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Re: BEA's 250 Greatest Films of All-Time [List]

hereforashortime — Thu, 7 Sep 2017 17:59:27 GMT

Author: hereforashortime

Posted: 09/07/2017 21:59

StreetSpirit wrote:

@ hereforashortime. You sound like you really want a new poll to start. If you want to host this comedy list idea, I say go for it! Sounds like fun.

That being said, I'm calling dibs on hosting a sci-fi list. Tentatively November.

Sci-Fi is all yours, I definitely won't envy being the person that has to decide whether or not Star Wars is considered Sci-Fi.

Re: BEA's 250 Greatest Films of All-Time [List]

CA Dreamin — Thu, 7 Sep 2017 15:02:55 GMT

Author: CA Dreamin

Posted: 09/07/2017 19:02

Defining genres is never cut-and-dry. I would approach a comedy list the same way I approached the horror list last October. Remember the discussion about Alien and 'pure horror' films? Well some movies are 'purer comedies' than others. For example, Tommy Boy and Hayden's pick, In Bruges. Both have the comedy genre tag, and both very good. But Tommy Boy is traditional gag laughter; whereas In Bruges wonderfully blends elements of other genres (drama, gangster, thriller). In Bruges isn't funny at all in certain scenes. I'd certainly say In Bruges is a better overall film than Tommy Boy. But on a comedy list, I would have them pretty close.

Anyway..

@ hereforashortime. You sound like you really want a new poll to start. If you want to host this comedy list idea, I say go for it! Sounds like fun.

That being said, I'm calling dibs on hosting a sci-fi list. Tentatively November.

Re: BEA's 250 Greatest Films of All-Time [List]

AfterHours — Wed, 6 Sep 2017 22:22:33 GMT

Author: AfterHours

Posted: 09/07/2017 02:22

hereforashortime wrote:

Well we could restrict it to what IMDb considers a comedy, like we did on the romance films list, Underground would still make it, but Brazil wouldn't, also would the kingdom be eligible, considering it's a Mini-Series and not a movie?

I'm fine with that, even though Brazil is actually more of a comedy than Underground. Generally though, IMDb is accurate enough I suppose...

Re: BEA's 250 Greatest Films of All-Time [List]

Hayden — Wed, 6 Sep 2017 11:06:39 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 09/06/2017 15:06

hereforashortime wrote:

Kingdom has a theatrical release, so it's kinda all good.

I'd be iffy on a comedy list (not opposed), but it could be tricky. Wouldn't mind a few good laughs though, a good list for BEA to let out their goofy side.

That being said, something more on the violent side of things like In Bruges would probably be in my top 5.

Re: BEA's 250 Greatest Films of All-Time [List]

hereforashortime — Wed, 6 Sep 2017 10:53:02 GMT

Author: hereforashortime

Posted: 09/06/2017 14:53

AfterHours wrote:

If we do, we might want to make a distinction about what the criteria/qualifications are for "comedy". For instance, Monty Python's Holy Grail is possibly the funniest film ever made. However, there are films that are much superior that arent strictly comedies but where comedy is still a very significant factor and among the genres the film encapsulates (such as Gilliam's Brazil, Kusturica's Underground, Von Trier's The Kingdom...).

Re: BEA's 250 Greatest Films of All-Time [List]

AfterHours — Wed, 6 Sep 2017 02:15:14 GMT

Author: AfterHours

Posted: 09/06/2017 06:15

hereforashortime wrote:

Have we ever done a best ever comedy films list?

Re: BEA's 250 Greatest Films of All-Time [List]

hereforashortime — Wed, 6 Sep 2017 00:26:00 GMT

Author: hereforashortime

Posted: 09/06/2017 04:26

Have we ever done a best ever comedy films list?

Re: BEA's 250 Greatest Films of All-Time [List]

O.T. — Sat, 29 Jul 2017 06:03:47 GMT

Author: O.T.

