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I just love the latest American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movies of all time.
Not.
"Rocky'' shows up at No. 57 but "Roman Holiday'' didn't make the cut.
"Historical significance'' is a criterion for the list, but the movie that showed the murder of a major political leader one year before the JFK assassination, "The Manchurian Candidate,'' is not included.
There are no movies with Greta Garbo, Rosalind Russell, Irene Dunne, Audrey Hepburn, Barbra Streisand or Joan Crawford; only one each with Claudette Colbert, Bette Davis and Barbara Stanwyck, and by my count, about 65 percent of the movies are "guy'' flicks.
I tried to find out who the voters are: "1,500 artists, critics, historians,'' says the AFI press release, but nobody from the AFI called me back with a name, there are none on their Website (http://www.afi.com/) and nobody I know knows a voter.
If a favorite movie or performer isn't on this new AFI list, let me know!
Not.
"Rocky'' shows up at No. 57 but "Roman Holiday'' didn't make the cut.
"Historical significance'' is a criterion for the list, but the movie that showed the murder of a major political leader one year before the JFK assassination, "The Manchurian Candidate,'' is not included.
There are no movies with Greta Garbo, Rosalind Russell, Irene Dunne, Audrey Hepburn, Barbra Streisand or Joan Crawford; only one each with Claudette Colbert, Bette Davis and Barbara Stanwyck, and by my count, about 65 percent of the movies are "guy'' flicks.
I tried to find out who the voters are: "1,500 artists, critics, historians,'' says the AFI press release, but nobody from the AFI called me back with a name, there are none on their Website (http://www.afi.com/) and nobody I know knows a voter.
If a favorite movie or performer isn't on this new AFI list, let me know!
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