nymag.com - 2/19/2008
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As Oscar night approaches, David Edelstein and Hollywood producer Lynda Obst are discussing the race. Check back tonight for Obst's response, and on Friday morning for another round. To: Lynda Obst Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 12:38 PM From: David Edelstein Subject: No Country for Good Cheer Dear Lynda: Well, well, well, we do get to talk about the Academy Awards this year. Despite the ...
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SpoutBlog —
... David Edelstein is worried that Juno will win Oscars in just about every category it’s nominated due to better choices splitting the vote. “As one of the few critics to dislike Juno, I would be devastated,” he writes in the first of what will apparently be a series of bloggy exchanges with Lynda Obst. “But weirder things have happened in these silly awards.” ...
Rolling Donuts
Hollywood Elsewhere —
... , now Edelstein! Another flying- fuck-at-a-rolling-donut scenario, I mean, in which the likable-but-equally- dreaded Juno may win the Best Picture Oscar. "This is a year in which so much has gone to shit, Edelstein writes in New York magazine. "There is a sense among the enlightened that our way of life is about to change radically, that our economic system will collapse, our suburbs will fall, our environment will exact its revenge. With all the downbeat Iraq movies DOA at the box office (what a lesson was there!), No Country for Old Men might be the best way for ...
Best Picture Breakdown: Juno
BuzzSugar —
... you can just go out for cheeseburgers and get on with life. It's nice. Similarly, it's possible the Academy won't want to reward a darker movie because, as the Best Picture winner is sometimes considered a representation of our life and times, it may be too bleak a message to give the award to, say, There Will Be Blood . It would be joyful and satisfying to hand the award to something as affirming as Juno . Juno 's win might be a matter of simple math. As New York Magazine writer David Edelstein points out , it could happen that " No Country and There Will Be Blood ...
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