Posted: 07/29/2017 10:03

I wonder what is the difference between film and album lists. The film lists often seem to focus a little bit more on the "seriosity" aspect but there is a change going on. I am watching such lists now for nearly 40 years and I guess they become more and more "pop".
I say that even though I duobt a lot the concept of objectivity. But I guess there is the possibility to try to take a step backwards from your own interests.
What are those personals interests:
1. Power - My list is the official list
2. Control - I define what's good - or - Credit - I learned and I know
3. Participation - I was there when maybe not all, but surely some of the very best works came out.
I guess this is even the most important aspect, because it gives your life sense: YOU live in exciting times. it seems an unbearable thought, that in the art that you like the best times were maybe even before you were born. There is a fear hidden in it, al senseless life covered up in mediocracy.
If you learned to accept it, there is still:
4. Distinction - Which I can't find in the lists here so often, maybe at the point of disctinction a list is a provocation in taste. It already starts with the love of what others call "trash" and then it follows it's own path, you start to see the most exciting things in works of art (film, music) others find extremely boring. But you let the other know, that you know everything they value high too and that you once liked it too but yes, once. Distinction always carries the secret of understanding more, you may learn it in school when there is the fist kid who doesn't listen to chart music. And you will be a victim of distinction for many years to come.
But what about the very first distinction, the objetvive versus the personal?
I guess it's brave to argue that a movie by someone who lives from quoting and who is deeply stuck in the first grade of distinction, the love for what others call trash, should be the greatest movie of all time.
Why?
I don't know.
I guess a director, actor, camera operator who does something for the first time maybe opens aspects of a new language, may open doors for others. We can follow this in film and in pop music. The result are the lists with Eisentein and Welles or with Beatles and Skip James. More difficult is the second aspect: someone who does something in the best possible way. Here we will always have discussions and fights. But that's fine, as it proves there is no objectivity. But there are arguments and maybe better ones than to find out mistakes in continuity or not plausible camera ankles.
But maybe, by going back to 1. - 4. there is a special aspect of lists that keeps us fascinated: They tell our story.
That's what I want from a list, I want to meet an interesting person, I want to wonder why that person chose this and that and what the person thinks and feels.
That's why I am here.
Well also because the album list here tells me about my own changes in perspective.

If you want to know about me. Well I haven't made up my mind about it for several years. Maybe I would make an other list today, maybe none at all, but here is one from four or five years ago, it's not better or worse than any other list and I could even mention where the mentioned aspects from 1 to 4 are to be found.

Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau - Sunrise (1927)
Albert Levin - Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951)
Walt Disney - Fantasia (1940)
Carl Theodor Dreyer - Vampyr (1932)
René Clair - Sous le toits de Paris (1932)
D. W. Griffith - Intolerance (1916)
Erich von Stroheim - Greed (1924)
John Ford - Cheyenne autumn (1964)
Jean Luc Godard - Je vous salue Marie / Anne Marie Mieville - Le livre de Marie (1984)
Eric Rohmer - Les nuits de la pleine lune (1984)
Jacques Tourneur - I walked with a Zombie (1943)
Steven Spielberg - E.T. (1982)
Robert Wise/Gunther Fritsch - The Curse of the Cat People (1944)
Alain Resnais - L'Année dernière à Marienbad (1961)
Chantal Akerman - Toute une nuit (1982)
Max Ophüls - Lola Montez (1955)
Howard Hawks - Red river (1948)
Alfred Hitchcock - To catch a thief (1955)
Derek Jarman - Caravaggio (1986)
Michael Cacoyannis - Electra (1962)
Martin Rosen - Watership Down (1980)
Orson Welles - Citizen Cane (1941)
Stanley Kubrick - 2001 - A space odyssey (1968)
Michael Anderson - The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)
Micelangelo Antionioni - L'eclisse (1961)
Rolf Thiele - Moral 63 (1963)

Re: BEA's 250 Greatest Films of All-Time [List]

Anonymous — Wed, 26 Jul 2017 16:06:49 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 07/26/2017 20:06

I'm afraid Pulp Fiction has not aged well 😐 I enjoyed it when it came out. I tried to re-watch it lately: all the long silly ironic yakking has surfaced, and I found it not as surprising and not as good.

