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Alexa here. This fall has put me in home-decorating mode while we look for a new house; I am using a lot of my brain space filling the space we haven't found yet. My fantasies have recently led me to look for art that represents my love of film, but not in an obvious, film-poster way. So I'm pretty sure that something from UK design Studio Dorothy will find its way into our home.
Dorothy is a group of 4 designers who create some unexpected and clever film art. On the top of my lust list are these prints from their Hollywood Star Chart series, wherein they re-imagine constellations as American films from cinema's Golden Age and the modern era.
Kenneth in the (212) spends an evening with Lisa Kudrow to discuss The Comeback. Jealous! The Guardian wonderful piece on AMPAS membership. This had me in stitches
Now 72, Mother Dolores still retains her Academy membership and every year receives copies of the latest Oscar-nominated films from Ampas, thus making her the only fully ordained nun to adjudicate on the oeuvre of Quentin Tarantino.
Low Resolution Joe hands out his 2010 Movie Awards. Fun Movie|Line Stu bravely predicts Annette Bening AND Jacki Weaver to win. My god, I'd be so happy... but doesn't he know about Oscar's ageism?
Scott Feinberg examines the pitches of nominated performances. All the Oscar narratives have been done before. The Fug Girls fall hard for Brenda Song (of The Social Network) Hero Complex James McAvoy talks about the bromance between Magneto and Professor X in X-Men First Class Movie Morlocks revisits Vincente Minnelli's On A Clear Day You Can See Forever with Barbra Streisand. Did you know that it lost 60 minutes on the cutting room floor? In Contention the foreign film oscar category still isn't fixed.
Finally, have you been following Movie|Line's Oscar index? They've now added time lapse animation to their charts and it's strangely hypnotic (and mnemonic) to watch the rise and fall of certain candidates. Here's one example, which is particularly instructive given the volatility: Best Supporting Actress. Watch the Black Swan pair jump in and out and up and down and note how at the last minute everyone is rising back up as it gets strangely competitive for so late in the game.
I guess this means they're predicting Hailee Steinfeld for the win but recognizing it as a very tight three-way race. Make it not be so Oscar gods. Make it not be so.
My favorite part is the chain from "imported or local", imported taking you to The King's Speech and local asking you "so local you'd forage it in your backyard?" which answers with The Fighter. LOLZ.
If all that chatter about the now infamous address where The King's Speech was partially filmed gets you thinking about location, location, location, here's something to make you even more obsessive. Here's a map of the 83rd Oscar World.
What's happening closest to your location? Is the Black Swan dancing near you? Maybe you're skinning squirrel's in those Winter's Bone Ozarks with Ree Dolly? Or horseback riding into dangerous True Grit territory? Or maybe you're attending college near The Social Network. (A lot of people do!). Maybe one of the foreign language films is happening right next to you. Do you know where Amy Adams was born? I didn't until looking it up to drop the pin.
If you like it make sure to pass it on to friends. Or perhaps cartographers.
Tuesday, October 22, 2013 at 7:00PM 
