(It’s kind of hard to find anything with meat on its bones amid all the boring, derivative Sundance coverage.)
• David Poland spends 30 minutes with genius Charlie Kaufman. [The Hot Blog]
• Patrick Goldstein comes to Edward Zwick’s defence over a wrong-headed, borderline moronic assessment of his recent film “Defiance.” [The Big Picture]
• Nathaniel Rogers takes his final Oscar stabs. [The Film Experience]
• Tom O’Neil catches up with “Reader” makeup head Ivana Primorac. [Gold Derby]
• Speaking of which, in case you missed it over the weekend, Gerard Kennedy talked to Primorac and the rest of the film’s below-the-line crew in this week’s edition of “Tech Support.” [In Contention]
• Dave Karger wonders if Meryl Streep’s precursor consistency will nab her a third Oscar. If pressed to answer today, my money would be on her, too. [Entertainment Weekly]
• Your chance to be interviewed about “The Dark Knight” and Oscar and a poll asking whether you’d be more inclined to watch the Oscars if the film is nominated for Best Picture. [USA Today]
• Christopher Campbell takes a look at a Sundance story of yore: “Little Miss Sunshine.” [Spout Blog]
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1 1-19-2009 at 7:10 am
Chase Kahn said...
‘Defiance’ is so bad, I could care less if Zwick is getting attacked by radical right-wing crazies — although they are attacking him for the wrong reason.
He’s made his most manipulative, soft, and offensively underwhelming film to date.