As for the list, some surprising omisssions (unless I missed them in the list):
Lolita (Kubrick)
Blow Up (Antonioni)

Plus some personnal favorites :
Zelig - Woody Allen (such an exhilarating film)
Baisers Volés (Stolen Kisses) - François Truffaut

Re: BEA's 250 Greatest Films of All-Time [List]

Hayden — Wed, 26 Jul 2017 10:20:57 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 07/26/2017 14:20

StreetSpirit wrote:

That said, it sounds like a lot of work but I'm willing to host one if Hayden is getting tired of it (nutso hosted a few of these a long time ago before Hayden started hosting). But I would wait until at least September.

It's not a lot of work. I usually did a mid-way tally, and then a final tally. Just have to have some free time to post the entire list.

If you want to host one, go ahead 😜 Not going to stop you.

Re: BEA's 250 Greatest Films of All-Time [List]

CA Dreamin — Wed, 26 Jul 2017 01:20:44 GMT

Author: CA Dreamin

Posted: 07/26/2017 05:20

hereforashortime wrote:

So when are we gonna do our next list? and what will it be?

BEA's Overall Top 250 felt like closure after over two years of almost constantly doing decade lists, year lists, genre lists, etc. I kinda like that we're taking a break.

However there's nothing preventing anyone from starting a new poll. hereforashortime, if you have an idea for a new list want to host it, I'd say go for it. I would def participate (unless it's something I'm not familiar with). But you'd have to be willing to put in the time/effort...all the tallying and revisions, etc.

That said, it sounds like a lot of work but I'm willing to host one if Hayden is getting tired of it (nutso hosted a few of these a long time ago before Hayden started hosting). But I would wait until at least September.

Re: BEA's 250 Greatest Films of All-Time [List]

Hayden — Tue, 25 Jul 2017 23:29:40 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 07/26/2017 03:29

hereforashortime wrote:

So when are we gonna do our next list? and what will it be?

Dunno. We'll do another one when the time feels right 😜

Ideas are always welcome.

Re: BEA's 250 Greatest Films of All-Time [List]

hereforashortime — Tue, 25 Jul 2017 22:39:35 GMT

Author: hereforashortime

Posted: 07/26/2017 02:39

So when are we gonna do our next list? and what will it be?

Re: BEA's 250 Greatest Films of All-Time [List]

Hayden — Sat, 10 Jun 2017 12:42:38 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 06/10/2017 16:42

CellarDoor wrote:

Hi everyone, I was a bit late on the homework for this poll, and was pretty upset not being able to participate in time, but here's my top 100 selection (in bold are the films overlapping with the top 100 BEA list and in italic overlapping with the entire 250 BEA list).

From the top 100 :
- Do the Right Thing
- The Passion of Joan of Arc
- Before Sunrise

And from the top 250 :
- Up
- Room (2015)
- Upstream Color
- Vivre Sa Vie
- Ratatouille
- The King of Comedy
- Before Sunset
- Ex Machina
- The City of the Lost Children
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- Birdman
- Blue Is the Warmest Colour
- The Lego Movie
- Stagecoach
- La grande illusion
- Toy Story 3
- The Pianist
- Raise the Red Lantern
- It Happened One Night
- Withnail and I
- When Harry Met Sally
- The Sweet Hereafter

Dig you list CellarDoor, thanks for sharing 😄 I'd gladly tally it up and edit the overall list, but I fear that'd be unfair 🤣 Some great recs though.

I've kept the unwatched films I think you'd like the most (or just personal recommendations). I really think you'd enjoy most of them.

My unwatched is somewhere around 35... just got around to Apocalypse Now for the first time the other day, and was absolutely blown away. Easily my favourite from Coppola. Can't believe I procrastinated watching it for so long.

