Okuthunyelwe kwangaphambilini okumbalwa esikufunde njenge "Citizen Kane" Iphinde yaklonyeliswa njengefilimu yaseMelika ehamba phambili emlandweni, ukuhlonishwa okuklonyeliswe yi-American Film Institute (AFI), okungamangazi kakhulu, ngoba iyindikimba ephindwaphindwa unyaka nonyaka. Okuthakazelisayo ngalokhu kuqashelwa yilokho okulandelayo ngaphansi kokukhulunywa kwefilimu ye-Orson Welles.
I-AFI ishintsha izinto, futhi eminyakeni eyishumi kamuva amanye amafilimu abonakala engcono kunamanye, isibonelo, "Ubaba", ukuthi eminyakeni eyishumi edlule yayisendaweni yesithathu manje iya kweyesibili. Umnikazi wendawo yesibili kwakungu "Casablanca", kodwa manje njengoba ifilimu kaCoppola yaphakama kwadingeka ahlele indawo yesithathu. Ngiyazibuza ukuthi eminyakeni embalwa, bazothatha isinqumo sokuthi i-"The Godfather" yayingcono futhi bazoyiphakamisa endaweni yokuqala.
Kodwa akuzona kuphela ezishintshayo, le minyaka eyishumi i-AFI ilethe ezinye izimanga. "Inkunzi evuthayo" (inkunzi yasendle) isuka ekubeni inombolo yefilimu engu-20 iye kweyesine ohlwini, kanye ne-"Vertigo", ye- Hitchcock, manje ethatha indawo engu-9 futhi ishiya engu-61 eyayimthintile ngaphambili. Ngicabanga ukuthi la mafilimu athuthuke kangakanani eminyakeni eyishumi edlule.
Emikhiqizweni emisha iba yingxenye yohlu lwabangu-100, “INkosi Yezindandatho: Ukuhlanganyela Kwendandatho”(50),“ Saving Private Ryan ”(71)“Titanic”(¿?) (83) kanye no“ Umqondo wesithupha ”(89).
Asethembe ukuthi eminyakeni eyishumi ezayo abagxeki ngeke bazibone izinto ezifana nokuthi “u-Harry Potter"Noma" Ifilimu Ethusayo." Nkulunkulu sisindise.