AFI Counts Down New 100 Greatest Films
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The American Film Institute is getting ready for its tenth annual 100-movie countdown TV special, and for its tenth year, it has decided to re-do the original 100 Greatest American Films list, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The idea is, like the Sight & Sound Magazine poll, to get a fresh snapshot of film culture every ten years. More than 1500 jurors will vote from a pre-selected ballot of 400 films. The new ballot includes 44 films released since the 1998 list. The final list will be unveiled in June.
For many film buffs, this news is bittersweet. For a brief second, it raises hope that this list will be far more interesting and daring than the last list, which was mainly comprised of Oscar-winners, plus a few flops (It's a Wonderful Life, Bringing Up Baby, The Wizard of Oz) that have been redeemed and canonized over time. Perhaps this is a chance to add some of Jean Renoir's American films, or James Whale's Bride of Frankenstein (1935) or Charlie Chaplin's Monsieur Verdoux (1947), or Orson Welles' The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) or Max Ophuls' Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948), or Josef von Sternberg's American films with Marlene Dietrich, or Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing (1989), or Jim Jarmusch or David Lynch, or...
The point of the list should be to turn people on to films of the past, so that the films of the present get a little perspective, and so that the art and history of cinema begins to take shape. But simply repeating the Oscar list is not only useless, it's deceptive. The Oscars routinely choose their films based on criteria other than cinematic art, and this list should be a chance to re-do the Oscars' frequent mistakes. It should be a chance to honor the genuis of Mulholland Drive instead of the button-pushing of A Beautiful Mind.
However, if the AFI chose to include Clint Eastwood's great Million Dollar Baby -- one of the Academy's few correct choices -- that would be fine with me. Which films would you add to or erase from the list?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
1-20-2007 @ 9:50AM
RC of strangeculture said...
That's interesting, i would be interested how the list shapes up. Speaking of there modern selections I hope Fargo stays on, but Dances with Wolves falls off.
--RC of strangeculture.blogspot.com
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1-19-2007 @ 8:09PM
Reuben said...
I'm with you on hoping that The English Patient falls off the list.
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1-19-2007 @ 11:36PM
GhaleonQ said...
From them:
1 A C E I N T H E H O L E
2 A D A M ’ S R I B
3 T H E A D V E N T U R E S O F R O B I N H O O D
4 AN A F FA I R T O R E M E M B E R
5 T H E A F R I C A N Q U E E N
6 A I R P L A N E !
7 A L I E N
8 A L L A B O U T E V E
9 A L L Q U I E T O N T H E W E S T E R N F R O N T
1 0 A L L T H AT J A Z Z
1 1 A L L T H E K I N G ’ S M E N
1 2 A L L T H E P R E S I D E N T ’ S M E N
1 3 AMADEUS
1 4 A M E R I C A N B E A U T Y
1 5 A M E R I C A N G R A F F I T I
1 6 A N A M E R I C A N I N PA R I S
1 7 A N N I E H A L L
1 8 T H E A PART M E N T
1 9 APOCALYPSE NOW
2 0 A P O L L O 1 3
2 1 A S G O O D A S I T G E T S
2 2 AT L A N T I C C I T Y
2 3 A U S T I N P O W E R S : I N T E R N AT I O N A L M A N O F M Y S T E RY
2 4 T H E AVI AT O R
2 5 T H E AW F U L T R U T H
2 6 B A B E
2 7 B A C K T O T H E F U T U R E
2 8 BADLANDS
2 9 B A M B I
3 0 T H E B A N D WAGON
3 1 T H E B A N K D I C K
3 2 B E A U G E S T E
3 3 A B E A U T I F U L M I N D
