[BGB] AFI Top 100

[DSeanBarnett at aol.com]

Yeah, there are plenty of films I could have added over their  nominees.  
I'll have to think them through and then pass them along.
 
I actually thought Shawshank Redemption was a pretty good film, although  
maybe not in the top 100.
 
I would hope that pure popularity wouldn't count for a lot; otherwise the  
list could contain a lot of dreck.
 
Sean
 
In a message dated 8/6/2007 4:28:28 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
mccullaa at mail.nih.gov writes:

The  criteria are listed in the ballot. Don't "Attack of the Killer
Tomatoes"  and "Reefer Madness" have Cultural Impact? Of course they do;
they should  be on the list. Critical Recognition: if People and Us!
Magazines like it,  then it's in? It's the only explanation for "The
Shawshank Redemption".  Popularity Over Time: how about "A Nightmare on
Elm Street" and "The Texas  Chainsaw Massacre?" And does it count if it
happens to be on when one  passes out on the couch? Or if there's nothing
else on but Thigh Master  Infomercials? Jeez.

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Subject: RE:  AFI Top 100

I have to admit, it's somewhat bewildering. What happened  since 1997 to
make Godfather now better than Casablanca, or vice versa?  

Did someone see an earlier cut? Did it turn out Bogey's lines  were
dubbed? 

Which, of course, leaves out the question of what the  basis is for
judging a movie. Admitting my own idiosyncratic tastes, I'm  sorry, but
while Citizen Kane is technically an excellent film, it's just  not that
much fun to watch (and I saw it on the BIG SCREEN at the Wang  Center up
in Boston, when they used to do the great films thing).  

--Dean 

>>> "McCullar, Alisa (NIH/FIC) [E]"  <mccullaa at mail.nih.gov> 8/6/2007
3:44:08 PM >>>
The  SHAWshank Redemption?! And ranked above Goodfellas and Pulp  Fiction.


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Subject: AFI Top 100


Ten years ago,  the American Film Institute rated the top 100 American
movies of all  time.  This year, they did it again and some of the
results  changed.  I've also attached the nominees for this  year's
contest.  It's interesting because it includes some films that  you
wouldn't consider to be "classics" (e.g., Terminator 2 (but  not
Terminator 1)).





Sean  Barnett
dseanbarnett at aol.com



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