No Oscars for stuntwork
Academy Won't Give Stunt Coordinator OscarOn behalf of everyone here at Film Light,
I call bullshit on this decision. Stuntwork requires artistry, technical aptitude and the creativity to make 'movie magic' (in the most traditional sense) happen with limited resources. In the coming months while we're all enamoured with the explosions and fight scenes that typify summer blockbuster fare let's take a pause to appreciate the people who put their blood, sweat and tears (tough guys cry too) into making some of the best movies ever made come alive.
See also:
The Greatest Action Movies Ever Made*
Double Dare documentary about stuntwomen
*as a fan of action movies I have some objections to the list, but until I make the definitive list, this one will have to do
Teens, queens and MONARCHY.
Production has begun on "Marie Antoinette" Movie...
Kirsten Dunst, who previously appeared in Coppola's drama "The Virgin Suicides," portrays the young Austrian princess, who, as a teenager, becomes Queen of France. Jason Schwartzman portrays her indifferent husband Louis XVI.
Other members of the ensemble, portraying various members of the elitist court of Versailles include
Rip Torn (in the role of King Louis XV), Judy Davis (as the Comtesse de Noailles), Steve Coogan (as Mercy),
Asia Argento (playing the Comtesse du Barry),
Marianne Faithful (Maria-Teresa), Aurore Clement (Duchesse de Chartres),
Molly Shannon (Aunt Victoire) and Shirley Henderson (Aunt Sophie).
Did I mention, I'M SO CONFUSED!
From the Guardian Unlimited:
The film has been described as a "stylised" version of the story of Marie Antoinette, who was blamed for many of the excesses of the monarchy by the protagonists of the French revolution and finally sent to the guillotine in 1793.
Le sigh.P.S. Go
here to see some so-far-away-they're-comical photos from the set.
Touch Your Penis If You're Surprised There's No Women on this List!
Esquire announces Top 40 Greatest Film Directors of All Time
1 Steven Spielberg
2 Alfred Hitchcock
3 Martin Scorsese
4 Stanley Kubrick
5 Sir Ridley Scott
6 Akira Kurosawa
7 Peter Jackson
8 Quentin Tarantino
9 Orson Welles
10 Woody Allen
11 Clint Eastwood
12 Sir David Lean
13 The Coen Brothers
14 James Cameron
15 Francis Ford Coppola
16 Oliver Stone
17 Sergio Leone
18 John Ford
19 Billy Wilder
20 Sam Peckinpah
21 Howard Hawks
22 Robert Zemeckis
23 Michael Mann
24 David Lynch
25 Spike Lee
26 François Truffaut
27 Brian De Palma
28 Tony Scott
29 Fritz Lang
30 Tim Burton
31 George Lucas
32 Anthony Minghella
33 Ron Howard
34 Sam Raimi
35 Charlie Chaplin
36 Ingmar Bergman
37 M Night Shyamalan
38 Peter Weir
39 Terry Gilliam
40 Robert Altman
See also:
Yawn.
"She's my daughter, my sister! My daughter! My sister!"
Does it seem weird to you that Faye Dunaway is not a huge(r?) gay icon?
Source.
