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jeremy

Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 3:10 am

Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 6794 Location: Derby, England and Hamilton, New Zealand (yes they are about 12,000 miles apart)

http://film.guardian.co.uk/features/featurepages/0,,1993071,00.html

Best musical moments in film?

Ooops! In case you were wandering, I meant to post this in the Lobby.

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billyweeds

Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 7:52 am

Joined: 20 May 2004 Posts: 20618 Location: New York City

jeremy wrote:

Lady,

I wouldn't rule out Pan's Labyrinth beating Volver to the Oscar; it picked up more BAFTA nominations than any other foreign film - so it's not without its supporters. Being the more recent of the two may also help it.

Pan was probably the best-reviewed movie of the whole year--something I can't quite understand, but it certainly bodes well for the Oscar.

gromit

Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 8:52 am

Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 9008 Location: Shanghai

Tried to watch Volver last night, but the English sub-titles were from some other movie dealing with espionage. Amusing for about 5 minutes. Just got a new, hopefully improved, copy today. I didn't realize Water was 2006. Now I'll have to watch that as well.

Saw Enfant, L' (2006) aka The Child last night (instead of Volver). A well-made Belgian film from the highly regarded Dardennes Bros. (Rosetta). A slice-of-life film about a petty thief/slacker twenty-something year-old who has considerable trouble dealing with adulthood (and his new fatherhood). Well worth viewing. A certain humanism, integrity and look, allowed it to accomplish what The Death of Mr. Lazarescu tried to deliver. Now I'll have to unearth Rosetta out of an older to-watch pile.

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lady wakasa

Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 11:13 am

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gromit wrote:

I've seen both of those (actually, everything you've mentioned in that post). I thought that Lazarescu was excellent, that L'Enfant was excellent, but I wouldn't really compare the two. Plus I'd say that the lack of humanism is more evident in L'Enfant, because it's focused much more in one person than it is in Lazarescu.

But that's just what I'd say.

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lshap

Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 11:49 am

Site Admin Joined: 12 May 2004 Posts: 4246 Location: Montreal

Here's where we stand :

Best Supporting Actor - Kate
Best Supporting Actress - Jeremy
Best Cinematography - Syd
Best Song - open
Best Score - open
Best Original Screenplay - Melody
Best Adapted Screenplay - Melody
Best Documentary - Whiskeypriest
Best Foreign Film - Ghulam
Best Actor - Billy
Best Actress - Nancy
Best Director - Chilly
Best Picture - Rod

With Yambu standing by to take any category we're still short one tabulator. Voting for nominations begins on Sunday, January 21, so I'd like to get this settled before the weekend if possible. Any volunteers? Bily's offered to to sing you a song, Rod's offered to take you drinking and Melody's offered a personalized massage.

lshap

Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 11:53 am

Site Admin Joined: 12 May 2004 Posts: 4246 Location: Montreal

Here's the voting schedule for the 8th Annual Blanche Awards:

Sun. January 21 - end of Wed. Jan. 24: Nominate online your top 3 picks for Best Supporting Actress and Best Supporting Actor.

Thurs. Jan. 25 - end of Sun. Jan. 28: Nominate online your top 3 picks for Best Documentary and Best Score

Mon. Jan 29 - end of Thurs. Feb 1: Nominate online your top 3 picks for Best Foreign Film, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Screenplay.

Fri. Feb. 2 - end of Mon. Feb. 5: Nominate online your top 3 picks for Best Cinematography and Best Song.

Tues. Feb. 6 - end of Fri. Feb. 9: Nominate online your top 3 picks for Best Actor and Best Actress.

Sat., Feb 10 - end of Tues., Feb 13: Nominate online your top 3 picks for Best Director and Best Film.

Vote Tabulators: The top five nominees should already be counted and emailed by then, the last category no later than Feb 14.

Thurs. Feb. 15: Nominees for the 8th Annual Blanche Award are announced. Voting begins for a winner among each category's five nominees. All votes are emailed directly to the Vote Tabulator for each category. Vote for as many categories as you want.

The voting ends on Tuesday, February 20 at the end of the day. All Vote Tabulators should email the Blanche winners to me ASAP!! This will give me time to prepare the graphics and upload everything for the big evening, Friday, February 23, 8:00pm EST.

For a quick reference, here is a list of all films released in 2006:
http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/index2006.html

Trish

Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 12:40 pm

Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 2438 Location: Massachusetts

is there a site that can tell you if a screenplay is original or adapted?

inlareviewer

Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 2:56 pm

Joined: 05 Jul 2004 Posts: 1949 Location: Lawrence, KS

Oh, what the flock. Let's ALL be nutzo. I'll tabulate Best Score.

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chillywilly

Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 3:00 pm

Joined: 20 May 2004 Posts: 8250 Location: Salt Lake City

lshap wrote:

.. and Melody's offered a personalized massage.

Is this one of those things I can add to my voice mail greeting? Now that could be cool....

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lshap

Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 3:07 pm

Site Admin Joined: 12 May 2004 Posts: 4246 Location: Montreal

inlareviewer wrote:

Oh, what the flock. Let's ALL be nutzo. I'll tabulate Best Score.

Welcome aboard, matey.

inlareviewer

Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 3:29 pm

Joined: 05 Jul 2004 Posts: 1949 Location: Lawrence, KS

Lshap, mai plaisir. At least with Blanche tabulations, it'll be frisky and interesting. Am convinced my colleagues in the local dramatical association have lost their minds, but that's another story, never mind, anyway...

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lshap

Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 3:45 pm

Site Admin Joined: 12 May 2004 Posts: 4246 Location: Montreal

Let's root, root root for the Blanche team:

Best Supporting Actor - Kate
Best Supporting Actress - Jeremy
Best Cinematography - Syd
Best Song - Yambu
Best Score - Inlareviewer
Best Original Screenplay - Melody
Best Adapted Screenplay - Melody
Best Documentary - Whiskeypriest
Best Foreign Film - Ghulam
Best Actor - Billy
Best Actress - Nancy
Best Director - Chilly
Best Picture - Rod

Thank you, guys!

whiskeypriest

Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 4:19 pm

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lshap wrote:

I hope to do at least as good a job as I did as moderator of the Pnin discussion.

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Marj

Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 4:27 pm

Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 10497 Location: Manhattan

Spit take! LOL!!!!

inlareviewer

Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 8:03 pm

Joined: 05 Jul 2004 Posts: 1949 Location: Lawrence, KS

gromit wrote:

Saw Enfant, L' (2006) aka The Child last night (instead of Volver). A well-made Belgian film from the highly regarded Dardennes Bros. (Rosetta). A slice-of-life film about a petty thief/slacker twenty-something year-old who has considerable trouble dealing with adulthood (and his new fatherhood). Well worth viewing. A certain humanism, integrity and look, allowed it to accomplish what The Death of Mr. Lazarescu tried to deliver. Now I'll have to unearth Rosetta out of an older to-watch pile.

D'accord. The Jérémie Renier/Déborah François connection slew me as much as the Ryan Gosling/Shareeka Epps connection in Half Nelson did, if not more. Bruno, Bruno, Bruno, Sonia, Sonia, Sonia, et petit Jimmy, sacre bleu. Magnifique.

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