The American Film Institute is all about lists … Top 10 Films … Top 10 TV Shows … and now it’s named 2008’s Eight "Moments of Significance".
What happened to ten?
The L.A. Times refers to this list as "dubious" and suggests it "is full of odd selections and/or backup explanations."
Rather than deciphering the list, check it out for yourself below:
1) Slumdog Millionaire — A Celebration of the Global Film: “Slumdog Millionaire stands as a monument to the possibilities of cross-cultural storytelling. “
2) Television and New Technologies Provide a Global Oracle for America's Presidential Race: “America's historic presidential race between Barack Obama and John McCain mesmerized a global audience like a long-running television series.”
3) NBC Coverage of Summer Olympics Brings the World Together: “For 17 days in August, NBC marshaled the forces of today's technology to beam the spectacle of the 29th Summer Olympics from Beijing, China, to screens around the world.”
4) "'Age of Anxiety' as Business Models for the Arts Evolve": “Though the Writers Guild of America ended its strike in February, the tension between artists and executives continues. The one certainty in these uncertain times is that the film and television communities continue to redefine their business models for the digital age.”
5) Tina Fey — America's First Lady of Laughs: “Tina Fey made the world laugh in 2008—an immeasurable gift in a year marked by ongoing war and an historic economic downturn.”
6) Independent Film Artists Face Distribution Crisis: “2008 marked a year when many of the independent film divisions created by the studios—Paramount Vantage, New Line, Warner Independent and Picturehouse—were closed or folded back into their parent corporations.”
7) "Film Critics Lose Voice": “In 2008, many of the ardent voices of film criticism were silenced. Full-time posts at Time, Newsweek, Los Angeles Times, Village Voice and Newsday, among others, were eliminated as the circulation of newspapers and magazines declined. As a result, writing about film has moved to the
8) "Dr. Horrible Operates in Explosion of Short Form": “In 2008, director/writer Joss Whedon's "Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-Long Blog" was released as three 13-minute webisodes and quickly became a cult hit.”
http://www.hollywood.com/news/AFIs_Eight_Moments_of_Significance/5371683
