Le Diable Noir (1905)
- George Melies
This is how to make a silent film.
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Jules et Jim (1962)
- Francois Trauffant
Great film, indicative of the whole Nouvelle Vague movement. Loved it, but still a Godard man.
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Hugo (2011)
- Martin Scorsese
Just saw this, and it is amazing. Reminds me a bit of what I love about cinema. Also the first time I have appreciated the use of 3D.
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Best Director
Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
or Martin Scorsese - Hugo
Best Actress Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady as Margaret Thatcher
Best Supporting Actress Bérénice Bejo – The Artist as Peppy Miller
Best Writing – Adapted Screenplay Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Bridget O’Connor and Peter Straughan from Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré
Best Foreign Language Film A Separation (Iran) in Persian – Asghar Farhadi
Best Original Song “Man or Muppet” from The Muppets – Bret McKenzie
Best Sound Mixing The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce, and Bo Persson
Best Cinematography The Tree of Life – Emmanuel Lubezki
Best Costume Design Hugo – Sandy Powell
This isnt a category I dont care about at all or havent seen any of the films, i just cant decide.
Best Visual Effects Rise of the Planet of the Apes – Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White, and Daniel Barrett
Firstly, its disgusting that Transformers has been nominated for anything.
My best picture choice was The Artist for several reasons, it was an amazing, captivating film, presenting silent films to an audience that has no appreciation for them. The Artist’s success is gives hope that good films still have a chance to reach large audiences, make money, and that they are actually made. Additionally, there is nothing Hollywood loves more than being praised, and I believe it will reward The Artist and Hugo heavily for doing so.
The documentary category is a joke. If Senna, one of the best documentaries I have seen, and one of the best films of 2011, isnt even nominated, I dont think the list has been considered properly.
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Vertigo (1958)
- Alfred Hitchcock
An amazing film. Brilliant story, incredible score, beautiful visuals. Its just perfect.
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Rear Window (1954)
- Alfred Hitchcock
“My good luck in life was to be a really frightened person. I’m fortunate to be a coward, to have a low threshold of fear, because a hero couldn’t make a good suspense film.” - Alfred Hitchcock
Look Around (2012)
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
A very interesting way to do a music video. Not sure that I want music videos, or films to be remotely interactive, ever, but i do think this is an amazing experiment and a very good music video. I still feel that music videos should move towards the short film format, but this is original, and that is always good (especially for music videos).
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God of Love (2010)
- Luke Matheny
The best part of this short film is its simplicity. It is brilliant.
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
- Tomas Alfredson
Not so much a spy film as a film about people not trusting each other.
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