The Greatest Films of All Time 2012

[Alex Colter]

A lot of these are available via HuluPlus (they have a majority of the
Criterion Collection on there), for which you can grab a 7-day free trial.
I just used my free period to watch a bunch of Renoir, Cocteau,and
Kurosawa, wish I had watched this one... also, be sure to cancel the day
the trial ends or else it'll bill ya.

On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 12:47 PM, <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:

> Jacques Tati's kind of an acquired taste (which I've never acquired), but
> I'm thrilled to see a greatest movie of all time list that doesn't include
> Hollywood crap like the Shawshank Redemption, Star Wars and Lord of the
> Rings.
>
> Laura
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phillip Greenlief **
> Sent: Aug 2, 2012 1:35 PM
> To: Kai Frederik Lorentzen **
> Cc: pynchon -l **
> Subject: Re: The Greatest Films of All Time 2012
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> 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
> *Subject:* Re: The Greatest Films of All Time 2012
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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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