Martin Scorsese on Vertigo

http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightsoundpoll2012
http://www.bfi.org.uk/hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece Vertigo has been voted the Greatest Film of All Time in Sight & Sound magazine's 2012 poll, considered to be the most trusted guide of its kind. Sight & Sound's worldwide poll of critics takes place every decade, and for the past 50 years has been topped by Citizen Kane...until now.

Here, Martin Scorsese remembers responding strongly to Vertigo at the age of 15.

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[barbedheart]

I'm now convinced there lives an evil gnome inside of Martin Scorsese and every time he laughs you can hear him

[SimbosanYT]

Never realised that Scorcese was so like Woody Allen

[DJPaulOhoo1]

because directors and critics have a better understanding of the language of cinema as an art form, thats why their opinion DOES indeed matter more than that of the average movie-goer, who would probably judge films on entertainment value alone.

[PlayIt4MeAgainSam]

I agree with your comment. Having, "The Greatest" does set the standard and also provides employment! It also gives us something to debate about.☺

[hallowedbeeddie]

Opinions are fine, I simply stated that if you're going to say something isn't good, point out why that is the case; otherwise it's pointless.

To be fair that's their profession, they are supposed to recognize what makes a film great, of course that doesn't mean regular people can't be just as good at that. It's like Dylan said "Half of the people can be part right all of the time, some of the people can be all right part of the time, but all of the people can’t be all right all of the time".

[Feuerdragon1]

Funny, vile and gross comments are never withheld but a opinion about a movie is???

[Feuerdragon1]

Totally agree, ! ! !

[Feuerdragon1]

Totally agree ! ! !

[Feuerdragon1]

Did I call you immature or made any other personal derogatory remarks to you?

And why should any directors be wiser than you and me in calling a movie good or bad? More holy cows?

Now go away and don't call back, because I don't reply to people who can't deal with other peoples opinions that are opposite to their own - without resorting to personal insults.

[hallowedbeeddie]

It's comments like this and your previous one that make you come off as an immature, not very knowledgeable movie viewer. His work isn't perfect, but it's far from so-so. You could argue that the critics are biased in calling Vertigo the greatest movie ever, but if it is indeed a so-so movie, why would the directors (many of whom I'm sure have made films you love) put Vertigo in the top 10 too? It's not that you can't say anything bad about "holy" Hitchcock, it's that if you do, have context.