Well, we're digesting now.
TFF #40 hosted films with 33 Oscar nominations among them this morning plus an additional two from TFF #39.
"Gravity"-10
"12 Years a Slave"-9
"Nebraska"-6
"Inside Llewyn Davis"-2
One each for : "Prisoners", "The Wind Rises", "The Missing Picture", "The Invisible Woman", "All is Lost" and "Get a Horse!"
TFF #39 had "The Act of Killing" and "The Hunt"
After this morning's announcement of Oscar nominees there are a few takeaways.
1) The Academy spread the wealth, which, in a year that has such an abundance of quality films, makes sense. Ten films had four or more nominations this morning.
2) "Inside Llewyn Davis" was not saved by the voting system. I had a theory that, though the majority of Academy members didn't connect with the film, that there would be enough passionate devotees that it might pull a surprise Best Picture nomination. Um...nope.
3) "American Hustle" looks like the film to beat at this point. I have been pretty firm since I saw "12 Years a Slave" in Telluride that it was your Best Picture winner. That seems possible still, but unlikely.
4) For the third straight year nine films were nominated which empirically indicates that we might now expect that every year.
Category by category.
BEST PICTURE: The FAC got all nine. Nine films nominated. No "Inside Llewyn Davis". Boomlets for "Wolf", "Dallas" "Her" and "Philomena" were all real.
BEST DIRECTION: The FAC went 4 of 5. Little surprised that Paul Greengrass missed but pleased about Payne.
BEST ACTRESS: The FAC goes 4 of 5. No Emma Thompson was a bit of a surprise. ("Saving Mr. Banks" at one time looked to be a big Oscar player. This morning it had only one nomination: Score). Most thought that it was between Streep and Adams (#6 on last FAC) for spot #5...guess not.
BEST ACTOR: The FAC 4 of 5. Bale in for Hanks in maybe the toughest category. Would have liked to have seen Redford and Isaac.
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: The FAC goes 4 of 5. Hawkins gets in (she was #6 on the last FAC) displacing Oprah. (Lee Daniels The Butler gets the goose egg in all categories)
SUPPORTING ACTOR: The FAC 4 of 5. Jonah Hill (from the #6 spot) in Daniel Bruhl: out...(read what I said here yesterday)
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: The FAC is perfect, 5 for 5.
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: The FAC gets 4 of 5. The #6 Script, "Dallas" instead of "Llewyn". I was afraid of that.
CINEMATOGRAPHY: The FAC hit 4 of 5 with "The Grandmaster" surging. This was one of the places I thought "12 Years a Slave" would pick up a nomination.
FILM EDITING: The FAC goes 4 of 5. "Dallas Buyers Club" came out of nowhere to get this nomination and it's a testament to how much The Academy must love this film. As a matter of fact, "Dallas" might be your real sleeper for a Best Picture upset on Mar. 2.
PRODUCTION DESIGN: The FAC hits just 2 of 5. Yikes!
ORIGINAL SONG: The FAC goes 4 of 5...but I don't think anyone had "Alone Yet Not Alone" anywhere.
ORIGINAL SCORE: The FAC 4 of 5 here. Again, another "12 Years a Slave" nomination I thought was very likely that didn't materialize.
ANIMATED FEATURE: 4 of 5 here. The #6 film "Ernest and Celestine" made it in while "Monsters University" did not.
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY: The FAC is 3 of 5. The exclusion of "Stories We Tell" and "Blackfish" might be two of the biggest surprises of the day.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE: Again 3 of 5.
VISUAL EFFECTS: 4 of 5.
COSTUMES: 4 of 5. "The Grandmaster" is a surprise here.
SOUND EDITING: 3 of 5.
SOUND MIXING: 3 of 5.
I didn't make in calls for Makeup/Hair or the Shorts categories.
FINAL THOUGHTS UNTIL MONDAY...
FAC total for 2014: 80 of 104 for a 77% success rate...about normal.
#6 ranked films/ people were nominated (instead of a "favorite") in Best Actress (Adams), Supporting Actress (Hawkins), Supporting Actor (Hill), Original Screenplay (Dallas Buyers Club), Production Design (Gravity), Original Song (Happy from Despicable Me 2) and Animated Feature (Ernest and Celestine).
All in all, looking back to yesterday's commentary, I feel okay about most of this year's guesses.
More on Monday...Have a great weekend.
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Thursday, March 8, 2012
At Long Last
Good Morning...
