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		<title>[Dialog] Der Tag nach dem Tag und dann noch einige Tage später</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oscar-Dialog 2012 #1 Der Tag nach dem Tag danach (nebel) #2 Der Tag nach dem Tag und dann noch einige Tage später (cez) &#160; Caecilie hier mit meinem ersten Blogbeitrag seit mindestens zwei Jahren. Hui, die Nominierungen. Dabei wird mir wieder bewusst, dass meine Lieblingsfilme des Jahres meist Filme sind, die ich ein oder zwei <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=weltretter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=206852&amp;post=2354&amp;subd=weltretter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>#1 <a href="http://weltretter.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/dialog-der-tag-nach-dem-tag-danach/">Der Tag nach dem Tag danach</a> (nebel)<br />
#2 <a href="http://weltretter.wordpress.com/2012/01/29/dialog-der-tag-nach-dem-tag-und-dann-noch-einige-tage-spater/" title="[Dialog] Der Tag nach dem Tag und dann noch einige Tage später">Der Tag nach dem Tag und dann noch einige Tage später</a> (cez)<br />
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<p>Caecilie hier mit meinem ersten Blogbeitrag seit mindestens zwei Jahren.</p>
<p>Hui, die Nominierungen. Dabei wird mir wieder bewusst, dass meine Lieblingsfilme des Jahres meist Filme sind, die ich ein oder zwei Jahre nach Veröffentlichung endlich auf DVD gesehen habe, die auf Festivals liefen und oder die als Klassiker gelten, die ich dank <a href="http://www.lovefilm.de/">LOVEFiLM</a> mehr oder weniger zufällig geschaut habe. Das macht die Oscar-Verleihung allerdings nur unterhaltsamer, weil ich mich wesentlich weniger über schlechte Filme, die Preise gewinnen, ärgere, weil ich die Filme gar nicht kenne. (Und ein Jahr später ist aus dem Ärger dann Verwunderung geworden. &#8220;Wirklich? DER Film hat einen Oscar gewonnen?&#8221;).</p>
<p>Aber da bei der Oscar-Verleihung auch gerne mal Menschen weniger für ihren aktuellen Film als für ihr Lebenswerk geehrt werden, weil das allgemeine Gefühl besteht, dass es jetzt wirklich mal Zeit wäre, dass diese Person einen Oscar bekommt (Hallo Mr. Scorsese!), oder schon wieder Meryl Streep dafür gewinnt, dass sie Meryl Streep ist,  geht es wohl einigen Mitgliedern der Academy ähnlich.</p>
<p>Apropos Verwunderung: Kann mir jemand die Existenz des Films &#8220;<strong>War Horse</strong>&#8221; erklären? Will diesen Film wirklich jemand sehen? Hätte Spielberg stattdessen nicht Jurassic Park 4 drehen können? Oder meinetwegen irgendeine Schmonzette mit Tom Hanks? Ein Film über einen Jungen, der sein Pferd aus dem Krieg retten will, könnte mich wirklich nicht weniger interessieren, wenn Robert Redford Regie geführt hätte.* <a title="War Horse" href="http://lisahanawalt.com/post/15573428983/war-horse-an-illustrated-response">Immerhin hat Lisa Hanawalt einen großartigen Comic dazu gezeichnet.</a></p>
<p>Von den Best Picture Nominees habe ich bisher nur &#8220;<strong>Midnight in Paris</strong>&#8221; und &#8220;<strong>Tree of Life</strong>&#8221; gesehen, zwei Filme von Regisseuren, die wohl unterschiedlicher kaum sein könnten: Woody Allen, der verlässlich jedes Jahr mehr oder weniger dieselbe Komödie dreht und Terrence Mallick, der alle knapp 10 Jahre einen Film dreht, in dem er nicht weniger als alles erzählen will (da waren sogar zwei Dinosaurier in &#8220;Tree of Life&#8221;! ). Großartig besetzt sind beide Filme, so richtig und ganz wahnsinnig umgehauen hat mich keiner, auch wenn die erste Stunde von &#8220;Tree of Life&#8221; sehr wahr und wunderbar ist (nachher taucht leider Sean Penn auf). Ich könnte mir allerdings vorstellen, dass Mallick in der Tat den Oscar für die beste Regie gewinnt, weil es genug Wähler gibt, die glauben, dass jetzt Mallicks Zeit gekommen sei.</p>
<p>&#8220;<strong>Beginners</strong>&#8221; hätte noch diverse Nominierungen (insbesondere in der Kategorie &#8220;Bester Hund&#8221;) verdient gehabt, doch ähnlich wie bei &#8220;Drive&#8221; und &#8220;Melancholia&#8221; war das ja leider nicht zu erwarten, deswegen hält sich meine Enttäuschung in Grenzen. Und vielleicht bringt ja Christopher Plummer den Hund mit zur Verleihung.</p>
<p>Gefreut habe ich mich über die Nominierung von <strong>Alexander Payne</strong>, den ich seit &#8220;Election&#8221; sehr mag. Auch, wenn er bisher für fast jeden seiner Filme nominiert wurde. Und ein Clooney-Film sowieso Oscar-Bait vom Feinsten ist. Aber trotzdem.</p>
