Awards Season 2008

[domino harvey]

Do you really think Hoffman cared about winning an Oscar? He seems like Penn or Scott, one of those "actor" actors who could give a shit

[Barmy]

The ones who don't seem to care actually care the most.

BTW, for the record, I was watching Straub/Huillet's Klassenverhältnisse on my computer whilst I was watching the Oscars. Accordingly, I feel superior to those of you who can't multitask.

[domino harvey]

You were still actually watching the Oscars though, meaning you lose

[mfunk9786]

Do you really think Hoffman cared about winning an Oscar? He seems like Penn or Scott, one of those "actor" actors who could give a shit

You're right, now that I think about it, Seann William Scott never seems to be award baiting during his performances.

[thirtyframesasecond]

I had a hunch for Penn; what with California voting to ban gay marriage and Rourke potentially going nuts onstage. Everything else largely went according to the form book besides Departures' win. I'd never heard of this film before the nominations went out. Hopefully it might secure UK/US distribution which The Class and Waltz with Bashir already have (and I was pretty ambivalent about the latter). Anyone seen/heard much about Departures?

[flyonthewall2983]

Did anyone else think at any moment during the "verbal hand-job" during Best Actor that Anthony Hopkins was going to throw down with Michael Douglas after his speech to Langella?

[swo17]

Do you really think Hoffman cared about winning an Oscar? He seems like Penn or Scott, one of those "actor" actors who could give a shit

Stop proving us wrong by bringing up Philip Seymour Hoffman.

[starmanof51]

Do you really think Hoffman cared about winning an Oscar?

Yep. Hugely. I don't hold it against him either.

[Matt]

Does this look like a guy who doesn't care about winning Oscars?

[Antoine Doinel]

How do you feel about an Oscar win for Capote?

I'm a producer on this, a very hands-on producer – Cooperstown is my company. I'm very excited if that happens, and no one knows obviously, but if that stuff does transpire, I am very excited. I think I would be more nervous and nerve-racked if it was just about me as an actor, but it's much more than that to me. Award season can always help a film.

What has been the impact of the Oscar you won for Capote?

You lose your anonymity more. Really, that's the biggest impact. You become more known. And being more known does affect the business. The more people know who you are people are going to have more confidence in putting money behind a film you're in. So that does take place. But other than that, that's it. Other than that, you're basically doing what you're doing. I haven't changed my way of life at all, or anything weird like that. I haven't made any decisions differently based on that. I just try to be grateful for what it has offered.

So you have bought a private island yet?

Wouldn't that be nice? Hard to run though!

Was there any negative aspect to the Oscar?

It's not the negative aspect to the Oscar. Take the Oscar out of it. The Oscar is something that happens in your life. And you're grateful for it. I really mean that. You're grateful for anything that comes into your life that can open more doors. But, no, when you become more well-known you lose your anonymity more, and there's positives and negatives to that.

How do you react to that?

It depends. There's times when you're having a conversation with your five year-old son, and someone interrupts that without saying 'excuse me,' and then you say, 'I can't talk,' and they get mad at you. There are moments like that. They happen. But they're rare. Well, not really rare but in the lower percentage. The majority of people are quite respectful. But people lose their sense of pride. It's a weird thing. The positives outweigh the negatives. People are very appreciative. People like to go to movies and the theatre, and they do appreciate it if they like what you did.

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[LQ]

Speaking of Hoffman, did anyone take a gander at the getup he was wearing last night? I only saw glimpses (didn't watch the whole show) but he was sporting what appeared to be a black muumuu and a bizarre black chapeau. Can someone confirm this, possibly with pictorial evidence? I can't find any. Or were my eyes deceived...

[Antoine Doinel]

Here you go LQ.

[LQ]

Funny how haphazard glances can turn a suit into a muumuu...still, at least I didn't imagine the hat.

[foliagecop]

Did anyone else think at any moment during the "verbal hand-job" during Best Actor that Anthony Hopkins was going to throw down with Michael Douglas after his speech to Langella?

Me. I'da decked da guy. Hopkins v Langella? No contesto.

[HelenLawson]

I actually didn't mind the "group-therapy" acting award presentations. Granted, I only saw the first one, but I thought it was a classy touch and a nice way to integrate some long-forgotten former winners into the proceedings. Seeing Eva Marie-Saint, Goldie Hawn, and Anjelica Huston share the stage is the kind of shit that does it for me.

The style of entertainment the show itself has come to represent over the years became obsolete long ago and ever-increasing moments of self-deprecation seem forced, and at times disrespectful. The garish spectacle it used to provide seemed so much more decadent and thrilling when it was done in earnest. Of course, now that you can get 24/7 coverage of celebrities on the red carpet is another factor which makes this show less of an "event".

[Barmy]

Wait a minute, did they leave John Phillip Law out of the death montage? Criminal. [-X

[Ovader]

Wait a minute, did they leave John Phillip Law out of the death montage? Criminal. [-X

Yes they did leave him out from what I remember last night. I think this was mentioned a few years ago on this board regarding the bad taste to applaud after each image on the screen instead of at the end of the montage. It comes across as a popularity contest and insulting when certain people are given more applause than lesser known people who have contributed to the film industry.

[Antoine Doinel]

Although having your life remembered in a montage during an awards show - applause or not - is probably the greatest indignity of all.

[knives]

Carlin's probably glad they forgot him. That is if Carlin had conscious, in which case why even botherin the first place.

[Jeff]

Does this look like a guy who doesn't care about winning Oscars?

[Polybius]

Funny how haphazard glances can turn a suit into a muumuu...still, at least I didn't imagine the hat.

For a second there I wondered if he had converted to Islam.

[flyonthewall2983]

Does this look like a guy who doesn't care about winning Oscars?

He actually looks more feline in that picture.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

The biggest blunder in the In Memoriam segment was this:



That's Rentaro Mikuni. He's neither dead nor Kon Ichikawa.

[Cde.]

Wow.