Uh… not really…
I always find it sad when the smarter awards groups push to be first like it matters.
In 5 years of giving a Best Feature award, the first two years’ winners were Oscar nominated… the last three years were not. Make of it what you will.
Anyway…
The 19th Annual Gotham Independent Film Award
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RT @jeremyrsaunders: Gatsby poster is very nice. Gatsby trailer is not very nice.
RT @TheMikeFiggis: #editday53.I think I am finished editing for the moment.Me and the film need a break from each other.Plus it seems to be working.Its a ....
RT @eug: HOLY MOTORS: imagine what might happen if Tim Burton were head of the jury this year. #Cannes
DP: I wonder what a shotgun blast does to a person's head RT @ExtAngel: worried that andrew dominik can't find his sense of childlike wonder
DP: @TheMcRaj PS I'll get Dominik back on LA. I leave tomorrow and they press tomorrow. Remember... Lee Daniels did 3 DP/30s for Precious
“Just got back from Dark Shadows at the Lincoln Square IMAX (102′ wide screen, over 50 sears per row). I loved almost every second of it. What a shock. I can see why people under 49 hate it, and it’s not just because of its ’60s TV roots–it’s a very traditional, classic-style horror film: leisurely-paced, character-driven, beautifully designed (mostly real sets, not CGI), music used as a humorous or ironic underline, not particularly violent (there’s more blood in the 1970 version), perfectly cast with superb actors, and of course a nice sense of humor to balance the horror. No jump scenes, no teens sliced to pieces by some mask-wearing non-entity, just good old-fashioned story-telling. It’s more like Hugo than Hostel, and not just because it shares cast members and underperformed. And as for the much-derided third act: the complaints are horseshit. Everything that takes place in the climax is logically built up to in what precedes it. Yes, the werewolf is a surprise, but it shouldn’t be given the family history and that character’s behavior, and the explanation is eminently reasonable. In an era where Bridesmaids is considered award-worthy writing, it’s no surprise that many people have forgotten what a well-made script can be like. So fuck all the haters. Dark Shadows lived up to my expectations (no small feat), and should be seen by everyone who still appreciates quality, grown-up, Old Hollywood-style filmmaking. Cadavra has spoken.”
~ Cadavra on Dark Shadows
‘This grooming and styling thing? It’s fucking poodles. Human poodles. I feel sorry for a poodle because he’s a dog. You know, a dog is a fucking great creature. They would do anything for you. And the poodle gets a haircut. No one asks if the poodle wants his hair cut like that. Do they? They just fucking cut his hair like that. And he just walks around. And everyone is like, “Why is that poodle so snarky?” Fuck you. Style, I think, is panache. Who are you? What did you do today? And what are you worth to me? What do you have to offer the world? How did you spend your time today on this planet? How are you spending your time every second? What are you doing now? Are you alive, or are you somnambulant? If you are somnambulant, then you are a fucking prick. Style is your ability to be awake. But who the fuck am I to judge? I’m starting to get really arrogant.”
GQ: Whose tuxedo did you wear on the red carpet here in Cannes?
“J.Lindeberg. Because I really love his suits.”
~ Stylin’ Tom Hardy
Where’s Lex at? Why hasn’t he been unbanned yet? It’s just not the same around here.
I don’t see any honorees on here that look like the Gotham Awards are trying to be an Oscar indicator. Maybe they’re trying to give awards to the best work? Hard to believe, I know.
Gotham INDEPENDENT FILM Awards…
DP, are you saying you want the Gothams to work harder to play the Oscar-prediction game? Don’t you hate that game?
While I personally like the Gotham awards and think they tend to make good, interesting choices, I think Dave’s point is why do the announce the awards so early if they’re not playing the Oscar game? Why not wait until (shocker) the end of the year?
And to answer my own devil’s advocate questions, I think it is because they do want to influence the awards to consider some titles that might and often do get lost come Oscar time. The fact that they don’t make enough impact does make that a questionable decision, though.
“It starts here”
Could it be any more overt, Eric.
They aren’t trying to be an indicator…no one is… they are trying to appear to be an influence… or to even actually be one.
The hypocrisy of all these groups that claim to be above it who then jostle for position with legs spread wider than the Golden Globes Of Fuck Me I’m (Enter Country Here) is overwhelming.
Yes… Gothams seem to want to reach higher. But don’t forget… “it starts here.”
The truth is, this particular battle is with Film Independent more than with Oscar. But even in a season with the Oscars in March, the ONLY high-profile awards-giving body other than Oscar that will be voting with less than 2 weeks to go before the end of the year (“there are too many movies!!!! Let’s vote earlier!) is National Society of Film Critics.
Do we really need to be defining the year in a hurry, trying to be first, trying to find an audience for these things that is bigger than our well-established niches, not really just celebrating?
Where does it say “It starts here?”
If that’s going to be the basis for criticism for a press release you’re going to partially reprint, you really need to include it in your post, or at least link to the whole thing. What you did reprint is totally innocuous.
Ah, I pulled out my microscope and saw it in the image. My mistake. Even after seeing it, though, it’s so vague that it be taken any way you want.
Moreover, my earlier point stands: if this group had any interest in influencing or being seen as influencing the Oscars, these are not the honorees they would have picked.
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, sometimes an award is just an award.