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O Awards Daily acabou de levantar uma questão que cairia como uma bomba por aqui. Imaginem:

 

Can the Greath Debaters push Trough?

 

Posted by Sasha Stone on Dec 28th, 2007

 

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An interesting 11th hour development in the Oscar race has emerged.

Although it ain’t no Million Dollar Baby, there is certainly plenty

around it that seems dark, depressing, even rotten. And out of that

comes this. Denzel Washington could follow, surprisingly, in the

footsteps of Robert Redford, Clint Eastwood and Kevin Costner in the

pretty-boy-turned-good-actor-turned-director slot. Stephen Hunter at

the Washington Post makes a great case for the film in an article he

calls: A Strong Argument for the Great Debaters:

The movie tells how the whirlwind of a smart guy from up

North comes to the small Southern school and, by the strength of

charisma and passion, prods his charges to learn to fight — with words,

not fists. He takes his young charges — besides Henry, there’s James

(Denzel Whitaker) and Samantha (Jurnee Smollett) and, for a time,

Garrett (Jackson Walker) — and puts them in a crucible of tension and

oratorical exercise to toughen them up for the struggle ahead.

The movie is full of great performances: Washington is the faculty

upstart to Forest Whitaker’s stolid college president. To watch these

two great actors going after each other and the camera in a mini-debate

at a holiday party is one of the big pleasures of the year. But the

movie belongs to Smollett. There’s such passion and pain in her

performance.

It’s a great family movie, if not historically perfect, and something that a lot of people are going to like.

Emerging out of the gate with early word of it being a “TV movie,”

the film has done a lot better than expected with critics and could

really light up the box office. Will Academy voters go for it? Will

they choose something uplifting and inspiring as opposed to edgy and

dark?

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"Beleza Americana" foi o último acerto do Oscar. E talvez um dos únicos ( dá pra contar nos dedos' date=' de uma mão).

 

Mas pensando melhor... 1999 tinha também "Magnólia", "Quero Ser John Malkovich", "De Olhos Bem Fechados", "O Sexto Sentido", "Clube da Luta", "O Mundo de Andy"... 17

 

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O que torna Beleza Americana ainda mais grandioso. Ganhou frente a todas essas concorrências... é um filmaço mesmo...aquele final me arrepia todas as vezes. 1010 E pensar que havia a possibilidade de Regras da Vida vencer aquele Oscar. 07

De olhos bem fechados, Magnólia e Beleza Americana entrariam de olhos bem fechados(06) entre os 5 melhores daquele ano. E ainda Clube da Luta.... que ano foi aquele!

 

Realmente, grande ano.10
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Eu achei todos que ele citou muito melhores que Beleza Americana, hehe. Principalmente De Olhos Bem Fechados e Clube da Luta.

 

Concordo em totalidade com a sua colocação.

Clube da Luta é uma experiência única; daquelas que você fica comentando e indicando semanas depois de ver, enquanto Beleza Americana sai da mente em dias.

Inté!

 

Ora, todo "oscarizável" termina assim.

 

Fight Club é um filme popular, pra todos os gostos. Beleza Americana é um filme pra critico, como todo "oscarizado" deve ser.

 

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Não queria dar nenhum pitaco no OFF-TOPIC, que já se prolongou o suficiente, mas devo concordar de coração que aquele ano de 1999 foi excepcional.

 

Embora eu tenha certa predilescência por O Sexto Sentido e O Informante, respectivamente, a seleção de Beleza Americana é inatacável, pois o filme de estréia de Sam Mendes é um marco.

Tampouco reclamaria se À Espera de um Milagre tivesse se saído vencedor (mas sei que, neste caso, sou minoria).

Até Regras da Vida considero bom, embora não merecedor da indicação que obteve. A Academia tinha obras ainda superiores para escolher, entre elas Magnólia - que infelizmente ficou de lado em Filme e Direção -, assim como O Talentoso Ripley e Quero Ser John Malkovich.

 

Não assisti, contudo, a De Olhos Bem Fechados, História Real nem Tudo Sobre Minha Mãe.

 

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Em InContention, Gerard Kennedy esmiuça uma das categorias que eu, francamente, considero mais difíceis de se prever - trilha musical! Só que não se trata de um artigo focado em previsões, e sim numa geral no ano que se passou, em termos musicais.

Pode vir a ser interessante para quem quiser se aprofundar mais.

"Tech Support" Special: 2007 Film Score Review

 

 

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Well here we are at the last Tech Support column of 2007. As I reflect

on the past year' date=' I thought I’d do something I almost never do at her

at In Contention – review. I’ve decided to focus on the most acclaimed

scores of 2007.

 

 

 

Before proceeding, I should note that I have not yet heard the

acclaimed scores of Clint Eastwood on “Grace is Gone” or Olivier Bernet

for “Persepolis.” I’d also like to preface this by saying that I

consider Glen Hansard’s song score to “Once” to be the most

film-serving and original musical accomplishment of 2007. Being such an

unconventional “score,” however, and relying almost entirely on songs,

I personally feel that a column dedicated to reviewing scores is not

the best place to discuss it.

