It’s almost impossible to decipher who is the john and who is the whore when it comes to the “Hollywood Film Awards.”
I sometimes wonder why I haven’t launched the MCN Movie Awards and I think the answer is that I’m just not cynical enough yet.
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“The true punk film of the festival.”
~ Romain Blondeau On Claire Denis’ Les Saluds in Les Inrocks
“It’s also defined commercially by the difference between a colorful, Hawaii-set comedy starring George Clooney and a black-and-white, prairie-based old-age odyssey featuring a straggly and unkempt Bruce Dern. All the same, Paramount Vantage should be able to ride accolades for this very fine Cannes competition entry to respectable specialized returns in fall release.”
~ McCarthy On Nebraska
Someone asked me the other night what the deal was with the Hollywood Film Festival. I know it’s never been considered to have serious credibility, yet big names show up.
Is there an article you’ve done before laying out the case against it that I could use for reference next time the topic comes up?
Anne did a pretty good job of slamming it last week:
http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/2009/10/19/industry_gives_hollywood_film_festival_free_pass/
Luke – HFF is a minor, albeit profitable, event.
I like Carlos, even if he is selling snake oil with his event. He is, actually, not unwilling to reach higher. But he is looked down at by too many people who are those who would be able to help him raise the bar. In addition, the festival is in direct competition with AFI, hammocked between AFI and NYFF, making the festival part meaningless in any real way… except for filmmakers who have movies there.
It is simple. He has created another opportunity for awards players to play… another press opp… and the press cooperates, so it works for them. It’s a pay-to-play event, not unlike National Board of Review and, on some level, HFPA.
The irony of Carlos is that he honors all categories, which no one else does. So it is the shiniest place, pre-Oscar and specific guilds, to honor costumers and cinematographers and comedy and sfx, etc.
In the end, it is not mean spirited. Just meaningless.
Media coverage is the media’s fault, not Carlos’.
“The sponsors of the Hollywood Film Festival include presenter sponsor Starz Entertainment, and Always On, American Cinema Editors, American Society of Cinematographers, ArcLight Cinemas, Celebrity Services, Creative Artists Agency, Entertainment Tonight, Focus Features, Fox Searchlight, ILM, Michael Kors, Los Angeles Times, Miramax, Motion Picture Editors Guild, Sony Classics, Universal Pictures, Variety, The Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros., The Weinstein Company and YAHOO! Movies, Inc., among others.”
Note: LA Times, Variety, Yahoo! Movies. That’s why you haven’t heard Anne mouthing off about it before.
Interesting they have the Arclight on board. None of the other big fests seem to want to work with Arclight any more.