As far as my feelings, I really thought Jeffrey Wells summed it up best when he started composing his Oscar Balloon 2003 before the 2002 nominations even came out. Granted, he lives in L.A. and writes about the industry for a living, but his Feb. 7 column was right on with his aloof tone. Most of the column is actually a deconstruction of why 'Antwone Fisher' hasn't done better with award nominations, but it's still pretty solid. I usually find his columns hit or miss, so I don't read him all the time, but he always writes what he experiences or feels about a movie, and I like that, unlike some of his readers that lambaste "Nuts" further down in his last column. His new one today is quite good as well, and I generally agree with his Oscar sentiments. He has a tidbit about 'City of God' not getting any love in the foreign language category, as well as more gossip about 'A Confederacy of Dunces,' which we'll officially dub as the most eagerly anticipated project of the next 5 years for Eric, or TMEAPIN5YE.
Wednesday, February 12, 2003
ERIC'S OSCAR REACTION - Just a lot of good, interesting writing to which I thought I'd provide links. If you're like me, some of the most interesting selections each year are the foreign-language nominations, because they are the only category that does not receive any hype. You usually can't see them at very many theaters, and the conventional wisdom among distributors is you have to pick and choose where you show them as the film-going public generally doesn't like them. They may be right, but 'Talk to Her,' Pedro Almovodar's critically-acclaimed valentine did not get nominated for this category despite being on around 90% of critic's top 10 lists. June Thomas has an OK explainer of this on Slate, but it's more noteworthy for the links it provides. One is for an explainer from a previous year, on Adam's recent question about why some actors seem wrongly or oddly nominated for a Best Actor/Actress vs. Supporting Actor when they don't seem to fit that description. Even better is a link to a diary by a member of AMPAS foreign-film committee, Ken Rudolph, explaining his reaction to every single movie as well as his predictions for the nominations. And best is a link to an L.A. Times story about the Afghanistan film, 'FireDancer,' the first ever entry for the country in the Oscars, where the producer allegedly killed the director and kept his head in his refrigerator. Yes, you read that correctly.
As far as my feelings, I really thought Jeffrey Wells summed it up best when he started composing his Oscar Balloon 2003 before the 2002 nominations even came out. Granted, he lives in L.A. and writes about the industry for a living, but his Feb. 7 column was right on with his aloof tone. Most of the column is actually a deconstruction of why 'Antwone Fisher' hasn't done better with award nominations, but it's still pretty solid. I usually find his columns hit or miss, so I don't read him all the time, but he always writes what he experiences or feels about a movie, and I like that, unlike some of his readers that lambaste "Nuts" further down in his last column. His new one today is quite good as well, and I generally agree with his Oscar sentiments. He has a tidbit about 'City of God' not getting any love in the foreign language category, as well as more gossip about 'A Confederacy of Dunces,' which we'll officially dub as the most eagerly anticipated project of the next 5 years for Eric, or TMEAPIN5YE.
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As far as my feelings, I really thought Jeffrey Wells summed it up best when he started composing his Oscar Balloon 2003 before the 2002 nominations even came out. Granted, he lives in L.A. and writes about the industry for a living, but his Feb. 7 column was right on with his aloof tone. Most of the column is actually a deconstruction of why 'Antwone Fisher' hasn't done better with award nominations, but it's still pretty solid. I usually find his columns hit or miss, so I don't read him all the time, but he always writes what he experiences or feels about a movie, and I like that, unlike some of his readers that lambaste "Nuts" further down in his last column. His new one today is quite good as well, and I generally agree with his Oscar sentiments. He has a tidbit about 'City of God' not getting any love in the foreign language category, as well as more gossip about 'A Confederacy of Dunces,' which we'll officially dub as the most eagerly anticipated project of the next 5 years for Eric, or TMEAPIN5YE.
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