Re: Welcome to the 97th Academy Awards
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 6:54 am
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ThisI'm having a hard time imagining wanting to see anything else this year more:
I was going to say "Let's be honest... will it be ANY year" but it looks like they have started filming this year. Will it be ready? Ford v Ferrari premiered at festivals about a year after they started filming (probably strategic). Logan finished production in August of 2016, started post at the end of the month, and premiered at Berlin February of 2017. I'm looking at 3:10 to Yuma and it followed a similar trajectory. So... it's possible but wrapping production in May makes premiering before the end of the year look like a coin flip. But who knows? Mangold seems to run a very professional ship so my hunch (especially given the scale of it) is yes unless it needs massive reshoots.Bog wrote
A Complete Unknown (Dylan "stan" since I could walk & a Chalamet film even making ME eager!!! (will it be this year though??)
By no means am I touting an ability to parse your specific tastes and/or what might "excite" you on paper...NOR say what enthuses ME should at all do the same for you ...BUT...Mister Tee wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2024 12:48 pm I don't know...half a dozen fresh titles about which I should have enthusiasm.
Film just premiered at SXSW. Early reactions are very positive. I'm going to wait for more proper film reviews (y'know, it's the SXSW crowd). I'm not the biggest Garland fan but 28 Days Later... was a good time and he knows how to find a good hook for a movie.Mister Tee wrote
For me, Alex Garland is one decent film a decade ago -- not much to hang hopes on.
For the record: I doubt either Anderson movie will be ready this year (starting to shoot this week was Wes' miss-the-Oscars excuse, so I especially question him), and they're by far the most enticing part of your list. For me, Alex Garland is one decent film a decade ago -- not much to hang hopes on. The Leigh/Lee's miss far more often than they hit, these days. Eastwood is always a wild card, far more often disappointing this past decade. I obviously liked Celine Song's maiden effort, but don't know if she has more than one (possibly autobiographical) film in her. I've sometimes admired Larain, but he's very inconsistent. Lowery and Kurzel have yet to make a film I love, and Lelio's work I close to actively dislike.Okri wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2024 7:11 pm Hmmm....
From previously nominated directors
Blitz - Steve McQueen
Civil War - Alex Garland
Hard Truths - Mike Leigh
High and Low - Spike Lee
Juror No. 2 - Clint Eastwood
The Phoenician Scheme - Wes Anderson
Untitled - Paul Thomas Anderson (probably 2025)
From others I admire
Janet Planet (Annie Baker, Pulitzer winning playwright)
Maria (Pablo Larrain)
Materialists (Celine Song)
Mother Mary (David Lowery)
The Nickel Boys (Ramel Ross, but really, Colson Whitehead)
The Order (Justin Kurzel)
Voyagers (Sebastian Leilo)