In 1952, the Sight and Sound team had the novel idea of asking critics to name the greatest films of all time. The tradition became decennial, increasing in size and prestige as the decades passed.

  • freamon@feddit.nl
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    1 year ago

    Everyone’s free to like what they like obviously, but “Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles” would also be at the top of a parody of this kind of list.

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      1 year ago

      Exactly! 🤣

      I’m not sorry I watched it. And I eventually came to understand what the filmmaker was going for. I’m grateful to at least be able to have a frame of reference when it comes up.

      But calling it the “greatest film of all time”…? 😐

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    1 year ago

    This list makes me want to re-watch some of Mike Leigh’s film. Oh and " The Long Good Friday " !