 

 

 

I was very much looking forward to the return of Alan Menken to Disney

movies in 2007 with “Enchanted.” His score and songs have received much

acclaim. Though I enjoyed the film, and “That’s How You Know” was a fun

number, I was ultimately disappointed with the work. I found the other

songs to be lacking and the work to be on the whole formulaic, absent

of the majesty of Menken’s past memorable efforts on “Beauty and the

Beast” and “The Little Mermaid.”

 

 

 

 

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Howard Shore and David Cronenberg know each other incredibly well,

having collaborated for over 20 years. Their latest joint effort,

“Eastern Promises,” proved once again that these two are in sync

creatively. Like their last film, “A History of Violence,” I found this

score to be sold in its theme, a brooding, appropriately “Russian”

melody. One more feather in this composer’s cap.

 

 

 

Another noted composer-director team is Alan Silvestri and Robert

Zemeckis. On “Beowulf,” Silvestri combined the sort of modern

orchestrations we’d expect in an epic with traditional Scandinavian

instruments. In the realm of epic scores, I can’t say that I think this

will be living in the hall of classics, but it served the film quite

well indeed.

 

 

 

The soundtrack for “Into the Wild” has garnered much acclaim,

particularly for Eddie Vedder’s songs. The score was primarily written

by Michael Brook, though both Vedder and guitarist Kaki King receive

joint credit. It has also been subject of a considerable deal of

praise. I can’t say I was blown away by it, finding it to be in no way

bad but not particularly special or able to stand out from Vedder’s

frequently arriving voice.

 

 

 

 

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Alberto Iglesias lent his talents to Marc Forster’s “The Kite Runner”

this year. There is certainly a lot of music in the film and it is both

noticeable and memorable. It also has an appropriately international

feel, with Iglesias’s Latin influence being quite apparent. That said,

while I would hardly call the work “bad,” there is something about it

that does not quite work for me. I suppose I ultimately feel there is

simply too much music, the sort which can often overpower what’s on

screen, even if the music itself is quite nice.

 

 

 

Three years ago, Michael Giacchino brought invaluable life, originality

and action to Brad Bird’s “The Incredibles” through his score. This

year, Giacchino again served Bird incredibly well on “Ratatouille,” a

score that was fun, clever, creative and at times delightfully French.

I can’t say I feel he reached the same heights he reached on “The

Incredibles” but the work was still top-notch and I hope Bird and

Giacchino continue to work together for many years into the future.

 

 

 

Finishing with my top five scores of 2007…

 

 

 

5) Alexandre Desplat – “Lust, Caution”

 

 

 

 

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Alexandre Desplat is, without a doubt, my favourite composer of this

decade. Since his major American breakthrough (even if it was on a

British film), “Girl With a Pearl Earring,” he has continued to stretch

himself and entertain us on efforts such as “Birth,” “Syriana,” “The

Queen” and “The Painted Veil,” not to mention his continued work in

French cinema.

 

 

 

I was tremendously excited when he was hired to compose “The Golden

Compass” earlier this year but ultimately it was his compositions for

“Lust, Caution” that truly moved me in 2007. Ang Lee’s films always

have great music and this proved to be no exception. The music managed

to be beautiful and haunting in its own right, just like the film,

while also being appropriately cultured, with a touch of Western

influence – just like the setting of the film. This composer just seems

to get better every year.

 

 

 

4) Dario Marinaelli – “Atonement”

 

 

 

 

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On “Pride and Prejudice” two years ago, Dario Marianelli proved he knew

the sort of music that Joe Wright’s films needed. He tops that

achievement in my books with this year’s “Atonement.” The haunting

melodies, so ably assisted by the sound of a typewriter, will be

remembered by all who see the film – longing and tragically romantic.

 

 

 

3) Marco Beltrami – “3:10 to Yuma”

 

 

 

 

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From its opening notes, Beltrami’s score to James Mangold’s “3:10 to

Yuma” brings us into the film’s action. It was almost as though I knew

right away that this remake was going to improve upon its original, a

rare feat indeed. A throwback to westerns of the past, Beltrami’s score

is exciting and memorable yet never manages to overpower the film. A

very fine accomplishment, and a personal favorite of mine given my love

of the Western genre.

 

 

 

2) Nick Cave, Warren Ellis – “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford”

 

 

 

 

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Just as “3:10 to Yuma” was not alone in being one of the great westerns

of the year, it was not alone in being one of the year’s great westerns

with a great score. Andrew Dominik’s “The Assassination of Jesse James

by the Coward Robert Ford” was elevated by the haunting, thematic work

of Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.

 

 

 

Dominik’s film has often been compared to a Malick effort and it was

certainly one of the most ambitious efforts of 2007. And just as is the

case with Malick films, its music was integral to its mood and

storytelling. Cave and Ellis lived up to the necessary challenge.

