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Old 19th March 2012, 04:26 PM
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This thread is great, being a superb illustration of the futility of considering perfection.

Many films mentioned here are good or mediocre (and a couple dreadful!) to me, yet clearly resonate with others to a level that I cannot begin to comprehend.
It can be interesting to see what other see as perfection but sometimes i wonder how many films people have seen when some questionable titles are mentioned. Don't get me wrong everyone has their taste and there's many "must see" i haven't watched yet

After seeing films like Sunset Boulevard, Fanny & Alexander or Picninc at Hanging Rock it's quite hard to consider (for me at least) a Horror film to be really perfect even if there is some movies that has made a great deal of impact on me. The Exorcist and Let's Scare Jessica to Death for example.
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In regards to horror, Alien, The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, The Devil Rides Out, Peeping Tom, Psycho, Videodrome, and The Wicker Man would all be approaching perfection, for me.

That's the interesting thing about this thread, though: so many differing opinions.
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There's no such thing.

Stephen is being completely serious!
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There's no such thing.

Stephen is being completely serious!
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There's no such thing.

Stephen is being completely serious!
hence the question mark then!
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It can be interesting to see what other see as perfection but sometimes i wonder how many films people have seen when some questionable titles are mentioned. Don't get me wrong everyone has their taste and there's many "must see" i haven't watched yet

After seeing films like Sunset Boulevard, Fanny & Alexander or Picninc at Hanging Rock it's quite hard to consider (for me at least) a Horror film to be really perfect even if there is some movies that has made a great deal of impact on me. The Exorcist and Let's Scare Jessica to Death for example.
Funny that, as i consider all of those youve picked to have horror elements in them
Especially The Exorcist
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Hitchcock is one of the guys I'd associate with 'perfect' films, although I don't like all of his films.

As far as I'm concerned, three works from his oeuvre are top-notch and totally flawless:

Rebecca, To Catch A Thief, and Psycho.

They're not only 'perfect', but they have one specific feat each:

- Rebecca runs over 130 minutes, and yet it has not a single redundant line of dialogue.
- To Catch A Thief has sparkling eroticism between Grant and Kelly, with subtle undertones and without vulgar lapses.
- Psycho shows how a movie with a perfect arc of suspense looks like.

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Carpenter's The Thing is perfection for me.
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Hitchcock is one of the guys I'd associate with 'perfect' films, although I don't like all of his films.

As far as I'm concerned, three works from his oeuvre are top-notch and totally flawless:

Rebecca, To Catch A Thief, and Psycho.

They're not only 'perfect', but they have one specific feat each:

- Rebecca runs over 130 minutes, and yet it has not a single redundant line of dialogue.
- To Catch A Thief has sparkling eroticism between Grant and Kelly, with subtle undertones and without vulgar lapses.
- Psycho shows how a movie with a perfect arc of suspense looks like.

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