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...Best Picture Oscar to Gandhi are fools; Tootsie, another nominee that year, is far, far better than either film. Nevertheless, E.T. is one of the rare Spielberg films that I wouldn’t mind watching again. That’s faint praise, but given the man??s oeuvre, I’m pleasantly surprised to call it praise...
...scenes which seem to be the staple of “daring” American cinema, but rather Spielberg took a huge risk by looking ridiculous in his quest for a sublime resolution. His A.I., which was co-developed by Stanley Kubrick, is a tightly-driven, beautiful examination of man??s responsibility toward their machines, and subsequently said more about human nature than any film since Spielberg’s own Schindler’s List. Not to mention the total ignoring of Donnie Darko, which deserved a screenplay nomination more than anything else this year...
...Don’t demand too much of your audience. Thinking man??s movies—recall 1999’s Being John Malkovich and Three Kings—are great for college kids, but aren’t the way to go if you want to win an award. Sizing up the prospects of a number of Oscar hopefuls, The New York Times wrote Memento off in two words: “Too baffling.” For aside from the “aww” noises from the girls...
...production also plays with the effects of light and sound. Recorded voices have conversations with live actors; the ding of a train bell imitates the weak strivings of an old man??s heart; flashing lights symbolize the movement of a train...
...album unites the deft musicianship of Fleck and his Flecktones with the unique talents of artists like saxophonist Paul McCandless, bassoonist Paul Hanson and Congo ol’Ondar, a Tuvan throat singer capable of simultaneously singing different pitches. Combined with Fleck’s electric banjos and Future Man??s drumitar, the collection of musicians produce unique instrumentations and texures which are unlikely to be repeated again...