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Originally Posted by Baby Lee
It's kind of like the gull-wing Mercedes, or whatever that car was by that guy who made a car with all sorts of innovations back in the 40s and they made a movie about him. "____ the man and his car."
In retrospect, the films it inspired have eclipsed many of it's accomplishments, but it pack so many innovations, not just technical, but in storytelling form, that it deserves admiration even now. It opened that very idea of what a film could be wide open.
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I guess. Maybe a movie expert could explain it better, but Citizen Kane was made in 1941. Casablanca was '42. Wizard of Oz '39. Grapes of Wrath '40. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington '39. Maltese Falcon '41. Philadelphia Story '40. Those are the top 50 movies on AFI's list that pre-date Citizen Kane, and I've seen each and every one more than once,a nd like each and every one alot more, than Citizen Kane. And it's not even close.
Again, I don't want to crap all over the film. I'm not saying that it's Ishtar. But I don't see it as #1. No matter how innovative. Innovation is the only reason I'd have it in the top 100 at all. I don't see the first animation movie at #1. I dont' see the first talking movie at #1. I don't see the first 3D movie at #1. The best special effects don't even pierce the top 12, with no movie in that range predating 1972 except Ranging Bull, which I haven't seen but don't understand to be a special effects heavy movie.