the 100 greatest movies of all-time....

[Davidokun]

I wouldn't be surprised if there was a 'long list' of, say, 150, 200 or 300 films.

Well, it says here that the critics' list "incorporates the top 10 lists of over 1,600 participants from all corners of the globe who voted for more than 4,000 films overall." Perhaps the similarity in results indicates that the directors and critics are not so much separate sets as they are subsets of the same set: passionate students of the art of filmmaking.

[gh]

Of the best movies compiled by critics, I have only heard of 24 of them. Of that 24, I have only seen 10. The critic's number 1 movie, Jeanne Dielman 23 Quai du Commerce,1080 Bruxelles, never heard of it.

SF Chron's Q&A section this week:



<<Dear Mick: Does a movie have to be entertaining to be considered the greatest of all time? I ask that question because Sight and Sound magazine named Chantal Akerman’s “Jeanne Dielman” its new GOAT.

Bob David, San Rafael

Dear Bob: The supporters of “Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles” have an advantage over the rest of us. They were able to stay awake for all 200 minutes of it. I lasted an hour and half and then slipped into a coma. I’m just glad I made it back.

So, yes, I think entertainment value should be a serious consideration.>>

[KDFINE]

Unless I missed something only two westerns made the list, The Searchers was one, while the other was a spaghetti western (albeit with American leads). Puulleezze.

[Walt Murphy]

Now this is a list I can relate to--Variety's Top 100 (I've seen 9 of the top 10, as I'm sure many of you have)

https://variety.com/lists/best-movies-of-all-time/the-graduate-1967-2/

[gh]

Now this is a list I can relate to--Variety's Top 100 (I've seen 9 of the top 10, as I'm sure many of you have)
https://variety.com/lists/best-movie...aduate-1967-2/

I've seen the top 12 and 18 of top 20

[bad hammy]

Now this is a list I can relate to--Variety's Top 100 (I've seen 9 of the top 10, as I'm sure many of you have)
https://variety.com/lists/best-movie...aduate-1967-2/

Definitely a less movie-snobish list that the BFI/SAS lists. While the top 10 is rock solid I'd argue that a few of others later down the list are unworthy, but at least I've seen more than half of them! Also has a decent number of my all-time favs on it.

[The Klingon]

I do a little bit better with the Variety's 100. Of the top 100, I have heard of 57. Of that 57 I have seen 22.

[DET59]

Great Book - Good Movie category:

"Sophie's Choice" William Styron

Others:

"Misery" Stephen King
"Life of Pi" Yann Martel

Other Nominations?

[Atticus]

I do a little bit better with the Variety's 100. Of the top 100, I have heard of 57. Of that 57 I have seen 22.

I've seen all those made in English, very few of those not.

Great Book - Good Movie category:
Other Nominations?

Best for me, by far - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Followed by

Deliverance (the book was written by a poet and very beautiful - the movie was a little more . . . graphic)
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
The Exorcist
Jaws
Seabiscuit
2001
To Kill a Mockingbird

[bambam1729]

I've seen all those made in English, very few of those not.


Best for me, by far - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Followed by

Deliverance (the book was written by a poet and very beautiful - the movie was a little more . . . graphic)
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
The Exorcist
Jaws
Seabiscuit
2001
To Kill a Mockingbird

Best for me - of serious movies:

Once Upon a Time in America (#1 by far)
The Day of the Jackal
Chinatown
Rollerball
The Natural
Pleasantville
Spotlight
Diner
Three Days of the Condor
Marathon Man

[Trickstat]

Great Book - Good Movie category:

"Sophie's Choice" William Styron

Others:

"Misery" Stephen King
"Life of Pi" Yann Martel

Other Nominations?

Perhaps a relatively obscure one. High Fidelity - I liked the book, but, like most Brits, my expectations were lowered when the movie is set in the US but it was probably better than a UK based version was likely to be.

[The Klingon]

Perhaps a relatively obscure one. High Fidelity - I liked the book, but, like most Brits, my expectations were lowered when the movie is set in the US but it was probably better than a UK based version was likely to be.

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[Trickstat]

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The book was set in England, was written by a Brit and all the main characters were British. The worry is that by setting the film in a completely different country you would lose what made the book enjoyable. The setting and the characters would just not work.

[KDFINE]

What was that book about English soccer that was made into a movie with Jimmy Fallon having a love afair with the Boston Red Sox?

[Trickstat]

What was that book about English soccer that was made into a movie with Jimmy Fallon having a love afair with the Boston Red Sox?

That was Fever Pitch. Nick Hornby wrote both that book and High Fidelity. I've seen the 1997 UK version of Fever Pitch but not the 2005 US one.