 

 

 

1) Jonny Greenwood – “There Will Be Blood”

 

 

 

 

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One of few 2007 films to rival Dominik’s in terms of ambition was Paul

Thomas Anderson’s “There Will Be Blood.” For the music on the film,

Anderson chose not to re-collaborate with his usual composer Jon Brion,

but instead looked to Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead.

 

 

 

I must concede that this choice struck me as a tad odd and, having read

the script, I knew the work of the composer would be challenging but

also extremely important. But stark, film-matching and fantastically

original, this is the finest achievement in original music compositions

for a film in 2007 as far as I’m concerned. It seems as though every

note was carefully considered and then perfectly placed.

 

 

 

I have no idea if Greenwood will continue to work in cinema. But

regardless, this effort would stand alone as an amazing accomplishment

of film music.

 

 

 

I’ll be taking next week off as I welcome in 2008 and head to Calgary

for a few days. So have a very Happy New Year – I’ll see you here in

two weeks time.

 

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   Beleza americana foi o melhor filme de 1999  SIM!!!!!!

Tudo nesse filme é perfeito: a direção, a fotografia, o roteiro, a trilha musical,direção de arte, a montagem todos os atores estão sublimes executando extremamente bem os seus papéis ( é incrivel como o roteiro de Alan  Ball  passa uma  sensação de que conhecemos esses personagens de anos atrás como se a gente usufruissemos de seus históricos  mesmo que tenhamos acabado de conhecê-los). Um clássico, obra-prima, jóia rara. E quando o Kevin Spacey conversa com você no final  dá uma  sensação  de que foi feita uma grade viagem ao subúrbio americano. Fantástico! Eu tenho o dvd e vou rever sempre  que sentir saudades.

 

 

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Putz, depois de assistir Desejo e Reparação, percebi como fui preconceituoso com o filme, não dava nada, e acabaou se tornando um dos melhores filmes que vi no ano. Já tem minha torcida para ganhar o Oscar, assim como a direção de Wright e a menina Saoirse, que está brilhante, e claro o roteiro.

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Filmes de 2007-2008 que entraram para o top 250 do IMDB

 

018. No Country for Old Men - 25.692 votos

104. Ratatouille - 49.968 votos

114. The Bourne Ultimatum - 63.831 votos

128. There Will Be Blood - 2.168 votos

132. Sweeney Todd - 11.227 votos

152. American Gangster - 35.773 votos

168. Grind House - 48.506 votos

181. 3:10 to Yuma - 25.319 votos

187. Juno - 7.679 votos

205. Hot Fuzz - 68.114 votos

 

Em 2007 The Queen e Babel não entraram no top.

Em 2006 apenas Munich foi indicado e esteve no top.

 

Ou seja, minha 'grande' pesquisa não chega em lugar algum.
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Eu achei todos que ele citou muito melhores que Beleza Americana, hehe. Principalmente De Olhos Bem Fechados e Clube da Luta.

 

Concordo em totalidade com a sua colocação.

Clube da Luta é uma experiência única; daquelas que você fica comentando e indicando semanas depois de ver, enquanto Beleza Americana sai da mente em dias.

Inté!

 

Ora, todo "oscarizável" termina assim.

 

Fight Club é um filme popular, pra todos os gostos. Beleza Americana é um filme pra critico, como todo "oscarizado" deve ser.

 

Infelizmente o que conta para o Oscar é o lobby e não a qualidade.

Isso é fato. Lamentável, mas é fato.

Inté!

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Tenho de admitir que ainda tenho um pé atrás de assistir Atonement, mas essa minha dúvida será posta a prova amanhã, e espero estar enganado, pois não quero nenhum "filme mediano" pegando o lugar de Eastern Promises.

 

Hoje assisti The Bucket List, e a sensação é de que poderia ser muito melhor, se não fosse o roteiro fraquíssimo de Just Zackham. Nota 3 de 5.

 

Inté!

 

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   Beleza americana foi o melhor filme de 1999  SIM!!!!!!
Tudo nesse filme é perfeito: a direção' date=' a fotografia, o roteiro, a trilha musical,direção de arte, a montagem todos os atores estão sublimes executando extremamente bem os seus papéis ( é incrivel como o roteiro de Alan  Ball  passa uma  sensação de que conhecemos esses personagens de anos atrás como se a gente usufruissemos de seus históricos  mesmo que tenhamos acabado de conhecê-los). Um clássico, obra-prima, jóia rara. E quando o Kevin Spacey conversa com você no final  dá uma  sensação  de que foi feita uma grade viagem ao subúrbio americano. Fantástico! Eu tenho o dvd e vou rever sempre  que sentir saudades.
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10  Bela dissertação, concordo absolutamente com tudo.  Mas sábado, revendo Magnólia, fica sim uma pequena dúvida em qual dos dois é melhor, mas ainda assim acho que fico com o filme de Mendes.  Sobre Clube da Luta: filme detestável.14
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