Those clips could not have been longer than two minutes if that. It would be interesting to know whether The Academy has those clips archived. I still remember the one from BEN HUR.
Am I wrong — or did they have those clips for the Best Actor / Best Actress awards too? K. On Mar 4, 2014, at 2:02 PM, Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art <[email protected]> wrote: > Kirby's comment actually highlights one of the differences between today's > film editing techniques and the old techniques: > > today's films - particularly those by Zach Snyder for instance - are > overloaded with staccato 15 frame edits to force visual action. You hardly > see what the camera setup was. > > This would be unlike the long orations of a few seconds or longer, or the > focus on a star's face for many seconds > > of course, add the staccato edits to low lighting techniques used commonly > today and you always have a feeling you missed lots of imagery > > it makes sense that the current audience is more interested in these fast > clips than a 3.5 minute Kubrick take as in Paths of Glory or the one by > Welles at the beginning of Touch of Evil > > is it progress? that's for the historians to pronouce down the road > > Rich > > At 11:40 AM 3/4/2014, Kirby McDaniel wrote: >> I have one comment. I think that the Best Picture clips were better when >> they used to be short scenes from the films rather than these mash-ups that >> they do now. >> >> Other than that I can’t really comment much about them because I missed them >> for the FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE! I attended a concert by The Cleveland >> Orchestra on Sunday >> night. Since the orchestra was utterly FABULOUS, I don’t feel bereft of >> anything. I did see the last few awards. The nominees were all in pretty >> good company this year. Some >> outstanding pictures. You people in Cleveland are lucky to have that >> wonderful orchestra. They played a great program at the Menuhin Festival >> here, including the Tchaikovsky >> 5th Symphony which was a tour de force. An orchestra of that dimension >> ----- is the highest - fi there is. >> >> >> >> Kirby >> >> On Mar 4, 2014, at 12:34 PM, Channing Thomson < [email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> 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. 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