<p>Auch erfreulich: endlich mal kein Pixar-Film(=sicherer Sieger) unter den Animationsfilmen! Vielleicht gewinnt mit <a title="Trailer!" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7e07c52VWg">&#8220;A Cat in Paris&#8221;</a> endlich mal ein Außenseiter? Und dann noch zwei Nominierungen für &#8220;<strong>A Separation</strong>&#8220;! Toll!</p>
<p>Ansonsten überwiegt (noch) Gelassenheit. Vielleicht ändert sich das, wenn ich nächste Woche endlich &#8220;<strong>Moneyball</strong>&#8221; und &#8220;<strong>The Descendants</strong>&#8221; gesehen habe. Zu &#8220;<strong>Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close</strong>&#8221; schreibe ich übrigens lieber nichts (definitiv <em>nicht</em> mein Lieblingsbuch), aber es ist schon eine unheimliche Verschwendung dieses Premium-Titels, dass es sich hierbei nicht um eine aus Close-Ups bestehende Doku über Motörhead handelt.</p>
<p>*Niemand hat jemals so viel Langeweile auf die Leinwand gebracht, wie der Regisseur Robert Redford. Das soll kein Urteil über die Leistungen des Schauspielers Robert Redford sein, aber ich will die Lebenszeit zurück, die ich mit &#8220;Aus der Mitte entspringt ein Fluss&#8221; vergeudet habe, selbst wenn es Lebenszeit war, die ich eingeklemmt in einen unbequemen Flugzeugsitz verbracht habe. Ich hätte schlafen und etwas wirres träumen können, verdammt!</p></div>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oscar-Dialog 2012 #1 Der Tag nach dem Tag danach (nebel) #2 Der Tag nach dem Tag und dann noch einige Tage später (cez) &#160; So, jetzt wissen wir es also endlich. Die Academy hat gesprochen, die Welt hat geantwortet. Große Enttäuschung bei denen, die fest mit Albert Brooks gerechnet haben &#8211; nur er selbst nahm <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=weltretter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=206852&amp;post=2327&amp;subd=weltretter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>#1 <a href="http://weltretter.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/dialog-der-tag-nach-dem-tag-danach/">Der Tag nach dem Tag danach</a> (nebel)<br />
#2 <a href="http://weltretter.wordpress.com/2012/01/29/dialog-der-tag-nach-dem-tag-und-dann-noch-einige-tage-spater/" title="[Dialog] Der Tag nach dem Tag und dann noch einige Tage später">Der Tag nach dem Tag und dann noch einige Tage später</a> (cez)<br />
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<p>Große Enttäuschung bei denen, die fest mit <strong>Albert Brooks</strong> gerechnet haben &#8211; nur er selbst nahm es <a href="http://twitter.com/AlbertBrooks/statuses/161823050281656320">relativ gelassen</a>.</p>
<p>Große Begeisterung (in gewissen, mich einschliessenden Kreisen) über die Nominierung <strong>Terrence Malick</strong>s, der dann nächsten Monat wohl einer von zwei Regisseuren sein wird, die der Dankesrede von <strong>Michel Hazanavicius</strong> (bzw. <strong>Martin Scorsese</strong>?) nicht live im <em>Kodak Theater</em> beiwohnen werden. (Oder wird <strong>Woody Allen</strong> sein Sonntag-abendliches Jazz-Engagment doch absagen, um sich seinen Drehbuch-Oscar abzuholen?)</p>
<p>Und große Verwunderung bei&#8230; <em>allen?</em> über die Nominierung von &#8220;<strong>Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close</strong>&#8221; an neunter und letzter Stelle in der Kategorie <em>Bester Film</em>. Mit nur einer weiteren Nominierung (<strong>Max von Sydow</strong>, <em>Supporting Actor</em>) der schwächste im Feld, aber trotzdem irgendwie an &#8220;<strong>The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo</strong>&#8221; (5 Nominierungen) vorbeigekommen. Dazu noch die zweifelhafte Ehre, der Film mit der <a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/extremely_loud_and_incredibly_close/">schlechtesten kritischen Bewertung</a> zu sein, der jemals für <em>Best Picture</em> nominiert wurde.</p>
<p>Nach dem kurzen Versuch mit 10 Nominierten erlaubte eine erneute Regeländerung (<a href="http://www.grantland.com/blog/hollywood-prospectus/post/_/id/41613/oscarmetrics-predicting-the-best-picture-and-best-director-nominees">Mark Harris erklärt sie hier</a>, aber wirklich verstanden habe ich sie nicht) dieses Jahr zwischen 5 und 10 Titel im Rennen zum <em>Besten Film</em>. Dass es letztendlich neun geworden sind, hat viele überrascht und zeigt, dass die Mitglieder der <em>Academy</em> doch nicht so einheitlich abgestimmt haben wie erwartet.</p>
