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 Twopop 
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Tue Jun 17, 2008 10:30 am Post subject: AFI's 10 Top 10 - June 17, 2008 |
 
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Attention, movie (and list) buffs. It's time for the annual presentation of AFI's Top 10. This year it's America's 10 Greatest Films in 10 Classic Genres:
-Gangster
-Animated
-Western
-Romantic Comedy
-Sports
-Sci-Fi
-Epic
-Courtroom Drama
-Mystery
-Fantasy
Great list of stars doing the presentations.
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LadyInque
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I object to animation being listed as a genre. Animation is a medium, and as such it can be used for all sorts of genres. I know, in this country it seems restricted to children's movies and fantasy, but it needn't be. This creates a ghetto for some very good fantasy, sci-fi, and comedy films, which then may not be seen as such, only as animated films.
In unrelated news, I kind of hope that My Cousin Vinny ends up in the "Courtroom Drama" category. Aside from being very funny and well-written, it's also one of the best depictions of actual court procedure in movies, according to one of my husband's law professors.
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Thu Jul 03, 2008 4:14 am Post subject: AND now from AFI |
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The American Film Institute's Board of Trustees selected Warren Beatty to receive the 36th AFI Life Achievement Award. The award was presented to Beatty at a gala tribute in Los Angeles on June 12, 2008.
USA Network will broadcast the tribute
July 8 at 9:00 p.m.
Past winners were:
AFI Life Achievement Awards
2008: Warren Beatty
2007: Al Pacino
2006: Sir Sean Connery
2005: George Lucas
2004: Meryl Streep
2003: Robert De Niro
2002: Tom Hanks
2001: Barbra Streisand
2000: Harrison Ford
1999: Dustin Hoffman
1998: Robert Wise
1997: Martin Scorsese
1996: Clint Eastwood
1995: Steven Spielberg
1994: Jack Nicholson
1993: Elizabeth Taylor
1992: Sidney Poitier
1991: Kirk Douglas
1990: David Lean
1989: Gregory Peck
1988: Jack Lemmon
1987: Barbara Stanwyck
1986: Billy Wilder
1985: Gene Kelly
1984: Lillian Gish
1983: John Huston
1982: Frank Capra
1981: Fred Astaire
1980: James Stewart
1979: Alfred Hitchcock
1978: Henry Fonda
1977: Bette Davis
1976: William Wyler
1975: Orson Welles
1974: James Cagney
1973: John Ford
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Luther_III
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Interesting Top 10 in 10 Genres lists.
As always, the AFI had me nodding my head in agreement and other times scratching my head in wonder.
For example, while I think Schindler's List is a fantastic film, I'd never thought of it as an epic before. I think Braveheart definitely should have made that top ten list. Or even Glory, an enormously under-rated film.
I was also amazed that Pan's Labyrinth didn't make the Fantasy list, but then I guess the -A- F I only looks at American films. That list in particular demonstrates what a dirth of quality fantasy films Hollywood has produced. I mean, Groundhog Day? Sure, it was a fun film, but one of the 10 all-time greatest fantasy films? I don't know. They nailed it with The Wizard of Oz, though. Way ahead of its time.
I also just don't understand the perenniel love fest with Stanley Kubrick. I suppose 2001 deserves the praise (but I don't know about the best all-time SF film). And A Clockwork Orange? Please. The Matrix should have made the top 5 easily, yet it didn't even break the top ten!?.
They pretty much got the Sports list down. Except for Caddyshack. Again, come on. Give me The Natural or even Chariots of Fire (or was that a British film?).
Oh well. The AFI's lists are what they are.
Thanks for the links!
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