Word: hollywoodizations
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...decent man since the events in the film? Most date the start of Letterman's downfall to his hosting the Academy Awards last March. It should have been the capstone to his coronation; instead, it was a critical fiasco. Letterman's mocking irreverence ("Oprah...Uma") fell flat with the Hollywood crowd, and with most viewers. In truth, his performance wasn't all that bad, but it foreshadowed his ratings decline. Even though that drop can be explained largely by CBS's prime-time collapse (which has reduced his lead-in audience) and the loss of key affiliates, Letterman's winning...
...would be wearing the shy, radiant smile that illuminates Il Postino, for last week the film received five nominations from the Motion Picture Academy in Hollywood. Though unsanctioned by the usual arbiters of artistic chic--film festivals and critics' groups--and something less than a breakout box-office hit of the Like Water for Chocolate variety, Il Postino became the first foreign-language film nominated for best picture since Ingmar Bergman's Cries and Whispers 22 years ago. Troisi was cited for his performance, Radford for his direction. Both the screenplay and the score were also nominated. In a race...
That they did says a few things: that a small, TV-size movie plays well to older, stay-at-home Academy voters; that in a subpar year for Hollywood films, the members will look abroad; and that emotional clout always helps sell a picture. Il Postino takes as its subject the volatile nature of a strong, unequal friendship. The movie makes poignant and palpable that most discreet of passions: devotion...
...FLASHBULBS WERE POPPING two weeks ago when Hong Kong action hero Jackie Chan showed up at a Hollywood theater for the premiere of Broken Arrow, the new John Travolta film. Make that the new John Woo film, for Hong Kong's No. 1 action auteur directed this $60 million thriller. Chan, whose gonzo melodrama Rumble in the Bronx hits 1,500 screens this week, was at the premiere to wish his home-town colleague well and to personify the friendly invasion of Hollywood by Hong Kong talent. Only one problem: by the time Jackie got inside, all the seats were...
...wonder: Will Hollywood ever make a place for Hong Kong cinema? Woo and Chan and the flock of successful Chinese actors and directors now making deals in Los Angeles may find that the hurdles of race and culture are hard to clear. For example, the seven Oscar nominations Sense and Sensibility received last week did not include one for its Taiwanese director...