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From: chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Chuq Von Rospach)
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Subject: Re: Oscar Nomination Gripes (LONG)
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Date: Thu, 23-Feb-84 14:52:03 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb 23 14:52:03 1984
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I thought I might drop in my half a nickel worth on Laura's nomination
comments, since I disagree with some of her feelings:

Best Picture: The only picture on that list that didn't deserve the
nomination was 'The Right Stuff' since it was all wrong. Star 80 should
have been there instead, but you have to remember that the Academy lives in
the early 30's and has real problems with controversial material and S*X.
Tender Mercies would be a distant second for dropping off the list, but not
for Local Hero. I don't think that Terms of Endearment is all that
overrated, but on top of that it is the kind of movie most directors would
kill to make; a simple, well made, intelligent film that also happens to
make a mint at the box office.

Best Actor: Agreed. Eric Roberts should be in there instead of Michael
Caine, since neither Caine nor Educating Rita were all that stimulating.
The others are all amazingly good performances and deserve to be there.

Best Actress: I don't think that Hemmingway deserves a nomination. She was
good, but it was Roberts movie. I also disagree with Julie Walters and
Educating Rita. Note also the obligatory Streep nomination (once again,
obligatory and deserved...).

Best director: Fosse should be in here, not instead of brooks but instead
of Beresford (Tender Mercies). It isn't the direction that makes that
flick, its the actor. A similar (but less convincing) argument can be made
for silkwood and actresses.

Best Orig. Screenplay: Please note that the screenplay and the movie
sometimes differ significantly. I think Wargames reads much better than it
views, and if you consider it fantasy, it isn't **that** bad.
Fanny&Alexander as a screenplay is an emotional nomination, not a logical
one.

Best cinematography: I don't agree on the Hunger. I also don't think Right
Stuff should have been there, and we can argue all day on flashdance.

Editing: They blew it on zelig. They blew it on 'The Right Stuff (do I see
a pattern here?). 

Original Score: Jedi? C'mon folks, Williams could score a Charmin
commercial and get a nomination. 

Oh, well.... 
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