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Oscars: Can MAN ON WIRE Lose?
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"“It often seems that when there isn’t an obvious, populist pick in the Academy’s documentary feature category (such as Bowling for Columbine, March of the Penguins or An Inconvenient Truth), the field is rife for an upset,” points out Kris Tapley. This may, he suggests, be evidence enough that James Marsh’s Man on Wire, the presumed frontrunner in the Oscar Best Documentary category, is vulnerable to an upset. That makes sense. Slightly more aggravating: the substance behind Tapley’s suggestion that Wire doesn’t deserve to win. “Having finally viewed all of the nominees, I can’t deny how impactful each of the other contenders is,” Tapley writes. “Furthermore, James Marsh’s film is largely composed of talking head interviews and pre-existing footage, not to mention dubious reenactments. Each of the other contenders, meanwhile, are the result of original filmmaking.” I agree that Encounters at the End of the World and The Betrayal are qualitatively more interesting films (I haven’t ... "
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"Two more days until we find out who wins this year’s Academy Awards! Okay, so the exclamation point is more than forced. It’s been quite awhile since we’ve had even an ounce of excitement about the Oscars. But we mustn’t let predictability get us down. Sure, even the still-uncertain races (Penn vs. Rourke; Winslet vs. Streep; Man on Wire vs. Trouble the Water) are anything but interesting, because the everyman of 2009 couldn’t care less about who gave the year’s better performance and would probably be fine shrugging his shoulders at the TV screen in the event of a tie (or, better yet, irresolution). However, there’s one thing people keep forgetting about the Academy: they’re full of surprises. So, rather than just go with the easy, “predictable” predictions, we attempted to guess who and what will Crash the Oscars this year with a surprise victory — preferably the kind that adds an “ing” to “upset.” And once again, we’d like to e "
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"As I scramble to catch the last couple of films that will complete my Oscar Watch List, I am prematurely making my picks for the statuettes tomorrow night. I will save judgement on the Foreign Language and Documentary Short categories, neither of which I have had the opportunity to get into since I live in a town where you can see 4 screens of Rambo, but you're lucky to get to see an independent or foreign film only months after it comes out on DVD at the local film club. That being said, I have also not had the chance to see 3 of the Documentary Features, but am confident in my decision in that category nonetheless. Otherwise, by tomorrow night's Academy Awards ceremony I will have seen every single movie nominated in every other category.So, onto my picks: Screenplay, OriginalShould Win:
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"Man on Wire (2008) is probably the most highly regarded documentary of 2008. So you do not need me to tell you that it is good. So, while you watch Phillipe Petit prepare to walk between the World Trade Center towers on August 7, 1974, you might want to consider a few questions: What is the most powerful moment in the movie? (I "
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"Man on Wire is as fitting a eulogy for the World Trade Center towers as one can imagine. It documents Philippe Petit's 1974 tightrope walk between the two buildings through a combination of talking head interviews, archival footage and photographs, and subtly made recreations of the events leading up to his performance. In telling the tale of how Petit and his crew managed to sneak into both towers and pull of the stunt, it mirrors something of a bank-heist story or even (ahem) a depiction of the preparations for a terrorist attack. Because the group is engaged in an illegal activity, they must case the buildings, create scale-model replications of the rooftops to craft their plans, and rehearse the act in the safety of a rural hideout before enacting it. Director James Marsh wisely structures the film to this familiar paradigm, introducing his cast of characters in intimidating, shadowy ways and bestowing upon them archetypal nicknames like, "The Australian," and, "The Inside ... "
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"We’re less than two weeks away from receiving this year’s Oscar nominations, and though none of the major categories are completely predictable just yet, each has at least three or four certain favorites. Meanwhile, the final slots for Best Picture, Best Director and the acting and screenwriting categories may be simply a random grab from small handfuls of rotating contenders. As of now, it doesn’t appear we’ll be seeing any huge surprises come the morning of January 22nd, when the Academy announces the nominees. The Dark Knight is sure to become the first comic book film up for Best Picture, and it won’t even be a shocker if animated feature Wall-E is listed alongside it in the same category. But the ballots don’t need to be mailed out until Monday, so I’m taking one last chance to reach out to the procrastinators within the Academy membership. If you still don’t know who and what to write in, and you’re unwilling to go the safe route and nominate the expected bunch of films and t ... "
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"In no particular order, some movies I saw during my Christmas vacation: Paranoid Park - Apparently high school is just as boring and arbitrary as I remember it, even if you've killed someone and are trying to evade the police. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Probably didn't need to be as long as it was, but it was far better than what the preview lead me to believe. On the other hand, it's not something I can picture myself watching over and over again like I can with some of Fincher's other films. Will probably earn a top 10 slot whenever I get around to compiling such a list for 2008. Milk - I guess I'm the only person in the world to think that it's possible that Milk doesn't do a body good. I just couldn't connect with this movie. While it's well made and Penn's performance is great, I can't get over the usual biopic lameness. I guess I just don't like biopics in general, and this one is no different. It seems to me that this subject is much more ideally suited to a ... "
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"favorite 10 movies seen in the theater (2008) Man On Wire In Bruges Kabluey I've Loved You So Long Young@Heart Song Sung Blue Snow Angels Tell No One Behind The Glass (2008)* The Dark Knight *Croatian movie from the Denver Film Festival. original title is "Iza Stakla" and director is Zrinko Ogresta. honorable mention (alphabetical) Burn After Reading Caramel The Damnation Of Faust (Metropolitan Opera broadcast) Happy-Go-Lucky Iron Man The Last Command (1928) Mongol Nick And Nora's In "
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"Man on Wire It's a movie I saw with some friends in the theater. I didn't pick it and didn't know much about it, but the subject was about an intriguingevent I had never even heard about. If you have read the synopsis or remember the event (you are older than me), then you know that a Frenchman named Philippe Petit along with some accomplices strung a wire across the top of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. And then this crazed man did a tight-rope walk / act across them for about 45 minutes. It was called "the artistic crime of the century" The film follows the story from Petit's youth, his earlier stunts tight-rope walking high wires strung across Notre Dame in Paris, some bridge in Sydney, and the Superdome amongst others. The story is told through interviews, original film footage, and reenactments. I was surprised to hear and read discussionsof the film subsequent to viewing it in which people found Petit to be unappealing because of his vanity and obsession often ... "
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Man on Wire on DVD Today
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"Great caper movies, of which James Marsh’s Man on Wire is one, are ultimately movies about stolen moments of ecstasy, in which the stars temporarily align to make the impossible possible, all the while rendering pedestrian notions of property and moral judgments about crime inapplicable. The best of them work not just because they so deftly calibrate tension across a meticulous breakdown of the process behind the crime, but because they make us feel like being privy to that process is equivalent to being let in on a life-changing secret. We’re made to understand that whatever felonies are committed (and whether or not the perpetrators are forced to face the consequences) are besides the point. The point is the relationship between the perpetrators, forged over long nights huddled over scale models and blue prints, tested over the plan’s execution in the face of unexpected hurdles, and confirmed in a giddy moment of “we really pulled it off” glory, a transcendent high which, we’re m ... "
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