Film Illiterate, wherein the proprietor records movies seen, and sporadic progress through assorted lists of the "best". Originally started after regretfully renting something forgettable for the third time. I've forgotten what, but never again! A tedious endeavour since 2005. Hello. 🙂

Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, The (1943)

Lists

ranked 45 in BFI 100
ranked 72 in Channel 4's 100 Greatest War Films
ranked 80 in Empire 500 Greatest Movies (2008)
ranked 183 in They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 1000 Greatest Films (March 2006)
ranked 189 in They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 1000 Greatest Films (August 2005)
ranked 192 in They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 1000 Greatest Films (December 2006)
one of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
one of AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies Nominees
one of The New York Times Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made

Links

IMDb

Ratings & comments

I pretty much just completely agree with Roger Ebert:

One of the many miracles of "The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp" is the way the movie transforms a blustering, pigheaded caricature into one of the most loved of all movie characters. Colonel Blimp began life in a series of famous British cartoons by David Low, who represented him as an overstuffed blowhard. The movie looks past the fat, bald military man with the walrus moustache, and sees inside, to an idealist and a romantic. To know him is to love him.

- Sam - 2007-12-20 02:56:32