<p>Gäbe es nur fünf (und &#8216;was-wäre-wenn&#8217;-Spielereien sind es, was diese Zeit des Jahres ausmacht) läge es nahe, wenn es die fünf wären, deren Regisseure auch nominiert wurden. Also dieses Jahr &#8220;<strong>The Artist</strong>,&#8221; &#8220;<strong>The Descendants</strong>,&#8221; &#8220;<strong>Hugo</strong>,&#8221; &#8220;<strong>Midnight in Paris</strong>&#8221; und &#8220;<strong>The Tree of Life</strong>.&#8221; Wirklich mitreden kann ich da leider noch nicht, habe bisher nur die zwei letztgenannten gesehen. &#8220;The Artist&#8221; werde ich heute abend im Kino sehen (wer hätte das in Trier für möglich gehalten), die verbleibenden zwei werde ich hoffentlich bald in Luxembourg erwischen (oder sie erscheinen auf magische Weise in meiner <a href="http://db.tt/l4acSv4">Dropbox</a>&#8230;). Aber ich kann mir, auch nach dem, was ich so gelesen habe, kaum vorstellen, dass &#8220;The Tree of Life&#8221; und &#8220;Midnight in Paris&#8221; die jeweiligen Randpositionen auf meiner &#8216;<em>Top 5 Filme, die dieses Jahr für Beste Regie nominiert sind</em>&#8216; aufgeben müssen.</p>
<p>Andererseits spricht einiges dafür, dass &#8220;The Tree of Life&#8221; es in einem Jahr mit fünf Nominierungen nicht auf den Stimmzettel geschafft und &#8220;<strong>Moneyball</strong>&#8221; (6 Nominierungen) seine Stelle eingenommen hätte. Aber so nett ich diesen Film auch fand und so toll Brad Pitt auch spielt &#8211; sein anderer Film ist der besssere, Punkt. Über &#8220;The Tree of Life&#8221; kann ich nicht genügend Superlative finden, und entgegen aller Prophezeihungen glaube ich auch weiterhin fest daran, dass er in der Nacht auf den 27. Februar nicht leer ausgehen wird. (Meine wilde Theorie: Die Fans von Scorsese und Hazanavicius stehlen sich gegenseitig die Stimmen und Malick setzt sich durch.)</p>
<p>Soweit meine erste, grobe Evaluierung der Nominierungen. Mir liegt noch einiges mehr auf dem Herzen, aber bevor das hier zu lang wird gebe ich ab an <strong><a href="http://weltretter.wordpress.com/author/kleinstadt/">Caecilie</a></strong> und <strong><a href="http://zeilenkino.de/">Sonja</a></strong>: Was waren für euch die großen Erkenntnisse vom Dienstag? Gab es Freudentänze? Trauermärsche? Distanzierte Gelassenheit?</div>
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		<description><![CDATA[A note: I wrote most of these before yesterday&#8217;s Oscar nominations were announced. My thoughts on them, and how I feel about the omissions of Michael Fassbender and Tilda Swinton, and much, much more in this year&#8217;s Oscar-Dialog (or Oscar dialogue?) starting tomorrow. A few days late, but here&#8217;s what I watched last month: &#8220;Kiss <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=weltretter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=206852&amp;post=2308&amp;subd=weltretter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p><em>A note: I wrote most of these before yesterday&#8217;s <a href="http://oscar.go.com/nominees">Oscar nominations</a> were announced. My thoughts on them, and how I feel about the omissions of Michael Fassbender and Tilda Swinton, and much, much more in this year&#8217;s <strong>Oscar-Dialog</strong> (or </em>Oscar dialogue<em>?) starting tomorrow.</em></p>
<p>A few days late, but here&#8217;s what I watched last month:</p>
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<li>&#8220;<strong><a href="http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0373469/">Kiss Kiss Bang Bang</a></strong>&#8221; (Shane Black, 2005)<br /><a href="http://weltretter.wordpress.com/2011/12/01/top-5-weihnachts-filme/" title="[Top 5]&nbsp;Weihnachts-Filme">See here</a>. Perfect film. (A+)<br />&nbsp;
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<li>&#8220;<strong><a href="http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt1321865/">Carlos</a></strong>&#8221; (Olivier Assayas, 2010)<br />Every single line of dialogue is exposition! Actors are forced to speak in languages they are obviously not comfortable in! Hated it. (D-)
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<li>&#8220;<strong><a href="http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0092067/">Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta</a></strong>&#8221; (&#8220;Castle in the Sky,&#8221; Hayao Miyazaki, 1986)<br />Beautiful animation, moving story. Loved it! (B+),
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<li>&#8220;<strong><a href="http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0110912/">Pulp Fiction</a></strong>&#8221; (Quentin Tarantino, 1994)<br /><a href="http://kottke.org/11/12/pulp-fiction-in-chronological-order">In chronological order, on YouTube</a>! Hadn&#8217;t seen it in a while, was surprised how long it is.
