Sight and Sound and a couple of other awards tabulation groups seem to have decided that the Greatest Film Ever Made is either: Citzen Kane, Battleship Potemkin, The Rules of the Game, or The Bicycle Thief. What do you think the greatest film is?
I watched Bicycle Thief again fairly recently, and it was really an emotional punch in the gut. It's really good. But I love style and innovation in filming, so I must give the crown to Kane. It's such a visual treat and in service of a great story. It's one of the few classics that can actually be an enjoyable film experience for modern audiences, and not feel like you're doing homework to watch it.
You should definately review The Third Man for your movie classics section. My grandfather told me to watch it about five years ago, and I did to humour him; I've never been so gripped by a film in all my life...
Few have seen it, but those who have will truly never forget it. The greatest film of all time is Save That Monkey (dir. G. Hall, 2002), starring M. Carlson, J. Prado, and C. George.
Mac, I'm just curious, who played the monkey in "Save That Monkey?" Was it an actual monkey? God, I hope so! I think M. Carlson and a chimp on screen together could probably overtake Eastwood and an orangutan from Every Which Way But Loose as the greatest man/ape combination of all time!
-- Edited by Steve at 16:13, 2007-08-28
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Many have been fooled by the lifelike puppetry skills, but the monkey is actually played by a stuffed animal. This became necessary after Dunston Checked Out.
I don't know about the Greatests Movie Ever but I would nominate Brokeback Mountain as the most harrowing movie I have seen recently. Especially as it felt about half an hour too long just to string out the agony. Despite that, I still thought it was very good.
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