Post by MagdaFR on Sept 2, 2017 17:10:11 GMT
I said I wasn't going to care for the Oscar but here I am reading about them.
Anne Thompson frim Telluride:
www.indiewire.com/2017/09/downsizing-comedy-matt-damon-telluride-oscar-question-1201872483/
Anne Thompson frim Telluride:
“Darkest Hour”
1. As predicted, Gary Oldman is superb as war-torn Prime Minister Winston Churchill in Working Title’s latest Oscar contender, “Darkest Hour,” and is the one to beat for Best Actor. It’s his time, after only one nomination (“Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”), along with Supporting Actors Ben Mendelsohn as his King and Kristin Scott Thomas as his wife. This is a Best Picture contender and will score with the crafts as well.
Director Joe Wright has never been nominated — even though “Atonement” earned seven Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and won Best Score for Dario Marinelli, who also will be nominated for this one. So will Wright and screenwriter Anthony McCarten (“The Theory of Everything”). All of Wright’s skills with exquisite tracking shots and visual atmosphere are on display as he builds tension.
1. As predicted, Gary Oldman is superb as war-torn Prime Minister Winston Churchill in Working Title’s latest Oscar contender, “Darkest Hour,” and is the one to beat for Best Actor. It’s his time, after only one nomination (“Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”), along with Supporting Actors Ben Mendelsohn as his King and Kristin Scott Thomas as his wife. This is a Best Picture contender and will score with the crafts as well.
Director Joe Wright has never been nominated — even though “Atonement” earned seven Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and won Best Score for Dario Marinelli, who also will be nominated for this one. So will Wright and screenwriter Anthony McCarten (“The Theory of Everything”). All of Wright’s skills with exquisite tracking shots and visual atmosphere are on display as he builds tension.
2. Annette Bening is moving and sexy as aging actress Gloria Grahame in Paul McGuigan’s uneven “Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool” (Sony Pictures Classics) which starts out strong with the attraction between young actor Peter Turner and the fading Hollywood star, but weakens as their romance deteriorates. James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli has been pushing this story into existence with 1981 memoir writer Turner for over 20 years.
3. “Downsizing” played better in Venice than in Telluride. Some people love this urbane, sophisticated global dramedy which has much on its mind. Others, not so much. Matt Damon plays sad-sack occupational therapist Paul Safranak (in a role originally intended for Paul Giamatti), who convinces his wife (Kristen Wiig) to get 5 inches tall and move to Leisureland, where they can live large and save the planet at the same time.
...So what’s my best Oscar guess? Screenplay — Payne’s sweet spot — and maybe some attention for Hong Chau, who plays Gong Jiang, a remarkable 5-inch dissident woman who befriends Paul, carries the movie’s emotion, and could be a Supporting Actress contender.
...So what’s my best Oscar guess? Screenplay — Payne’s sweet spot — and maybe some attention for Hong Chau, who plays Gong Jiang, a remarkable 5-inch dissident woman who befriends Paul, carries the movie’s emotion, and could be a Supporting Actress contender.
www.indiewire.com/2017/09/downsizing-comedy-matt-damon-telluride-oscar-question-1201872483/