'Citizen Kane' tops French magazine's 'Best 100 Movies' list.Byline: ANI London, Nov 21 (ANI): 'Citizen Kane', a 1941 American dramatic film and the first feature film directed by Orson Welles, has topped Cahiers du Cinema magazine's list of 'The Best 100 Movies'. Second on the list is 1955's 'The Night of the Hunter' by Charles Laughton while 1939's 'The Rules of the Game' by Jean Renoir came third, reports the Independent. 'Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans' by Friedrich Wilhelm The German name Friedrich Wilhelm usually refers to several monarchs of the Hohenzollern dynasty:
Rounding off the top five was 1934's 'L'Atalante', a 1934 French film directed by Jean Vigo and starring Jean DastE[umlaut umlaut (  m`lout) [Ger.,=transformed sound], in inflection, variation of vowels of the type of English man to men. ], Dita Parlo and Michel Simon.
The top 20 movies, according to Cahiers du Cinema: 1. Citizen Kane, 1941, Orson Welles 2. The Night of the Hunter, 1955, Charles Laughton 3. The Rules of the Game, 1939 (La RE gle du jeu), Jean Renoir 4. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, 1927, Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau 5. L'Atalante, 1934, Jean Vigo 6. M, 1931, Fritz Lang 7. Singin' in the Rain Singin’ in the Rain downpour doesn’t dampen singer’s spirits. [Pop. Music: Fordin, 355] See : Cheerfulness , 1952, Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen 8. Vertigo, 1958, Alfred Hitchcock 9. Children of Paradise, 1945 (Les Enfants du Paradis), Marcel CarnE[umlaut] 10. The Searchers, 1956, John Ford (ANI) Copyright 2008 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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