European Film Awards
This site has bonged the gong on Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's The Lives of Others several times, but yesterday's announcement that it won three top European Film Awards awards -- Best Picture, Best Actor (Ulrich Muhe) and Best Screenwriter (von Donnersmarck) -- brings it to the fore again.
This Sony Pictures Classics release has the current of greatness in it -- a subdued but passionate story, arresting specificity of observation and recreation in every last department, superb acting (Sebastian Koch and Martina Gedeck especially), ripe adult sexuality and a truly heartening finale.
Pedro Almodovar's Volver also cleaned up at the European Film Awards -- Pedro for Best Drector, Penelope Cruz for Best Actress, José Luis Alcaine for Best Cinematography, Alberto Iglesias for Best Musical Score as well as the recipient of the People's Choice Award for Best European Film.
Posted by Jeffrey Wells on December 3, 2006 at 9:57 AM
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babartheelephant
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Posted by babartheelephant
at December 3, 2006 12:22 PM
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jeffmcm
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Doesn't 'bonged the gong' mean that you thought something was very, very bad, a la The Gong Show?
I think you mean beat the drum.
Posted by jeffmcm
at December 3, 2006 1:15 PM
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nemo
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Martina Gedeck -- rowrrr!
Posted by nemo
at December 3, 2006 1:55 PM
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Dan Revill
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Good for Lives of Others. Definitely on a short list for my top ten this year. It just stays with you, long after you've left the theater. Not many films have done that for me this year.
Posted by Dan Revill
at December 3, 2006 6:44 PM
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Dan Revill
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I should add that I don't think it has a shot in hell of Best Picture though Jeff, so why put it in the bubble?
Posted by Dan Revill
at December 3, 2006 6:46 PM