So What Else Is New

The Writer's Guild just announced the top 101 screenplays of all time. The list is not too adventurous--it's pretty much just the top Hollywood films of all time, though perhaps with a slight preference for wordier material.

Here are the top ten

1. Casablanca
2. The Godfather
3. Chinatown
4. Citizen Kane
5. All About Eve
6. Annie Hall
7. Sunset Boulevard
8. Network
9. Some Like It Hot
10. The Godfather Part II

A few of these I think have inflated reputations, both as movies and screenplays, particularly Chinatown, All About Eve and Network. Still, though most of these are great films, there's nothing particular brave or exciting about the list.