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OK, AuPh, your moment of truth is here!

Posted by Victor Khomenko on December 20, 2002 at 11:31:19:
I considered your statement that 75% of all great movies come from America ridiculous, so I did this little experiemnt.
I opened a large movie guide, one that rates 17,000 movies based on star ratings. While jumping between pages randomly, I started counting the 5-star rated movies, putting them into the following categories: US, Australia/New Zeland, Europe, Russia, Asia, Independent.
I counted about 89 entries. It was obvious from the beginning that it would be somewhat biased towards the American films, but that was OK. I stumbled over some silly choices, like giving 5 stars to Terminator 2.... but I didn't keep it against them.
So the score is:
US 17
Aus/NZ 5
Europe 57
Russia 2
Asia 5
Ind. 3
So according to this quick test the US share is about 19%... a FAR cry from your 75%, I'd say.
Somehow I predict that if were to take a similar book written by a European author the proportion would be quite different... hmmmmmm....