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<li>&#8220;<strong><a href="http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt1723811/">Shame</a></strong>&#8221; (Steve McQueen, 2011)<br />Complicated, challenging, at times almost unbearable. But Michael Fassbender gives the performance of his (already stellar) career, Carey Mulligan is fantastic as well. (B)
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<li>&#8220;<strong><a href="http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt1561768/">Essential Killing</a></strong>&#8221; (Jerzy Skolimowski, 2010)<br />Very interesting. Vincent Gallo is great without words, the film looks stunning. (B)
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<li>&#8220;<strong><a href="http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0898367/">The Road</a></strong>&#8221; (John Hillcoat, 2009)<br />The book is one of my favorites, the film sadly cannot live up to it. (I don&#8217;t think any film could.) (C)
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<li>&#8220;<strong><a href="http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0396171/">Perfume: The Story of a Murderer</a></strong>&#8221; (Tom Tykwer, 2006)<br />Just awful. (D-)
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<li>&#8220;<strong><a href="http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt1124035/">The Ides of March</a></strong>&#8221; (George Clooney, 2011)<br />I liked it. Ryan Gosling is as good here as he is in other recent films, Clooney is apt in front and behind the camera. (B-)
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<li>&#8220;<strong><a href="http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt1306980/">50/50</a></strong>&#8221; (Jonathan Levine, 2011)<br />Great! It&#8217;s funny and touching and honest and &#8211; a first for me &#8211; has Seth Rogen playing a likeable character. (B+)
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<li>&#8220;<strong><a href="http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt1284575/">Bad Teacher</a></strong>&#8221; (Jake Kasdan, 2011)<br />Flat out the funniest film of the year. <a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/06/24/137378586/class-is-dismissed-bad-teacher-is-crude-but-fun">David Edelstein nails it in his spot-on review</a>.
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<li>&#8220;<strong><a href="http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt1606392/">Win Win</a></strong>&#8221; (Thomas McCarthy, 2011)<br />Second viewing, still thoroughly impressed by the acting. That this is not Tom McCarthy&#8217;s best film just speaks to what an amazing filmmaker he really is. (B+)
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<li>&#8220;<strong><a href="http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0125439/">Notting Hill</a></strong>&#8221; (Roger Michell, 1999)<br />Had not seen this until now, much to the bewilderment of my flatmate. I don&#8217;t think I was quite as taken with it as she was, but I liked it, nontheless. (B-)
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<li>&#8220;<strong><a href="http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt1598778/">Contagion</a></strong>&#8221; (Steven Soderbergh, 2011)<br />Despite Jude Law&#8217;s (character&#8217;s) best efforts to sink it, &#8220;Contagion&#8221; is a gripping drama with loads of great performances. (B-)
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<li>&#8220;<strong><a href="http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt1242460/">We Need To Talk About Kevin</a></strong>&#8221; (Lynne Ramsay, 2011)<br />See &#8220;Shame,&#8221; above. The movie is very challenging, but Tilda Swinton is more than amazing. (B-)
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<li>&#8220;<strong><a href="http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0102629/">Pappa Ante Portas</a></strong>&#8221; (Vicco von Bülow, Renate Westphal-Lorenz, 1991)<br />With the whole family on Christmas Day. There&#8217;s no denying Loriot was one of the funniest, smartest artist in Germany&#8217;s history. (A)
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<li>&#8220;<strong><a href="http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0093779/">The Princess Bride</a></strong>&#8221; (Rob Reiner, 1987)<br />Another Christmas tradition. <a href="http://weltretter.wordpress.com/2011/12/19/top-5-literaturverfillmungen/" title="[Top 5]&nbsp;Literaturverfillmungen">See here</a>. (A-)
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<li>&#8220;<strong><a href="http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt1615147/">Margin Call</a></strong>&#8221; (J.C. Chandor, 2011)<br /><a href="http://weltretter.wordpress.com/2011/11/03/octobers-movies-reviewed-part-two/">Second time</a>, still great. (B+)
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<li>&#8220;<strong><a href="http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt1832382/">Jodaeiye Nader az Simin</a></strong>&#8221; (&#8220;A Separation,&#8221; Asghar Farhadi, 2011)<br />Quite something. Maybe it was the Holiday food coma, maybe it was the torrent of foreign dialouge, but I strongly feel that I&#8217;ll have to watch &#8220;A Separation&#8221; again before I can really judge it.
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<li>&#8220;<strong><a href="http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt1687281/">Terri</a></strong>&#8221; (Azazel Jacobs, 2011)<br />One of the many great child/youth performances of the year, the film takes turns that I wouldn&#8217;t have excpected any film to take. It&#8217;s definitely worth seeking out. (B-)
