• According to director Derek Cianfrance, committed actors Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams had “some real things happening” while portraying lovers in “Blue Valentine.” [Hollywood Reporter]
• Nicole LaPorte on Toronto’s Oscar-launching ground and the films that made a splash. [Daily Beast]
• Javier Bardem can’t believe he’s a heartthrob. [Daily Telegraph]
• Salon’s Andrew O’Hehir slams Ben Affleck’s latest for “celebrity malaise” and even seems to think its premise is “offensive.” [Salon]
• Anne Thompson takes him to task and tells his outlet to “wake up.” [Thompson on Hollywood]
• In his first post with the Wall Street Journal, Todd Gilchrist writes up the potential upcoming (and first-time) home video release of Stanley Kubrick’s “Fear and Desire.” [Speakeasy]
• Katey Rich gets her toes wet and makes a few Oscar calls for the new season. [Cinema Blend]
[Photo: The Weinstein Company]
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13 responses to “9/21 OSCARWEB ROUND-UP: Gosling and Williams’s “real love,” Bardem blushes, defending Affleck”
Fear and Desire is so bad. I really hope it does not happen.
salon is making a very weak argument, o well
Good to know Williams and Gosling are so dedicated. :)
The “Fear and Desire” DVD is apparently in negotiations. I attended a screening of the film a couple of weeks ago in Hollywood, and a lady from George Eastman House (who own the the 35mm print of the film) confirmed as much, but made note that the process could be a slow and arduous one. So yeah, may be a while yet.
Why would Anne criticize another writer’s opinion?
You’d have to ask her.
Gotta say, though I’m not sure I know why the movie’s plot is “offensive” to O’Hehir, and I wouldn’t be nearly as negative if I wrote such a review, I pretty much agree with him.
What’s more, I found Anne Thompson’s rebuttal underdeveloped, either by choice (two paragraphs, one of which is nearly just a big quote of the Salon review) or by happenstance.
Salon is a glorified gossip rag anyway. Who ever cared what they thought?
Anne does, apparently.
I’m not sure exactly what Anne’s beef with O’Hehir is, but I really dislike this increasingly prevalent blogger habit of accusing a critic of contrarianism simply because his views don’t line up with those of the majority.
@Guy I agree with you to the extent that your complaints don’t perpetuate this cycle of increasing tediousness.
So far we have:
Consensus
Tedious Dissenter
Tedious Complaints of Contrariness
Tedious Complaints of Complaints of Contrariness
And now me, who’s tediously complaining of complaints of complaints of contrariness
This whole thing is very tedious.
And yes, semantics are a huge part of the online world.
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