[Parlortricks] Fwd: VSL// The movie that got downright robbed at the Oscars

[Peter Fraterdeus]

indeed.

I think George Clooney and Meryl Streep deserved best actors for this film...

An incredible piece.

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> From: "Very Short List" <v...@email.veryshortlist.com>
> Date: 12 March 2010 10:29:15 AM CST
> To: pet...@semiotx.com
> Subject: VSL// The movie that got downright robbed at the Oscars
> Reply-To: "Very Short List" <vslt7ln.242...@email.veryshortlist.com>
> 
> 
> 
> Another Oscar race has come and gone, yet we're still a bit miffed that  one 
> of our very favorite films of 2009 was overlooked-the entirely delightful 
> Fantastic Mr. Fox (available on DVD 3/23). 
> 
> Wes Anderson's take on the classic 1970 Roald Dahl book is full of the whimsy 
> and cleverness one expects from the man behind Rushmore and The Royal 
> Tenenbaums but also perfectly captures the joy of childish delights along 
> with some grownup irony and humor. Anderson regulars Bill Murray, Jason 
> Schwartzman and Owen Wilson are all at their very best, and (unsurprisingly) 
> Meryl Streep and George Clooney are pitch perfect. But it's the visual 
> splendor of this film that really deserves some 
> accolades, particularly the dazzling stop-motion animation that Mr. Anderson 
> employs-so different from the depersonalized, ultra-smooth perfect Pixar 
> look-making each frame a work of miniature art, full of splendid, or should 
> we say fantastic, detail. 
> 
> WATCH: a trailer for Fantastic Mr. Fox
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2igjYFojUo
> 
> RENT: Fantastic Mr. Fox
> http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Fantastic_Mr._Fox/70109889?strackid=7d813e0653475aa4_0_srl&strkid=511188600_0_0&lnkctr=srchrd-sr&trkid=222336
> 
> BUY: Fantastic Mr. Fox
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001QOGYBI?ie=UTF8&tag=observercom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001QOGYBI
> 
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