Video Asylum

Posted by Harmonia (A) on December 01, 2004 at 20:43:33

In Reply to: Yes, ISF is very important... posted by C.B. on December 1, 2004 at 11:57:09:

Criterion did a super job with The Third Man edition. It looks great, and the extras are interesting and well documented. Like, Rico, I think I prefer the British version, but this is a great film is either.

If I were making a list of my favorite all-time-great films, this one would surely rank in the top ten or twelve. In fact, most of my top films would be from the 30's and 40's or before: L'Atalante, Rules of The Game, Maltese Falcon, Third Man, Sunrise, The Gold Rush, The Red Shoes, I know Where I'm Going, The Philadelphia Story...

Carroll Reed, Powell & Pressburger and David Lean comprised a British celluloid golden age in the 1940's. THE P&P run of great films is truly astonishing.