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Post by cheesecake on May 11, 2021 18:54:06 GMT
The future of film was in dire straits. Covid was in its fifth wave and for the foreseeable future, no new projects could be filmed. Studios were getting desperate for cash flow and decided to go into all their vaults to look at everything they had shelved over the years. Similar to Blue Sky, studios began to release films that had been in the can – but unlike Blue Sky, we’re talking filmed a loooong time ago. My dream only focused on this specific Michelle Pfeiffer period piece that was completed in 1998, and it was gearing up for a fall 2021 release with aspirations to be her career win of 2022. Guys, I was FUMING in my sleep. I say all this to ask: how do you feel about this in terms eligibility?  If they tacked on a recent epilogue/ending to show Pfeiffer twenty-three years after the fact like Boyhood or something, would you be fine with this? Should they add an updated score… anything recent? I don’t think this is okay and I’m still mad.  |
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Post by Mattsby on May 11, 2021 19:14:32 GMT
Interesting question...... I guess I don't mind..... like I wanted that Welles editing nom for Other Side of the Wind. But for things already completed years ago... As long as it wasn't released at all beforehand, it'd be eligible technically, no? One negative example would be Limelight - it saw releases in '52, but some voodoo got it Oscar nom'd in 1973?? Another trickier example would be The Plot Against Harry, made in 1969 and thought to be unreleased till 1989 (which is its considered year: it played Sundance, got indie spirit noms, etc) BUT it was later discovered to have had a lil theatrical run in Seattle in '71 so what gives! All I know is we now really need to see that Pfeiffer period piece.  Side note - last year was a perfect time for studios/networks to release their PILOTS. This was a common practice back in the 60s and 70s.... unpicked up pilots, they just became TV Movies. And there are a lot of interesting sounding pilots with great casts that've been shot and never seen..... |
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Post by cheesecake on May 11, 2021 19:20:30 GMT
Interesting question...... I guess I don't mind..... like I wanted that Welles editing nom for Other Side of the Wind. But for things already completed years ago... As long as it wasn't released at all beforehand, it'd be eligible technically, no? One negative example would be Limelight - it saw releases in '52, but some voodoo got it Oscar nom'd in 1973?? Another trickier example would be The Plot Against Harry, made in 1969 and thought to be unreleased till 1989 (which is its considered year: it played Sundance, got indie spirit noms, etc) BUT it was later discovered to have had a lil theatrical run in Seattle in '71 so what gives! All I know is we now really need to see that Pfeiffer period piece. Side note - last year was a perfect time for studios/networks to release their PILOTS. This was a common practice back in the 60s and 70s.... unpicked up pilots, they just became TV Movies. And there are a lot of interesting sounding pilots with great casts that've been shot and never seen..... Great questions/examples and it's always an interesting topic to discuss. There's also situations like Interrogation (1982/1989) where it could not be released until years later... But I'm not sure, things get messy! |
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Post by Mattsby on May 11, 2021 19:31:14 GMT
Great questions/examples and it's always an interesting topic to discuss. There's also situations like Interrogation (1982/1989) where it could not be released until years later... But I'm not sure, things get messy! Yes! Lotta interesting examples where a country's regime changes allowed previously banned stuff to open.... Interrogation got some Cannes awards? Lotta Czech stuff - I'm thinking of Larks on a String - completed in '69, but banned, released in 1990 and won the Golden Bear! Another example with some trivia: Symbiopsychotaxiplasm made in 1968 by William Greaves couldn't find distribution anywhere... eventually in the early 90s, Steve Buscemi attended a screening and helped fund its restoration and release which finally came in 2005. Great documentary.... |
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If they tacked on a recent epilogue/ending to show Pfeiffer twenty-three years after the fact like Boyhood or something, would you be fine with this? Should they add an updated score… anything recent? I don’t think this is okay and I’m still mad.
