• How “The Wrestler” is rescuing professional wrestling. [The Independent]
• Kim Voynar on spinning against the frontrunner. [Movie City News]
• Michael Cieply writes up the Oscarcast as a production struggling to be exciting in the wake of an under-seen slate of nominees. [New York Times]
• According to Christopher Nolan at the DGA Awards, should Heath Ledger win the Oscar, his family will accept the award on his behalf. [Entertainment Weekly]
• An Italian office worker is claiming “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” was based on a story she wrote 15 years ago and she’s not happy about it. [The Hollywood Reporter]
• Nathaniel Rogers has a post-SAG podcast discussion with a few friends. The topics are too many to list here, but have a listen. [The Film Experience]
• Scorsese + Day-Lewis + Del Toro = Oscar in the very near future? [Variety]
• 10 documentaries Hollywood should make into dramatic features, including “Blessed is the Match,” similarly suggested in this space last week. [Spout Blog]
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8 responses to “2/2 Oscarweb Round-up”
Wow, add Bernal to the Scorsese/Day-Lewis/Del Toro equation … I am SO there.
Day-Lewis and Del Toro are two acting planets. I don’t know how they can share one movie between themselves. I say kick Del Toro out…he’s a little too intense for my tastes. He’s not as artful as many of his peers.
The name Scorsese alone is enough to make me all giddy, but with a cast like this, my excitement for this is just beyond words!
And as for your concerns Alex, I think they’ll be fine together. Scorsese should know how to handle them.
I really do hope Silence gets going this time, it’s been a long time coming. The book is fantastic. I’m thinking Bernal would be the lead, since Del Toro and Day-Lewis are both too old to play the main character in the book.
Which story is the Italian lady talking about? The one in Benjamin Button? Which one is that? I don’t recall any such thing as a story or any semblance of it in the film. Maybe its a case of seeing non-existent things.
I hope Michelle Williams does go up there with them.
I was already really looking forward to that movie because of what it’s about, but Day-Lewis, Del Toro,and Bernal. Wow, getting chills just thinking about it.
I’m really hoping Bernal gets some well-deserved (and overdue) recognition for this!