re: Discussion: Top 200 Movies We Agree Don't Suck - 2.0

It's mainly a way to make difficult cuts. and it's a personal rule. It's like "would I rather have a second film by the Coen brothers on the list if it will keep Lumet off my list?"

It's always been a personal rule that doesn't need to be followed by anyone. It's just that my rough draft had 80 films on it, and that was being a hard arse on what got to my ballot. The one director rule is a good way to, say, purge Rear Window because I have Vertigo and North by Northwest already o there (and then I cut NxNW, because I'm a heartless bastard)