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Thursday, March 3, 2016

Oscar Afterthoughts / Too Early Oscar Speculation and Telluride / Post Oscar Expert Analysis

Good Thursday everyone.  Time for some post-Oscar let down.

OSCAR AFTERTHOUGHTS




I was inordinately pleased that Spotlight closed the night as the Best Picture winner last Sunday.  I know it's silly but I was still rooting for a Telluride picture to win despite the fact that most serious observers felt that The Revenant was going to claim the big prize.  I actually let out a fairly loud whoop when Morgan Freeman said "Spaw..."  Didn't need to hear the second syllable.

As noted on Monday, TFF42 films knocked down four Oscars.  Two for Spotlight: Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay.  Room's Brie Larson won Best Actress and included a very vocal endorsement/thank you to Telluride and Hungary's Son of Saul was named Best Foreign Film.

Not a bad night for those of us who follow both The SHOW and the Oscar show.  Congratulations to Larson, Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer and Laszlo Nemes.  

One wonders what's in store for the 89th Academy Awards and in what ways we'll be discussing TFF 43 in that context a year from now.  Which leads to...


TOO EARLY OSCAR SPECULATION AND TELLURIDE



As you might expect, the parties Sunday night hadn't even finished and there was already some pieces up in various corners of the interweb about what films could be in play for the 2016 Oscars.  You also won't be surprised, if you read this space with much regularity, that I couldn't resist parsing them for possible titles that might be included in the TFF43 lineup.  So, here are some of the outlets that have already struck the first blow of Oscar speculation for next year's ceremony.

The Playlist list includes a number of films that might crack the T-ride lineup including: Pablo Larrain's Jackie, Ang Lee's Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk and Amma Asante's A United Kingdom seem the most likely.  Here's The Playlist's compete list:

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/premature-oscar-predictions-the-2017-best-picture-academy-award-contenders-20160301

Here's a rundown from Awards Circuit:

 http://www.awardscircuit.com/2016/02/29/103485/

And from The Hollywood Reporter, which includes Billy Lynn and Lion which could figure in the Telluride lineup:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/oscars-2017-predictions-way-early-870181/item/silence-oscars-2017-picks-870189



POST OSCAR EXPERT ANALYSIS



I have linked post-Oscar analysis from Kristopher Tapley of Variety/InContention and Sasha Stone/Awards Daily and Jeff Wells/Hollywood Elsewhere:

http://variety.com/2016/film/in-contention/spotlight-oscars-analysis-2016-1201719746/

 http://www.hollywood-elsewhere.com/2016/03/morning-after-poker/


That'll take care of business for this Thursday.  More to come Monday!


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