Well good grief, yes Roger Corman who ushered in films directed at young
boomers and then those boomer's kids (something approaching a jaw-dropping
300 plus films) but whose legacy lies truly in the directors he gave their
first leg up Coppola, Scorsese, Bogdonavich, De Palma, Howard, and more
got an honorary Oscar. .........but c'mon I think the real news is the
legendary Lauren Bacall and the truly great Gordon Willis received honorary
Oscars as well. Like Barbara Stanwyck and Deborah Kerr, it astounds me
she never received an Oscar. So I think a round of whistles for Ms.
Bacall, and we all know how to whistle just put your lips together..... As
for
Mr. Willis groundbreaking photography for the Godfather Trilogy and
films for Woody Allen including Manhattan and Zelig will stand the test time
long after we have sold or last poster from one of his films.
This was actually big news here in Los Angeles because this was the first
time the Academy orchestrated a separate ceremony to honor these greats
(also the rarely awarded Irving G. Thalberg Award was given to John Calley
whose health precluded him from attending who has produced such classics from
The Loved One and The Cincinnati Kid, early in his career to Catch 22,
Remains Of The Day and of late The Da Vinci Code/Angels and Demons and one of
the nicest and beloved leaders in the industry due also in no small part
his years of executive work at various studios) so that the appropriate
amount of time could be devoted to each and every one as opposed to being
shoe-horned in that behemoth of a televised ceremony. The dinner hosted by
the
Board of Governors of the Academy in the ballroom of the Kodak Theatre was
as close to a whose who, platinum crowd of luminaries that proved both
joyous and emotional for all who attended. Yes, snippets will be shown during
next years broadcast.
freeman
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