Empire Magazine Top 500 Greatest Films

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Post by superjohnmcginlay » Thu Sep 25, 2008 9:14 am

Im surprised Evil Dead 2 was at 49! Didnt think it would get anywhere near the top 500.
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Post by Batman » Thu Sep 25, 2008 10:24 am

has anyone seen Das Experiment?

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Post by ratbert » Thu Sep 25, 2008 10:50 am

William the White wrote:
Batman wrote:empire is a shit magazine
agreeing with batman again... that's twice this year, and it's only September...

Also note ratbert's reference to Sight and Sound which is, indisputably, the only genuine cinema journal of criticism and record in UK.

I'm interested in the question that if you had a life sentence to serve and ten DVDs to select what would they be?

OK...

Not in order...

Battle of Algiers
Kameradschaft
Citizen Kane
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
The Browning Version
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
The Way We Were
Morgan... a Suitable Case for Treatment
Dr Strangelove

OK - not many of these even in colour... But if I've 20 years to serve I'm looking for complexity, moral dilemma, emotional power and a sense of the human spirit, breaking or resisting. And black and white does it for me.

And some laughter - two great comedies up there...

I expect some of these made it into Empire's top 500... and some didn't.
Sight and Sound doesn't generally take the populist approach but opens you up to some cracking stuff you wouldn't consider otherwise.

Big up to those I've highlighted. Of late, The Counterfeiters and The Lives of Others are high on my list.
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Post by BWFC_Insane » Thu Sep 25, 2008 10:52 am

Is there anywhere I can view this list in its entirety without having to scroll through 100 pages?
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Post by Verbal » Thu Sep 25, 2008 10:52 am

La Haine is a damn good film.
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Post by Lord Kangana » Thu Sep 25, 2008 10:55 am

Is the counterfeiters the German one about Jews in concentration camps being made to forge, trying to bring down the £ and $?

If so, its a really good film.
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Post by ratbert » Thu Sep 25, 2008 12:22 pm

The very one.
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