I very much preferred reading his critique of the list, even though he happens to despise Dances With Wolves and freely admitted to not seeing Ben-Hur. However it was worth it to read him bashing To Kill a Mockingbird, a picture I've found myself growing more and more repulsed by over the years.

I've seen a whopping 70 films from his list, and based on my arrogance regarding my knowledge of American films I'd consider this a horrible number. However several of his films did pop up on mine. I do have to argue that despite making an argument NOT to pick esoteric films that were impossible to view, he did just that. A great majority of these films are not available on any home video format so it becomes quite difficult to even cover all the ground. 

As a contrast to the AFI's list it is great, a far cry from the standard lot of sacred cows that list contained. Of course with the revised AFI list several of Rosenbaum's picks were eventually recognized (The General and Sunrise to name a few). Of course I have another list of movies to try and go through now, but this will kill two birds with one stone as I also try and work my way through his 1000 best.

Reading his criticism and thinking about how horribly lame the AFI's annual telecasts have been I wondered if they couldn't perhaps break from their routine of industry ass kissing for once and perhaps have a special on the 100 greatest foreign films? I know I should be careful what I wish for, because if the list ever comes out it'll probably have Life is Beautiful and Crouching Tiger in the top ten.