JAPANESE FILMS

Sight & Sound; The Greatest Films of All Time

Sight & Sound released its “The Greatest Films of All Time 2012” on its website. The first place went to Hitchcock’s “Vertigo”, while “Citizen Kane” slipped down to second. Ozu’s Tokyo Story made the third place. Separate poll by film directors placed Ozu’s film the first. Sight & Sound Top 10 1. Vertigo (Hitchcock) 2. Citizen Kane (Welles) 3. Tokyo Story (Ozu) 4. La Règle du jeu (Renoir) 5. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (Murnau) 6. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick) 7. The Searchers (Ford) 8. Man with a Movie Camera (Vertov) 9. The Passion of Joan of Arc …

 
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An Error of objective fact

Over at Roger Ebert’s blog, he contemplates about the film criticism and Rotten Tomatoes. It is very interesting reading and makes you think about how you appreciate films, as always. Especially, I find two passages very interesting. Mr. Ebert writes: “I’ve taught both (“Citizen Kane” and “The Rules of the Game”) shot-by-shot and had many students who confessed they didn’t feel the greatness. ” Even though I admire both films, I can understand many people, even those who are conscious about visual aspect of the film art, find them boring. Is it because passing of time made their “greatness” mundane …