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<li>&#8220;<strong><a href="http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0452580/">Im Winter ein Jahr</a></strong>&#8221; (&#8220;A Year Ago in Winter,&#8221; Caroline Link, 2008)<br />Josef Bierbichler is great in just about anything, and I think Karoline Herfurth has a bright future in front of her if she takes more risks like this one. Kinda surprised this film didn&#8217;t get more attention when it came out. (B-)
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<li>&#8220;<strong><a href="http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt1640548/">Rampart</a></strong>&#8221; (Oren Moverman, 2011)<br />Is to Woody Harrelson what &#8220;Shame&#8221; is to Fassbender and &#8220;Kevin&#8221; is to Swinton. I liked Moverman&#8217;s first film, &#8220;The Messenger&#8221; (also with Harrelson) better, but he&#8217;s certainly someone to watch out for. (C+)
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<li>&#8220;<strong><a href="http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0104602/">Kein Pardon</a></strong>&#8221; (Hape Kerkeling, 1993)<br />So much fun. (B+)
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		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president Tom Sherak and former Oscar nominee Jennifer Lawrence will open up a few envelopes and read a few words. One pair of words that they will read over and over and over (I&#8217;m guessing 11 times in all) will be &#8220;The&#8221; and &#8220;Artist.&#8221; We know this <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=weltretter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=206852&amp;post=2292&amp;subd=weltretter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>Tomorrow, <em>Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences</em> president Tom Sherak and former Oscar nominee Jennifer Lawrence will open up a few envelopes and read a few words. One pair of words that they will read over and over and over (I&#8217;m guessing 11 times in all) will be &#8220;The&#8221; and &#8220;Artist.&#8221;</p>
<p>We know this because we&#8217;ve been there before. No one was surprised when &#8220;The King&#8217;s Speech&#8221; was nominated. Or &#8220;Avatar.&#8221; Or &#8220;The Lord of The Rings: The Return of The King.&#8221; Or &#8220;Braveheart.&#8221; Or &#8220;Titanic.&#8221;</p>
<p>The fact that the Oscars are the last and most important in a long string of award shows adds to their prestige but also makes them predictable. After all, the people voting are just that: people.</p>
<p>We know what they will vote for because they already have. Precursor awards given out by The Screen Actors Guild, the Directors Guild, the Producers Guild and many more make multiple nominations for &#8220;The Artist&#8221; tomorrow a safe (but unrewarding) bet.</p>
<p>And we know a few other things, as well. Christopher Plummer (&#8220;Beginners&#8221;) will be nominated for Best Supporting Actor. At least one of the ladies from &#8220;The Help&#8221; (Octavia Spencer, Jessica Chastain) will get a Best Supporting Actress nod. Jean Dujardin&#8217;s nomination for Best Actor has been set in stone for a while now.</p>
<p>But what about the things we <em>don&#8217;t</em> know? That&#8217;s where there&#8217;s room for surprise, both positive and negative.</p>
<p>Sure, everyone can agree that &#8220;The Artist&#8221; is a likeable, charming, maybe even great film. But is it a cinematic achievement on one level with Terrence Malick&#8217;s &#8220;The Tree of Life&#8221;? Is any film from last year?</p>
<p>Should the Academy fail to nominate &#8220;The Tree of Life&#8221; for Best Picture, and at this point I&#8217;d say that&#8217;s more likely than not, I&#8217;m certain it will go down as one of the greatest Oscar snubs in history since, fittingly enough, Stanley Kubrick&#8217;s &#8220;2001: A Space Odyssey,&#8221; which, in 1969 was nominated for Director, Screenplay, Art Direction and Special Visual Effects (for which it won) but not Best Picture. (Who was, you ask? &#8220;Funny Girl,&#8221; &#8220;The Lion in Winter,&#8221; Rachel, Rachel,&#8221; &#8220;Romeo and Juliet&#8221; and, the winner: &#8220;Oliver!&#8221; Obviously &#8220;2001&#8243; didn&#8217;t stand a chance.)</p>
<p>Speaking of history: it may be written tomorrow if Andy Serkis is recognized for his motion capture-aided work in &#8220;The Rise of the Planet of the Apes.&#8221; Actors of the old guard may look at his performance as &#8216;cheating,&#8217; but is it really that different from actors undergoing physical changes through heavy make-up or prosthetics? Serkis&#8217; Ceasar shows an emotional depth, a believability that is lacking in even some of the human characters in that same film. Of course the end product would not be possible without the WETA magic at work, which is why I hope they will get a SFX nomination. But underneath it all and shining all the way through is Andy Serkis.</p>
<p>We will know more tomorrow. <a href="http://weltretter.wordpress.com/2012/01/13/hollywood-hopeful-2012/">Here are a few more surprises</a> I&#8217;m rooting for.</p>
