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In case you're wondering, Ebert's top ten greatest movies of all time...:

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Posted by Harmonia on November 25, 2002 at 17:29:47

In Reply to: Re: avenging angel; barry lyndon posted by Victor Khomenko on November 24, 2002 at 06:16:38:

From the Sight & Sound "Ten Greatest Films of All Time" 2002 Critic's Poll (September 2002, see www.bfi.org.uk/topten/):

Roger Ebert (Alphabetical order)

Aguirre, Wrath of God (Herzog)
Apocalypse Now (Coppola)
Citizen Kane (Welles)
Dekalog (Kieslowski)
La Dolce Vita (Fellini)
The General (Keaton)
Raging Bull (Scorsese)
2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick)
Tokyo Story (Ozu)
Vertigo (Hitchcock)

You may not agree with every choice, but I don't find anything terribly divergent on this list. No zingers, choices all drawn from the usual suspects. You should see some of the lists. One iconoclast thinks The Exorcist is the greatest movie ever made, LOL!

Ebert's 100 list is really meant to re-examine and draw attention to "good" films (if not all of them "great") that may be overlooked in the current morass of mind numbing drivel at the local multiplex. He is perfectly content to praise a well-made effort whose chief virtue is entertainment. Most films on the list, if not all masterpieces, are well crafted, thoughtful enterprises. I think, despite the fact that I strongly disagree with Ebert on certain films (Blue Velvet, LOTR), he communicates a genuine enthusiasm for movies to an audience that otherwise might not discover such pleasures on their own. If he does omit some great ones - Rules of the Game, Tokyo Story - I still forgive him. They'll show up eventually. Ebert's irrelevant to me, but on the whole, he does more good than harm...unlike certain other people I could name...

...If only someone would shoot Roeper...

Oh, and Victor, I DO think The Life & Death of Colonel Blimp is a great film.

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