Oscar is in the rear view mirror and here finally is the post I have been promising that provides a little insider information and reaction to what happened on Oscar night. I have mined my sources one more time to entreat them to share some of their thoughts concerning the Academy's soiree. My little group includes a producer, director, editor, a film student and marketing exec. It's a pretty diverse slice of the industry/Academy. Here are some of the comments they had about this year's Oscar party.
SURPRISES...NOT SO MUCH:
There was general agreement that the evening lacked much in the way of an upset. One member of the group said:
"2 big surprises: Dragon Tattoo for editing, and Meryl for Actress."
The Streep response continued withe another respondent:
"I love being surprised with unexpected winners, but I do feel bad for Viola Davis. She had all of the momentum she could get and still couldn't pull it off. I didn't see The Iron Lady, but I'm guessing this is just a "Sorry we haven't given you more of these" type of win for Streep. I heard The Iron Lady was not particularly great, but hey, she's pretty good in everything she does. I'm not shocked, but I really thought it was going to Davis."
The same person also was surprised by the editing Oscar:
"I am thinking Editing was strange. But TGWTDT was edited well, so I cannot complain that it won. I just thought for sure it would go to The Artist or Hugo, that were also both well edited."
They were also surprised at the Cinematography Oscar:
"Cinematography caught me off guard. I'm reminded of Haneke's The White Ribbon. Voters have had 2 chances in the last 3 years to vote for a black and white film in this category, and they haven't. I think The Tree of Life deserved it, but no big deal."
TELECAST CRITIQUE:
There was generally a warm response to the telecast itself, but not overly enthusiastic.
"I thought it was a good Academy Awards. While Billy Crystal can do the job, his ad-libs prove he's not Johnny Carson. The focus group sketch was a good time."
Another of my friends noted:
"Thought they should have let Dujardin do his curtain call a la what he did in the movie, after winning his Oscar. Could have been hilarious, but the director cut away.
Think they should either have the best song category with performances, or cut the thing out. Half-assing it is no fun for anybody.
Billy was good, but he's become the only host worth watching in this kind of format or style. If anyone else hosts it, they need to completely rethink the concept of the show."
THINGS THAT PLEASED THEM:
Each respondent had one or two events that they isolated as something that had made them happy about the night's results. To wit:
"I really thought Christopher Plummer's speech was classy."
"Personally, I was happy to see Midnight in Paris nab the screenplay statuette. I bet Woody Allen was at home watching the NBA All-Star Game."
"Sad that IN DARKNESS didn’t win but A SEPARATION was pretty outstanding in spite of a frustrating ending.
Very pleased about RANGO. The fact that they had an outstanding d.p. As consultant made all the difference."
QUIRKS:
And a couple of odd facts pointed out along the way:
"Tapley made an interesting note. Dragon Tattoo was first film to have Editing be it's only win since Bullitt in 1968."
"I am told that THE ARTIST was one of only two films shot in Hollywood last year. An ironic and interesting observation if true."
BACK TO TFF #39 BUSINESS...
Repeating what I reported yesterday: it appears that we know the identity of this year's TFF #39 guest director. This does not come from a press release or news account but the source seems solid. That person is British author Geoff Dyer.
Remember you saw it here first and nearly 3 months before the announcement of last year's guest director came from the Festival.
Of course, I'll look pretty silly if this turns out to be wrong...
Finally, here are links to two more spec pieces concerning film expectations for this year. One is a Cannes wish list and contains a good number of Telluride prospects. The other is an Oscar 2012 spec piece that focuses largely on Big Studio films that by and large are very unlikely for Telluride...but it's still kind of interesting.
http://www.indiewire.com/article/cannes-wish-list-30-films-we-hope-make-the-festivals-2012-lineup
http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/for-your-consideration-list-of-25-potential-2013-best-picture-oscar-contenders/
Follow me on Twitter @Gort2
Later...
Oscar is in the rear view mirror and here finally is the post I have been promising that provides a little insider information and reaction to what happened on Oscar night. I have mined my sources one more time to entreat them to share some of their thoughts concerning the Academy's soiree. My little group includes a producer, director, editor, a film student and marketing exec. It's a pretty diverse slice of the industry/Academy. Here are some of the comments they had about this year's Oscar party.
SURPRISES...NOT SO MUCH:
There was general agreement that the evening lacked much in the way of an upset. One member of the group said:
"2 big surprises: Dragon Tattoo for editing, and Meryl for Actress."
The Streep response continued withe another respondent:
"I love being surprised with unexpected winners, but I do feel bad for Viola Davis. She had all of the momentum she could get and still couldn't pull it off. I didn't see The Iron Lady, but I'm guessing this is just a "Sorry we haven't given you more of these" type of win for Streep. I heard The Iron Lady was not particularly great, but hey, she's pretty good in everything she does. I'm not shocked, but I really thought it was going to Davis."
