Monday, February 23, 2009
Film So, the Oscars Happened.
Posted by Mark on Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 12:00 PM
Mostly very expected — Hugh Jackman wants to be a pretty, pretty princess; Sean Penn has the good sense to be embarrassed at now owning Bill Murray and Mickey Rourke's Oscar; adorable impoverished Indian children make us feel better about ourselves — but, in the midst of a national belt-tightening and following an indifferent year for Hollywood, even more blatant than usual about reminding us how much we love the movies. Montages reminding us of all the great movies that we loved so much that came out last year; past Oscar winners saluting (with hilariously varying degrees of familiarity and unfeigned affection) this year's nominees, to remind us of how magnificent all these movie stars are; the clips of coming attractions over the ending credits...
But, ok, here is my question: did you notice that in the unaccountably distractingly edited dead-people montage, they made room for Manny Farber? ("Critic." Fuck yes he was.) Holy shit. Did Pauline Kael make it, or is this a first, I honestly cannot remember. Made my night. What made yours?
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