“…it’s hard to resist your own substance, you’d like to stop all this, give yourself time to think about it and listen without difficulty to your heartbeat, but it’s too late for that. This thing can never stop. This enormous steel box is on a collision course; we, inside it, are whirling madly with the machines and the Earth. All together, along with the thousands of little wheels and hammers that never strike at the same time, that make noises which shatter one another, some so violent that they release a kind of silence around them, which makes you feel a little better. You give into noise as you give in to war. As the machines you let yourself go with the two three ideas that are wobbling about at the top of your head. And that’s the end. From then on everything you look at, everything you touch is hard. And everything you still manage to remember more or less becomes as rigid as iron and loses its savor in your thoughts.” Celine, Journey to the End of the Night
“It’s not that I like the empire—I hate it—but there’s nothing I can do about it right now.” Luke Skywalker, Star Wars
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People just aren't ready for Treadwell's truth man! *Jumps around and shouts expletives at the camera* Kidding. It is a shame but as the wise Mr. Herzog points out, not unexpected. :-(
I was surprised, actually. Grizzly Man was both great and accessible. I think it is some sort of snub. I don't know in what way. Grizzly Man had great reviews; White Diamond had great reviews--but as I understand it the Oscars are all about promotion. Some of the best reviewed docs of the year. But the oscars are a sham anyway. Who cares. I would have watched them.
Well, on a happier note Revenge of the Sith is before the committee for Best Picture. Ha ha ha...*starts to cry* No, there isn't any apparent genuine way to have your film considered for an Oscar nom other than shameless self-promotion...not that it seems to be working for Junebug, another critics darling that might be shut out despite extensive 'for your consideration' adverts in the trades.
Blah! Why do I care? I'm going back to researching which bottle will make Meyer less gassy.
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