aa bit off topic, bur Best Speech ever delivered oscar
goes to......woody allen.
he's fucking brilliant!
:)
otomi.
--- Andrew Hime <hime1@gte.net> wrote:
quoted 54 lines I was watching the Oscars and this film called
> > > I was watching the Oscars and this film called
> "Copy Shop" which was
> > > nominated for Best Short Film (Live Action)
> caught my eye. So I looked
> it
> > > up and I found that it "consists of nearly
> 18,000 photocopied frames,
> > > which are animated and filmed with a 35mm
> camera". I watched it on
> > > ifilm.com and it's got some nice visual touches,
> though it's got a
> > > contrived, film school feel. But my point is
> that if they think this is
> > > good enough to nominate for an Oscar they should
> see some of
> bit_meddler's
> > > video work.
> > >
> > > I also watched a film at ifilm.com called "Fifty
> Percent Grey", which
> got
> > > nominated for Best Short Film (Animated) and
> that's kind of fucked up.
> >
> > Saw both of these today myself on the big screen
> as part of Apollo's
> touring
> > Oscar Shorts program. Copy Shop is definitely a
> nice technical
> acheivement,
> > but I think The Accountant was a better all-around
> work. Speed for
> Thespians
> > probably won, though.
>
> Looks like I pegged it - The Accountant won, and of
> course so did For The
> Birds. I kinda expected The Accountant to be too
> flip and too anti-corporate
> for the voters.
>
> Hopefully the shorts program can come out on DVD or
> something so people can
> check out this stuff. I was also surprised to find
> that No Man's Land beat
> out Amelie - not that it's not a deserving film.
>
> Oh yes, and John Cameron-Mitchell was robbed. Hedwig
> now!
>
>
>
>
>
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