tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post5486384396518862397..comments2024-03-27T21:42:56.131-05:00Comments on 1001plus: Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Director 1958SJHoneywellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-41660756436610751682018-01-07T00:49:11.951-06:002018-01-07T00:49:11.951-06:00To be fair, he did win one for the screenplay of C...To be fair, he did win one for the screenplay of <i>Citizen Kane</i>.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-19233273536715421632018-01-07T00:09:23.993-06:002018-01-07T00:09:23.993-06:00Agreed...Welles was considered an outsider and the...Agreed...Welles was considered an outsider and the Hollywood elite never cared to celebrate his work. They finally got around to giving him an honorary Oscar in...1971.aceblackblog.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08404695143187261837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-48838904720762922502018-01-06T20:22:55.684-06:002018-01-06T20:22:55.684-06:00True, and in that respect, it's a little more ...True, and in that respect, it's a little more understandable. But the snubs for <i>Touch of Evil</i> were purely about the fact that the Academy had decided that Welles could do nothing right, so he was consistently ignored despite being a master at this point in his career.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-24815175292687242012018-01-06T20:21:55.475-06:002018-01-06T20:21:55.475-06:00Yes, but more so. I didn't like An Education, ...Yes, but more so. I didn't like <i>An Education</i>, either, so it's nice to finally have someone who agrees more with me on that film.<br /><br /><i>Gigi</i> isn't just cradle-robbing, though. It involves a pair of spinster aunts more or less teaching their niece how to whore herself out so that men will give her jewelry. No lie--that's the main set-up.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-92188717788367195712018-01-06T18:48:45.292-06:002018-01-06T18:48:45.292-06:00Upon its release Vertigo received mixed reviews at...Upon its release Vertigo received mixed reviews at best and was considered a commercial disappointment, and a drop in form compared to Hitchcock's recent releases. Hitchcock himself stated that he thought Stewart was too old for Novak, and that this contributed to the film's lacklustre performance.<br /><br />The Academy was well aware of Vertigo, and nominated it for two technical awards (Art Direction and Sound). It just wasn't considered very good otherwise.<br /><br />The re-evaluation started ten years later in 1968, and Vertigo made the Sight and Sound list for the first time in 1982. It's just one of those films that grew in stature decades after its release.aceblackblog.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08404695143187261837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-49098718448499457052018-01-06T17:33:45.175-06:002018-01-06T17:33:45.175-06:00Sounds like it has a lot of the same issues as An ...Sounds like it has a lot of the same issues as <i>An Education</i> which I hate.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-62910672990249927312018-01-06T14:33:59.492-06:002018-01-06T14:33:59.492-06:00So, first of all, you really need to see Touch of ...So, first of all, you really need to see <i>Touch of Evil</i>.<br /><br />Second, <i>Gigi</i> starts with a man in his late-60s singing "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" to someone a quarter of his age. If you can get past the almost pure, uncut pedophilia vibe of that, you might enjoy the movie.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-16086257979818322152018-01-06T14:31:33.021-06:002018-01-06T14:31:33.021-06:00I don't have any issue with that statement.I don't have any issue with that statement.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-17426661803527344662018-01-06T13:38:38.417-06:002018-01-06T13:38:38.417-06:00Haven't seen A Touch of Evil so Vertigo would ...Haven't seen A Touch of Evil so Vertigo would be my winner. What a masterpiece. I haven't seen Gigi, either, but now I'm really (morbidly) curious about how icky it could be.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-67277958074855387432018-01-06T11:33:55.669-06:002018-01-06T11:33:55.669-06:00This award should have gone to Welles, period.
Non...This award should have gone to Welles, period.<br />None of the things that may be wrong with that movie, and there are not many, has to do with direction.<br />TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-82298406731347122702018-01-05T20:08:48.747-06:002018-01-05T20:08:48.747-06:00I agree on Touch of Evil and Heston, whose charact...I agree on <i>Touch of Evil</i> and Heston, whose character was originally supposed to be white. It's a misstep in an otherwise amazing film. Just that opening shot is worth the price of admission. <br /><br />I'm happy to know I'm not alone in finding <i>Gigi</i> really nasty and wrongheaded. It's a beautifully made film, though, even if the story is awful and the characters are ultimately pretty vile. <br /><br />And you're probably right on Brooks. He does do as much as he can, and I wasn't entirely comfortable putting him in fourth. It's not his fault that the play doesn't port over to film that easily, but it is still his responsibility. SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-1434926119411328932018-01-05T19:37:02.557-06:002018-01-05T19:37:02.557-06:00I see your point about Minnelli but this is the ge...I see your point about Minnelli but this is the genre in which he always excelled and the story is just too icky for me to forget about it and be glad he won. <br /><br />Personally I won't place any of these in contention but out of this quintet I'd go with Brooks for Cat. I don't think any director could have removed that feeling of it being a play, even if the whole thing had taken place in a field it still would have felt like a play and Brooks does about as well could possibly be done. I do however agree with your observation about Wise and that agonizing last portion of I Want to Live!<br /><br />But the exclusion of Welles and Hitchcock-I'm personally not very fond of Vertigo but it is a masterful piece of filmmaking-is so wrong headed it boggles the mind. <br /><br />Glad you mentioned Elevator to the Gallows which is a supremely taut work and something that should have been an easy in. I'd add Roy Baker's involving direction of A Night to Remember giving the film a documentary feel while still pulling you into the individuals plight. Also the seeming master of every genre he was handed Michael Curtiz for his work on Elvis's best movie-King Creole. <br /><br />But Welles would be my easy winner, except for Heston Touch of Evil is damn near flawless.joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.com