Fast Times at Ridgemont High? Ferris Bueller? From Russia with Love? Goldfinger? Grease? Imitation of Life? The Mark of Zorro? Missing? Animal House? 101 Dalmations? Rocky/Rocky Horror? Saturday Night Fever? Sense andd Sensibility? Toy Story? 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea? Granted, I've only seen five of these, but... I doubt they'll get many votes for _The Last Temptation of Christ_. At least _Brazil_ made it... Scott On Tue, 26 May 1998, Kino International Corporation wrote: > If you want to see the list of the 400 " greatest American films" from > which the 100 will be chosen go to, http://AFI.100movies.com/. I hope you > have a strong stomach. > > I also spoke today to a friend who has received the promotional video & > press pack for the "Greatest" film list. He says it is one long commercial > for the stuidios with each studio having its own section to promote their > titles. Suprise, Suprise > > Also I spoke to some people at AFI and lets just say we agreed to disagree, > however they wanted two points clarified. There was no " fixed Fee" per > title. I used the figure of $5,000 to $15,000 as an average of how much > money the studios will spend and how many of their films will end up on the > list, I did not mean that there was a specific fee per title. Also They > wanted to make clear that they and not the studios made up the list. The > scarier thing to me about that is shows how studio obsessed the AFI is, to > come up with a list without indepedent films or documentaries and a lot of > bizzare titles. I do think there are people at AFI with good intentions and > I realize that they are under financial problems, however my opinion of > this project remains the same. > > Jessica ( Opinions expressed are my own) Rosner > > Kino International Corporation > 333 W. 39th St. Suite 503 > New York, NY 10018 > (212)629-6880 > fax: (212)714-0871 > > ---- > Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite > http://www.tcf.ua.edu/screensite > ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama.