Comments on: Middlebury Contributors to Sight & Sound’s Greatest Films Poll http://www.nereview.com/2012/09/16/middlebury-college-contributors-sight-and-sound-poll-christian-keathley-j-m-tyree/ Wed, 22 May 2013 11:07:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: JMT http://www.nereview.com/2012/09/16/middlebury-college-contributors-sight-and-sound-poll-christian-keathley-j-m-tyree/comment-page-1/#comment-2779 JMT Tue, 18 Sep 2012 16:05:08 +0000 http://sites.middlebury.edu/newenglandreview/?p=5287#comment-2779 Brilliant note, Timothy, thanks! I was surprised that Fitzcarraldo got only two votes and ranked 588th in the poll. I think that for certain directors – Herzog and Cassavetes, maybe Bresson as well – a lack of consensus about their “greatest” movie tends to disperse their supporters.

]]> By: Timothy Don http://www.nereview.com/2012/09/16/middlebury-college-contributors-sight-and-sound-poll-christian-keathley-j-m-tyree/comment-page-1/#comment-2778 Timothy Don Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:41:51 +0000 http://sites.middlebury.edu/newenglandreview/?p=5287#comment-2778 Interesting to see Raging Bull left off this list–I’m accustomed to seeing it battered about on these things. Over-referenced, but it is a great one and I believe will be watched 200 years hence. Your criteria (one per decade, no triumphalism) shatters many of the nominations I would make: Lawrence of Arabia, for god’s sake, is Lean’s Machine (didn’t he invent his special camera for that?), not Brief Encounter. No Terrence Malick? Badlands. Thin Red Line. Tree of Life. For shame. No Herzog?! Aguirre? Fitzcarraldo? Du hast nicht! I have to watch McCabe and Mrs. Miller every January, or whenever the first snowstorm comes. To miss it is to die. Maybe it’s the fact that I get both Leonard Cohen and Julie Christie in one fell swoop, but that to me is a gorgeous and tragic film. Frankly, I would put one of the Bond films on that list: From Russia With Love. Or wrap up the cool quotient with Le Samurai. For good measure, I might add Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. That’s right! And, not to be a jerk, but The Man With the Movie Camera deserves a place here too. Thanks for making me think about this, Mr Tyree. Great work.

]]> By: Colleen Fiore http://www.nereview.com/2012/09/16/middlebury-college-contributors-sight-and-sound-poll-christian-keathley-j-m-tyree/comment-page-1/#comment-2773 Colleen Fiore Tue, 18 Sep 2012 01:56:15 +0000 http://sites.middlebury.edu/newenglandreview/?p=5287#comment-2773 Late Spring and Brief Encounter are sublime movies and excellent choices for the top ten.

]]> By: NitrateDiva http://www.nereview.com/2012/09/16/middlebury-college-contributors-sight-and-sound-poll-christian-keathley-j-m-tyree/comment-page-1/#comment-2771 NitrateDiva Tue, 18 Sep 2012 01:03:49 +0000 http://sites.middlebury.edu/newenglandreview/?p=5287#comment-2771 My top ten:

The Lady from Shanghai
Apocalypse Now
Shadow of a Doubt
Sunset Boulevard
Trouble in Paradise ;)
Late Spring
Yojimbo
The Lady Eve
Sherlock, Jr.
The Third Man

]]> By: Emily Mitchell http://www.nereview.com/2012/09/16/middlebury-college-contributors-sight-and-sound-poll-christian-keathley-j-m-tyree/comment-page-1/#comment-2766 Emily Mitchell Mon, 17 Sep 2012 15:32:27 +0000 http://sites.middlebury.edu/newenglandreview/?p=5287#comment-2766 Metropolis. Fitzcarraldo. The Gleaners & I. Harlan County USA.

]]> By: JMT http://www.nereview.com/2012/09/16/middlebury-college-contributors-sight-and-sound-poll-christian-keathley-j-m-tyree/comment-page-1/#comment-2756 JMT Sun, 16 Sep 2012 18:51:19 +0000 http://sites.middlebury.edu/newenglandreview/?p=5287#comment-2756 Thanks, Nora! Trouble in Paradise – wonderful movie – got votes from 14 critics (including Michel Ciment) and 5 directors. Start building the campaign for 2022…

Trouble in Paradise Poll web page.

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