by Sam Juliano
Ingmar Bergman’s ravishingly beautiful turn-of-the-century epic Fanny and Alexander bested Martin Scorsese’s boxing classic Raging Bull in the nearly three-month old voting at Wonders in the Dark for 80’s cinema. The results of the 30 top finishers were announced today by Voting tabulator Angelo A. D’Arminio Jr., who provided the exact numbers here in the weighted ballot method. 42 ballots were submitted, with the Bergman film gaining four #1 placements, and three #2 designations. The Top 30 are listed below…
1. Fanny and Alexander (Ingmar Bergman, Sweden 1982) 622
2. Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese, USA 1980) 541
3. Blue Velvet (David Lynch, USA 1986) 479
4. The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, USA 1980) 375
5. Amadeus (the director’s cut) (Milos Forman, USA 1984/2001) 363
6. Ran (Akira Kurosawa, Japan 1985) 311
7. Cinema Paradiso (Special Edition) (Giuseppe Tornatore, Italy 1988/1994) 307
8. Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee, USA 1989) 273
9. Once Upon a Time in America (Sergio Leone, USA 1984) 270
10. Henry V (Kenneth Branagh, UK 1989) 244
11. The Elephant Man (David Lynch, US/UK 1980) 239
12. Crimes and Misdemeanors (Woody Allen, USA 1989) 233
13. Hannah and Her Sisters (Woody Allen, USA 1986) 226
14. Atlantic City (Louis Malle, Canada/USA 1980) 221
15. Blade Runner (the director’s/final cut) (Ridley Scott, USA 1982/1991/2007)
16. The Empire Strikes Back (Special Edition) (Irvin Kershner, USA 1980) 204
17. Field of Dreams (Phil Alden Robinson, USA 1989) 180
18. Wings of Desire (Wim Wenders, West Germany 1987) 179
19. Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg, USA 1981) 168
20. Berlin Alexanderplatz (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany 1980) 165
21. Brazil (Terry Gilliam, US/UK 1985) 163
22. Das Boot (TV version) (Wolfgang Petersen, West Germany 1981) 159
23. Fitzcarraldo (Werner Herzog, West Germany 1982) 145
24. Dekalog (Krzysztof Kieslowski, Poland 1988) 139
25=. Full Metal Jacket (Stanley Kubrick, US 1987) 137
25=. Jean de Florette (Claude Berri, France 1986) 137
27=. Au Revoir les Enfants (Louis Malle, France 1987) 134
27=. The King of Comedy (Martin Scorsese, USA 1983) 134
29. Back to the Future (Robert Zemeckis, USA 1985) 132
30. Dead Ringers (David Cronenberg, Canada 1988) 128
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