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Hmmmm: Paul Haggis, Brendan Fraser Win $12 Million From 'Crash' Producer
serious crayons:
What I found most interesting about the Salon piece was that he just unequivocally accepts that "Brokeback" should have won, even though ALL of the other nominated films were better than "Crash." I mean, I agree with him, of course. But he doesn't even attempt to make a case for any other possible contender, he just proceeds from the (correct) assumption that it should have been BBM.
Front-Ranger:
Well, since we can't just seize the Oscar from Haggis Robin Hood-style and give it to Lee, I think the only thing that will even begin to bring justice is a commemorative book similar to what was written for Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. It would need to be a high-quality art book with lots of photos but also a scholarly work with articles written by Annie Proulx, Lee, Diana Ossana, and the best film critics on the planet. I'm so sorry the costume designer has died because the one for CTHD wrote a wonderful article about the selection of those costumes and their symbolism. We can not wait until other key people die...it's bad enough that her and Heath's voices will be absent!
Front-Ranger:
I am putting together a book proposal for Powell Books, publisher of a series on important films including Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Sense and Sensabiliity both by Ang Lee. Anybody interested in following this, reply here or let me know.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on February 19, 2011, 10:08:01 pm ---I am putting together a book proposal for Powell Books, publisher of a series on important films including Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Sense and Sensabiliity both by Ang Lee. Anybody interested in following this, reply here or let me know.
--- End quote ---
Sure! Can you provide any more details?
Marge_Innavera:
The Salon piece also included some real jaw-droppers:
* 1960: Best original screenplay goes to ... "Pillow Talk"?
"The competition for best original screenplay of 1959 included scripts for three of the greatest motion pictures ever made: "Wild Strawberries," by Ingmar Bergman; "The 400 Blows" by Francois Truffaut and Marcel Moussy, and "North by Northwest," by Ernest Lehman. "
* 1969: "Planet of the Apes" wins a special Oscar over "2001: A Space Odyssey"
This was an award for makeup; and the photos contrasting man-to-ape mockups in both pieces are striking. By comparison, the Planet of the Apes job looks like a K-Mart Halloween costume.
"Stuart Freeborn's makeup in the opening "Dawn of Man" sequence was so convincing that it attained an almost documentary believability. All the ape-creatures were played by actor dancers in shaggy body suits and masks, except for a couple of infants played by actual baby chimpanzees. "
The familiar photo from Crash is shown in the BBM piece. I've wondered if anyone else thought that it looked like he had just stepped on her toe.
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