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A Y FIVE BEST FILMS--what a poser! Considering all the films the average picture-goer sees, it is not surprising that when six people list their choice many fine films are not mentioned. No one mentioned Citizen Kane, whose new technique struck sparks from The Listener's critic at the time it was shown. No one mentioned Pygmalion. The last speaker, Mary Bubbers, who incidentally weighed her pros and cons with the utmost freshness and care, got around the difficulties of the title of the session by pointing out that the five she chose for this occasion might not be the same as she would choose a year hence. Her own careful discrimination, coming hard upon the heels of Frank Chilton’s moralistic ¢hampioning of the documentary "fact" as compared to "fiction," inadvertently answered his own fears. A point missed by Mr, Chilton is that there is such a thing as a bad documentary. Tinsel we can see, but "indoctrination" might easily come clothed in the sober grey of a "fact" we mistake for truth. Indeed there is no answer to the question except integrity in producers and discrimination in the audience to save us from the pitfalls of the cinema,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 767, 2 April 1954, Page 11
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200Missing Titles New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 767, 2 April 1954, Page 11
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