Owen Roizman's nomination doesn't make a lick of sense tho.
― "Minneapolis" (barf) (Eric H.), Friday, 9 February 2018 15:44 (six years ago) link
Two previous nominations... and got one later for Tootsie. They just liked him.
He did the urban grime thing well, as in French Connection and Pelham 123.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 9 February 2018 16:03 (six years ago) link
Word is that cinematography guild was the most insular boys club backscratching branch in that era.
― "Minneapolis" (barf) (Eric H.), Friday, 9 February 2018 16:22 (six years ago) link
Didn't hurt that the crowd was very full of the core "they don't make them like that anymore" demo.
Good news for your audience: Hollywood never stopped making plenty of shrill tirades on "what's the matter with society."
― iCloudius (cryptosicko), Friday, 9 February 2018 16:30 (six years ago) link
well Wexler won in '76 for Bound for Glory, gotta give em credit for that. xp
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 9 February 2018 16:30 (six years ago) link
Every good word in the English language is in that script.
― "Minneapolis" (barf) (Eric H.
"cocksmanship"
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 9 February 2018 18:11 (six years ago) link
Nine years later, I would change my vote from Taxi Driver to All the President's Men.
― clemenza, Friday, 9 February 2018 22:23 (six years ago) link
It's cool, I just changed my vote from All the President's Men back to Network and now the two are tied for second place!
― "Minneapolis" (barf) (Eric H.), Friday, 9 February 2018 23:54 (six years ago) link
It's been a busy day.
― clemenza, Saturday, 10 February 2018 00:05 (six years ago) link
wd now write in Mikey and Nicky
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 10 February 2018 01:05 (six years ago) link
I wasn't here 9 years ago, but Taxi Driver is still the best and Network still sucks.
― iCloudius (cryptosicko), Saturday, 10 February 2018 01:43 (six years ago) link
were there ever consecutive Best Actress winners who played soulless villains besides Louise Fletcher and Dunaway?
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 10 February 2018 01:51 (six years ago) link
Closest case I could determine was Natalie Portman in Black Swan and Streep's Margaret Thatcher.
― "Minneapolis" (barf) (Eric H.), Saturday, 10 February 2018 15:26 (six years ago) link
Depends on what you think about Katherine Hepburn in On Golden Pond and Meryl Streep in Sophie's Choice
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 10 February 2018 15:35 (six years ago) link
Bette Davis '38/Vivien Leigh '39? Maybe they weren't entirely soulless.
― WilliamC, Saturday, 10 February 2018 19:43 (six years ago) link
I wasn't here 9 years ago, but Network is still the best and Taxi Driver still sucks.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 10 February 2018 19:51 (six years ago) link
you can deconstruct Scarlett O'Hara myriad ways, but she is clearly the heroine of GWTW
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 11 February 2018 06:44 (six years ago) link
(and so is BD in Jezebel from what i can recall)
btw I have come to the realization that Holden was about 18 months older than I am now when they shot Network, and no one yet has impugned my cocksmanship.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Monday, 12 February 2018 16:35 (six years ago) link
Date more loquacious programming directors with father complexes.
― "Minneapolis" (barf) (Eric H.), Monday, 12 February 2018 16:39 (six years ago) link
Basically X agrees
Just curious, which of these should've won against ROCKY?— Eric Henderson (@ephender) February 14, 2024
― Rich E. (Eric H.), Wednesday, 14 February 2024 22:10 (two months ago) link