“十年前評選出的‘百年百部最佳影片’十年后不一定還能拔得頭籌?！?基于此，美國電影學院主席兼首席執行官讓·皮克·費斯坦伯格本周四表示，美國電影學院計劃再重新評選“百年百部最佳影片”。自1998年起，美國電影學院為紀念電影百年，陸續進行了一系列美國電影史“百大”評選活動，在曾評選出的本世紀最佳100部電影中，《公民凱恩》以最多票數當選百部之首。

LOS ANGELES - The 100 best movies of all time aren't what they were 10 years ago.

So says the American Film Institute, which first compiled its "100 Years ... 100 Movies" list in 1998. That's why they are doing it again - and plan to repeat the process each decade, AFI president and chief executive Jean Picker Firstenberg said Thursday.

"So much has changed in our country," she said. "Let's just hope there's not another 9/11, but clearly that shifted everything in our lives and shifted everything for anyone who chronicles the human condition."

The decade-by-decade ranking allows filmmakers and fans to examine the changes in what American movies say about life and culture, Firstenberg said.

"Will war films have a differentprominence10 years later," she wonders. "Will new voices be more dominant than we might have thought? Will films that were lower on the list rise higher?"

A jury of 1,500 directors, producers, actors, critics and scholars will select the greatest movies of all time from a ballot of 400 nominated films. They are asked to consider each film's critical recognition, historical significance, cultural impact and popularity over time.

"Citizen Kane" topped the first "100 Years ... 100 Movies" list, followed by "Casablanca," "The Godfather," "Gone With the Wind" and "Lawrence of Arabia."

"100 Years ... 100 Movies - 10th Anniversary Edition" will be unveiled in June with a three-hour TV special on CBS.

Forty-four films from the past 10 years are now eligible for consideration, including "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery," "Brokeback Mountain," "Moulin Rouge," "Fight Club" and "Crash."

（Agencies）

Vocabulary:

prominence：the quality or condition of being widely known or immediately noticeable（顯著，杰出）

（英語點津陳蓓編輯）