Awards Season 2008

[Antoine Doinel]

Finally, after winning for the The Reader, the real offers begin to pour in for Kate Winslet.

[redbill]

did anyone else get the feeling that Bill Maher didn't know who the Maysles are, and that David is dead?

[ehimle]

The biggest blunder in the In Memoriam segment was this:



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

Don't take this post as an attack, but... hate to break it to you but Kon Ichikawa has passed away. About a year ago now. It was even listed on the old Criterion website.

And isn't that film still from Burmese Harp? A movie he directed? Why not use it?

P.S. I've been lurking on this site for years now and finally decided to join. Actually I was going to join last year when this happened since no one at the time posted about it. But I didn't.

I enjoy reading all the comments on here for the past two or three years and won't try and make a fool of myself since I am still a young one and not as knowledgeable as many here.

[fiddlesticks]

I'm afraid you've missed the point. The photo used in the Academy's montage is not of Ichikawa, it is of Mikuni. Here is a photo of Ichikawa at a similarly advanced age:



And contrary to your impression, his passing was noted, discussed, and mourned in this forum.

[ehimle]

forgive me, i kept looking at his thread under filmmakers at the time.
this forum is so expanse and full of information its hard to keep up with and i was not aware of the passages thread.

thanks for pointing it out. (and the explanation of the photomontage too)

[flyonthewall2983]

Kermode tells it like it is.

[colinr0380]

By the way, since Man On Wire James Marsh has directed 1980, the second of three films adapted by Tony Grisoni (screenwriter of Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas and Tideland) from the Red Riding series by James Peace. 1974 is directed by Julian Jarrold and 1983 by Anand Tucker (eclectic choices!)

According to the article in this month's Sight and Sound all four books were going to be adapted initially but 1977 was dropped and folded into the other films. Also the article mentioned that while the series is showing on Channel 4 from next week here in the UK, the three films may be released theatrically in other territories.

[exte]

Kermode tells it like it is.

Nice.

[flyonthewall2983]

I got quickly addicted to watching his reviews. Sucks that some of them can't be seen by us 'mericans.

[exte]

I'm pretty sure I only knew him from that Blade Runner special. Thank God all his stuff is on youtube; just got to get around the country thing...

[redbill]

He's got a weekly podcast too.

[colinr0380]

Eastwood receives an early Palme d'Or for having "the talent of a grand master at the summit of his craft".

[tavernier]

Eastwood receives an early Palme d'Or for having "the talent of a grand master at the summit of his craft".

And this comes after Changeling and Gran Torino?

[exte]

Ingmar Bergman is the only other director to receive the award, in 1997.

Whoa.

[Highway 61]

I'm not sure that's quite accurate. I'm almost positive they gave one to Woody Allen too.

[Ruby]

Wow, Mike Leigh in the Guardian proves himself to be quite the sad and bitter man. Why do these guys care so much about an Oscar? Was this why he made a film in which sheer happiness is a bulwark against racism, homelessness and all other ills?

[kaujot]

Link?

[Nothing]

Leigh sad and bitter? If anything, he comes off in his Oscar diary as an irrepressible luvvy.

p.s. Mark Kermode is a buffoon.

[exte]

81st Academy Awards - 2009 Oscars In Memoriam Tribute in HD

[Ruby]

Leigh sad and bitter? If anything, he comes off in his Oscar diary as an irrepressible luvvy.

p.s. Mark Kermode is a buffoon.

A luvvy with an axe to grind, I would say.

Kermode is an over-exposed buffoon, which makes him so much worse than many of his equally challenged colleagues.

[Fiery Angel]

César winners

[Matt]

César winners

Very nice to see Jean-Paul Roussillon win for Un conte de Noël. Well deserved. Anyone know if Mesrine is going to get picked up for US distribution?

[Fiery Angel]

Mesrine is showing as part of the French series at Lincoln Center next week and is listed as a "Senator Entertainment release."

[Barmy]

Good to see the Cesars are just as blah as the Oscars.

[Antoine Doinel]

Mike Leigh's Oscar diary.