that Hollywood does it best.

I could see There Will Be Blood being a recent film that could begin to show up on those lists over time.

[Sammy]

I could see There Will Be Blood being a recent film that could begin to show up on those lists over time.

I watched that movie on DVD.  My wife fell asleep, and I honestly remember little about it.  However, Daniel is easily my favorite actor.

[DavidRoss]

Casablanca
8½
Walkabout
Apocalypse Now
The Great Escape...

...and anything featuring Emily Blunt or Kate Beckinsale in their underwear!

[lisa needs braces]

Magnolia
Dark City
Vertigo
The Seven Samurai

[Brian]

I could see There Will Be Blood being a recent film that could begin to show up on those lists over time.

How excited are you for The Master?? I want to jump in a time machine and fast-forward to opening night.

[TheGSMoeller]

Casablanca
8½
Walkabout
Apocalypse Now
The Great Escape...

...and anything featuring Emily Blunt or Kate Beckinsale in their underwear!

Nice list, a little bit of every genre. And one of the best with 8 1/2

Magnolia
Dark City
Vertigo
The Seven Samurai

Interesting to see Dark City on your list, been years, actually the original release year, since I've seen it. Did they release a director's version?

[TheGSMoeller]

How excited are you for The Master?? I want to jump in a time machine and fast-forward to opening night.

Very, ever since Boogie Nights I've always been anxious for Paul Thomas Anderson's next project.

[DavidRoss]

Very, ever since Boogie Nights I've always been anxious for Paul Thomas Anderson's next project.

Aye. (But There Will Be Poop was a disappointment.)

[TheGSMoeller]

Top 10 films The Sight & Sound 2012 list

1 Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)

2 Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941)

3 Tokyo Story (Yasujiro Ozu, 1953)

4 La Règle du jeu (Jean Renoir, 1939)

5 Sunrise (FW Murnau, 1927)

6 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)

7 The Searchers (John Ford, 1956)

8 Man With a Movie Camera (Dziga Vertov, 1929)

9 The Passion of Joan of Arc (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1927)

10 8 ½ (Federico Fellini, 1963)

This a great compilation of films, what surprises me the most, and not in a negative way, is how Vertov's Man With a Movie Camera is moving up. The film contains no plot and very experimental, but it is completely fascinating, and films similar to this that relied on true camera and film tricks (Metropolis and the films of Méliès's come to mind) impress me more than films spending $200 million on special CG effects. 

[Drasko]

Sight and Sound released their "Greatest Film" list this decade

In a bit more detail here

http://www.bfi.org.uk/news/50-greatest-films-all-time

http://www.bfi.org.uk/news/sight-sound-2012-directors-top-ten

[Archaic Torso of Apollo]

Only 2 of my personal Top Ten overlap with the published list:

The Passion of Joan of Arc
Citizen Kane
Grand Illusion
Wild Strawberries
Ikiru
The Exterminating Angel
La Jetée
Stalker
The Decalogue
Wings of Desire

[DavidRoss]

W

Nice list, a little bit of every genre. And one of the best with 8 1/2

Well, no Sci-Fi.  Bladerunner's a good one.  The Sci Fi channel's Battlestar Galactica was first rate.
No Westerns.  Just pick any one by John Ford. Or, more recently, Simon Wincer.
And no comedies. That's a tough call. Can't go wrong with M.A.S.H.
Or musicals. Singin' in the Rain. (Easy!) But The Fighting Temptations might be better.
Horror's not my thing but Werner Herzog's Nosferatu was memorable.
And that reminds me of one of my top documentary picks: Herzog's Grizzly Man.
Detective movies? The Maltese Falcon deserves high praise but Chinatown tops it.

[TheGSMoeller]

Only 2 of my personal Top Ten overlap with the published list:

The Passion of Joan of Arc
Citizen Kane
Grand Illusion
Wild Strawberries
Ikiru
The Exterminating Angel
La Jetée
Stalker
The Decalogue
Wings of Desire

Tarkovsky and Kieslowski are two that belong in the list of top filmmakers. Just recently purchased The Sacrifice and The Double Life of Veronique on Blue Ray.

What did you think of Wender's Wings of Desire sequel, Faraway, So Close?

[Brian]

Or musicals. Singin' in the Rain. (Easy!) But The Fighting Temptations might be better.

Singing' in the Rain was on the previous list and got bumped off! I don't know how you could say the word "comedies" and not end the sentence with Some Like It Hot.

[Archaic Torso of Apollo]

Tarkovsky and Kieslowski are two that belong in the list of top filmmakers.

I agree. They're two of my favorite four, the others being Bergman and Bunuel.

What did you think of Wender's Wings of Desire sequel, Faraway, So Close?

I never saw it - I think I was put off by what I heard about it. Did you see it?

[Bogey]

If the list tried to sell me Sunset Blvd. over Casablanca or Maltese, I might bight....but probably not. 

Interesting with Vertigo.  I would put many Hitch (easy George ) movies before it.  Including NBNW, and especially the likes of Rope.  Psycho, even The Birds and some of his earlier films.  Just not a huge fan of that film.  Maybe I need to watch more extras on it to be persuaded.   I believe my bigggest problem is how Stewart was used.  If memory recalls, he was not Jimmy Stewart-ish enough for me, which is why I watch and enjoy his films. 

[Bogey]

I watched that movie on DVD.  My wife fell asleep, and I honestly remember little about it.  However, Daniel is easily my favorite actor.

Should make a great Lincoln, Don: