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Which of these films doesn't belong on the list?

Histoire(s) du cinema (Godard, 1998)
2 (33.3%)
The Battles of Algiers (Pontecorvo, 1966)
0 (0%)
Close-Up (Kiarostami, 1990)
0 (0%)
Play Time (Tati, 1967)
0 (0%)
Pierrot le fou (Godard, 1965)
1 (16.7%)
Gertrud (Dreyer, 1964)
1 (16.7%)
Some Like It Hot (Wilder, 1959)
2 (33.3%)
Pather Panchali (Ray, 1955)
0 (0%)
Journey to Italy (Rossellini, 1954)
0 (0%)

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Author Topic: ELIMINATION ROUND: S&S 100 Greatest Films of All Time - the 40s  (Read 867 times)

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A companion to ET v. Sight and Sound's 100 Greatest Films of All Time. We've all seen these types of lists and some of us like to conquer them only to question what a particular film is doing on such a prestigious list. This is your chance to right a wrong.

Select the film you think that doesn't belong on the list.

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Re: ELIMINATION ROUND: S&S 100 Greatest Films of All Time - the 40s
« Reply #1 on: June 19, 2020, 12:09:35 PM »
Pather Panchali
Close-Up
Play Time
The Battle of Algiers

Some Like It Hot
Journey to Italy
Pierrot le fou

Histoire(s) du cinema
Gertrud


Amazingly, Godard doesn't lose this one.

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Re: ELIMINATION ROUND: S&S 100 Greatest Films of All Time - the 40s
« Reply #2 on: June 19, 2020, 12:41:34 PM »
Histoire(s) du cinema
Gertrud


Amazingly, Godard doesn't lose this one.


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Re: ELIMINATION ROUND: S&S 100 Greatest Films of All Time - the 40s
« Reply #3 on: June 19, 2020, 05:15:56 PM »
Some Like It Hot. Having Gertrud on the list seems strange, too, as I don't see anything exceptional about the film. Marilyn Monroe is very bad, and the crossdressing element is, at best, totally played out. I could MAYBE understand it being on the list in earlier renditions, but in 2022 it really needs to fade away. (I know MT pointed out that it was falling on the list as is. Time to fall off.)
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