Whether or not Luke Matheny’s “God of Love” nabs the Oscar for Best Live Action Short is still to be seen. It sure has its share of champions but it’s rare for a winner of the Student Academy Award to also take the big prize. Nevertheless, there’s clearly a publicity push in motion, witnessed by a cute press release that was waiting in my inbox this morning.
Matheny offers up his “top eight for a date,” films that dovetail nicely with today’s holiday (and what an opportune time for such a holiday to strike when your film is a riff on Cupid). They are (I’m assuming in no particular order):
“Joe vs. The Volcano”
“Paris Blues”
“Miracle of Morgan’s Creek”
“The Bodyguard”
“The Thomas Crown Affair”
“Doc Hollywood”
“Shop Around the Corner”
“Arthur”