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	Doubling the Canon (2008)
	The IMDB "Classic Film" board folks (led by Lee Price) have got together again to update their complementary list of 1,000 essential movies (entitled the "Doubling the Canon" list). These 1,000 films are currently not listed on They Shoot Pictures’ 1,000 Greatest Films listing. It's a terrific exercise, involving many astute and passionate film lovers, and has brought to our attention many film titles that are well and truly outside the acclaimed-film square. If you are interested in participating in future voting and/or want to have your say, you can link to the rules and results by registering/logging on to the IMDB message boards and checking out the "Doubling the Canon" threads within the "Classic Film" board. You can view the 2008 "Doubling the Canon" list here (Excel format).

	• Shooting Down Pictures - New York filmmaker and blogger Kevin B. Lee is attempting to become the first person (that we know of) to have seen all of TSPDT's 1,000 Greatest Films. He has gone past 900 (although the December 2007 update has set him back a little!) and you can now read all about his progress, along with other cinematic musings, at his dedicated blog-site entitled Shooting Down Pictures.
	• The Cinematheque - Read about Kevyn Knox's quest to see the 1,000 Greatest Films. Kevyn's website The Cinematheque is a terrific resource which we here at TSPDT have gleefully plundered (in particular, The Top 10 Project). Don't hesitate, just go there .
	• Justin Watches Movies - What do university grads do in their spare time? Well, they try to watch the 1,000 Greatest Films.
	• The Guardian's 1,000 Films to See Before You Die.
	• In Search of a Canon: Movie Polls Through the Years - Todd M. Compton's exhaustive study is probably the most thorough analysis of film polls we have seen to date. Thoroughly recommended.
	• What Makes a Film Great by M.R.M. Parrott
	• Professors Kay Armatage and Charlie Keil give their thoughts on what makes a great film.
	• Norman Lebrecht on what makes a great critic.
	• Film Reference article on Film Criticism.
	• A Roundtable Discussion: How Film Critics Work.
	• Ronald Bergan: What every film critic must know.
	• Light My Fire: The Geology and Geography of Film Canons
	• The "Sight & Sound" of Canons
	• Wikipedia entry: Film canon.
	• And another: Reel World Domination If young film buffs choose Tarantino over Antonioni, are they culturally illiterate? Some of their elders, self-appointed guardians of the cinematic canon, think so.
	• Sight and Sound's 2002 poll of the Best Films of All-Time sourced 145 critics, writers and academics, and 108 film directors. You can view the results here. The 2002 Sight & Sound poll has been incorporated into TSPDT's 1,000 Greatest Films listing.
	• Otherwise, for the best film-list locales (that we've spotted) on the internet, please visit the Greatest Films site, Senses of Cinema's ongoing poll, Jeeem's CinePad presents The 100 Most Acclaimed Movies of All Time, Aaron & Mark Caldwell's Top 100 Movie Lists, Phi-Phenomenon ("The most sophisticated study of film taste on the internet"), Jack Ferdman's "The Best of Movies", films101.com (The best movies picked by critics and filmmakers), Eric C. Johnson's collection of lists, and In Search of a Canon: Movie Polls Through the Years.
	• Additionally, George Wu has put together - in a similar vein to They Shoot Pictures - a list of the Top 100 Movies of All-Time, based on critics' polls. View here.
	• TSPDT also recommends 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die. Selected & written by leading international critics. Available from all good bookstores!
	• Another eclectic list of 1,000 films - hand-picked by Jonathan Rosenbaum - can be found at the back of his book "Essential Cinema: On the Necessity of Film Canons" (released in April 2004). Available from all good bookstores! You can view Mr. Rosenbaum's full list at New York filmmaker Kevin B. Lee's website: Jonathan Rosenbaum's 1000 Essential Films or for a in-depth analysis of his list, go here.
	• Another personal canon worth perusing is Pierro Scaruffi's list of the 1,000 Best Films of All-Time.
	• Jason Darby's put a lot of effort into his own personal canon of 1,000 films. It can be found at the Lists of Bests website.
	• Additional Recommendation: The 1,000 Best Movies Ever Made by the film critics of the New York Times.
	• Furthermore: Halliwell's Top 1000 Films + Peter Travers' 1,000 Best Movies on DVD were both published in 2005.
	• Alternatively, if you wish to view what the makers of They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? regard as the best films they have seen, please go here.


	• The 1,000 Greatest Films Home • The Top 100 Films • The Top 100 Directors • Full List by Ranking • Full List by Title • Full List by Director • Full List by Year • Full List by Country • Alternative Titles
	• Ins & Outs • The Lists • PDF Companion • Links • Other Bits