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...Steven Spielberg, Saving Private Ryan: Of course he's a sure shot--he's won, what, like ten Oscars already, right? Surprisingly, no. Although big Steve has racked up six nominations, he only has one win to his name, for 1994's Schindler's List. Get ready to make it two, though, folks. Whether viewed as an underdog or a front-runner, Spielberg's got it in the bag this year, and rightly so. No other director in the world could have created the searingly realistic battle scenes of Private Ryan. Don't talk to me about narrative flaws--with...
...WILL WIN: Steven Spielberg. The Academy loves to reward Spielberg for taking on serious themes. And why not? The fact that he does films like Jurassic Park 2 simply highlights the highflown goals of a movie like this. Saving Private Ryan is every bit the directorial triumph. However, keep an eye out for a dark horse-scads of film critics' organizations have been giving Best Picture to Spielberg while reserving directorial honors for quirky, Harvard-educated Malick...
...SHOULD WIN: Spielberg, for creating a cinematic battle experience more immersive and truly frightening than any that has gone before. The filmmaker was lauded for adopting a documentary-like style; however, nothing could be farther from the truth. With his jerky, nervous, human camera and gently varying film speeds, Spielberg has achieved a subtly impressionist vision of war that is far more powerful than a simple documentary aesthetic could have ever been...
...airmen to make our military run," says Hunter, a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee and a veteran who won the Bronze Star after taking part in helicopter assaults in Vietnam. The notion of recruiting such folks to the military came to him after watching Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan, in which a Stateside Army officer lacks an arm. The California Republican says he plans to discuss the idea in a scheduled meeting with Defense Secretary WILLIAM COHEN...
...currant geisha-look, asis Gaultier's last collection. The infatuationhardly stops there, as, according to theBazaar article, Madonna and her assistantstalk about Golden's characters as if they're realpeople, with Madonna identifying with the evilHatsumomo. Rumor also has it that Madonna wouldlike a role in Spielberg's up coming movie, and atthe Public Library talk Golden confirmed that"Madonna has taken an interest in the movie. Myworry is that she identifies too much withHatsumomo -- I think that tells us what we want toknow!" Though Madonna will not be making a cameoin the upcoming movie, the roster does include aJapanese...