Comments on: Fun With Lists

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:57:40 +0000

It’s called the Ray Memorial List, for Satyahit Ray, although, interestingly enough, I don’t think there’s any Ray on it. See it here.

The number one movie on it is “Rules of the Game”; number 2 is “Seven Samurai”; the Landmark list has “Life is Beautiful” at the top, while “Cinema Paradiso” is number 2. Blechhh.

By: Jonathan Lapper

Jonathan Lapper — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:43:22 +0000

I’ll have to look at that. Foreign classics is my weakest area.

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:45:39 +0000

Yeah, they do stroke my ego a little … I’m there with you on that (although I haven’t seen 14 on the AFI’s list, O great one).

More interesting than the AFI lists are the “foreign” lists like the Landmark … compare that to the list at Edward Copeland on Film and you’ll see that they’re nothing alike … of course, that has as much to do with distribution patterns as taste, but still.

By: Jonathan Lapper

Jonathan Lapper — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:31:35 +0000

While I believe so many of the films on here don’t deserve to be I do like the AFI lists if only because they’re the only lists where I can claim to have seen every movie. When you check out the Sight and Sound poll or Jonathan Rosenbaum’s alternate list I’m only about two thirds of the way there (actually on Rosenbaum’s list I think I’m only about halfway to seeing them all).

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:39:45 +0000

Well, Daniel … I’m probably gonna make one sometime, but they are a lot of work.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:05:30 +0000

I get tired just thinking about creating these lists, so I’ll let someone else do it for me. Oddly, we’ve seen almost the exact same films from this list, give or take 3 or so. I look forward to a personal list if you do make one!

By: Nayana Anthony

Nayana Anthony — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:41:13 +0000

Thanks for the link luvin’! And I’d love to see your personal list.