The same person also was surprised by the editing Oscar:
"I am thinking Editing was strange. But TGWTDT was edited well, so I cannot complain that it won. I just thought for sure it would go to The Artist or Hugo, that were also both well edited."
They were also surprised at the Cinematography Oscar:
"Cinematography caught me off guard. I'm reminded of Haneke's The White Ribbon. Voters have had 2 chances in the last 3 years to vote for a black and white film in this category, and they haven't. I think The Tree of Life deserved it, but no big deal."
TELECAST CRITIQUE:
There was generally a warm response to the telecast itself, but not overly enthusiastic.
"I thought it was a good Academy Awards. While Billy Crystal can do the job, his ad-libs prove he's not Johnny Carson. The focus group sketch was a good time."
Another of my friends noted:
"Thought they should have let Dujardin do his curtain call a la what he did in the movie, after winning his Oscar. Could have been hilarious, but the director cut away.
Think they should either have the best song category with performances, or cut the thing out. Half-assing it is no fun for anybody.
Billy was good, but he's become the only host worth watching in this kind of format or style. If anyone else hosts it, they need to completely rethink the concept of the show."
THINGS THAT PLEASED THEM:
Each respondent had one or two events that they isolated as something that had made them happy about the night's results. To wit:
"I really thought Christopher Plummer's speech was classy."
"Personally, I was happy to see Midnight in Paris nab the screenplay statuette. I bet Woody Allen was at home watching the NBA All-Star Game."
"Sad that IN DARKNESS didn’t win but A SEPARATION was pretty outstanding in spite of a frustrating ending.
Very pleased about RANGO. The fact that they had an outstanding d.p. As consultant made all the difference."
QUIRKS:
And a couple of odd facts pointed out along the way:
"Tapley made an interesting note. Dragon Tattoo was first film to have Editing be it's only win since Bullitt in 1968."
"I am told that THE ARTIST was one of only two films shot in Hollywood last year. An ironic and interesting observation if true."
BACK TO TFF #39 BUSINESS...
Repeating what I reported yesterday: it appears that we know the identity of this year's TFF #39 guest director. This does not come from a press release or news account but the source seems solid. That person is British author Geoff Dyer.
Remember you saw it here first and nearly 3 months before the announcement of last year's guest director came from the Festival.
Of course, I'll look pretty silly if this turns out to be wrong...
Finally, here are links to two more spec pieces concerning film expectations for this year. One is a Cannes wish list and contains a good number of Telluride prospects. The other is an Oscar 2012 spec piece that focuses largely on Big Studio films that by and large are very unlikely for Telluride...but it's still kind of interesting.
http://www.indiewire.com/article/cannes-wish-list-30-films-we-hope-make-the-festivals-2012-lineup
http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/for-your-consideration-list-of-25-potential-2013-best-picture-oscar-contenders/
Follow me on Twitter @Gort2
Later...
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
BREAKING: TFF #39 Has a Guest Director
BREAKING:
TFF #39 Has a Guest Director:
Well placed sources report that it will be British author Geoff Dyer as guest director of the 39th edition of the Telluride Film Festival.
Amazon search result for Geoff Dyer:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_9?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=geoff+dyer&sprefix=geoff+dye%2Caps%2C349
Barnes and Noble search result:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/geoff-dyer?keyword=geoff+dyer&store=allproducts
TFF #39 Has a Guest Director:
Well placed sources report that it will be British author Geoff Dyer as guest director of the 39th edition of the Telluride Film Festival.
Amazon search result for Geoff Dyer:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_9?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=geoff+dyer&sprefix=geoff+dye%2Caps%2C349
Barnes and Noble search result:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/geoff-dyer?keyword=geoff+dyer&store=allproducts
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
TFF #39 Has a Guest Director
BREAKING:
TFF #39 Has a Guest Director:
Well placed sources report that it will be British author Geoff Dyer as guest director of the 39th edition of the Telluride Film Festival.
Amazon search result for Geoff Dyer:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_9?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=geoff+dyer&sprefix=geoff+dye%2Caps%2C349
Barnes and Noble search result:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/geoff-dyer?keyword=geoff+dyer&store=allproducts
TFF #39 Has a Guest Director:
Well placed sources report that it will be British author Geoff Dyer as guest director of the 39th edition of the Telluride Film Festival.
Amazon search result for Geoff Dyer:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_9?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=geoff+dyer&sprefix=geoff+dye%2Caps%2C349
Barnes and Noble search result:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/geoff-dyer?keyword=geoff+dyer&store=allproducts
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