I walked out of SIL twenty minutes in--but just to go to the rr during the dance scene--Did I miss anyhting significant? It was Christmas Day, I was sick and had to go even more frequently than usual--a horrible condition for a film student. Scott =============================================================================== Scott Andrew Hutchins http://php.iupui.edu/~sahutchi Oz, Monsters, Kamillions, and More! "Colorless green ideas sleep furiously."--Noam Chomsky On Fri, 19 Mar 1999, paul wiener wrote: > Scott, I would be the first to second your opinion of "Shakespeare in Love" > as overrated. I nearly walked out of it several times (anyone care to write > about the joys of walking out on movies - 5, 30 or 70 minutes into it?) ; > not until the last 20 minutes did I like it, though the acting was > terrific. Just another feel good movie. "Rosenkrantz and Guildenstern Are > Dead" was far far superior in every respect. "Thin Red Line" is a much more > interesting film than "Ryan" but doesn't hold together well or make you > feel good, except for cinematography. "Ryan" would be nothing without Hanks > and the first bloody 25 minutes. I don't even like to choose anymore among > Oscar nominess. They're almost always all hyped crapola. At least "Life Is > Beautiful" was original. > > By the way, where's the discussion of the Kazan Oscar honors? It seems once > you turn 70 no one is allowed to criticize you anymore? Kazan could do a > lifetime of good by saying something important about his decision at the > Oscars. My money says he won't. He's already been professionally honored > enough, so don't believe ANYTHING anyone says: this honor is purely political. > > > Paul B. Wiener > Special Services Librarian > SUNY at Stony Brook > 516/632-7253 > [log in to unmask] > > ---- > Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite > http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite > ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html