How many of the top 100 films of all time have you actually seen or even know?
“Sight and Sound” magazine has announced the result of its latest 10-yearly ‘Greatest Film of All Time’ critics’ poll and Chantal Akerman’s 1975 film “Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles” is there at No 1.“Jeanne Dielman” makes this the first time a female director has been admitted to this exclusive top spot. It has previously had only three members: Vittorio de Sica (“Bicycle Thieves” in 1952), Orson Welles (“Citizen Kane” in 1962, 1972, 1982, 1992 and 2002) and Alfred Hitchcock (“Vertigo” in 2012).
Have you actually seen “Jeanne Dielman”? I thought not. Have you even heard of it? No, me neither – and I’ve seen about 3,000 films. In fact, I’ve only seen 38 of these 100 greatest films.
It makes you wonder just have esoteric these choices are. I mean, my all-time favourite movie – “Lawrence Of Arabia” directed by David Lean – is not even mentioned.
So how many of these 100 films have you seen?
December 11th, 2022 at 3:20 pm
Thanks for getting me to look at this, Roger. “Lawrence of Arabia” is there all right, at number 62.
December 11th, 2022 at 3:46 pm
Hi, Claire. “Lawrence Of Arabia” is indeed at 62 in the poll by 480 directors, but it does feature at all in the main poll which had 1,639 participants.