{"id":85,"date":"2007-01-23T16:20:42","date_gmt":"2007-01-23T15:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidandkathryn.com\/blog\/?p=85"},"modified":"2008-08-26T14:52:14","modified_gmt":"2008-08-26T14:52:14","slug":"not-watching-enough-films","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidandkathryn.com\/blog\/2007\/01\/23\/not-watching-enough-films\/","title":{"rendered":"Not watching enough films"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the conclusion I have come to. Today the Oscar <\/a>nominations were announced and I’ve barely seen any of the supposed best films of the year. The list of ones I’ve seen is tiny. I’ve highlighted the ones I’ve watched and given that the Departed comes up so often the total of unique films is only five.<\/p>\n

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Oscars 2007: The nominees<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Best picture<\/strong>
\nBabel
\nThe Departed <\/em>
\nLetters From Iwo Jima
\nLittle Miss Sunshine
\nThe Queen <\/span><\/p>\n

Best director<\/strong>
\nClint Eastwood, Letters From Iwo Jima
\nStephen Frears, The Queen
\nPaul Greengrass, United 93
\nAlejandro Gonzales Inarritu, Babel
\nMartin Scorsese, The Departed<\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n

Best actor<\/strong>
\nLeonardo DiCaprio, Blood Diamond
\nRyan Gosling, Half Nelson
\nPeter O’Toole, Venus
\nWill Smith, The Pursuit of Happyness
\nForest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland <\/span><\/p>\n

Best actress<\/strong>
\nPenelope Cruz, Volver
\nJudi Dench, Notes on a Scandal
\nHelen Mirren, The Queen
\nMeryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada
\nKate Winslet, Little Children <\/span><\/p>\n

Best supporting actress<\/strong>
\nAdriana Barraza, Babel
\nCate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal
\nAbigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine
\nJennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
\nRinko Kikucki, Babel <\/span><\/p>\n

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Best supporting actor<\/strong>
\nAlan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine
\nJackie Earle Haley, Little Children
\nDjimon Hounsou, Blood Diamond
\nEddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
\nMark Wahlberg, The Departed<\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n

Best foreign language film<\/strong>
\nEfter Brylluppet (aka After the Wedding), Denmark
\nIndigenes (aka Days of Glory), Algeria
\nEl Laberinto del Fauno (aka Pan’s Labyrinth), Mexico
\nDas Leben der Anderen (aka The Lives of Others), Germany
\nWater, Canada <\/span><\/p>\n

Best animated feature film<\/strong>
\nCars
\n<\/em>Happy Feet
\nMonster House <\/span><\/p>\n

Best adapted screenplay<\/strong>
\nBorat
\n<\/em>Children of Men
\nThe Departed
\n<\/em>Little Children
\nNotes on a Scandal <\/span><\/p>\n

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Best original screenplay<\/strong>
\nBabel
\nLetters from Iwo Jima
\nLittle Miss Sunshine
\nThe Queen
\nPan’s Labyrinth <\/span><\/p>\n

Best music (score)<\/strong>
\nBabel
\nThe Good German
\nNotes on a Scandal
\nPan’s Labyrinth
\nThe Queen <\/span><\/p>\n

Best music (song)<\/strong>
\nI Need to Wake Up – An Inconvenient Truth
\nListen – Dreamgirls
\nLove You I Do – Dreamgirls
\nOur Town – Cars
\nPatience – Dreamgirls <\/span><\/p>\n

Best documentary feature<\/strong>
\nDeliver Us From Evil
\nAn Inconvenient Truth
\n<\/em>Iraq In Fragments
\nJesus Camp
\nMy Country, My Country <\/span><\/p>\n

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Best documentary short subject<\/strong>
\nThe Blood of Yingzhou District
\nRecycled Life
\nRehearsing A Dream
\nTwo Hands <\/span><\/p>\n

Best visual effects<\/strong>
\nPirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
\nPoseidon
\nSuperman Returns <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Best cinematography<\/strong>
\nThe Black Dahlia
\nChildren of Men
\nThe Illusionist
\nPan’s Labyrinth
\nThe Prestige <\/span><\/p>\n

Best art direction<\/strong>
\nDreamgirls
\nThe Good Shepherd
\nPan’s Labyrinth
\nPirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
\nThe Prestige <\/span><\/p>\n

Best animated short film<\/strong>
\nThe Danish Poet
\nLifted
\nThe Little Matchgirl
\nMaestro
\nNo Time for Nuts <\/span><\/p>\n

Best short film<\/strong>
\nBinta and the Great Idea
\nEramos Pocos (One Too Many)
\nHelmer & Son
\nThe Saviour
\nWest Bank Story <\/span><\/p>\n

Best costume design <\/strong>
\nCurse of the Golden Flower
\nThe Devil Wears Prada
\nDreamgirls
\nMarie Antoinette
\nThe Queen <\/span><\/p>\n

Best make-up<\/strong>
\nApocalypto
\nClick
\nPan’s Labyrinth <\/span><\/p>\n

Best sound mixing<\/strong>
\nApocalypto
\nBlood Diamond
\nDreamgirls
\nFlags of our Fathers
\nPirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest <\/span><\/p>\n

Sound editing<\/strong>
\nApocalypto
\nBlood Diamond
\nLetters from Iwo Jima
\nFlags of our Fathers
\nPirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest <\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Best film editing<\/strong>
\nBabel
\nBlood Diamond
\nChildren of Men
\nThe Departed
\n<\/em>United 93 <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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