A worthy Friday afternoon distraction:
the top 100 British films. I have seen four of the top 10, most of them via the DVR-and-Turner Classic Movies combo that got me through my dissertation, all of which I'd recommend.
The Third Man is listed only at #2, which I presume to be one of those instances in which list-makers snub the obvious #1 to make themselves appear hip.
A Matter of Life and Death is one of the better examples of a movie that rises above the mediocrity its plot might otherwise indicate.
Kind Hearts and Coronets is the best of the Alec Guinness comedies, which were apparently a staple of post-war British film, though most of them do not seem very funny now. And
Trainspotting, well... for the life of me, I could never understand how anyone considered it to be a pro-heroin movie. The characters in the film who do heroin all have terrible things happen to them, which makes the second half of the movie a test of endurance. The soundtrack was awesome, though...
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