3 4 B E A U T Y A N D T H E B E A S T
3 5 B E I N G J O H N M A L K O V I C H
3 6 B E N - H U R
3 7 B E N - H U R
3 8 T H E B E S T Y E A R S O F O U R L I V E S
3 9 B I G
4 0 T H E B I G C H I L L
4 1 T H E B I G PARADE
4 2 T H E B I G S L E E P
4 3 T H E B I R D S
4 4 T H E B I RT H O F A N AT I O N
4 5 B L A C K B O A R D J U N G L E
4 6 B L A D E R U N N E R
4 7 B L A Z I N G S A D D L E S
4 8 B L U E V E LV E T
4 9 B O N N I E A N D C LY D E
5 0 B O O G I E N I G H T S
5 1 B O R N O N T H E F O U RT H O F J U LY
5 2 B O Y Z N T H E H O O D
5 3 B R AV E H E A RT
5 4 B R A Z I L
5 5 B R E A K FA S T AT T I F FA N Y ’ S
5 6 T H E B R E A K FA S T C L U B
5 7 B R E A K I N G AWAY
5 8 T H E B R I D G E O N T H E R I V E R K WA I
5 9 B R I N G I N G U P B A B Y
6 0 BROADCAST NEWS
6 1 BROKEBACK MOUNTA I N
6 2 B R O K E N B L O S S O M S
6 3 B U L L D U R H A M
6 4 B U T C H C A S S I D Y A N D T H E S U N D A N C E K I D
6 5 C A B A R E T
6 6 C A B I N I N T H E S K Y
6 7 C A M I L L E
6 8 C A R R I E
6 9 CASABLANCA
7 0 CAT B A L L O U
7 1 CAT P E O P L E
7 2 C H A R I O T S O F F I R E
7 3 T H E C H E AT
7 4 CHICAGO
7 5 C H I N ATOWN
7 6 A C H R I S T M A S S T O RY
7 7 C I N D E R E L L A
7 8 C I T I Z E N K A N E
7 9 C I T Y L I G H T S
8 0 A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
8 1 C L O S E E N C O U N T E R S O F T H E T H I R D K I N D
8 2 T H E C O L O R P U R P L E
8 3 COMING HOME
8 4 T H E C O N V E R S AT I O N
8 5 C O O L H A N D L U K E
8 6 C R A S H
8 7 THE CROWD
8 8 D A N C E S W I T H W O LV E S
8 9 T H E D AY T H E E A R T H S T O O D S T I L L
9 0 DAY S O F H E AVEN
9 1 DAY S O F W I N E A N D R O S E S
9 2 D E A D P O E T S S O C I E T Y
9 3 T H E D E E R H U N T E R
9 4 T H E D E F I A N T O N E S
9 5 D E L I V E R A N C E
9 6 D E S T RY R I D E S A G A I N
9 7 T H E D I A RY O F A N N E F R A N K
9 8 D I E H A R D
9 9 D I RT Y H A R RY
1 0 0 D O T H E R I G H T T H I N G
1 0 1 D O C T O R Z H I VAGO
1 0 2 DODSWORT H
1 0 3 DOG DAY A F T E R N O O N
1 0 4 D O U B L E I N D E M N I T Y
1 0 5 D R . S T R A N G E L O V E O R : H O W I L E A R N E D T O S T O P W O R RY I N G
A N D L O V E T H E B O M B
1 0 6 D R I V I N G M I S S D A I S Y
1 0 7 D U C K S O U P
1 0 8 E . T. T H E E X T R A - T E R R E S T R I A L
1 0 9 E A S Y R I D E R
1 1 0 T H E E M P I R E S T R I K E S B A C K
1 1 1 T H E E N G L I S H PAT I E N T
1 1 2 E R I N B R O C K O V I C H
1 1 3 E T E R N A L S U N S H I N E O F T H E S P O T L E S S M I N D
1 1 4 T H E E X O R C I S T
1 1 5 A FA C E I N T H E C R O W D
1 1 6 FANTA S I A
1 1 7 FARGO
1 1 8 FA S T T I M E S AT R I D G E M O N T H I G H
1 1 9 FATA L AT T R A C T I O N
1 2 0 F E R R I S B U E L L E R ’ S D AY O F F
1 2 1 F I E L D O F D R E A M S
1 2 2 F I G H T C L U B
1 2 3 F I N D I N G N E M O
1 2 4 F I V E E A S Y P I E C E S
1 2 5 F O R C E O F E V I L
1 2 6 F O R R E S T G U M P
1 2 7 4 2 N D S T R E E T
1 2 8 T H E F O U R H O R S E M E N O F T H E A P O C A LY P S E
1 2 9 F R A N K E N S T E I N
1 3 0 F R E A K S
1 3 1 T H E F R E N C H C O N N E C T I O N
1 3 2 T H E F R E S H M A N
1 3 3 F R O M H E R E T O E T E R N I T Y
1 3 4 F U N N Y G I R L
1 3 5 F U RY
1 3 6 GANDHI
1 3 7 T H E G E N E R A L
1 3 8 G E N T L E M A N ’ S A G R E E M E N T
1 3 9 G E N T L E M E N P R E F E R B L O N D E S
1 4 0 G H O S T B U S T E R S
1 4 1 G I A N T
1 4 2 G I G I
1 4 3 G I L D A
1 4 4 G L A D I AT O R
1 4 5 GLORY
1 4 6 T H E G O D FAT H E R
1 4 7 T H E G O D FAT H E R PART I I
1 4 8 GOING MY WAY
1 4 9 T H E G O L D R U S H
1 5 0 G O L D F I N G E R
1 5 1 G O N E W I T H T H E W I N D
1 5 2 GOOD NIGHT, A N D G O O D L U C K .
