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Classic Films

BigmanPigman

(52,532 posts) Fri Oct 14, 2022, 07:08 PM Oct 2022

I know that Network and The Truman Show are foreshadowing what the media has become. What makes a film a "classic"?

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Is Network, starting on TCM now, considered a film classic? [View all] BigmanPigman Oct 2022 OP

I don't know what makes a film a 'classic.' elleng Oct 2022 #1

It's on many lists of top 100 films of all time, including the AFI. Nt Fiendish Thingy Oct 2022 #3

Before Windows XP Tetrachloride Oct 2022 #4

It's been a classic since it came out. Genki Hikari Oct 2022 #6