The 100 greatest America films of the century list is out and a lot of folks will comment on films that didn't make it. I want to complain about some films that did not even make the top 400, the list that was used to cull the final winners .

Actually as you look, you can see a bias around catagories. Comedies and sci fi big losers as well as "small" or low budget from the last forty years and musicals. Again my concern is not to quibble over the top 100 (Well OK just a few Nashville; My Fair Lady; Goodbye Columbus; Short Circuit; Halloween; Rocky Horror Picture Show)

Just look at films that didn't even make the 400 list. Check these out:

1. The Blues Brothers

2. Young Frankenstein

3. Forbidden Planet

4. When Harry Met Sally

5. Being There

6. Milagro Bean Field Wars

7. Day of the Jackel

8. Same Time Next Year

9. Hoosiers

10. Sleeper

11. The Natural

12. Dominic and Eugene

13. Midnight Run

14. Diner

15. Andromeda Strain

16. Caddy Shack

17. Summer Vacation

18. FX

19. Jesus Christ Super Star

20. Absence of Malice

21. A Soldier's Story

22. Defending Your Life

23. Cousins

24. The Hunt for Red October

25. Silver Streak

26. Cannery Row

27. Night Mother

28. Nuts

29. Beetle Juice

30. Barry Lyndon

31. Clerks

Rev. Michael Heath, Fayetteville NY - 7/15/98