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- Sat Nov 24, 2007 4:53 am
- Forum: The 8th Decade
- Topic: Best Picture: 1998
- Replies: 70
- Views: 5012
Back in ’98-’99 I was I was in glorious seclusion here as the greatest detractor of The Thin Red Line – an interesting failure, trapped in its own good intentions – and I always wondered if it had anything to do with the fact that (as far as I know) I’m the only one here who, unfortunately, was in ...
- Tue Nov 20, 2007 1:45 am
- Forum: The 8th Decade
- Topic: Is it November already? - 1 more month of predictions ;-)
- Replies: 119
- Views: 6259
Yes, there is the question of ensemble pieces and episode films. Maggie Smith was the lead in a featurette that was part of California Suite. The Big Chill had eight roles of equal importance and about the same screen time. So either, as rolotomasi insists, we abolish any distinction, or, in a perf...
- Mon Nov 19, 2007 10:51 am
- Forum: The 8th Decade
- Topic: Is it November already? - 1 more month of predictions ;-)
- Replies: 119
- Views: 6259
- Mon Nov 19, 2007 2:31 am
- Forum: The 8th Decade
- Topic: Is it November already? - 1 more month of predictions ;-)
- Replies: 119
- Views: 6259
I think you're being too nostalgic. Strategy placement was prevalent in the past as well. I guess this nostalgia is all about the fact that in the past at least there was a sense of order (and we all love order, the more rigid the better). From the beginning the formation of the supporting categori...
- Sun Nov 18, 2007 12:55 pm
- Forum: The 8th Decade
- Topic: Is it November already? - 1 more month of predictions ;-)
- Replies: 119
- Views: 6259
Yes, today it’s all about “strategy”. It’s not about acknowledging achievements but spreading accessories. The agents and studio heads are bound contractually to get their clients the title “academy award winner” or at least nominee and the roles these actors are playing in the actual movies are ir...
- Sun Nov 18, 2007 7:54 am
- Forum: The 8th Decade
- Topic: Is it November already? - 1 more month of predictions ;-)
- Replies: 119
- Views: 6259
I’ll second what Penelope said, and add that unsurprisingly, your arguments Criddic, reflect a deeply conservative point a view, which unfortunately is usually shared by the Academy. The idea is that there are not only supporting and leading performances in movies but supporting and leading people ...
- Sat Nov 17, 2007 3:25 am
- Forum: Other Oscar Discussions
- Topic: Your Top 10 Best Picture Winners
- Replies: 76
- Views: 4226
I just don't want to see it. It looks far too...'Sound of Music'-y for my tastes. My advise to you – arrange for yourself to be in the right state of mind, preferably that of a three year old, and in the right era, say 1966. It worked perfectly for me. And I loved it the second time I saw it in the...
- Sat Nov 17, 2007 1:13 am
- Forum: Other Oscar Discussions
- Topic: Your Top 10 Best Picture Winners
- Replies: 76
- Views: 4226
- Wed Nov 14, 2007 11:23 am
- Forum: Other Film Discussions
- Topic: What drives you crazy? - ..in film...
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1828
Lets start with some hair maintenance issues: Man being clean shaved no matter what the plotline is. Honorable mention: a man is being interrupted while shaving, he wipes the foam with a towel and surprise – his face is evenly shaves all over. An obviously dyed hair will stay the same, no matter wh...
- Tue Nov 13, 2007 4:00 pm
- Forum: The People
- Topic: Women in Film
- Replies: 6
- Views: 403
- Tue Nov 13, 2007 3:20 pm
- Forum: The People
- Topic: Women in Film
- Replies: 6
- Views: 403
- Tue Nov 13, 2007 7:33 am
- Forum: Other Oscar Discussions
- Topic: Your Top 10 Best Picture Winners
- Replies: 76
- Views: 4226
- Sat Nov 10, 2007 4:28 am
- Forum: General Off-Topic
- Topic: UAADB Family Dynamic
- Replies: 186
- Views: 8389
Penelope/Bryan Ferry - Gosh, I don't know. It just seemed like the lead singer of Roxy Music going on to have a solo career singing standards would serve as a nice, flashy-but-not-too-flashy gay icon, even if he isn't gay himself, and a nice match. Er, what's this about Nazis? It’s all about the gl...
- Fri Nov 09, 2007 4:17 am
- Forum: General Off-Topic
- Topic: UAADB Family Dynamic
- Replies: 186
- Views: 8389
- Thu Nov 08, 2007 12:53 pm
- Forum: General Off-Topic
- Topic: UAADB Family Dynamic
- Replies: 186
- Views: 8389
Uri – Kurt Muller in Watch On The Rhine (Paul Lukas) Thank you Damien, first for linking me with a character I actually know about and then for picturing me as so fucking dignified. And I’ve always thought I was the epitome of fun round here… Anyway, Lukas was Kate’s professor Bear, so it’s fine by...