My unwatched from our list:

It's A Wonderful Life
The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars
Jaws
North by Northwest
The Last Crusade
Aliens
Children of Paradise (in full... I've watched about half)
Terminator 2
The Jerk
Terminator
Gone With The Wind
Nashville
The Green Mile
The Matrix
The Exorcist
Mindgame
Close Encounters
The Lives of Others
Fitzcarraldo
King Kong
Battle Royale
Saving Private Ryan
Dawn of The Dead
Cool Hand Luke
The Last Picture Show
Bonnie & Clyde
Tremors
Lawrence of Arabia
Watchmen
Fanny & Alexander
Lost Horizon
True Romance
The Gospel According To St. Matthew
Spider-Man 2
When Harry Meets Sally
The Life an Death of Colonel Blimp

Re: BEA's 250 Greatest Films of All-Time [List]

CellarDoor — Sat, 10 Jun 2017 12:14:06 GMT

Author: CellarDoor

Posted: 06/10/2017 16:14

Oh and here's the rest of my top 250 list :

101. Memento - Nolan, Christopher, 2000
102. Big Sleep, The - Hawks, Howard, 1946
103. Kid, The - Chaplin, Charlie, 1921
104. Shining, The - Kubrick, Stanley, 1980
105. Oldboy - Chan-wook, Park, 2003
106. Grande bouffe, La - Ferreri, Marco, 1973
107. Idiots, The - von Trier, Lars, 1998
108. Notorious - Hitchcock, Alfred, 1946
109. All About Eve - Mankiewicz, Joseph L., 1950
110. Bringing Up Baby - Hawks, Howard, 1938
111. Full Metal Jacket - Kubrick, Stanley, 1987
112. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Nichols, Mike, 1966
113. Exterminating Angel, The - Bunuel, Luis, 1962
114. Andrei Rublev - Tarkovsky, Andrei, 1966
115. Underground - Kusturica, Emir, 1995
116. Birds, The - Hitchcock, Alfred, 1963
117. Opening Night - Cassavetes, John, 1977
118. Bande à part - Godard, Jean-Luc, 1964
119. Perfect Blue - Kon, Satoshi, 1997
120. Monty Python and the Holy Grail - Jones, Terry, 1975
121. Imitation of Life - Sirk, Douglas, 1959
122. Shadows - Cassavetes, John, 1959
123. Autumn Sonata - Bergman, Ingmar, 1978
124. Sound of Music, The - Wise, Robert, 1965
125. Inland Empire - Lynch, David, 2006
126. Russian Ark - Sokurov, Aleksandr, 2002
127. Vertigo - Hitchcock, Alfred, 1958
128. Rosemary's Baby - Polanski, Roman, 1968
129. Possession - Zulawski, Andrzej, 1981
130. Carnival of Souls - Harvey, Herk, 1962
131. Waking Life - Linklater, Richard, 2001
132. Thing, The - Carpenter, John, 1982
133. Through a Glass Darkly - Bergman, Ingmar, 1961
134. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? - Aldrich, Robert, 1962
135. The Great Silence - Corbucci, Sergio, 1968
136. Synecdoche, New York - Kaufman, Charlie, 2008
137. À bout de souffle - Godard, Jean-Luc, 1960
138. Wicked City - Kawajiri, Yoshiaki, 1987
139. Brazil - Gilliam, Terry, 1985
140. Band Wagon, The - Minnelli, Vincente, 1953
141. Network - Lumet, Sidney, 1976
142. Dancer in the Dark - von Trier, Lars, 2000
143. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The - Jackson, Peter, 2001
144. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The - Jackson, Peter, 2003
145. Pink Flamingos - Waters, John, 1972
146. Holy Motors - Carax, Leos, 2012
147. Tenant, The - Polanski, Roman, 1976
148. Being There - Ashby, Hal, 1979
149. Wicker Man, The - Hardy, Robin, 1973
150. Reflections in a Golden Eye - Huston, John, 1967
151. City Lights - Chaplin, Charlie, 1931
152. Double Indemnity - Wilder, Billy, 1944
153. Laura - Preminger, Otto, 1944
154. Sullivan's Travels - Sturges, Preston, 1941
155. Enfants du paradis, Les - Carné, Marcel, 1945
156. Exorcist, The - Friedkin, William, 1973
157. Woman Under the Influence, A - Cassavetes, John, 1974
158. Strangers on a Train - Hitchcock, Alfred, 1951
159. Alien - Scott, Ridley, 1979
160. Topo, El - Jodorowsky, Alejandro, 1970
161. Man With a Movie Camera - Vertov, Dziga, 1929
162. Spirited Away - Miyazaki, Hayao, 2001
163. Duck Soup - McCarey, Leo, 1933
164. Crash - Cronenberg, David, 1996
165. Trainspotting - Boyle, Danny, 1996
166. GoodFellas - Scorsese, Martin, 1990
