Covering film in Toronto
My wife and I went with some friends last night to see the Oscar-nominated short films, both live action and animated. My favourites were:
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This evening, I finally got around to watching Ghost World, the DVD of which my wife bought me more than a week ago. We hadn’t seen it in the theatre, but I knew I wouldn’t be disappointed. As a fan of the comic book, I thought it was translated to the screen quite faithfully, and I thought Thora Birch and Steve Buscemi’s performances were wonderful. I’m crossing my fingers that it wins the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay.
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I agree with Roger Ebert, who says Richard Linklater’s Waking Life was unfairly overlooked in the Best Animated Feature category in this year’s Oscar nominations. His theory is that Hollywood and its huge CGI industry didn’t like an indie film director’s use of off-the-shelf Macintosh computers and home-brewed animation software to challenge their supremacy.
What do you think of this year’s nominations overall?
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Looking over the list of Oscar nominees, I’m very disappointed that Gene Hackman was overlooked. Usually winning the Golden Globe award pretty much assures a nomination for the Oscar, and in his case it was sorely deserved. I didn’t see Training Day, but really, two nominations for acting in a film that didn’t get any other notice seems odd.
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The Oscar nominees have been announced and though I haven’t had a chance to look at every category, I was really pleased that Elling, one of my favourite films from the Toronto International Film Festival, has been nominated in the Best Foreign Language Film category. Of course, it will lose to Amelie, but still, it’s a nice honour, and hopefully it means the film will be available for more people to see.
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