Personally, I regret the absence of Sirk, Boetticher, Donen, Vertov, Tourneur, Whale, Kazan, Boorman, Malle and Roeg, but recognise that Malcolm is making a statement by omitting Spielberg. There are no Australian directors represented, and no SF flicks. All lists reveal something about the compiler, and there's a lot of sex and socialism here.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Personally, I regret the absence of Sirk, Boetticher, Donen, Vertov, Tourneur, Whale, Kazan, Boorman, Malle and Roeg, but recognise that Malcolm is making a statement by omitting Spielberg. There are no Australian directors represented, and no SF flicks. All lists reveal something about the compiler, and there's a lot of sex and socialism here." in the context of "Philip French "What the critics say - it's a question of taste" The Guardian (18 January 2001)
• The Guardian ran a series of Malcolm's own selection which were collected in A Century of Films: Derek Malcolm's Personal Best. Other critic's contributions were included in this assessment." to mean that wisdom is timeless.