About the only one I agree with is Aguirre. I'd be tempted to go with 2001 A Space Odyssey, but while it's formally impressive, I don't think there's a lot of substance to it, actually. The absence of anything by Ingmar Bergman seems odd. I suppose I'd go with Winter Light. Most of the rest on Ebert's list — La dolce vita, Raging Bull, even Citizen Kane — I think are overrated. There's a Korean film of a couple years ago — Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter … and Spring — that would be on my list, and I would probably go with Kieslowski's Red. I also think that John Huston's The Man Who Would Be King is a well-nigh perfect film. But that's enough of this. Everyone has his own list.
Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Interesting choices, I guess …
… The greatest films of all time - Roger Ebert's Journal. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)
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Frank: The big shocker is Ebert dumping Kieslowski -- especially since the ten hours of DEKALOG represent some of the fascinating behavioral quandaries (both intense and comic) presented on film. But Buster Keaton overrated? No way. :)
ReplyDeleteOh, I didn't mean to include Keaton among the overrated. My bad, if I gave that impression.
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