What's Alf? On a more serious note, I felt the reaction to Kim Novak was painful and cruel and left me feeling down for a couple of days. I didn't like the overall tone of the Awards this year. I'd like to see a little more focus on film history and the people that made the industry great as well as a return to it being presented as an Academy and not a celebrity roast. Channing Thomson
On Mar 4, 2014, at 9:29 AM, Scott Burns <[email protected]> wrote: > There was a time when the Academy celebrated the magic of the movies, both > past AND present. That’s clearly not the case these days. The only “salute” > to Hollywood’s past was the Oz tribute—but they didn’t think enough of > Garland’s offspring to even bring them up on stage. Couldn’t the last > surviving Munchkin, Jerry Maren make an appearance? Nothing against Pink, but > what relevance to Oz did she have? Major missed opportunity Academy! > > It seemed to me that no one in the audience even recognized Kim Novak (please > no plastic surgery jokes). No standing ovation for this star of the > 50’s/60’s? There’s no excuse for anyone in the movie biz not having ever seen > “Vertigo” or “Picnic.” > > And no tribute to Shirley Temple? Come on. Even those members of “new > Hollywood” must have watched a few Temple films when they were growing up. Of > course my beef about classic stars goes beyond the Oscars. Entertainment > Weekly puts Phillip Seymour Hoffman on the cover when he kills himself via a > drug overdose, yet arguably the biggest star of the 1930’s gets no mention on > the cover at all? She did get 2 pages inside, but I was surprised they gave > her even that much space. > > Even when I was in my 20’s and watching the Oscars, I always enjoyed seeing > the classic stars who had dropped out of the limelight. I enjoyed the > honorary Oscar presentation and even the Jean Hersholt award …now such honors > have been moved off the Oscar telecast completely. > > Not to diss the younger generation, but the world did exist before you were > born and there are people and events worth knowing about. I work with some > people who’s pop culture knowledge only reaches back as far as the “Alf” TV > show in the 1990’s. Scary!!! > > Scott > MoPo List Owner > > > > > From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Zeev Drach > Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2014 9:47 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MOPO] The Oscars - a slave to sentiment? > > My instinctive reaction re modern “stars” is the same as yours, but after > thinking a moment you realize that for a good chunk of viewers, if not the > majority, Robert De Niro IS an old-time star! Anybody prior is a vaguely > familiar. All this means is that some of us, like you yourself suggested, > are getting really old! > > Zeev > > > > From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bruce > Hershenson > Sent: March 4, 2014 8:14 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MOPO] The Oscars - a slave to sentiment? > > One thing I am certain of is that if you are a fan of the "Ellen" TV show, > then you surely liked the Oscar telecast. And if you like watching people pat > themselves and their peers on the back, you were surely in hog heaven. > > I know I am getting really old, because I think the modern "stars" can't hold > a candle to the stars of the 1920s to 1960s. > > I always hated those "production numbers". I would SO rather see old-time > stars, and not just given a second and then shuffled off stage. How about > clips of classic movies that DON'T last three seconds each? > > > On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 6:47 AM, Tommy Barr <[email protected]> wrote: > I know it’s not really about posters, but I haven’t read anything here about > the Oscars, so I wondered if any others share my puzzlement over exactly what > the criteria for ‘best film’ is? Apart from the big one 12 Years A Slave > won 2 other Oscars, while Gravity won 7 awards, including best director. > Surely that must be a win on points for Gravity? Ellen joked that either 12 > Years would win or else the Academy was racist, and I suspect that the > Afro-American dimension did, in fact, contribute to the end decision. Racism > does not necessarily have to express itself as hatred, but it is not > particularly edifying to see it expressed in a patronising way either. I was > saddened to see the great actor Sidney Poitier trundled out to receive what > was, given the occasion, something like a pat on the head for his career and > being the first black actor to win an Oscar for Best Actor, and am I being in > overly critical in the Academy then having Will Smith present the Best Film > award? There is no doubt that Hollywood, like the rest of the USA, can have > its conscience tugged when it comes to the treatment of the Afro-American > community. Birth of a Nation is hardly an advert for multi-cultural harmony, > and movies like the Marx Brothers A Day At The Races have scenes which sit > uncomfortably with present day attitudes. Maybe the Academy felt some > atonement was due for the failure of The Color Purple to win any awards? > Anyway, as a non-American I may have a jaundiced view which is not shared by > others, but I am interested in finding out what the views of MOPO subscribers > are. > > Tommy > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > > > -- > Bruce Hershenson and the other 29 members of the eMoviePoster.com team > P.O. 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