167. Fight Club - Fincher, David, 1999
168. Fantasia - Various Directors, 1940
169. Grizzly Man - Herzog, Werner, 2005
170. Jurassic Park - Steven Spielberg, 1993
171. Producers, The - Brooks, Mel, 1968
172. Diaboliques, Les - Clouzot, Henri-Georges, 1955
173. Grave of the Fireflies - Takahata, Isao, 1988
174. Testsuo: The Iron Man - Tsukamoto, Shinya, 1989
175. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me - Lynch, David, 1992
176. Bad Lieutenant - Ferrara, Abel, 1992
177. Stranger Than Paradise - Jarmusch, Jim, 1984
178. Braindead - Jackson, Peter, 1992
179. Two-Lane Blacktop - Hellman, Monte, 1971
180. Shaun of the Dead - Wright, Edgar, 2004
181. Harakiri - Kobayashi, Masaki, 1962
182. Boyhood - Linklater, Richard, 2014
183. In the Mood for Love - Kar-wai, Wong, 2000
184. 2046 - Kar-wai, Wong, 2004
185. Love Streams - Cassavetes, John, 1984
186. Devils, The - Russell, Ken, 1971
187. Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes - Herzog, Werner, 1972
188. Hana-bi - Kitano, Takeshi, 1997
189. Short Film About Killing, A - Kieslowski, Krzysztof, 1987
190. Inception - Nolan, Christopher, 2010
191. Tropical Malady - Weerasethakul, Apichatpong, 2004
192. Virgin Suicides, The - Coppola, Sofia, 1999
193. Flesh - Morrissey, Paul, 1968
194. Dog’s Life, A - Chaplin, Charlie, 1918
195. Nuit et Brouillard - Resnais, Alain, 1956
196. House - Obayash, Nobuhikoi, 1977
197. Babette’s Feast - Axel, Gabriel, 1987
198. Apartment, The - Wilder, Billy, 1960
199. Phantom of the Paradise - De Palma, Brian, 1974
200. Foxy Brown - Hill, Jack, 1974
201. Arsenic and Old Lace - Capra, Frank, 1944
202. Gold Rush, The - Chaplin, Charlie, 1925
203. Dreamers, The - Bertolucci, Bernardo, 2003
204. Ninotchka - Lubitsch, Ernst, 1939
205. Ladykillers, The - Mackendrick, Alexander, 1955
206. Samourai, Le - Melville, Jean-Pierre, 1967
207. Wavelength - Snow, Michael, 1967
208. Chungking Express - Kar-wai, Wong, 1994
209. Frankenstein - Whale, James, 1931
210. Happiness - Solondz, Todd, 1998
211. Rebel Without a Cause - Ray, Nicholas, 1955
212. My Own Private Idaho - Van Sant, Gus, 1991
213. Safety Last! - Taylor, Sam, 1923
214. Innocents, The - Clayton, Jack, 1961
215. Shadow of a Doubt - Hitchcock, Alfred, 1943
216. Amants du Pont-Neuf, Les - Carax, Leos, 1991
217. Offret - Tarkovsky, Andrei, 1986
218. Hannah and Her Sisters - Allen, Woody, 1986
219. Pan's Labyrinth - del Toro, Guillermo, 2006
220. Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! - Meyer, Russ, 1965
221. Shooting, The - Hellman, Monte, 1966
222. Let the Right One In - Alfredson, Tomas, 2008
223. Hedwig and the Angry Inch - Mitchell, John Cameron, 2001
224. Streetcar Named Desire, A - Kazan, Elia, 1951
225. Virgin Spring, The - Bergman, Ingmar, 1959
226. Profondo rosso - Argento, Dario, 1975
227. Raging Bull - Scorsese, Martin, 1980
228. Only God Forgives - Refn, Nicolas Winding, 2013
229. Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India - Gowariker, Ashutosh, 2001
230. Santa Sangre - Jodorowsky, Alejandro, 1989
231. Bird With the Crystal Plumage, The - Argento, Dario - 1970
232. Phantasm - Coscarelli, Don, 1979
233. Doom Generation, The - Araki, Gregg, 1995
234. Nostalghia - Tarkovsky, Andrei, 1983
235. Return, The - Zyyagintsev, Andrey - 2003
236. Usual Suspects, The - Singer, Bryan, 1995
237. Night of the Hunter, The - Laughton, Charles, 1955
238. All That Jazz - Fosse, Bob, 1979
239. Invasion of the Body Snatchers - Siegel, Don, 1956
240. Supervixens - Meyer, Russ, 1975
241. Daisies - Chytilova, Vera, 1966
242. Swing Time - Stevens, George, 1936
243. Tesis - Amenabar, Alejandro, 1996
244. Léon - Besson, Luc, 1994
245. Purple Rose of Cairo, The - Allen, Woody, 1985
246. Funny Games - Haneke, Michael, 1997
247. Turin Horse, The - Tarr, Bela, 2011
248. Eyes Wide Shut - Kubrick, Stanley, 1999
249. Waltz With Bachir - Folman, Ari, 2008
250. North by Northwest - Hitchcock, Alfred, 1959