1 5 3 G O O D W I L L H U N T I N G
1 5 4 G O O D B Y E , M R . C H I P S
1 5 5 G O O D F E L L A S
1 5 6 T H E G R A D U AT E
1 5 7 G R A N D H O T E L
1 5 8 T H E G R A P E S O F W R AT H
1 5 9 G R E A S E
1 6 0 T H E G R E AT D I C TAT O R
1 6 1 T H E G R E AT E S C A P E
1 6 2 G R E E D
1 6 3 GROUNDHOG DAY
1 6 4 G U E S S W H O ’ S C O M I N G T O D I N N E R
1 6 5 G U N C R A Z Y
1 6 6 GUNGA DIN
1 6 7 HALLOWEEN
1 6 8 HAROLD AND MAUDE
1 6 9 HARRY P O T T E R A N D T H E P R I S O N E R O F A Z K A B A N
1 7 0 T H E H E I R E S S
1 7 1 HIGH NOON
1 7 2 H I S G I R L F R I D AY
1 7 3 H O O S I E R S
1 7 4 H O T E L R WA N D A
1 7 5 T H E H O U R S
1 7 6 HOW GREEN WA S M Y VA L L E Y
1 7 7 T H E H U S T L E R
1 7 8 I A M A F U G I T I V E F R O M A C H A I N G A N G
1 7 9 I N T H E H E AT O F T H E N I G H T
1 8 0 T H E I N S I D E R
1 8 1 I N T O L E R A N C E
1 8 2 I N VA S I O N O F T H E B O D Y S N AT C H E R S
1 8 3 I T H A P P E N E D O N E N I G H T
1 8 4 I T ’ S A M A D M A D M A D M A D W O R L D
1 8 5 I T ’ S A W O N D E R F U L L I F E
1 8 6 J AWS
1 8 7 T H E J A Z Z S I N G E R
1 8 8 J E R RY M A G U I R E
1 8 9 J E Z E B E L
1 9 0 J U R A S S I C PARK
1 9 1 T H E K I D
1 9 2 T H E K I L L I N G F I E L D S
1 9 3 T H E K I N G A N D I
1 9 4 KING KONG
1 9 5 T H E K I N G O F C O M E D Y
1 9 6 K R A M E R V S . K R A M E R
1 9 7 L . A . C O N F I D E N T I A L
1 9 8 T H E L A D Y E V E
1 9 9 T H E L A S T E M P E R O R
2 0 0 T H E L A S T P I C T U R E S H O W
2 0 1 L A S T TA N G O I N PA R I S
2 0 2 L A U R A
2 0 3 L AW R E N C E O F A R A B I A
2 0 4 T H E L I F E O F E M I L E Z O L A
2 0 5 T H E L I O N K I N G
2 0 6 L I T T L E C A E S A R
2 0 7 T H E L I T T L E F O X E S
2 0 8 T H E L O N G E S T D AY
2 0 9 T H E L O R D O F T H E R I N G S : T H E F E L L O W S H I P O F T H E R I N G
2 1 0 T H E L O R D O F T H E R I N G S : T H E T W O T O W E R S
2 1 1 T H E L O R D O F T H E R I N G S : T H E R E T U R N O F T H E K I N G
2 1 2 L O S T H O R I Z O N
2 1 3 L O S T I N T R A N S L AT I O N
2 1 4 T H E L O S T W E E K E N D
2 1 5 L O V E S T O RY
2 1 6 M * A * S * H
2 1 7 T H E M A G N I F I C E N T A M B E R S O N S
2 1 8 T H E M A LT E S E FALCON
2 1 9 A M A N F O R A L L S E A S O N S
2 2 0 T H E M A N W H O W O U L D B E K I N G
2 2 1 T H E M A N C H U R I A N C A N D I D AT E
2 2 2 MANHAT TAN
2 2 3 MART Y
2 2 4 MARY P O P P I N S
2 2 5 T H E M AT R I X
2 2 6 M c C A B E A N D M R S . M I L L E R
2 2 7 M E A N S T R E E T S
2 2 8 M E E T M E I N S T. L O U I S
2 2 9 MEMENTO
2 3 0 MIDNIGHT COWBOY
2 3 1 M I L D R E D P I E R C E
2 3 2 M I L L I O N D O L L A R B A B Y
2 3 3 T H E M I R A C L E O F M O R G A N ’ S C R E E K
2 3 4 M I R A C L E O N 3 4 T H S T R E E T
2 3 5 M O D E R N T I M E S
2 3 6 MOONSTRUCK
2 3 7 M O U L I N R O U G E !
