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by danfrank
Wed Mar 20, 2024 10:45 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: I'm always here for the Trivia
Replies: 43
Views: 1818

Re: I'm always here for the Trivia

Youn Yuh-jung is one of ten performers to date to win an Oscar playing a character that spoke partially or primarily in a language other than English. The others are Sophia Loren, Robert De Niro, Roberto Benigni, Benicio Del Toro, Penélope Cruz, Marion Cotillard, Christoph Waltz, Michelle Yeoh and ...
by danfrank
Wed Mar 20, 2024 9:58 pm
Forum: The People
Topic: R.I.P. M. Emmet Walsh
Replies: 3
Views: 125

Re: R.I.P. M. Emmet Walsh

Just a terrific actor and screen presence. When I heard of his passing the first image that came to mind was his playing the empathic swimming coach in Ordinary People, saying to Conrad, “Are you having any fun out there?”

Rest in Peace.
by danfrank
Sun Mar 17, 2024 6:27 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: I'm always here for the Trivia
Replies: 43
Views: 1818

Re: I'm always here for the Trivia

Mister Tee wrote Not a revolution, but I'd say progress. What's closer to a revolution is the number of women nominated for Best Director. This decade alone (if we start in 2020), we've seen almost as many nominated (4) than in all of Academy history combined (5). Not to mention twice as many winne...
by danfrank
Fri Mar 15, 2024 8:34 pm
Forum: Other Oscar Discussions
Topic: The 25th Annual Who'll Be Back?
Replies: 5
Views: 409

Re: The 25th Annual Who'll Be Back?

That was a super-enjoyable read, Tee. Happy 25th anniversary for this post, one that I always look forward to. Your reasoning on these guesses is solid, but with many of these actors and directors it really comes down to a hunch. My hunch is that Jeffrey Wright, now that the Oscar door has opened fo...
by danfrank
Fri Mar 15, 2024 1:58 pm
Forum: 2024
Topic: Civil War reviews
Replies: 6
Views: 159

Re: Civil War reviews

What people seem to be buzzing most about in this film is that California and Texas form an alliance in the depicted civil war. Fiction, for sure.
by danfrank
Thu Mar 14, 2024 1:13 pm
Forum: 97th Academy Awards
Topic: Welcome to the 97th Academy Awards
Replies: 25
Views: 1191

Re: Welcome to the 97th Academy Awards

The term “hyperlink” is relatively new to the lexicon, e.g., Robert Altman wasn’t using that term when he made Nashville or Short Cuts. Bottom line there are various ways to edit and package films telling multiple and distinct stories. Sometimes they’re tied together thematically, tonally, stylistic...
by danfrank
Thu Mar 14, 2024 8:48 am
Forum: 97th Academy Awards
Topic: Welcome to the 97th Academy Awards
Replies: 25
Views: 1191

Re: Welcome to the 97th Academy Awards

One can argue whether a film is considered an anthology film depending on whether the stories are told consecutively or edited such that the film switches back and forth among the stories. Other films that could be considered as anthology films and have been nominated for Oscars include Amores Perro...
by danfrank
Thu Mar 14, 2024 5:58 am
Forum: 97th Academy Awards
Topic: Welcome to the 97th Academy Awards
Replies: 25
Views: 1191

Re: Welcome to the 97th Academy Awards

Some of these may get pushed to 2025. Kinds of Kindness could be one. Emma Stone under Lanthimos' direction two years in a row might feed into the narrative of they never do the same thing twice in a row. Besides which it's an anthology piece in which the three leads (Stone, Margaret Qualley, Jesse...
by danfrank
Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:43 pm
Forum: 97th Academy Awards
Topic: Welcome to the 97th Academy Awards
Replies: 25
Views: 1191

Re: Welcome to the 97th Academy Awards

Plus… Anora (Sean Baker) Bird (Andrea Arnold) Gladiator 2 (Ridley Scott). You never know Kinds of Kindness (Lanthimos) Love Lies Bleeding (Rose Glass) already out with very solid reviews Mickey 17 (Bong Joon Ho) Nosferatu (Robert Eggers) Polaris (Lynne Ramsay) Queer (Luca Guadagnino) The Shrouds (Cr...
by danfrank
Tue Mar 12, 2024 8:07 pm
Forum: 97th Academy Awards
Topic: Welcome to the 97th Academy Awards
Replies: 25
Views: 1191

Re: Welcome to the 97th Academy Awards

Greg wrote: Tue Mar 12, 2024 7:09 pm The big question mark, for both box office and awards in 2024, appears to be Megalopolis.
I’m really hoping Coppola pulls it off.
by danfrank
Mon Mar 11, 2024 10:13 am
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: I'm always here for the Trivia
Replies: 43
Views: 1818

Re: I'm always here for the Trivia

Cillian Murphy becomes the first Irish-born actor to win Best Actor. Daniel Day-Lewis was born in England. The only other two Irish-born acting winners were Barry Fitzgerald and Brenda Fricker.
by danfrank
Sun Mar 10, 2024 11:33 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Oscar Ceremony
Replies: 27
Views: 871

Re: Oscar Ceremony

I agree that it was a very average Oscars show. Jimmy Kimmel’s affable style was serviceable and would have been forgettable had he not slipped in the Trump joke at the end. There were really no other memorable jokes by him, but “past your jail time” will likely be quoted for a long time. The only a...
by danfrank
Fri Mar 08, 2024 5:26 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Categories One-by-One: International Feature
Replies: 7
Views: 231

Re: Categories One-by-One: International Feature

Mister Tee wrote: Fri Mar 08, 2024 3:38 pm
Sabin wrote: Fri Mar 08, 2024 1:21 pm Can I ask: did you watch this at home or on the big screen?
My local AMC theatre. Where Nicole Kidman still won't shut up.
Being put in cringe mode does not make for a good lead-in to a movie.
by danfrank
Fri Mar 08, 2024 2:21 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Categories One-by-One: Leading Actor
Replies: 10
Views: 406

Re: Categories One-by-One: Leading Actor

Apropos to the discussion about Bradley Cooper’s campaign, I came across this feature in the NYT. I hadn’t heard the word “sweaty” used in this context before:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/202 ... awards.htm
by danfrank
Fri Mar 08, 2024 12:59 am
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Categories One-by-One: Leading Actor
Replies: 10
Views: 406

Re: Categories One-by-One: Leading Actor

but given the all-time low this category has been in over the past decade (except for Hopkins and I guess Affleck), he wouldn't be a bad winner at all. You know, I hadn't really looked at the past decade as a unit, and, yeesh!, you're right. The only one besides Hopkins/Affleck I might exempt is Ph...

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