“十年前评选出的‘百年百部最佳影片’十年后不一定还能拔得头筹。” 基于此，美国电影学院主席兼首席执行官让·皮克·费斯坦伯格本周四表示，美国电影学院计划再重新评选“百年百部最佳影片”。自1998年起，美国电影学院为纪念电影百年，陆续进行了一系列美国电影史“百大”评选活动，在曾评选出的本世纪最佳100部电影中，《公民凯恩》以最多票数当选百部之首。

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（显著，杰出）

（英语点津陈蓓编辑）