tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13854278.post7561732675628006568..comments2023-09-08T05:54:51.568-07:00Comments on CineRobot: Oscar journalJoshua Blevins Peckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04675067672065084992noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13854278.post-31291362413300032812011-03-05T09:34:32.441-08:002011-03-05T09:34:32.441-08:00Eva's piece on books will be posted in the nex...Eva's piece on books will be posted in the next couple of weeks...it has lots of good recommendations for Hollywood related reading!Joshua Blevins Peckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04675067672065084992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13854278.post-80480007540609039392011-03-04T20:57:37.612-08:002011-03-04T20:57:37.612-08:00I sent it - oh dear, do I ever get carried away......I sent it - oh dear, do I ever get carried away...Evanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13854278.post-710515507679154802011-03-01T20:34:55.055-08:002011-03-01T20:34:55.055-08:005 books or 10, it's up to you! And yes, older ...5 books or 10, it's up to you! And yes, older is fine by me. As you can hopefully tell--CineRobot is about more than new releases. I've done some short book reviews of film related material on here, but never a list. Make them as long as you want--if it's really long, I'll just split into two posts. <br /><br />E-mail me at unpavedroad@yahoo.com if you have questions or when your finished and I'll post it. This could be fun.Joshua Blevins Peckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04675067672065084992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13854278.post-79746544246027763532011-03-01T17:35:29.435-08:002011-03-01T17:35:29.435-08:00Sure - if it's ok that I only read books on th...Sure - if it's ok that I only read books on the old movies/actors/directors, never on current ones (like that "forest for the trees" thing - perhaps I enjoy that distance that seems to make everything a bit more cohesive and clear. And if it's ok that I only read these things because I LOVE them dearly (I might actually pick the books on movies over the movies themselves if I had to decide, though that would be tough) and not because I am any kind of authority on this!<br /><br />Me and the biographies, it's like a kid in a candy store - I gobble it all up and love it all - though I would think, just like that kid, if really pressed for an answer I would know which ones to pick if I could only have three on a deserted island for a year. It needs to be ten, though, if that's ok, I can make it brief. Five seems impossible.<br /><br />Let me know. <br />Regarding the Oscars, I just came across a piece of writing where Cukor threatened to quit the academy if The Exorcist won a major Oscar, especially best picture. Oh, I can just see him doing that! Apparently his opinion still carried some weight.Evanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13854278.post-652834165762225192011-02-28T13:33:14.965-08:002011-02-28T13:33:14.965-08:00I guess that was the point that Steven Spielberg w...I guess that was the point that Steven Spielberg was hinting at when he mentioned that the nine losers would join films such as Citizen Kane and Raging Bull as ones that lost. <br /><br />My recaps usually aren't this negative, but I could not stop being irritated by the hosts! <br /><br />Also, what's some of the best bios or books you've read about Hollywood? You should do a guest blog on here of your top five film biographies. Interested?Joshua Blevins Peckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04675067672065084992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13854278.post-10221828824224155652011-02-28T12:33:29.004-08:002011-02-28T12:33:29.004-08:00Totally agree about Christian Bale - this is how o...Totally agree about Christian Bale - this is how one accepts an award - some thanks to others (thought not a neverending list), some humility and self-irony while still dignified and classy and accepting of the fact that one does in fact fully deserve this award.<br /><br />Melissa Leo was embarrassing. Nobody wants to see the slap my hand over my mouth, ohmygod I can't believe it stuff - when that is not real, it is very very obvious and that is so cringe-worthy. The really frazzled people (like some other lower-profile winner) can't hide it anyway, they get actual tears in their eyes or actual shaky voices. It seemed like a fake miss world acceptance. I don't care about people swearing on TV at all, but hers seemed planted, and while I think it's not fuss-worthy, it's also silly that some applauded her for it (ooo, how daring!)<br /><br />For about three or four years now I can't read anything but biographies of old movie stars or directors. It's not like I don't like fiction anymore, but the biography stuff is so addictive, one leads to another, leads to two others, leads to three more, this will never end. Of course the Oscars come up very regularly. It is so very obvious how they hardly ever mean anything in the long run, so shocking who has been passed over, and which duds or utterly forgettable movies are selected. So many choices are proven so very wrong with time. A lot of great things only emerge at a distance (forest for the trees). Real class persists in the end.Evanoreply@blogger.com