The Greatest Films of All Time 2012

[Phillip Greenlief]

oh hell yes - see THE PASSION OF JEANNE D'ARC as soon as possible. that's 
required viewing for all human beings. my favorite dreyer for sure.

i always hate these lists and usually view them with disbelief. i just saw some 
top 10 greatest films of all time and was glad to see JEANNE on the list, but it 
had a lot of other misfires ... anyway - this is all horribly subjective of 
course. 


i might post my top 100 here soon ... i can never get it down to 10.


 Phillip Greenlief
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From: Kai Frederik Lorentzen <lorentzen at hotmail.de>
To: Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com>; pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Thu, August 2, 2012 4:06:51 AM
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On 02.08.2012 02:47, Dave Monroe wrote:


http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/polls-surveys/greatest-films-all-time-2012
  The Top 50 Greatest Films of All Time  
http://www.bfi.org.uk/news/50-greatest-films-all-time   

Number 9: Dreyer's The Passion of Joan of Arc

Heavily debated in the Weimar Republic. Was liked by people as     diverse as 
Thomas Mann (who said that the movie must impress all who     believe in the 
possibility of the spiritualization of movies) and     Carl Schmitt. Schmitt 
watched the movie - in which he recognized     aspects of his own fate and 
motives - about a dozen times in just     half a year. Took friends, 
acquaintances and prostitutes to the     cinema to join him. 


Must admit that I haven't seen it yet. Shall I order the DVD? 

For some pictures plus the Thomas Mann quote see here:

http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,15906313,00.html

About Schmitt's fascination by the movie Reinhard Mehring (Carl     Schmitt. 
Aufstieg und Fall. p 231) writes: "Mit Karl Eschweiler     zusammen besucht er 
einen Stummfilm-Klassiker über die Passion der     Johanna von Orleans, der ihn 
- Magie des 'Lichtspielwesens' (VRA,     369) - derart beeindruckt, das er 
tagelang darüber spricht. Der Film     stellt auf die Spannung zwischer 
religiöser Berufung und kirchlicher     Verurteilung ab, auf das Martyrium der 
Laienreligiösität gegen eine     weltliche Kirche. Schmitt sieht hier wohl - 
über die     nationalistische Freiheitskämpferin hinaus - auch seinen 
kirchlichen     Prozess gespiegelt, die ungerechte Verurteilung durch eine 
weltliche     Kirche. Die nächsten Monate wird er diverse Bekannte, Freunde und     
auch Prostituierte in den Film schleppen. Binnen einen halben Jahres     sieht 
er ihn über zehn Mal."
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