O'Neil, Hammond, myself
Yesterday The Envelope's Tom O'Neil talked to yours truly and Envelope contributor Pete Hammond about Oscar matters. I advanced my Russian-Chinese Communist suggestion about fixing the over-the-hill membership problem and discussed a possible Michael Clayton score in one of the categories. Hammond talked about the Academy's "dirty little secret" (i.e., a lot of members don't watch the nominated movies, or watch them all the way through) and the topic of possible upsets.
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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on February 11, 2008 at 5:39 PM
comment #1
adorian
says ...
Do you mean upsets as in
Best Actress = Ellen Page?
Best Actor = George Clooney?
Best Supporting Actor = Hal Holbrook?
Best Supporting Actress = Tilda Swinton?
Posted by adorian
at February 12, 2008 6:40 AM
comment #2
sijmen
says ...
I found this Oscar comment from you, Jeffrey, you posted it early december (or was it late november):
"90% agreement on this Oscar-race thought from Jamie Stuart: "I'm just thinking about the ubiquitous Oscar blogging, and various ideas of what is and isn't an Oscar film. There are four movies this year that will one day be recognized as classics that will not win Best Picture: No Country for Old Men, I'm Not There, Zodiac and There Will Be Blood.
"Only one of thse may be nominated, at best. Something to think about. 35 years ago they'd all have been nominated." Exception: I'm not sure that There Will Be Blood would have ever been nominated, even in the early '70s, and I'm not sure about I'm Not There either."
Never give up your belief if it comes to the Academy :-)
Posted by sijmen
at February 12, 2008 8:47 AM
comment #3
sijmen
says ...
I found this Oscar comment from you, Jeffrey, you posted it early december (or was it late november):
"90% agreement on this Oscar-race thought from Jamie Stuart: "I'm just thinking about the ubiquitous Oscar blogging, and various ideas of what is and isn't an Oscar film. There are four movies this year that will one day be recognized as classics that will not win Best Picture: No Country for Old Men, I'm Not There, Zodiac and There Will Be Blood.
"Only one of thse may be nominated, at best. Something to think about. 35 years ago they'd all have been nominated." Exception: I'm not sure that There Will Be Blood would have ever been nominated, even in the early '70s, and I'm not sure about I'm Not There either."
So what do we learn from this? Never give up your trust in the Academy? Something like that :-)
Posted by sijmen
at February 12, 2008 8:48 AM