On Tuesday night ABC aired the special "Best of Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time." ABC states: "In an unprecedented collaboration between ABC News and People Magazine, it was America's turn to decide...Online voters selected the winners from a list of English-language film nominees created by an elite panel of film industry experts including dozens of well-known actors, directors, producers, and critics."
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The criteria for a great film has really gone down the drain. It's no longer about the art it's more about the entertainment. Our Time most likely means the memorable movies no matter how long ago they were made. It's the more main stream movies that everyone has seen and has had the most impact on their life. It doesn't matter that Citizen Kane brought about new controversy that the public was unwilling to face at the time. It did not do well commercially so it would not be on this list. I am a fan of AFI and their top movie lists.
Citizen Kane is interesting to me for the impact it had on filmmaking. Never before had anyone attempted such camera work and it's shaped the industry ever since.
I love my art films, and I always enjoy analyzing a movie after watching it for all the subtle symbolism and such, but at the same time movies were created for the purpose of entertainment. It's not something you can completely discount or criticize a film for. That's what they are there for.
Different movies do appeal to different audiences, but there are still plenty of classics that I'm sure will make the list.