tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post7870606484075746163..comments2024-03-17T10:11:46.952-04:00Comments on Film Experience Blog: Sprecken Zie Link?NATHANIEL Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-91960448474690444372009-09-23T09:55:47.880-04:002009-09-23T09:55:47.880-04:00Update: Canada did choose "J'ai tué ma m...Update: Canada did choose "J'ai tué ma mère" as its picture for the Best Foreign-Language Film Oscar race.Bill_the_Bearnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-64388121728533669682009-09-22T07:03:38.197-04:002009-09-22T07:03:38.197-04:00No official word yet from the Film Academy of the ...No official word yet from the Film Academy of the Philippines, but various web sources are reporting that Soxy Topacio's indie comedy Ded Na Si Lolo (literal translation: Grandfather is Dead) has been selected as the entry of the Philippines to the Best Foreign Language Film category of the 82nd Academy Awards.evermoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04665189293344870822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-24264865972321114882009-09-20T09:08:54.819-04:002009-09-20T09:08:54.819-04:00I agree Glenn. But unlike in the Foreign Film cate...I agree Glenn. But unlike in the Foreign Film category, in Eurovision we should have already won...Jorge Rodrigueshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14773926428295140628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-77701864335705204622009-09-20T08:44:47.873-04:002009-09-20T08:44:47.873-04:00Portugal in the foreign language film stakes sound...Portugal in the foreign language film stakes sounds exactly like Portugal in Eurovision!Glennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08194113062830373898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-64897171851267930942009-09-20T08:35:55.751-04:002009-09-20T08:35:55.751-04:00anon 12:20 to quote Meryl Streep in Postcards fro...<b>anon 12:20 </b> to quote Meryl Streep in Postcards from the Edge<br /><br />"These are my choices?"<br /><br />.<br /><br />i 225% agree that Potter (so-so to occasionally fun) is superior to Twilight (mega dull and whiny). That doesn't mean I am crazy for wanting a break from the boy wizard after 8 years of pop culture dominance.NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-83827624787850419922009-09-20T00:20:18.307-04:002009-09-20T00:20:18.307-04:00Sorry Nate but, Potter>>>>Twilight. I ...Sorry Nate but, Potter>>>>Twilight. I really don't see how anyone can complain about Potter when Twilight is around.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-2654034506945854472009-09-20T00:17:52.650-04:002009-09-20T00:17:52.650-04:00Well, No Country for Old Men was the same way, it ...Well, No Country for Old Men was the same way, it basically steamrolled the competition.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-51635621256652619522009-09-19T21:38:07.267-04:002009-09-19T21:38:07.267-04:00I know you aren't the biggest Harry Potter fan...I know you aren't the biggest Harry Potter fan (neither am I, really), but by just looking at that artwork, how could you not think it looks amazing? The town and castle look pretty stunning.Ryan Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09542362052157483712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-70088199126079305072009-09-19T19:55:51.825-04:002009-09-19T19:55:51.825-04:00I, for one, am sad about the Portuguese submission...I, for one, am sad about the Portuguese submission.<br /><br />«Doomed Love» is a good film but it's yet another one of those incomprehensible dramas that we keep sending for the Foreign Film Oscar submission.<br /><br />If it has not worked before (and we have TONS of submissions and 0 nominations - I think we hold the record...) then we should try to send a different type of film...<br /><br />That said, «Doomed Love» is one of the best portuguese dramas produced recently... I leave you with the link to its trailer: <i>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJdnppI3CoE</i> (English subtitles)Jorge Rodrigueshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14773926428295140628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-6984767252523890092009-09-19T19:22:48.301-04:002009-09-19T19:22:48.301-04:00A couple of notes on the Foreign Language Film Osc...A couple of notes on the Foreign Language Film Oscar:<br /><br />Austria's "Ein Augenblick Freiheit" must have a Canadian distributor, since I saw a French-language trailer for it today at a cinema here in Montréal. (Incidentally, the film I saw was "La Fille du RER," a French film about an emotionally disturbed young woman who fakes an anti-Semitic attack on herself [even though she's not Jewish] which becomes a cause célèbre. The plot was fairly muddy, but it had Catherine Deneuve in it as the girl's mother, and I always like watching Deneuve; the actor playing the girl's boyfriend was also quietly cute.)<br /><br />Also, I don't know that Bernard Émond's "La Donation" would be eligible for Canada's choice, since it's not scheduled to be released in Québec until November 6th, and AMPAS rules say that the film has to have been released in the home country by September 30th. (Of course, they could get around that by releasing it somewhere in Canada for a week in late September, which is what they did last year with Denys Arcand's "L'Âge des ténèbres.")<br /><br />I would not be surprised if "J'ai tué ma mère" were the Canadian nominee, since it's got the momentum, but I personally think that "Polytechnique" was a better film, and more deserving of the nomination.Bill_the_Bearnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-69098258270581139702009-09-19T18:54:17.976-04:002009-09-19T18:54:17.976-04:00I sure hope Oscar winners aren't pre-ordained ...I sure hope Oscar winners aren't pre-ordained this year. Where's the fun? Having 10 Best Picture nominees is supposed to make winners harder to predict. <br /><br />Have you seen <i>Bright Star</i>? It's exquisite and should be a contender for a few awards. Abbie Cornish is mesmerizing and I think people will stop labeling her as just Ryan Philippe's girlfriend after seeing her in this.Pop Culture Nerdhttp://popculturenerd.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-55540528050392709772009-09-19T18:00:47.907-04:002009-09-19T18:00:47.907-04:00I would definitely agree that there are times when...I would definitely agree that there are times when positive early word on a film has an effect on subsequent reviews. It's an interesting thing to consider, but there is really nothing to fix it.Danny Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09156845190808578435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-69043722912463017242009-09-19T17:44:56.787-04:002009-09-19T17:44:56.787-04:00Please, everyone reading this watch Everlasting Mo...Please, everyone reading this watch Everlasting Moments from Sweden. It's a wonderful film experience.<br /><br />The movie makes you proud to be swedish.J.Lhttp://awardtalk.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com