Word: syriana
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...Other than these two docudramas, and the special case of Steven Gaghan's oil-industry expos? Syriana, nothing. The world changed, but movies didn...
...most of the night, Oscar went with the favorites. George Clooney (Syriana) and Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener) won in the supporting actor categories; Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote) and Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line) took Best Actor and Actress; Brokeback Mountain was cited for adapted screenplay, Crash for original screenplay; and Brokeback?s Ang Lee for Best Director. The smart money even had the right over-under number on how many Jewish references host Jon Stewart would make in the award show?s first 30 minutes...
...everyone, except Steven Spielberg, whose Munich was shut out in the five categories (including Best Picture and Best Director) for which it had secured nominations. The other four Best Picture nominees all found something to take home-Clooney through a side door, since he won as an actor in Syriana, not as a director or screenwriter of Good Night, and Good Luck. ?All right,? he fake-sulked when he accepted his trophy, ?so I?m not winning Director.? But he did serve, with handsome grace, as Hollywood?s poster boy for glamour, taking a few genial shots from Stewart...
...This week, I go tête à tête with former Arts Chair Ben B. Chung ’06 over this year’s controversial slate of nominated films: “Syriana,” “Brokeback Mountain,” “Crash,” “Munich,” “Good Night, and Good Luck,” and “Paradise Now,” among others...
...Bernard: I’m impressed by the number of nominated films that address the war on terror. I’m thinking particularly of “Syriana,” “Munich,” and “Paradise Now.” “Munich” and “Paradise Now” both deal with terrorism in the Israeli context, but it’s impossible to watch them in the present political climate without subconsciously substituting the United States for Israel...