Anything Goes : THE OBJECTIVITY OF SUBJECTIVITY: A Defense of Making “Best of…” Lists by Howard Casner

http://ow.ly/NZrmk I’ve got a little list… The Mikado, Gilbert and Sullivan Every once in a while, or more often than that, a discussion will arise over what are the greatest movies ever made. You’ve been there, I’ve been there. We’ve all been there. And we weren’t even drunk or high at two in the morning either (well, okay, sometimes, but, you know, not always). This type of discussion especially comes about every time Cashiers du Cinema and BFI Sight & Sound release their list of the top films of all time. Though the list isn’t always that controversial, it does raise rankles at times, such as when Vertigo took over the top spot from Citizen Kane in the 2012 Sight & Sound poll, which is carried out every ten years. But for those who don’t agree with the lists (and I know some people who are obsessed with disagreeing with them while claiming that they, for the fiftieth time in a row, don’t care what these lists say), these naysayers often say the same thing: “Well, it’s all subjective anyway”…more