Remember the buzzy whispers vague hum a few weeks ago about Harvey Weinstein allegedly insisting Tarantino trim 40 minutes from Inglourious Basterds? Today, Alex Billington at First Showing features a fucking fantastic slap-down delivered by Harvey, as quoted in GQ. “Those stories are all untrue. There’s no fucking way. Here, read my lips: That is nuts....
Monthly Archives: June 2009
Against All Odds, Lili and Richard Zanuck win Best Picture Oscar for DRIVING MISS DAISY (1989) With ten Best Picture nominees, like at the Globes and with other critics’ groups, focus will lean more heavily on other categories, especially Best Director, Best Screenplay and perhaps the acting categories. This is how it’s going to go down, I predict.¬† There...
Surprising to me how many bloggers are tearing their hair out over an attempted overhaul of a system that consistently fails us. Everywhere I surf, I’m reading about how this 10-nominee tweak will “water down the prestige” or “dilute the honor.” Really? Afraid to screw around with the grand tradition of paying tight-knit tribute to drivel...
Indiewire’s Eugene Hernandez talks to Sid Ganis about the big news -and in the meantime, Media Decoder (Carpetbagger folks in general media mode) talks about it as well, and quotes a few of the folks who write about this stuff. I like the line, “what’s all the fuss, Batman?” And Ganis admits that The Dark Knight was at least part of the conversation....
I have a lot of respect for Richard Kelly and owe him for many trippy hours spent re-watching his Donnie Darko. I was ready to fall for Southland Tales, but in the end couldn’t justify much love. The Box looks like it might be the resurrection of a more restrained Richard Kelly. Glad to see he hasn’t lost his touch for the twilight zone themes and looking...
I say Holy Crap, but Ryan’s email to me actually said Holy Fuck! This news comes to me while vacationing in Yosemite. Ten years of watching the Oscar race I’ve never seen such a dramatic change and I’m wondering what was the motivating factor. Either not enough interest by the general public? Too much focus on a handful of “Oscar movies” that...
