Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

Would also like to see how We the Living holds up. It was restored in the early 1980's and seems to have disappeared to fingers crossed with that one. Good luck with We the Living. The original version - the one which was shown at Venice and then distributed in two separate parts in cinemas because...

Showing my ignorance here. :oops: I always think of Valli in The Third Man and Suspiria and oddly don't recall her in anything else. A quick look through her filmography shows an impressive line-up of films but oddly aside from 1900 she doesn't standout in my memory in any of them. I really should ...

Angela Winkler is a far superior actress than Alida Valli Angela Winkler a better actress than Alida Valli? :D Ok, Winkler is certainly a talented actress, but Valli had both talent and charisma - and beauty, too... a rare combination. As for Suspiria, I actually think that the original isn't crap ...

Dogman/Happy as Lazzaro - Italy Italy would appear to have to good ones to choose from this year that are internationally know. Both happen to play at Cannes, both were well received and both one a prize each (Dogman - Actor) & Happy as Lazzaro - Screenplay). But Italy is notorious for going of...

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Italiano wrote
The Blind Side must be the worst.

I meant of films this decade, although The Blind Side got its nomination in 2010. I personally don't think The Blind Side's nomination is forgettable. I think it's memorable for all the wrong reasons.

True: worst, not most forgettable.

The Blind Side must be the worst.

I also think that despite all the streaming services, etc that with the demise of the 'local DVD rental store' and the decline of repertory cinemas that its harder to see older and newer films than it has ever been. Yes, but there is (as you say) internet and there are also several tv channels enti...

It's ignorance to a large extent but more than that people today do not like exploring pre-1970s cinema. It's true of many young film buffs today. And many young and not-so-young film critics, sadly. When I was a teenager I used to look at film critics as sort-of guides - intellectuals whose opinio...

On the other hand, I was shocked and saddened to discover that there are people in their 60s who only know the story from the Barbra Stresiand version, which they (excuse me while I gag), love. Well, the Streisand version is still the only previous A Star Is Born that wasn't initially released befo...

But let's be honest. Really, you're just laughing at my word choice, so cheers to time wasted. Oh come on, I'd never laugh at you or at your word choice and you know it well. I understand what you mean - but while I think that you are right about the poor storytelling, I have to admit that no "...

Italiano wrote "A film of gestures not storytelling"... Where? Which gestures?! Please tell me that I am on candid camera :D If you want to troll me, at least have the courtesy to tag me so you can do it to my face, so to speak. I don’t even really like the thing and you’re using my quote...

Tacky, tacky... Anyone here can see that you only react to MY posts... But no, it's not flattering - Mozart was hated by Salieri, and THAT could have been flattering. I am hated by... Tacky15. That says alot. But I am collecting your insults, and that will lead to something, believe me. As I said, s...

Good to know that my personal hater is still alive... But my God, what a sad life it must be
Still his nasty accusations will have consequences soon... Stay tuned.

I still have no idea how this actor, who was perfect at playing the second from left friend of the lead, suddenly became Orson Welles. The mysteries of the universe are endless, it seems. But if you notice it's only Americans (plus, I am sure, anonymous) who take him - and his job as actor/director...

It's an American association. But even if they were Italian, whores are everywhere, Big Magilla. The problem is being a whore and not being paid for the job... Lady Gaga's acting "sublime"? :D Not even her press agent would say that, come on :) I said she herself was sublime which means &...