Sunday, March 27, 2011

Night For Day

I was looking over a list of the top 1000 films of all time.  Why?  Because that's what I do.  With each entry, they include a picture, basic information, a quote from a critic and a few other things.

A Night At The Opera was at 237.  Maybe a little low, especially since only Duck Soup rates higher for the Marx Brothers, but at least they recognize a classic.  Here's the quote:

"The quick-fire routines are brilliant; the one-liners crack like gunshots and most enjoyable are wacky eccentricities like Groucho unaccountably replying: "Thangg-YAH!" whenever the woman he's inveigled into his hotel room says a demure: "Thank you." - Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 2002

More unnacountable is singling out this bit, since it's from A Day At The Races.  Who originally got it wrong, Bradshaw or the compilers of the list?

PS  They show how the rankings have changed through the years.  Some go up, some go down, but most don't change that much.  So I'm glad to see one of my favorites, Eraserhead, climbing fast.  It's gone from 628 to 479 to 406 to 318.  I'm hoping by 2020 it'll be top ten.

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