<p><em>Nominees for the 2012 Academy Awards will be announced on January 24, 5.30am PST. (That&#8217;s 14:30 Uhr for my German readers.)</em></div>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aus dem Archiv, meine Kurzkritik des Films &#8220;Avatar&#8221; (im Rahmen seiner Nominierung als Bester Film bei den Oscars 2010). &#8220;Avatar&#8221; ist ein unterhaltsamer Film, auf einer Ebene mit Emmerichs &#8220;2012.&#8221; Von daher sogar für Freunde des Popcorn-Kinos zu empfehlen. Aber in allen Bereichen, die einen großartigen Film ausmachen sollten, wird er von seinen Mitnominierten überschattet. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=weltretter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=206852&amp;post=2285&amp;subd=weltretter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<div style="color:#333;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;"><em>Aus dem <a href="http://weltretter.wordpress.com/2010/02/11/wo-ist-tilda/">Archiv</a>, meine Kurzkritik des Films &#8220;Avatar&#8221; (im Rahmen seiner Nominierung als Bester Film bei den Oscars 2010).</em></p>
<p>&#8220;Avatar&#8221; ist ein unterhaltsamer Film, auf einer Ebene mit Emmerichs &#8220;2012.&#8221; Von daher sogar für Freunde des Popcorn-Kinos zu empfehlen. Aber in allen Bereichen, die einen großartigen Film ausmachen sollten, wird er von seinen Mitnominierten überschattet. Selbst die Effekte, der alleinige Grund, dass &#8220;Avatar&#8221; überhaupt gedreht wurde, sind so übertrieben und allgegenwärtig, dass sie schnell zu viel – oder einfach nur langweilig – werden. Die Story ist extrem vorhersehbar, von schauspielerischer Leistung kann nicht die Rede sein, die Musik fand ich schon langweilig, als Horner sie damals für &#8220;Titanic&#8221; geschrieben hat. Am Ende ist &#8220;Avatar&#8221; vor allem eins: Eindimensional.</p>
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<p>Dem kann ich auch zwei Jahre später nur hinzufügen, dass ich &#8220;Avatar&#8221; weitgehend vergessen habe, kein Interesse habe, ihn nochmal sehen zu müssen und heilfroh bin, dass sich bei der Oscarverleihung der bessere Film (&#8220;The Hurt Locker&#8221;) durchgesetzt hat.</p></div>
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		<title>Prom Night</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 13:58:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#8220;Prom Night&#8221; is a short film by Celia Rowlson-Hall and Jae Song that premiered at SXSW last year. Rowlson-Hall stars as a/the/your prom-date in this beautiful, surreal, reference-laden eight-minute piece. As one commenter perfectly put it: &#8220;Completely absorbing &#8211; I didn&#8217;t dare blink.&#8220; (via stellar.io/interesting)<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=weltretter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=206852&amp;post=2244&amp;subd=weltretter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<div style="color:#333;font-family:verdana;">&#8220;<a href="http://vimeo.com/35021519" title="Prom Night">Prom Night</a>&#8221; is a short film by <a href="http://celiarowlsonhall.com/">Celia Rowlson-Hall</a> and Jae Song that premiered at <a href="http://schedule.sxsw.com/events/event_FS11718">SXSW</a> last year.</p>
<p>Rowlson-Hall stars as a/the/your prom-date in this beautiful, surreal, reference-laden eight-minute piece. As one commenter perfectly put it: &#8220;<cite>Completely absorbing &#8211; I didn&#8217;t dare blink.</cite>&#8220;</p>
<p>(via <a href="http://stellar.io/interesting">stellar.io/interesting</a>)</div>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I did this last year, why not make it a tradition? Oscar nominations will be announced in 11 days, on January 24. And while it&#8217;s not as obvious who will get in as it was last year with &#8220;The King&#8217;s Speech&#8221; and &#8220;The Social Network&#8221; set in stone, there are a few names and titles <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=weltretter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=206852&amp;post=2226&amp;subd=weltretter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<div style="color:#333;font-family:verdana;"><a href="http://weltretter.wordpress.com/2011/01/25/hollywood-hopeful/">I did this last year</a>, why not make it a tradition?</p>
<p>Oscar nominations will be announced in 11 days, on January 24. And while it&#8217;s not as obvious who will get in as it was last year with &#8220;<em>The King&#8217;s Speech</em>&#8221; and &#8220;<em>The Social Network</em>&#8221; set in stone, there are a few names and titles that would be a (pleasant) surprise.</p>
<p>So, once again, here&#8217;s my wish list for this year&#8217;s Academy Awards. It worked with &#8220;<em>Dogtooth</em>&#8221; last time, so here&#8217;s hoping!</p>
<p><strong>Best Actress: Tilda Swinton, &#8220;We Need To Talk About Kevin&#8221;</strong><br />
Yes, I would probably still list Swinton if her performance in Lynne Ramsay&#8217;s hard-to-swallow drama wasn&#8217;t as perfect and singular as it is. But her follow-up to the overlooked (by the Academy) turns in &#8220;<em>Julia</em>&#8221; and &#8220;<em>I Am Love</em>&#8221; shows once more why Tilda Swinton is one of the most talented actors of our time.<br />
Granted, her chances for &#8220;<em>Kevin</em>&#8221; are better than they were for the other two films. Swinton is nominated for a Golden Globe this year and has already won a few awards this season (the most meaningless in Oscar-terms being the European Film Award). Still, she&#8217;s anything but a safe bet for an Oscar nomination.</p>
<p><strong>Best Original Score: Alberto Iglesias, &#8220;The Skin I Live In&#8221;</strong><br />
