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Very bummed about missing 40th high school reunion this weekend L RB & I arrived @ O’Hare ~ 9:30 on Friday to board 11 AM flight, but by 3 PM after 2 cancelled flights, we realized some things are simply “not meant to be,” at which point we limped back to UNITED & begged them for our luggage… Hope you all had a great time, sniff, sniff! XOX, Jan
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You can’t imagine the electric current that went thru me as I read this article in the New York Times yesterday because the person ringing all the bells about the 2004 Oscar Noms, was, you guessed it, yours truly. As I called around doing interviews for my Women’s eNews article, everyone was focused on Sofia Coppola. Almost no one (not even the folks at Women in Film in LA!) had fully appreciated the bigger picture. My article ended up winning the “Best News Article Written for the Internet” award from NPFW the following year, effectively setting me on my way.
But as you read my article in current context, note this: I asserted then (& I still assert now) that success in 2004 didn’t just depend on a good crop of films. It was also a result of the fact that many women (including me) howled in protest when Julie Taymor was NOT nominated for Best Director for FRIDA (even tho FRIDA received 6 nominations & eventually won 2 Oscars).
If history is repeating itself, then perhaps the howling we did last year about Loveleen Tandan (”My SLUMDOG Brouhaha“) has helped to sensitize everyone again this year? Before you blow me off &/or accuse me of grandiosity (or worse) consider this: THE HURT LOCKER screened in Toronto last year… but it was barely noticed… When Independent Spirit Award noms were announced on 12/2/08, only Mackie & Renner got noms (quickly forgotten as the ‘09 race heated up). But as Cieply points out, THE HURT LOCKER now has Oscar buzz for 2010. What changed? Well, lots of things changed (including the election of Barack Obama & new conditions in Iraq), but two things that did NOT change: the film & its director.
Think about it folks… Let’s keep the pressure up!!!
“We have nothing to fear but fear itself.”
12.Sep.09 Rants: Oscars & Other Awards, Raving/Ranting about Critics/Journalists Read more Comments (0)
There’s a lot of hype about the fact that Sally Potter is releasing her new film RAGE on iPhones, but to me, it’s a mixed blessing. We can all applaud new technology without ignoring the fact that this incredible filmmaker is in effect going straight to DVD without so much as a limited theatrical release… Please Pre-Order the film NOW on Amazon & let’s show the powers that be that there IS a market for Sally Potter films!
Click HERE to read my ’05 Chat with Sally Potter (timed to the release of her last film YES). Note that her wonderful film THE TANGO LESSON (also much discussed in this interview) is still not available here on DVD L
03.Sep.09 Rants: Jan's Wish List Read more Comments (0)
Kudos to Rebecca Honig Friedman for her wonderful feature on Sharon Rosenzweig, who, I am so proud to say, is my own “personal cartoonist.” It’s true! Lest I take my puny self too seriously, Sharon has marvelously transformed me, creating both my “Jewish persona” (as “Second City Tzivi“) as well as my “Feminist Persona” (as “The Hot Pink Pen“). She also created the cyber-statue Rich & I give on FF2 every year in lieu of Oscars (”The TWOZIES“). Sharon has a fabulous sense of humor (which perfectly matches her husband Aaron’s), & I urge everyone who can to do so to donate ASAP to THE COMIC TORAH book fund (as Rich & I have done already).
To Sharon: You Go, Girl!!!
02.Sep.09 Raving/Ranting about Critics/Journalists Read more Comments (0)
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