With the shorts :

(123.) Meshes of the Afternoon - Deren & Hammid, 1943
(133.) Scorpio Rising - Anger, Kenneth, 1964
(146.) Outer Space - Tscherkassky, Peter, 1999
(194.) Cat Concerto, The - Barbera, Joseph, 1947
(196.) Pas de deux - McLaren, Norman, 1968
(236.) Retour à la raison, Le - Ray, Man, 1923

Re: BEA's 250 Greatest Films of All-Time [List]

CellarDoor — Sat, 10 Jun 2017 12:06:11 GMT

Author: CellarDoor

Posted: 06/10/2017 16:06

Hi everyone, I was a bit late on the homework for this poll, and was pretty upset not being able to participate in time, but here's my top 100 selection (in bold are the films overlapping with the top 100 BEA list and in italic overlapping with the entire 250 BEA list).

1. Psycho - Hitchcock, Alfred, 1960
2. Mulholland Dr. - Lynch, David, 2001
3. Suspiria - Argento, Dario, 1977
4. Donnie Darko - Kelly, Richard, 2001
5. Double Life of Veronique, The - Kieslowski, Krzysztof, 1991
6. Persona - Bergman, Ingmar, 1966
7. It’s Such a Beautiful Day - Hertzfeldt, Don, 2012
8. 2001: A Space Odyssey - Kubrick, Stanley, 1968
9. Contempt - Godard, Jean-Luc, 1963
10. Stalker - Tarkovsky, Andrei, 1979
11. Ran - Kurosawa, Akira, 1985
12. Apocalypse Now - Coppola, Francis Ford, 1979
13. Seven Samurai - Kurosawa, Akira, 1954
14. Silence, The - Bergman, Ingmar, 1963
15. Blue Velvet - Lynch, David, 1986
16. Seventh Seal, The - Bergman, Ingmar, 1957
17. Fargo - Coen Brothers, 1996
18. Werckmeister Harmonies - Tarr, Bela, 2000
19. Teorema - Pasolini, Pier Paolo, 1968
20. Fitzcarraldo - Herzog, Werner, 1982
21. Faces - Cassavetes, John, 1968
22. Nosferatu - Murnau, F.W., 1922
23. Ordet - Dreyer, Carl Theodor, 1955
24. Wizard of Oz, The - Fleming, Victor, 1939
25. Eclisse, L' - Antonioni, Michelangelo, 1962
26. Dolce vita, La - Fellini, Federico, 1960
27. Great Dictator, The - Chaplin, Charles, 1940
28. Spirit of the Beehive, The - Erice, Victor, 1973
29. Lost Highway - Lynch, David, 1997
30. Rear Window - Hitchcock, Alfred, 1954
31. Some Like it Hot - Wilder, Billy, 1959
32. Avventura, L' - Antonioni, Michelangelo, 1960
33. Syndromes and a Century - Weerasethakul, Apichatpong, 2006
34. General, The - Keaton & Bruckman, 1926
35. Thin Red Line, The - Malick, Terrence, 1998
36. Rope - Hitchcock, Alfred, 1948
37. Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, The - Bunuel, Luis, 1972
38. Cabaret - Fosse, Bob, 1972
39. Melancholia - von Trier, Lars, 2011
40. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Gondry, Michel, 2004
41. Party, The - Edwards, Blake, 1968
42. Badlands - Malick, Terrence, 1973
43. Ivan's Childhood - Tarkovsky, Andrei, 1962
