Word: moulins
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...Then it all stopped. Today, there?s next to nothing. The Oscar nomination for "Moulin Rouge" is the exception that proves the rule (and that film was the inspiration of an Aussie bloke in love with a vanished movie form). One reason is that pop music, which once was known, accepted and shower-sung by everybody, was commandeered by rock ?n roll and became a niche market - a huge one, but still... - for kids. Rock and old-fashioned pop were mutually exclusive: the sort of song that would attract one part of the audience would invariably repel another...
BIGGEST OMISSION Moulin Rouge got eight nominations (tied for second most), but the ones it missed out on were the most surprising. The year's most honored musical failed to snag a nomination for either Best Score or Best Song. And despite the Best Picture nod, director Baz Luhrmann was passed over. Moulin Rouge may not have been the best directed film of the year, but it was certainly the most directed...
...case with their films, Ring’s Peter Jackson and Mind’s Ron Howard are sure things. Baz Luhrmann’s boldly excessive vision for Moulin Rouge assures him of a nomination as well. Despite Robert Altman’s snub from the Directors Guild of America (DGA), I’m confident that his multiple honors for Gosford Park (from the Globes, the AFI, and the New York critics, among others) are a sufficient bellwether for an Oscar nod. Ridley Scott’s DGA and AFI nominations for his command of Black Hawk Down?...
...Award, so her nomination is guaranteed. Both Kidman and Berry are coming off of the most successful year of their careers, and capping it with Oscar nods seems in order. Nicole Kidman’s work in The Others may bleed away some support from her more heavily promoted Moulin Rouge role—and, indeed, this split was probably what cost her a SAG nomination—but I think that she’s well-positioned to claim a Moulin Rouge nod regardless. Dench received a rare two SAG nods this year (for Iris and The Shipping News...
...recognition from many organizations. Both of these films, as well as the others that I’m predicting in this category, are offbeat critical darlings, a type of film which usually makes its best showing in the screenplay categories. Outside possibilities for nods include the scripts for Moulin Rouge, Monsters Ball, and The Others...