AFI's Top 100 Movies

Since the CBS AFI special was supposed to be an update of the list of
a decade ago, it's interesting that not even one film made since 2000
got on the list. In fact, 84 of the films on the list were made
between the Golden Age of 1931 and 1982, an era bracketed by City
Lights and Blade Runner. That's 84 films in a 51-year period compared
to only 16 in the last 25 years. Well, they really don't make movies
anymore anyway, do they? All they're really doing now is just spewing
out disposable product. I guess that's why it's been harder for the
AFI to find many classics in the last quarter century. Personally,
one post-2000 film I would've liked to have seen make the list is Kill
Bill 1.

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