Worthy to a History Buff

Rating: Null/10 (2 June 2006)

Like Citizen Kane, this is an IMPORTANT film in the development of cinema. Both of these films usually show up in the "Top Ten Films of all time lists" and herein lies the confusion. What are the criteria? For modern sophisticated film viewers both films are laughable, but for film history buffs they are worthy films for their breaking of new ground: BP for its use of montage, and CK for its long shots and nonlinear plotting. Modern audiences have seen it all before. Being first is not necessarily equated with being the best, and subsequent films have probably managed to beat these two at their own game. Memento springs to mind as a worthy successor to CK. It doesn't matter if you liked it. It only matters that it did it first.
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