Saturday, July 5, 2008

The New Classics?

Is it any wonder American film culture is all but dead?

Adding: I wouldn't expect Entertainment Weekly to do anything but produce a list designed to affirm its readership's tastes as opposed to challenging them but is there any way to justify a list of 100 "new classics" from the last 25 years that only includes 7 foreign language titles? If ranking Speed (#40) 50 places above In the Mood for Love (#95) why even bother to include foreign language films on the list at all?

1 comment:

DMO said...

Beverly Hills Cop?!?! Napoleon Frickin' Dynamite!?!? Thanks, Paul. As if I need another reason to be depressed.

On the other hand, Evil Dead II: Dead by Dawn made the list.