Front-runner Ludovic Bource (&#8220;<em>The Artist</em>&#8220;) had nothing to do with the most talked about musical moment in that film &#8211; the blatant usage of Bernard Herrmann&#8217;s famous &#8220;<em>Vertigo</em>&#8221; score. Pointless, maybe, but certainly not as disgusting as <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/movies/2012/01/kim-novak-the-artist.html">Kim Novak&#8217;s cry of &#8216;rape.&#8217;</a> The other names in the field are as predictable as they may be good: Williams, Shore, Desplat. Even Reznor/Ross won&#8217;t be a surprise anymore, although it would be great to see their win last year open doors for, say, The Chemical Brothers, whose &#8220;<em>Hanna</em>&#8221; score may be the best workout music in quite some time.<br />
Who I really want to see nominated is Iglesias, who also scored &#8220;<em>Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy</em>&#8221; this year. But it&#8217;s his <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iA8p4ZGTzMs">ominous, thrilling work</a> for Pedro Almodóvar&#8217;s horror flick that really deserves to be up there.</p>
<p><strong>Best Cinematography: Hélène Louvart, &#8220;Pina&#8221;</strong><br />
From the <a href="http://www.pina-film.de/en/about-the-movie.html">press kit</a>: <cite>&#8220;For the 3D image composition Wim Wenders convinced one of the most experienced 3D pioneers in stereography, Alain Derobe, to join his team. &#8230; Derobe developed a special 3D camera rig mounted on a crane. To create the depth of the room it is very important to stay close to the dancers and to follow them: &#8216;Normally, with a dance film, we would erect cameras in front of the stage, far away from the action on stage,&#8217; says Alain Derobe, &#8216;for PINA we positioned the cameras between the dancers. The camera literally dances with them.&#8217;&#8221;</cite><br />
DP Louvart opens up a whole new world on the (3D) screen, one that I enjoyed so much that I didn&#8217;t wait long to immerse myself in it a second time just days after I first saw it. &#8220;<em>Pina</em>&#8221; is groundbreaking entertainment and its cinematography the best argument for 3D so far.</p>
<p><strong>Best Actor: Hunter McCracken, &#8220;The Tree of Life&#8221;</strong><br />
Yes, I&#8217;m still beating that drum. McCracken gave a stunning debut performance in Malick&#8217;s masterpiece but has not been heard from since. He (or his parents) wisely decided that a proper education would be worth more than an awards run, so instead of hitting the campaign trail McCracken stayed in high school. Good for him, but he deserves more than the lone <em>Chicago Film Critics Association</em> nomination (for Most Promising Performer) he got so far.</p>
<p><strong>Best Director: Thomas McCarthy, &#8220;Win Win&#8221;</strong><br />
Tom McCarthy is one of the greatest directors currently working. Bold statement, I know, but I can back it up. Think of his films, &#8220;<em>The Station Agent</em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>The Visitor</em>&#8221; and &#8220;<em>Win Win</em>.&#8221; What do they have in common? Sweeping vistas? Exciting special effects? No. Truly moving stories and honest, restrained performances? Yes. And that&#8217;s no coincidence. Sure, Patricia Clarkson or Richard Jenkins are gifted actors, but it takes a director like McCarthy (who is also an actor) to lift them to the next level. And that&#8217;s what he does with Paul Giamatti and Amy Ryan in &#8220;<em>Win Win</em>,&#8221; both of whom giving the best performance of their careers. McCarthy is a cinematic treaure, and it&#8217;s time the Academy recognized that.</p>
<p><strong>Best Sound Mixing: Robert Eber, &#8220;Drive&#8221;</strong><br />
Next to &#8220;<em>The Tree of Life</em>&#8221; and &#8220;<em>Pina</em>,&#8221; I&#8217;d say this is the film where it&#8217;s most essential you watch it in a theater. And one of the (granted, many) reasons is the superb sound mix. Of course the Sounds are tricky categories; ideally sound effects and mixing should be something that goes unnoticed by most viewers, yet year after year it&#8217;s the more showy offerings that get the nominations (see also Best Make-Up). And while I did notice the sound mix on &#8220;<em>Drive</em>&#8221; I was never distracted by it. On the contrary, it heightened the experience, especially in the much debated second half of the film. Sadly, with no precursor awards or nominations for &#8220;Drive&#8221; in this category, this is never going to happen. &#8220;Transformers&#8221; it is, then.</p>
<p><strong>Best Picture: &#8220;Beginners&#8221;</strong><br />
Okay, here&#8217;s a bet for you: Sunday night, Christopher Plummer will win the Golden Globe for his supporting performance in Mike Mills&#8217; gem of a movie. Next, he will be nominated for the Oscar, which he will also win. I know, safe bet so far, so I&#8217;ll toss in one more thing: Mills will get a nomination for Original Screenplay, but lose to Woody Allen. And that will be all the Oscars will have to offer &#8220;<em>Beginners</em>.&#8221; Because, as the films so beautifully shows us, life&#8217;s just not fair. If it were, &#8220;<em>Beginners</em>&#8221; would be up for Best Picture. Alas!</p>
<p><strong>Best Supporting Actor: Corey Stoll, &#8220;Midnight in Paris&#8221;</strong><br />
Speaking of life being unfair: If &#8220;<em>Midnight in Paris</em>&#8221; deserves any recognition &#8211; and I don&#8217;t believe it deserves much, it&#8217;s for Stoll&#8217;s scene-stealing turn as Ernest Hemingway, which may be the only thing that keeps Allen&#8217;s film from being totally forgettable.</p>
<p><strong>Best Picture: &#8220;Margin Call&#8221;</strong><br />
