Knowing you, this top ten seems like YOU, even with only the one Spielberg. My own list has some of the same movies on it. I have a weird disconnect with mine. I know that there's a huge gulf between some of the BEST movies and the movies that I like the most/mean the most to me. My favorite movie MIGHT be Beastmaster, but I know it's schlock. I know intellectually that Godfather II is a better made film than Gremlins II, but gun to my head I would pick the New Batch 11/10 times.
I generally take lists with a grain of salt. Someone who is very into horror or comedy or musicals will have vastly different lists than most people.
I often feel like people feel obligated to fluff their wings by voting for certain films. While I understand the importance of KANE and I love Ebert's commentary track with it, I don't place that film in my top 10 or 20 if I'm being honest.
It's strange to me that such a specific film like DIELMAN ascended to the top spot. I was affected more by NIGHTS OF CABIRIA than DIELMAN.
I like your list. I probably share 5 or 6 with you on a given day - I think your Kurosawa and Lee picks are spot on. I can't do a top 10 list without THE APARTMENT. I would swap INDEMNITY for that. I also find myself more drawn to WAGES OF FEAR and THE SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS than RIO BRAVO and CASABLANCA.
It's difficult for me to do any lists without AMADEUS, THE TALENTED MISTER RIPLEY, GOODFELLAS, BROADCAST NEWS, JAWS, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS, RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, WAITING FOR GUFFMAN, BIG NIGHT.
I can never condense it to just 10 so I've stopped trying. You catch me on the right day and I'm putting ALMOST FAMOUS or THE INSIDER up there. Depardieu's CYRANO is a work of art in my eyes. And then I feel like how do you rank Spielberg, Kubrick, Tarantino, Kurosawa except against themselves and their bodies of work.
It does feel odd to me that as reflexively as everyone has voted for CITIZEN KANE in the past they all got together and decided on JEANNE DIELMAN. This is where I feel like the social media algorithms come into play -- like was it was a thing recently on Twitter to recognize DIELMAN as the greatest film of all time?
Knowing you, this top ten seems like YOU, even with only the one Spielberg. My own list has some of the same movies on it. I have a weird disconnect with mine. I know that there's a huge gulf between some of the BEST movies and the movies that I like the most/mean the most to me. My favorite movie MIGHT be Beastmaster, but I know it's schlock. I know intellectually that Godfather II is a better made film than Gremlins II, but gun to my head I would pick the New Batch 11/10 times.
I generally take lists with a grain of salt. Someone who is very into horror or comedy or musicals will have vastly different lists than most people.
I often feel like people feel obligated to fluff their wings by voting for certain films. While I understand the importance of KANE and I love Ebert's commentary track with it, I don't place that film in my top 10 or 20 if I'm being honest.
It's strange to me that such a specific film like DIELMAN ascended to the top spot. I was affected more by NIGHTS OF CABIRIA than DIELMAN.
I like your list. I probably share 5 or 6 with you on a given day - I think your Kurosawa and Lee picks are spot on. I can't do a top 10 list without THE APARTMENT. I would swap INDEMNITY for that. I also find myself more drawn to WAGES OF FEAR and THE SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS than RIO BRAVO and CASABLANCA.
It's difficult for me to do any lists without AMADEUS, THE TALENTED MISTER RIPLEY, GOODFELLAS, BROADCAST NEWS, JAWS, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS, RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, WAITING FOR GUFFMAN, BIG NIGHT.
I can never condense it to just 10 so I've stopped trying. You catch me on the right day and I'm putting ALMOST FAMOUS or THE INSIDER up there. Depardieu's CYRANO is a work of art in my eyes. And then I feel like how do you rank Spielberg, Kubrick, Tarantino, Kurosawa except against themselves and their bodies of work.
It does feel odd to me that as reflexively as everyone has voted for CITIZEN KANE in the past they all got together and decided on JEANNE DIELMAN. This is where I feel like the social media algorithms come into play -- like was it was a thing recently on Twitter to recognize DIELMAN as the greatest film of all time?
And I like your ten year waiting period.