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   Thursday, August 22, 2002

SO WHO VOTED FOR "THE PILLOW BOOK"?

Every ten years, the British film journal Sight and Sound polls virtually every major director and film critic for a 'top ten' list of the greatest films of all time. The 2002 edition is now up on their site. The fun part is that it not only features separate lists for critics and directors but cross-references everything, so you can see who voted for what. While it's no shock that "Citizen Kane" tops both lists, with "Vertigo" a strong contender, there are some surprises amongst the individual voters. For instance, Ernest Dickerson -- writer/director of "Juice" and the cinematographer for nearly every Spike Lee film -- voted for two of my favourites, "Brazil" and "Blade Runner," and I'm curious as to how these two sci-fi futures have influenced his gritty urban style. Meanwhile, there are two directors out there who respectively think that "Dawn of the Dead" and "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" are two of the greatest films ever made and, while one might certainly wonder why, only a heartless snob would disparage their choices. That's the irrational joy of being a movie-lover.