2 3 8 M R . D E E D S G O E S T O T O W N
2 3 9 M R . S M I T H G O E S T O WASHINGTON
2 4 0 M R S . M I N I V E R
2 4 1 M U T I N Y O N T H E B O U N T Y
2 4 2 M Y D A R L I N G C L E M E N T I N E
2 4 3 M Y FA I R L A D Y
2 4 4 MY MAN GODFREY
2 4 5 M Y S T I C R I V E R
2 4 6 N A S H V I L L E
2 4 7 NAT I O N A L L A M P O O N ’ S A N I M A L H O U S E
2 4 8 NETWORK
2 4 9 A N I G H T AT T H E O P E R A
2 5 0 T H E N I G H T O F T H E H U N T E R
2 5 1 N I G H T O F T H E L I V I N G D E A D
2 5 2 NINOTCHKA
2 5 3 NORT H B Y N O RT H W E S T
2 5 4 NOTORIOUS
2 5 5 NOW, V O YAGER
2 5 6 ON GOLDEN POND
2 5 7 O N T H E WAT E R F R O N T
2 5 8 O N E F L E W O V E R T H E C U C K O O ’ S N E S T
2 5 9 O R D I N A RY P E O P L E
2 6 0 O U T O F A F R I C A
2 6 1 O U T O F T H E PA S T
2 6 2 T H E O U T L AW J O S E Y WA L E S
2 6 3 T H E O X - B O W I N C I D E N T
2 6 4 PAT H S O F G L O RY
2 6 5 PATTON
2 6 6 T H E P H A N T O M O F T H E O P E R A
2 6 7 P H I L A D E L P H I A
2 6 8 T H E P H I L A D E L P H I A S T O RY
2 6 9 P I L L O W TA L K
2 7 0 P I N O C C H I O
2 7 1 P I R AT E S O F T H E C A R I B B E A N : T H E C U R S E O F T H E B L A C K P E A R L
2 7 2 A P L A C E I N T H E S U N
2 7 3 P L A N E T O F T H E A P E S
2 7 4 P L ATOON
2 7 5 T H E P O O R L I T T L E R I C H G I R L
2 7 6 P O R G Y A N D B E S S
2 7 7 T H E P O S T M A N A LWAY S R I N G S T W I C E
2 7 8 T H E P R I D E O F T H E YA N K E E S
2 7 9 T H E P R O D U C E R S
2 8 0 PSYCHO
2 8 1 T H E P U B L I C E N E M Y
2 8 2 P U L P F I C T I O N
2 8 3 Q U E E N C H R I S T I N A
2 8 4 T H E Q U I E T M A N
2 8 5 R A G I N G B U L L
2 8 6 R A I D E R S O F T H E L O S T A R K
2 8 7 R A I N M A N
2 8 8 A R A I S I N I N T H E S U N
2 8 9 RAY
2 9 0 REAR WINDOW
2 9 1 R E B E C C A
2 9 2 R E B E L W I T H O U T A C A U S E
2 9 3 R E D R I V E R
2 9 4 R E D S
2 9 5 R E Q U I E M F O R A D R E A M
2 9 6 R E T U R N O F T H E S E C A U C U S 7
2 9 7 T H E R I G H T S T U F F
2 9 8 R I S K Y B U S I N E S S
2 9 9 ROAD TO MOROCCO
3 0 0 ROCKY
3 0 1 T H E R O C K Y H O R R O R P I C T U R E S H O W
3 0 2 ROMAN HOLIDAY
3 0 3 ROSEMARY ’ S B A B Y
3 0 4 R U S H M O R E
3 0 5 S A F E T Y L A S T
3 0 6 S AT U R D AY N I G H T F E V E R
3 0 7 S AV I N G P R I VAT E RYA N
3 0 8 S C A R FA C E : T H E S H A M E O F A N AT I O N
3 0 9 T H E S C A R L E T E M P R E S S
3 1 0 S C H I N D L E R ’ S L I S T
3 1 1 T H E S E A R C H E R S
3 1 2 S E N S E A N D S E N S I B I L I T Y
3 1 3 S E R G E A N T Y O R K
3 1 4 S E X , L I E S , A N D V I D E O TA P E
3 1 5 S H A D O W O F A D O U B T
3 1 6 S H A K E S P E A R E I N L O V E
3 1 7 SHANE
3 1 8 T H E S H AWSHANK REDEMPTION
3 1 9 S H E D O N E H I M W R O N G
3 2 0 S H E R L O C K , J R .