44. Kanal - Wajda, Andrzej, 1957
45. Vampyr - Dreyer, Carl Theodor, 1932
46. Eraserhead - Lynch, David, 1977
47. Hour of the Wolf - Bergman, Ingmar, 1968
48. Night at the Opera, A - Wood, Sam, 1935
49. Picnic at Hanging Rock - Weir, Peter, 1975
50. Ghost World - Zwigoff, Terry, 2001
51. Buffalo ’66 - Gallo, Vincent, 1998
52. Last Year at Marienbad - Resnais, Alain, 1961
53. Repulsion - Polanski, Roman, 1965
54. Atalante, L' - Vigo, Jean, 1934
55. Come and See - Klimov, Elem, 1985
56. Groundhog Day - Ramis, Harold, 1993
57. My Neighbour Totoro - Miyazaki, Hayao, 1988
58. Gummo - Korine, Harmony, 1997
59. Mirror, The - Tarkovsky, Andrei, 1974
60. Rocky Horror Picture Show, The - Sharman, Jim, 1975
61. Gone with the Wind - Fleming, Victor, 1939
62. Satantango - Tarr, Bela, 1994
63. To Be or Not to Be - Lubitsch, Ernst, 1942
64. Gospel According to St. Matthew, The - Pasolini, Pier Paolo, 1964
65. Metropolis - Lang, Fritz, 1927
66. Rome, Open City - Rossellini, Roberto, 1945
67. Three Colours: Red - Kieslowski, Krzysztof, 1994
68. Solaris - Tarkovsky, Andrei, 1972
69. Lady Vanishes, The - Hitchcock, Alfred, 1938
70. Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The - Demy, Jacques, 1964
71. Night of the Living Dead - Romero, George A., 1968
72. Marriage of Maria Braun, The - Fassbinder, Rainer Werner, 1979
73. Modern Times - Chaplin, Charles, 1936
74. Pierrot le fou - Godard, Jean-Luc, 1965
75. Kiss Me Deadly - Aldrich, Robert, 1955
76. Conversation, The - Coppola, Francis Ford, 1974
77. Don't Look Now - Roeg, Nicolas, 1973
78. Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The - Leone, Sergio, 1966
79. Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom - Pasolini, Pier Paolo, 1975
80. Freaks - Browning, Tod, 1932
81. Germany, Year Zero - Rossellini, Roberto, 1948
82. Tree of Life, The - Malick, Terrence, 2011
83. Naked - Leigh, Mike, 1993
84. 8 1/2 - Fellini, Federico, 1963
85. Videodrome - Cronenberg, David, 1983
86. Short Movie About Love, A - Kieslowski, Krzysztof, 1988
87. Festen - Vinterberg, Thomas, 1998
88. Europa - von Trier, Lars, 1991
89. Sans soleil - Marker, Chris, 1983
90. Harold and Maude - Ashby, Hal, 1971
91. Elephant - Van Sant, Gus, 2003
92. Citizen Kane - Welles, Orson, 1941
93. Gilda - Vidor, Charles, 1946
94. Devil and Daniel Johnston, The - Feuerzeig, Jeff, 2005
95. Estate violenta - Zurlini, Valerio, 1959
96. Playtime - Tati, Jacques, 1967
97. Homme qui dort, Un - Queysanne, Bernard, 1974
98. Nashville - Altman, Robert, 1975
99. Paris, Texas - Wenders, Wim, 1984
100. Casablanca - Curtiz, Michael, 1942

