I'm still reading about the AFI list from last week and ran across this post from NY mag complaining that New York wasn't given it's due credit. The movie who's abscence bothers this writer is Woody Allen's 'Manhattan'. Now, I haven't seen it and the post makes it sound very good, but honestly, did anyone else look at this and think "there should be more movies about New York"? Anyone?
I find it interesting that the author describes this as a Los Angeles based list. According to the AFI, they polled 'leaders from across the film industry-artists, scholars, critics and historians' to create the list. That seems like a reasonable cross section for this type of task. It also seems inevitable that they would be Hollywood-centric in their choices. Maybe 'Sunset Blvd' and other show biz related films are given too much credit because of that.
However, googling around for other reactions, the one film that has created the most outrage over missing the list is easily 'Fargo'. Filmed in Minnesota. Guess those LA based Hollywood types can't get enough of endless snowscapes and wood chippers.
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