Every decade Sight & Sound, which is arguably the most prestigious film magazine in the world, has a poll to dermine the "greatest film of all time"Originally Posted by PeteS
In 1952 the winner was Bicycle Thieves (De Sica 1948).
In 1962/1972/1982/1992/2002 the winner was Citizen Kane (Welles 1941).
In 2012 the winner was Vertigo (Hitchcock 1958) and Kane was 2nd. I think those who voted had just got bored with voting for Kane every decade.
I think Vertigo is an over-clever, complicated and rather unpleasant film - but then Hitchcock was an unpleasant man.
Three months ago Sight & Sound published the Top 100 of the 2022 poll. Vertigo was 2nd and Citizen Kane was 3rd. Alas Pulp Fiction does not appear.
I have seen most of the films on the list which goes back to the 1920s and is international. For some reason and a sign of the times, Sight & Sound tinkered with the electorate and I had scarcely heard of the film which came first in 2022 although it was made in 1975, is not rentable on DVD and was only 36th in 2012.
It is Jeanne Dielman, 23 Qui Du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles. directed by Chantal Akerman and was produced in Belgium/France.
Polls are funny things, electorates get bored so there is still hope for Pulp Fiction down the line.
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