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In Reply to: orejones' challenge... the shocking results posted by Victor Khomenko on November 23, 2002 at 07:06:14:
I thought long and hard. One way to look at building that list would be if I were selecting just five films to be left in a time capsule, to give someone hundreds of years later good idea about our civilization.I can't think of a film better rouding off that list than My Fair Lady. Beautiful and witty, bringing out our good nature.
So there.
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Choosing the five best films is an impossible task... your original post proves this. But your challenge of leaving five great films in a time capsule is a simply wonderful idea, one I've never heard of before.In the interest of journalistic correctness I would have to leave five documentries:
1. Shoah (interviews with holocaust victims)
2. Through the Wire (story of US govt's inhumane treatment of female political prisoners - yes, we have some)
3. Olympia - The Olympic Games of Berlin 1936 (by Leni Riefenstahl)
4. The Wonderful, horrible life of Leni Riefenstahl (just to balance the above)
5. Hoop Dreams (story of two basketball hopefuls)Bonus nominees: Microcosmos (the real "bugs life"), Theremin (the weird get weirder), Crumb (and even weirder again).
your list doesn't make room for the maysles brothers (salesman), errol morris (heaven's gate), michael moore (roger and me), koyaanitqatsi and woodstock. :-(the first three are big markers on the timeline of documentary filmmaking. land of no bread and nanook of the north are cornerstones as well, but i think the others remain very "watchable" for a contemporary audience.
koyaanitqatsi spawned its own genre of non-fiction films. woodstock's there because it's just us music lovers here.
i think we're gonna need a bigger time capsule.
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I am familiar with numbers 4 and 5 on your list, 4 is tremendous 5 left me somewhat cold. I have seen scenes from #3. I have probably seen the $1, but not sure about the title. You are right, a film about the Holocaust is a must on a list like that. I have several I loved, would need to recall their titles.Perhaps the documentaries should get their own time capsule?
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