Some great short movies were in my original top 100 :

(18.) Jetee, La - Marker, Chris, 1962
(19.) Chien andalou, Un - Bunuel, Luis, 1928
(87.) Dante Quartet, The - Brakhage, Stan, 1987
(100.) Rejected - Hertzfeldt, Don, 2000
(103.) Dimensions of Dialogue - Svankmajer, Jan, 1982

I really think the BEA list is good, but where is Suspiria ?!?

And we need more love for Cassavetes and Kieslowski !

Shame on me, there are 42 (!!) movies I haven’t seen from the top 250 BEA list

From the top 100 :
- Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
- Arrival
- Do the Right Thing
- The Passion of Joan of Arc
- Before Sunrise

And from the top 250 :
- The Jerk
- Dead Poets Society
- Up
- Room (2015)
- Upstream Color
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower
- The Green Mile
- Vivre Sa Vie
- Ratatouille
- The King of Comedy
- Before Sunset
- Napoleon Dynamite
- Sherlock Jr.
- Ex Machina
- The City of the Lost Children
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- Birdman
- Saving Private Ryan
- Blue Is the Warmest Colour
- The Lego Movie
- The Last Picture Show
- Stagecoach
- La grande illusion
- Toy Story 3
- The Pianist
- Raise the Red Lantern
- It Happened One Night
- Kiki’s Delivery Service
- Watchmen
- Walkabout
- 12 Years a Slave
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
- Withnail and I
- Spider-Man 2
- When Harry Met Sally
- The Sweet Hereafter
- The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

Some of these (Saving Private Ryan, The Pianist, It Happened One Night) have been on my wishlist for decades. Time to catch up !

Re: BEA's 250 Greatest Films of All-Time [List]

CA Dreamin — Fri, 9 Jun 2017 12:41:44 GMT

Author: CA Dreamin

Posted: 06/09/2017 16:41

nutso42 wrote:

StreetSpirit wrote:

Unless I'm mistaken, nobody who participated in this poll is a veteran filmmaker, a veteran critic, or even a veteran anything.

Film critic is my day job/primary source of income for six years now. How long does it need to be for me to be considered "veteran"?

Ten years

(I remembered you're a film critic. That's why I carefully worded that. It's worth noting I've been working in film for four years. It's amazing how differently I watch movies now.)

Re: BEA's 250 Greatest Films of All-Time [List]

Tha1ChiefRocka — Wed, 7 Jun 2017 23:13:54 GMT

Author: Tha1ChiefRocka

Posted: 06/08/2017 03:13

Who else totally effed up and realized they left some good stuff off their list? I realized I could've moved some stuff around to put on;

El Topo or Santa Sangre (We should have had a Jodorowsky in their somewhere)

World on a Wire (A criterion movie I was glad I watched)

I didn't put "Pi" on either, dammit.

Re: BEA's 250 Greatest Films of All-Time [List]

Hayden — Wed, 7 Jun 2017 23:08:14 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 06/08/2017 03:08

badseed wrote:

Not familiar with Holy Mountain but the rest are all great.

That was actually the highest ranked of the bunch (around #280 or so). It's a stellar film. Just be prepared for literally anything when watching it. It's utter insanity. Absolutely beautiful and brilliant though. I've heard a lot of musicians cite it as a favourite.

Re: BEA's 250 Greatest Films of All-Time [List]

badseed — Wed, 7 Jun 2017 22:39:46 GMT

Author: badseed

Posted: 06/08/2017 02:39

Yeah sorry about the wording of that question lol but that's exactly what I meant. Interesting picks. Not familiar with Holy Mountain but the rest are all great.