There are a lot of rather random films on this list. It seems that it was put together by asking film critics to supply their top ten and a number of the films towards the bottom have just one low-ranked vote. For example, Justine Elias made some eccentric choices for her films 8-10 and this was enough to rank them on the overall list. This will have skewed things somewhat at the bottom. Still, it also makes things interesting and will reveal a few films that might not have made other lists. One person thinks the Joan Crawford film Trog (no. 240) is one of the best of the century, so that must mean it's worth a look even if it looks dreadful and gets "9 beans" in this review.
The Zapruder Film at no. 112 is slightly odd, but you can't argue against its historical significance. Porky in Wackyland (also no. 112) I thought must be a joke, but I suppose you could say it was a landmark. But then there is no. 229 El Paso Wrecking Company which presumably is the same as gay porn film El Paso Wrecking Corp.? Why Dennis Dermody thinks this is the 8th best film of the last century, I have no idea.
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Well, it's certainly an eclectic selection. I think I've seen about 40 or so. I'm not sure what Dr K would make of it, with no Exorcist and all, but a list of eccentric choices is bound to be more diverting and eye-opening (not necessarily in the "Un Chien Andalou" sense) than the bog standard IMDB-type lists.
ReplyDeleteFor me, it's much more worrying that JFK is considered by anyone to be the film of the century than that someone might choose Joan Crawford's Trog. After all, Ms Crawford was the subject of one of the greatest rock songs and videos of the last 35 years, albeit posthumously:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHzIG_iZRWY
Indeed. I'm very glad I've sleepily sat through JFK already so I have not the slightest need to see it again. Sadly I can't say the same for Natural Born Killers.
ReplyDeleteA shame Kermode wasn't one of the critics as I could tick off Exorcist, Local Hero and The Devils quite easily. But then this would be no fun if I'd seen all the films.