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Inside the Oscar-Nominated Film That No Studio Will Touch: “No Other Land,” about the destruction of a village in the occupied West Bank, is one of the year’s most acclaimed films. Still, U.S. studios are unwilling to distribute it.

hearthesilence wrote: Mon Mar 03, 2025 7:20 am Re: No Other Land, I was curious what the reaction on social media was like, so I did a quick search. I should've expected this, but one thing people are pointing out (or joking about) is that not everyone was applauding and of course people were then identifying who those seated individuals were and etc etc

bearcuborg wrote: Mon Mar 03, 2025 5:01 pm I guess for some When Harry Met Sally is a classic, but isn't it more true that it's a fucking lame Woody Allen rip off?

ryannichols7 wrote: Mon Mar 03, 2025 7:31 am

hearthesilence wrote: Mon Mar 03, 2025 7:20 am Re: No Other Land, I was curious what the reaction on social media was like, so I did a quick search. I should've expected this, but one thing people are pointing out (or joking about) is that not everyone was applauding and of course people were then identifying who those seated individuals were and etc etc

I'm incredibly pleased Ralph Fiennes and Isabella Rossellini, my two winners, were standing

if Janus/Sideshow grab No Other Land I promise I'll never trash talk them again

hearthesilence wrote: Mon Mar 03, 2025 5:39 pm

ryannichols7 wrote: Mon Mar 03, 2025 7:31 am

hearthesilence wrote: Mon Mar 03, 2025 7:20 am Re: No Other Land, I was curious what the reaction on social media was like, so I did a quick search. I should've expected this, but one thing people are pointing out (or joking about) is that not everyone was applauding and of course people were then identifying who those seated individuals were and etc etc

I'm incredibly pleased Ralph Fiennes and Isabella Rossellini, my two winners, were standing

if Janus/Sideshow grab No Other Land I promise I'll never trash talk them again

Looking at it again, I feel like most people did applaud, if not stand (though many were standing), and I guess there was one limp applause but who knows why, they might not have seen the film. The only egregious one I saw was Diane Warren who kept her head down and did not applause. (Quick search suggests she wasn’t going to be a receptive viewer for the film.)

Adam Schlesinger of Fountains Of Wayne wrote:I was up against Andrew Lloyd Webber and Diane Warren. You know, all my peers, basically...It was funny, because Diane Warren was sitting right in front of me, and she writes these really sappy love ballads, but her personality does not fit her music. When [Andrew Lloyd Webber won for “You Must Love Me”], she was like, "That piece of shit won?”

Glenn Kenny wrote:I’ve been reading a lot of outraged posts from people grousing that sex workers are NOT cute and spunky and all I can say to that is, “Well that depends…”

hearthesilence wrote: Mon Mar 03, 2025 9:15 pm

Glenn Kenny wrote:I’ve been reading a lot of outraged posts from people grousing that sex workers are NOT cute and spunky and all I can say to that is, “Well that depends…”

hearthesilence wrote: Mon Mar 03, 2025 8:13 pm

Adam Schlesinger of Fountains Of Wayne wrote:I was up against Andrew Lloyd Webber and Diane Warren. You know, all my peers, basically...It was funny, because Diane Warren was sitting right in front of me, and she writes these really sappy love ballads, but her personality does not fit her music. When [Andrew Lloyd Webber won for “You Must Love Me”], she was like, "That piece of shit won?”

I really wish David Lynch got his own segment, and I would've given Alain Delon one too rather than leaving him out altogether. (Gene Hackman deserved one too but it would've been way too late to put one together.)

I didn't expect either to happen given the direction the Oscars have taken over the past 10 years, but there is precedent for both. Remember, Kubrick was honored in grand fashion following his death (with Spielberg introducing the clip reel for Kubrick) and John Hughes got an enormous one with actors he made famous. To be brutally honest, I'm not a fan of Hughes's work - even the best of them were never that good to me - but like Kubrick you felt like the Academy was trying to honor a director who obviously carved their place in mainstream American film history with limited recognition from the Academy. (In Kubrick's case, quite a few nominations but only one visual effects award. I don't recall Hughes ever getting nominated for anything.) Lynch may have gotten an honorary Oscar in 2019, but by that point, they didn't bother to include those in the main broadcast, which is a huge mistake IMHO. (It's pretty awesome that someone as uncompromising and influential as Michelangelo Antonioni made a rare appearance to receive an Honorary Oscar in 1995, memorably presented by Jack Nicholson, and pretty fucking sad that we'll probably never get moments like that again.)

Delon wouldn't be the first international star honored in such fashion, but those days are long gone. Even a massively popular American film star like Paul Newman wasn't given anything more than a brief appearance in the memorial reel in 2009.

hearthesilence wrote: Mon Mar 03, 2025 6:47 am

Inside the Oscar-Nominated Film That No Studio Will Touch: “No Other Land,” about the destruction of a village in the occupied West Bank, is one of the year’s most acclaimed films. Still, U.S. studios are unwilling to distribute it.

(Adra nearly couldn't attend due to the difficulties of getting a visa.)

Grand Wazoo wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 1:38 pm It's being self distributed, which is a different practice than proper acquisition and distribution.

felipe wrote: Sun Mar 09, 2025 9:54 pm

Grand Wazoo wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 1:38 pm It's being self distributed, which is a different practice than proper acquisition and distribution.

And is that better because they get to keep a bigger share of box office receipts without having to share with a distributor?

felipe wrote: Sun Mar 09, 2025 9:54 pm

Grand Wazoo wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 1:38 pm It's being self distributed, which is a different practice than proper acquisition and distribution.

And is that better because they get to keep a bigger share of box office receipts without having to share with a distributor?

hearthesilence wrote: Sun Mar 16, 2025 5:15 pm "No Other Land Won an Oscar. Many People Hope You Don’t See It." NY Times op-ed by Palestinian American activist Rania Batrice and Israeli American activist Libby Lenkinski on the reaction to the film and Oscar speech following the film's Oscar win, specifically from the Israeli government and the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (e.g. The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel).