----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Neil Pollock writes: >Pulp Fiction swept the JERZY AWARDS at the Australian Film Television and >Radio School. These annual awards are made by staff, students and >friends of the AFTRS to promote excellence in filmmaking. The winners were: > >BEST FILM: Pulp Fiction >BEST DIRECTION: Once Were Warriors >BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Three Colours: Red >BEST SCRIPT: Pulp Fiction >BEST ACTOR: John Travolta (Pulp Fiction) >BEST EDITING: Pulp Fiction >BEST SOUND: Christopher Skase Wheezing [Down under people will understand] >BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: Interview with the Vampire & Hudsucker Proxy (tied) >BEST ANIMATED FILM: The Wrong Trousers >BEST DOCUMENTARY: 50 Years of Silence (Ned Lander) >BEST INDIVIDUAL SCENE: The burnt lawn in Muriel's Wedding >BEST MULTIMEDIA CREATION: Myst >BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN INAMINATE OBJECT: The Gladwrap in Bad Boy Bubby >BEST SHORT SHORT FILM: Lemming Aid (Grant Lahood) >BEST LONGER SHORT FILM: Only the Brave (Ana Kokkinos) >BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS: Heavenly Creatures >BEST TITLE DESIGN: Once Were Warriors >BEST RADIO PROGRAM: Sandman - JJJ Networj >BEST TV PROGRAM: Cracker >MOST MEMORABLE DIALOGUE: "She only sucked him off out of respect for me" >- Sophie Lee in Muriel's Wedding >WORST RADIO PROGRAM: Mike Carlton - MixFM >WORST FILM: Forrest Gump >BEST PERFORMANCE BY A BUS IN A NON-SPEAKING ROLE: In a particularly >strong year for buses the AFTRS has given awards both to Priscilla >(Adventures of Priscilla) and to the various buses in Speed (especially >the one that does the big leap - Wow!!!!! >BEST PERFORMANCE BY A PENIS: Harvey Keitel's (Various) narrowly from >Bruce Willis (Colour of Night) >SPECIAL JOHN HOWARD/JOHN MAJOR/NEWT GINGRICH/LEE KWAN YEH & OTHERS (we're >trying to be international here) AWARD FOR THE REINFORCEMENT OF >CONSERVATIVE VALUES: Forrest Gump Is it the case that we in Oz see something different in films than the people who vote for the Oscars? I racked my brain trying to understand why people would vote for _Forrest Gump_ over _Pulp Fiction_. I watched and yawned my way through Gump and thought it was a great film, with some decidedly interesting constructions of goodies and baddies, but not in the same league as Priscilla or Pulp Fiction. I was disappointed when Pulp Fiction ended, simply because it was over. And I wasn't swamped by its so-called violence (Sam Peckinpah showed me all I need to see). And the fact that I lost track of time is one criterion for a good film, but not the only one. Why was Gump given the nod? Was it because you US people saw some resurrection of the US of A in it? Did it make you feel good to be American? Certainly it was an interesting film, but how was it the best film of the year? Floundering, Errol Vieth