3 2 1 T H E S H I N I N G
3 2 2 S H R E K
3 2 3 S I D E WAY S
3 2 4 T H E S I L E N C E O F T H E L A M B S
3 2 5 S I N G I N ’ I N T H E R A I N
3 2 6 T H E S I X T H S E N S E
3 2 7 S L E E P E R
3 2 8 S L E E P L E S S I N S E AT T L E
3 2 9 S N O W W H I T E A N D T H E S E V E N D WA R F S
3 3 0 S O M E L I K E I T H O T
3 3 1 S O N S O F T H E D E S E RT
3 3 2 S O P H I E ’ S C H O I C E
3 3 3 T H E S O U N D O F M U S I C
3 3 4 SOUNDER
3 3 5 S PARTACUS
3 3 6 S P I D E R - M A N 2
3 3 7 S P L E N D O R I N T H E G R A S S
3 3 8 S TAGECOACH
3 3 9 S TA L A G 1 7
3 4 0 S TA N D B Y M E
3 4 1 A S TA R I S B O R N
3 4 2 S TAR WA R S
3 4 3 T H E S T I N G
3 4 4 STORMY WEAT H E R
3 4 5 S T R A N G E R T H A N PA R A D I S E
3 4 6 S T R A N G E R S O N A T R A I N
3 4 7 A S T R E E T C A R N A M E D D E S I R E
3 4 8 S U L L I VA N ’ S T R AV E L S
3 4 9 S U N R I S E
3 5 0 S U N S E T B LV D .
3 5 1 T H E S W E E T S M E L L O F S U C C E S S
3 5 2 S W I N G T I M E
3 5 3 TA X I D R I V E R
3 5 4 T H E T E N C O M M A N D M E N T S
3 5 5 T E R M I N AT O R 2 : J U D G M E N T D AY
3 5 6 T E R M S O F E N D E A R M E N T
3 5 7 T H E L M A & L O U I S E
3 5 8 T H E R E ’ S S O M E T H I N G A B O U T M A RY
3 5 9 T H E T H I E F O F B A G D A D
3 6 0 T H E T H I N M A N
3 6 1 T H E T H I N G F R O M A N O T H E R W O R L D
3 6 2 T H E T H I R D M A N
3 6 3 T H I S I S S P I N A L TAP
3 6 4 T H R E E K I N G S
3 6 5 T I TA N I C
3 6 6 T O B E O R N O T T O B E
3 6 7 T O H AV E A N D H AV E N O T
3 6 8 T O K I L L A M O C K I N G B I R D
3 6 9 T O O T S I E
3 7 0 T O P H AT
3 7 1 T O U C H O F E V I L
3 7 2 T O Y S T O RY
3 7 3 T R A F F I C
3 7 4 T H E T R E A S U R E O F T H E S I E R R A M A D R E
3 7 5 T R O U B L E I N PA R A D I S E
3 7 6 1 2 A N G RY M E N
3 7 7 T W E LV E O ’ C L O C K H I G H
3 7 8 2 0 0 1 : A S PA C E O D Y S S E Y
3 7 9 UNFORGIVEN
3 8 0 T H E U S U A L S U S P E C T S
3 8 1 V E RT I G O
3 8 2 T H E WAY W E W E R E
3 8 3 W E S T S I D E S T O RY
3 8 4 WHAT E V E R H A P P E N E D T O B A B Y J A N E ?
3 8 5 WHEN HARRY M E T S A L LY…
3 8 6 W H I T E H E AT
3 8 7 W H O ’ S A F R A I D O F V I R G I N I A W O O L F ?
3 8 8 T H E W I L D B U N C H
3 8 9 W I N C H E S T E R ‘ 7 3
3 9 0 T H E W I N D
3 9 1 WINGS
3 9 2 W I T N E S S
3 9 3 T H E W I Z A R D O F O Z
3 9 4 W O M A N O F T H E Y E A R
3 9 5 A W O M A N U N D E R T H E I N F L U E N C E
3 9 6 W U T H E R I N G H E I G H T S
3 9 7 YA N K E E D O O D L E D A N D Y
3 9 8 Y O U C A N ’ T TA K E I T W I T H Y O U
3 9 9 Y O U N G F R A N K E N S T E I N
4 0 0 Y O U N G M R . L I N C O L N
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