On the history of the Sight and Sound best film list?--two responses from Henry

From: Henry M. Taylor <[email protected]>

You might find some leads here: http://www.reference.com/browse/film_canon

Also mentioned is this useful sounding title: Compton, Todd M. In Search of
a Canon: Movie Polls Through the Years. Mountain View, California: Magos
Press, 2007.

And there is Philip French's review from the Observer.

Good luck hunting!

Henry
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From: Henry M. Taylor <[email protected]>

And what does 'the greatest' mean? Here's the triple definition:

'Sight & Sound determines no criteria for “greatest,” suggesting only that
“You might choose the ten films you feel are most important to film
history, or the ten that represent the aesthetic pinnacles of achievement,
or indeed the ten films that have had the biggest impact on your own view
of cinema.”' - Or, one might add, any combination thereof …

Henry