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Wednesday, June 04, 2003
AFI's "Heroes and Villains" (First, a spelling question: Is it "heroes" or "heros"? Merriam-Webster's 10th Collegiate Dictionary, the publishing industry standard, says "heroes" for people, "heros" for sandwiches; I just think "heroes" looks funny. But anyway...) Watched the entire three hours of AFI's "Heroes and Villains" top 100 list. As usual, I called the top two: Hannibal Lecter and Atticus Finch. I don't know if it's my knowledge of film, or my knowledge of the film industry, but I always guess the #1 pick on these lists. (For the original Top 100 Films list, I wasn't quite sure if it would be Citizen Kane or Casablanca; Kane was #1, Casablanca #2.) Links:Oddly, the list of nominees doesn't specify whether the character is supposed to be a hero or a villain. I guess you're just supposed to figure it out from context; but if you haven't watched, say, the 1935 version of Tale of Two Cities, you probably can't vote for the Marquis St. Evremonde. (I guess you can if you've read Tale of Two Cities and remember the names of the characters, but I think that's about as likely, in Hollywood, as having seen the 1935 movie.) I was rather surprised at some of the movies that qualified as "American" films—Lawrence of Arabia? Goldfinger? Dr. No? Clockwork Orange? The Third Man? But those are all British, and as we all know British film is just American film with accents... [ at 9:54 AM • by Abby • permalink • ] |
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