Happy Face 29 Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Vertigo has taken the lead from Citizen Kane Critics Top Ten Films 1. Vertigo (1958) 2. Citizen Kane (1941) 3. Tokyo Story (1953) 4. Règle du jeu, La (1939) 5. Sunrise (1927) 6. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 7. Searchers, The (1956) 8. Man with a Movie Camera (1929) 9. Passion of Joan of Arc (1927) 10. 8½ (1963) There's a top 250 available, better class of film than the IMDB... http://explore.bfi.org.uk/sightandsoundpolls/2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetleftpeg 0 Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Love The Searchers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted August 16, 2012 Author Share Posted August 16, 2012 Directors Top Ten 1. Tokyo Story 2= 2001: A Space Odyssey 2= Citizen Kane 4. 8½ 5. Taxi Driver 6. Apocalypse Now 7= The Godfather 7= Vertigo 9. Mirror 10. Bicycle Thieves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 21643 Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 (edited) I've only seen 2/10 of them. First list I mean. Edited August 16, 2012 by Renton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Vertigo's not even Hitchcock's best film iyam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted August 16, 2012 Author Share Posted August 16, 2012 I've only seen 2/10 of them. First list I mean. I wasn't happy to be on 6. Yet to see... 4. Règle du jeu, La (1939) 5. Sunrise (1927) 8. Man with a Movie Camera (1929) 9. Passion of Joan of Arc (1927) All silent or black and white pretentious bollocks though tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted August 16, 2012 Author Share Posted August 16, 2012 The Good The Bad And The Ugly only placed 283rd. Once Upon A Time In The West 78th Not for me like, but Christopher Frayling, THE MAN on Leone, went for the latter. It's a lush database they have set up, clicking from director to film to critic to film to director and back. Could get lost in it for hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 I've only seen Vertigo and 2001, ashamed to say i've never seen Citizen Kane but i do know the subject matter and it always seemed strange to me that this story is exalted and the best example of the medium. I should watch it to find out why tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted August 16, 2012 Author Share Posted August 16, 2012 Deep focus, ceilings in shot, tracking shots through solid objects....wrote the book....that said, I actually enjoyed The Magnificent Ambersons and Touch of Evil more. Ferris Bueller done better than I'd expect mind... http://explore.bfi.org.uk/sightandsoundpolls/2012/film/4ce2b716e5496 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21965 Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 a very pretentious film student's top ten that. here's mine, with only a hint of pretension. Godfather I The Apartment Annie Hall Rope The Good the Bad and the Ugly The Empire Strikes Back Casablanca Godfather II Sunset Boulevard Goodfellas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Need to find me ole excel file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 a very pretentious film student's top ten that. here's mine, with only a hint of pretension. Godfather I The Apartment Annie Hall Rope The Good the Bad and the Ugly The Empire Strikes Back Casablanca Godfather II Sunset Boulevard Goodfellas Not a bad list bro. I haven't seen Rope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Vertigo has taken the lead from Citizen Kane Critics Top Ten Films 1. Vertigo (1958) 2. Citizen Kane (1941) 3. Tokyo Story (1953) 4. Règle du jeu, La (1939) 5. Sunrise (1927) 6. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 7. Searchers, The (1956) 8. Man with a Movie Camera (1929) 9. Passion of Joan of Arc (1927) 10. 8½ (1963) There's a top 250 available, better class of film than the IMDB... http://explore.bfi.o...soundpolls/2012 Seen 71/2 of those. Found Tokyo story a bit too dense and tedious turned it off. No way Vertigo can be no.1 ridiculous, it's not even better than Marnie. Sunrise is unwatchable unless you have to watch it...There is a lot of deference to these old masters like Muranau.. For me Citizen Kane (Greg Toland had a lot more to do with it than he gets credit), Searchers and 2001 are the only ones I sometimes go back to.. No Kurosawa??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted August 16, 2012 Author Share Posted August 16, 2012 Seen 71/2 of those. Found Tokyo story a bit too dense and tedious turned it off. No way Vertigo can be no.1 ridiculous, it's not even better than Marnie. Sunrise is unwatchable unless you have to watch it...There is a lot of deference to these old masters like Muranau.. For me Citizen Kane (Greg Toland had a lot more to do with it than he gets credit), Searchers and 2001 are the only ones I sometimes go back to.. No Kurosawa??? Seven Samurai came 17th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21965 Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Not a bad list bro. I haven't seen Rope. his best work, imo. it's like a play. one set, filmed in a way to give the impression it was shot in one take. rear window is my next favourite. then strangers on a train, north by north west and psycho. agreed that vertigo isn't even as good as marnie. strange it's number one from a poll of critics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy 12 Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 The great escape. The good, the bad and the ugly. The longest day. Guns of Navarone. Where eagles dare. Goodfella's Fist full of dollars. For a few dollars more. Shawshank redemption. Shutter island. ...................................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SloopJohn 0 Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 good to see Mirror in the Director's List. amazing movie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30676 Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 I was tempted to go and see a viewing of 2001 last weekend but thought that it might be best watched fresh rather than after a skinful when I'd be more likely to fall asleep than appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4729 Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Pretentious fucks. No musicals in the top 10! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted August 17, 2012 Author Share Posted August 17, 2012 Pretentious fucks. No musicals in the top 10! Singin in the rain was 20th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4729 Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Singin in the rain was 20th Seriously, that shows how pretentious these fuckers are. Granted singing in the rain is a canny watch but it's no Grease or Hairspray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted August 17, 2012 Author Share Posted August 17, 2012 Complaining about pretention in S&S is like complaing about music in Grease. Horses for courses. If you want those films in your list, you want the Empire vote. http://www.cinemarea...es-of-all-time/ Grease 333rd and Hairspray 444th What a coincidence. Perhaps you'll also like.... 111. Fitzcarraldo (Werner Herzog, 1982) 222. Mother and Son (Aleksandr Sokurov, 1997) I very much doubt it on both counts though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CabayeAye Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 If any of those films were released in the last 10 years, they would have been panned by the critics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SloopJohn 0 Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 what a bizarre point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4729 Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 (edited) I think the point is basically that these arty critics would not lower themselves to rejoice in a modern day film. It needs to be so many years old to be "in" Something like film breakthroughs made in something like Avatar for example would be far too crass for them (and some on here ). Shawshank or Godfather, Dark Knight etc etc. Edited August 19, 2012 by Christmas Tree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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