It's shaping up, I think, that 'impactful' animation has come in 2 waves.

It's shaping up, I think, that 'impactful' animation has come in 2 waves.

Just putting Vertigo in the top spot proves that the list is in truth being made more for the love the top movies inspire in critic's hearts then their importance in the development of 'cinema'.

Just putting Vertigo in the top spot proves that the list is in truth being made more for the love the top movies inspire in critic's hearts then their importance in the development of 'cinema'.

That's a very worthwhile distinction to make.

That's a very worthwhile distinction to make.

Psycho = Hitchcock's best film by far

Psycho = Hitchcock's best film by far

I'm not really into the French New wave, but am a big fan of what one might call "Golden Age Japanese films" which run from the 20's to around 1980.

I'm not really into the French New wave, but am a big fan of what one might call "Golden Age Japanese films" which run from the 20's to around 1980.

This isn't true of most films, but even though most if it is in close-ups you have to see Passion of Joan of Arc on a big screen for it to have its full effect.

This isn't true of most films, but even though most if it is in close-ups you have to see Passion of Joan of Arc on a big screen for it to have its full effect.

I agree to a certain extent, but I may never have gone to see Andre Rubelov - a film or director I had never heard of growing up - if I hadn't seen it on (or near) the top  of one of these S&S best films of all time lists.

I agree to a certain extent, but I may never have gone to see Andre Rubelov - a film or director I had never heard of growing up - if I hadn't seen it on (or near) the top  of one of these S&S best films of all time lists.

You have to give DeSica props for those films where he gazes, unblinking into the darkness.

Beautiful? How is it I'm the only person who noticed all the badly done rear screen projection in that film?

Beautiful? How is it I'm the only person who noticed all the badly done rear screen projection in that film?

Satantango cracked the top 50 woo hoo!

Satantango cracked the top 50 woo hoo!

Well frankly, while I think Patrick Stewart was brilliant and Brent Spiner OK, most of the regular cast on that show were mediocre at BEST, Frakes included.