>>I cried out loud. Repeatedly. I sobbed. You sound like my film student
>>friends.
>>
>>P.S. Who cares what the Oscars say? Their picks obviously didn't reflect
>what
>>we like in our movies!
>
> This is verbatim the response I would have given if I'd had a chance to
>write before now :) In fact I'm beginning to think Mr. Ripley's oscar
>exclusion is a sort of punishment for The English Patient best picture win.
> There was an awful lot of backlash after that, i.e. Seinfeld. Juliette
>Binoche's scenes alone in The English Patient were better than most of the
>movies I've seen this year.
I was sobbing, too. With laughter. Had to contain myself as I was reduced
to a keening, convulsing mass wracked with the giggles. But that just
proves I'm a cold, unsentimental bastard most of the time.
And yes, Minghella should be punished for the English Patient. Eternally.
Glad to see the Blairwitch Project overlooked (but obviously not for any
formal reasons, though there is a fundamental flaw that keeps it from being
anything but suspenseful).
American Beauty is overrated and cliche-ridden, adding nothing new to the
'suburban dystopia' genre other than adolescent breasts. That said,
Spacey's performance was pretty spot-on, and Benning played a
one-dimensional shrew with a certain flair.
And I'm not a student of film, although I do editorial work for an academic
film journal.
Contrarily yours,
Geoff
n.p. Nymphomania Vol I: Sexy European Go-Go Music from the 60's (Sexy Hexy
Records) - with excerpts from German porn flicks (Volume II is pretty
spotty)
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Graduate Program in Communications
McGill University
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