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andaroo wrote:

Were they expected to win?

Snrub wrote:

Shame. Guess that means No Country For Old Men wasn't quite the return to form everyone's been saying. Or that the Cannes voters don't like awarding people whose names are easy to spell.

Judging by the final list of winners, I'm thinking it's the latter.

andaroo wrote:

Why are we expecting American films to win in France?

Is that cynical?

No but really... this is some of the best that the world's got this year (supposedly), being that No Country for Old Men was one of the only American films in competition, it doesn't necessarily torpedo it's chances of doing well in the US awards race.

Jayhawk wrote:

who gives a fuck about the cannes, most overrated award ceremony.

Bonecrusher wrote:

Jayhawk wrote:

who gives a fuck about the cannes, most overrated award ceremony.

Exhibit 1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_wind_t ... the_barley

Don't make me send Goons around :mad:

Jayhawk wrote:

who gives a fuck about the cannes, most overrated award ceremony.

Lord Squeekington wrote:

Bonecrusher wrote:

Jayhawk wrote:

who gives a fuck about the cannes, most overrated award ceremony.

Exhibit 1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_wind_t ... the_barley

Don't make me send Goons around :mad:

Hired goons?

Bonecrusher wrote:

Jayhawk wrote:

who gives a fuck about the cannes, most overrated award ceremony.

Exhibit 1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_wind_t ... the_barley

Don't make me send Goons around :mad:

Jayhawk wrote:

Bonecrusher wrote:

Jayhawk wrote:

who gives a fuck about the cannes, most overrated award ceremony.

Exhibit 1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_wind_t ... the_barley

Don't make me send Goons around :mad:

why would i want to watch wind shake barley, sounds boring.

Bonecrusher wrote:

Jayhawk wrote:

Bonecrusher wrote:

Jayhawk wrote:

who gives a fuck about the cannes, most overrated award ceremony.

Exhibit 1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_wind_t ... the_barley

Don't make me send Goons around :mad:

why would i want to watch wind shake barley, sounds boring.

You do realize that doesn't work on me.

Author:	xiayun [ Sun May 27, 2007 2:51 pm ]
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PALME D'OR - 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days (Cristian Mungiu) Grand Prix - The Mourning Forest (Naomi Kawase) Jury Prize TIE - Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi - Vincent Paronnaud), and Silent Light (Carlos Reygadas) Best Director - Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Best Actor - Konstantin Lavronenko, The Banishment Best Actress - Do-yeon Jeon, Secret Sunshine Best Screenplay - Fatih Akin, The Edge of Heaven Special Prize for the 60th Anniversary Gus Van Sant, for his career Coens got shut out.

Author:	roo [ Sun May 27, 2007 3:22 pm ]
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Were they expected to win?

Author:	Snrub [ Sun May 27, 2007 3:27 pm ]
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Shame. Guess that means No Country For Old Men wasn't quite the return to form everyone's been saying. Or that the Cannes voters don't like awarding people whose names are easy to spell. Judging by the final list of winners, I'm thinking it's the latter.

Author:	xiayun [ Sun May 27, 2007 3:28 pm ]
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andaroo wrote: Were they expected to win? They have always been a Cannes favorite, winning Golden Palm once and Best Director three times, and No Country for Old Men got rave reviews, so a lot of people were expecting it to split Picture/Director with 4 Years, 3 Months, and 2 Days.

Author:	Jonathan [ Sun May 27, 2007 5:19 pm ]
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Snrub wrote: Shame. Guess that means No Country For Old Men wasn't quite the return to form everyone's been saying. Or that the Cannes voters don't like awarding people whose names are easy to spell. Judging by the final list of winners, I'm thinking it's the latter. I don't think they ever like to award what was expected. 4 Months... was getting raves and buzz for possibly the Grand Prix, but never for the Palme D'Or. That said, I doubt any of these films will have much of any of an impact come awards time.

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Author:	roo [ Sun May 27, 2007 5:24 pm ]
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Why are we expecting American films to win in France? Is that cynical? No but really... this is some of the best that the world's got this year (supposedly), being that No Country for Old Men was one of the only American films in competition, it doesn't necessarily torpedo it's chances of doing well in the US awards race.

Author:	Jonathan [ Sun May 27, 2007 5:31 pm ]
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andaroo wrote: Why are we expecting American films to win in France? Is that cynical? No but really... this is some of the best that the world's got this year (supposedly), being that No Country for Old Men was one of the only American films in competition, it doesn't necessarily torpedo it's chances of doing well in the US awards race. A History of Violence was snubbed by the Jury in 2005, but went on to become the only film from that competition to get any Oscar noms. And Mystic River didn't anything even though everyone was hailing that as a return to form for Eastwood. So yeah, it doesn't have much of a negative effect at all.

Author:	Jonathan [ Sun May 27, 2007 5:40 pm ]
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Wow, I forgot Babel won Director last year? Huh.

Author:	roo [ Sun May 27, 2007 6:34 pm ]
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Well... in the last 11 years none of the BP nominees match any of the Cannes winners except The Pianist (2002) and Secrets & Lies (1996).

Author:	Jim Halpert [ Sun May 27, 2007 6:55 pm ]
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who gives a fuck about the cannes, most overrated award ceremony.

Author:	Gulli [ Sun May 27, 2007 9:45 pm ]
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Jayhawk wrote: who gives a fuck about the cannes, most overrated award ceremony. Exhibit 1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_wind_t ... the_barley Don't make me send Goons around

Author:	Squee [ Sun May 27, 2007 9:47 pm ]
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Bonecrusher wrote: Jayhawk wrote: who gives a fuck about the cannes, most overrated award ceremony. Exhibit 1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_wind_t ... the_barley Don't make me send Goons around Hired goons?

Author:	makeshift [ Sun May 27, 2007 9:51 pm ]
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Jayhawk wrote: who gives a fuck about the cannes, most overrated award ceremony.

Author:	roo [ Sun May 27, 2007 9:58 pm ]
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Masterful!

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Author:	Gulli [ Sun May 27, 2007 9:59 pm ]
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Lord Squeekington wrote: Bonecrusher wrote: Jayhawk wrote: who gives a fuck about the cannes, most overrated award ceremony. Exhibit 1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_wind_t ... the_barley Don't make me send Goons around Hired goons? But of course http://hired-goons.net/hire/index.html

Author:	Jim Halpert [ Sun May 27, 2007 10:11 pm ]
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Bonecrusher wrote: Jayhawk wrote: who gives a fuck about the cannes, most overrated award ceremony. Exhibit 1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_wind_t ... the_barley Don't make me send Goons around why would i want to watch wind shake barley, sounds boring.

Author:	Gulli [ Sun May 27, 2007 10:16 pm ]
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Jayhawk wrote: Bonecrusher wrote: Jayhawk wrote: who gives a fuck about the cannes, most overrated award ceremony. Exhibit 1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_wind_t ... the_barley Don't make me send Goons around why would i want to watch wind shake barley, sounds boring. You do realize that doesn't work on me.

Author:	Jim Halpert [ Sun May 27, 2007 10:28 pm ]
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Bonecrusher wrote: Jayhawk wrote: Bonecrusher wrote: Jayhawk wrote: who gives a fuck about the cannes, most overrated award ceremony. Exhibit 1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_wind_t ... the_barley Don't make me send Goons around why would i want to watch wind shake barley, sounds boring. You do realize that doesn't work on me. you know me too well.