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Originally posted by tabuno:
The problem with favorite "classic" films is deciding on what a classic film is? There is the idea of the instant classic - the belief that a recent movie will be able to stand the test of time. My definition of the classic is a movie that will be considered a superior film regardless of when it was made. By this definition relatively new films can be considered. My list is based on a rough standard of those films, mostly older than 30 years old - a whole generation, whereby if such films seem to have a certain resonance even now then they have the attributes of being a classic. Of course the older the film and its persistance in the public's mind, the more certain of its claim as a classic. There are also those classic films that I personally don't like. Of course there may be old films I like that aren't classic. Most of these movies are known as a classic within their own movie genre. Anyway here's my list of somewhat more contemporary films that just reveals how stuck I am in my appreciation from a certain era that I grew up in:
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