Oscar Podcast Episode 34 – Chariots of Fire and Reds
The beginning is spent a bit on Man of Steel but we eventually get to the year 1982 when Chariots of Fire was the surprising, and disappointing, winner.
Oscar Podcast Episode 33 – When Ordinary People Beat Raging Bull
It was a strange year, 1980, when the Academy chose Robert Redford’s crowing achievement over Martin Scorsese’s Raging Bull. But the real race was in the Best Actress category, with Sissy Spacek up against Mary Tyler Moore, Ellen Bursteyn, Gena Rowlands and Goldie Hawn. Have a listen.
Oscar Podcast Episode 32 – 1979
It was the year Kramer vs. Kramer went head to head with Breaking Away, Apocalypse Now, All that Jazz and Norma Rae. A great year indeed and the last as we exit, sadly, the 1970s.
We welcome my old friend Michael who used to be my boss at Main Street Video in Santa Monica back in the 1980s.
Oscar Podcast Episode 31: Running down Cannes, Behind the Candelabra
The post-Cannes debriefing with Craig Kennedy, Ryan Adams and me. We talk the highs and the lows, how great the Soderbergh was and whether it’s appropriate to be creeped out by the critical reception to Blue is the Warmest Colour.
Have a listen!
Episode 30 – Cannes Preview plus 1978
What a great year 1978 was, when the Deer Hunter went up against Coming Home. Two movies about Vietnam from different points of view. While I think The Deer Hunter deserved to win, Craig Kennedy and Ryan Adams are on the side of Coming Home.
It was also the year Scorsese made The Last Waltz, ignored by the Oscars.
Have a listen!
Episode 29 Steven Soderbergh and the Year Annie Hall beat Star Wars
This week we had much to talk about but decided to keep it as one long podcast rather than divide it up into two. I don’t know who would ever want to listen to two hours of this but we seemed to have a lot to say this week.
Steven Soderbergh and the State of Cinema and Oscar year 1977 – Annie Hall, Star Wars and Vanessa Redgrave.