tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099675.post2424434724330762543..comments2023-09-20T10:43:13.922-04:00Comments on film, music, philosophy, moral meaning, and storied living: Rear Window - 7~greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03643717782718495294noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099675.post-53625619822256695322006-09-26T13:26:00.000-04:002006-09-26T13:26:00.000-04:00You're on the money when you mention the reverence...You're on the money when you mention the reverence that the AFI reserves for for the classics, as well as the "unwarranted nostalgia," as you elequently wrote. Rather, you already understood that the composite ranking that the AFI gives to this film differs from your own. <br /><br />But you shouldn't be waiting until you're older to generate a rough composite of a top 100. You already understand your tastes, have seen a tremendous amount (as this blog atests to), and can tell the virtues of the classics apart from those that are more remembered for their star power than for any contribution to cinema, so beginning to craft something like a top 100 wouldn't be overly presumptous at this point.<br /><br />For Hitchcock I find that I'm liking The 39 Steps the more I think about it, and of course Notorious is magnificent.<br /><br />PaulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099675.post-67207920106807082232006-09-26T10:31:00.000-04:002006-09-26T10:31:00.000-04:00The AFI is not perfect but it is what we have. It ...The AFI is not perfect but it is what we have. It doesn't seem to be wrong a lot, in my opinion, although it does favor older films- which leads to a sort of unwarranted nostalgia. I would actually switch this film with North by Northwest in the list...ok and a lot of other things, when I'm 70 I'll make a 100 best list. How does that sound?~greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03643717782718495294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099675.post-11893750848351940042006-09-26T08:25:00.000-04:002006-09-26T08:25:00.000-04:00It is embarassing to admit that I haven't seen Rea...It is embarassing to admit that I haven't seen Rear Window since I was a child, and I remember none of it. I'll work on remedying that situation, though you might give Powell's "Peeping Tom" a look and see how the ideas of voyeurism are threatened and further played out. <br /><br />Paul, a little disappointed that you still believe in the AFI's rankingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099675.post-62724268846639736722006-09-25T22:17:00.000-04:002006-09-25T22:17:00.000-04:00Agreed.Agreed.John Baldauffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13831848724733868028noreply@blogger.com