Writer/director J.C. Chandor has a (small) chance of scoring a Screenplay nod, but that&#8217;s about it for this smart, exciting tale of financial collapse. In some other year there would be talk of Kevin Spacey, Zachary Quinto (Leading) Jeremy Irons, Stanley Tucci (Supporting) and Chandor (Directing). But as well-timed with the <em>Occupy</em> movement and the general mood of the public &#8220;<em>Margin Call</em>&#8221; was, it did not fare well in the awards conversation, which is a shame.</p>
<p><strong>Best Supporting Actor: Andy Serkis, &#8220;Rise of the Planet of the Apes&#8221;</strong><br />
The argument has been made. A lot, and well. I don&#8217;t need to rehash it.</p>
<p>And, finally&#8230;</p>
<p><strong>Best Picture, Director (Abbas Kiarostami), Screenplay (Kiarostami), Actress (Juliette Binoche) and Actor (William Shimell), &#8220;Copie conforme&#8221; (&#8220;Certified Copy&#8221;)</strong></p>
<p>Those are my unlikely but deserving picks. What are yours?</p></div>
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<p>I&#8217;ve got a mildly bad cold right now and don&#8217;t feel much like writing, but I just did something like a Top 5 &#8220;Movies of 2011&#8243;-list <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/nebelicious">on Twitter</a> so I&#8217;d thought I&#8217;d copy it here so that you can comment on on it or whatever. Also keep in mind that I will most likely revise the list once I&#8217;ve seen more films (holds-out include &#8220;The Artist,&#8221; &#8220;Weekend,&#8221; both Spielberg movies, tons of other stuff), but, yeah, this&#8217;ll do for now.</p>
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<li>&#8220;<strong>Beginners</strong>&#8220;<br />
&#8220;<strong>Drive</strong>&#8220;<br />
&#8220;<strong>Pina</strong>&#8220;<br />
&#8220;<strong>The Tree of Life</strong>&#8220;<br />
(tied)</li>
<li>&#8220;<strong>Copie conforme</strong>&#8221; (&#8220;Certified Copy&#8221;)<br />
&#8220;<strong>Margin Call</strong>&#8220;<br />
&#8220;<strong>Melancholia</strong>&#8220;<br />
&#8220;<strong>Win Win</strong>&#8220;<br />
(tied)</li>
<li>&#8220;<strong>50/50</strong>&#8220;<br />
&#8220;<strong>Crazy, Stupid, Love.</strong>&#8220;<br />
&#8220;<strong>Hanna</strong>&#8220;<br />
&#8220;<strong>Source Code</strong>&#8220;<br />
(tied)</li>
<li>&#8220;<strong>Contagion</strong>&#8220;<br />
&#8220;<strong>Jodaeiye Nader az Simin</strong>&#8221; (&#8220;A Separation&#8221;)<br />
&#8220;<strong>Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2</strong>&#8220;<br />
(tied)</li>
<li>&#8220;<strong>Bad Teacher</strong>&#8220;<br />
&#8220;<strong>Fast Five</strong>&#8220;<br />
&#8220;<strong>Rise of the Planet of the Apes</strong>&#8220;<br />
(tied)</li>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eine neue Top 5, diesmal mit Sonja Hartl von zeilenkino.de: Eigentlich habe ich zu Top-Soundsoviel-Listen ein eher zwiespältiges Verhältnis: Ich lese sie gerne, aber es fällt mir schwer, selbst eine zu erstellen. Alleine schon die Sorge, einen Titel zu übersehen … Aber als nebelicious mich fragte, ob ich nicht Lust hätte, eine Top-5-Liste der besten <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=weltretter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=206852&amp;post=2181&amp;subd=weltretter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>Eine neue <strong>Top 5</strong>, diesmal mit <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/Zeilenkino">Sonja Hartl</a> von <a href="http://zeilenkino.de/">zeilenkino.de</a>:</p>
<p style="padding-left:20px;padding-right:10px;color:#38761d;">Eigentlich habe ich zu Top-Soundsoviel-Listen ein eher zwiespältiges Verhältnis: Ich lese sie gerne, aber es fällt mir schwer, selbst eine zu erstellen. Alleine schon die Sorge, einen Titel zu übersehen … Aber als <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/nebelicious">nebelicious</a> mich fragte, ob ich nicht Lust hätte, eine Top-5-Liste der besten Literaturverfilmungen zu machen, dachte ich mir, warum nicht – immerhin beschäftige ich mich in meinem Blog <a href="http://zeilenkino.de/">Zeilenkino</a> überwiegend mit diesem Thema.</p>
<p style="padding-left:20px;padding-right:10px;color:#38761d;">Also habe ich die letzten Tage damit verbracht, festzustellen, wie viele Filme inklusive Buch noch auf meinem ungesehen/ungelesen Stapel liegen („<strong>Abbitte</strong>“ zum Beispiel) und mich zu fragen, wie ich die Filme am besten vergleiche. Schlussendlich habe ich entschieden, dass ein Kriterium für mich wichtig ist: Ich musste zuerst das Buch gelesen haben. Daher fielen viele tolle Filme wie „<strong>Der Malteser Falke</strong>,“ „<strong>About Schmidt</strong>,“ „<strong>Vom Winde verweht</strong>,“ „<strong>No Country for Old Men</strong>“ oder auch „<strong>Mystic River</strong>“ raus.</p>
<p style="color:#333;font-family:verdana;">Mir ging es ähnlich. Ich wollte nicht einfach nur gute Filme auflisten, die auf Romanen basieren („<strong>The Godfather</strong>,“ „<strong>The Shawshank Redemption</strong>“) sondern idealerweise solche, deren literarische Vorlage ich auch gelesen habe oder zumindest gut mit ihr vertraut bin. Ich bringe ja leider viel zu selten die Konzentration auf mich einem Buch zu widmen und habe so in meinem Leben eindeutig noch nicht genug gelesen. Dann ist mir während der Vorbereitung auf diese Liste aufgefallen, dass ich noch ein paar Filme ungesehen hier hatte, die Verfilmungen von Büchern sind, die mir sehr gut gefallen haben, wie z.B. „<a href="http://www.amazon.de/dp/0307386457/">The Road</a>,“ „Das Parfüm“ oder „Der Vorleser.“ Die Filme „<strong>The Road</strong>“ und „<strong>Perfume: The Story of a Murderer</strong>“ haben mir allerdings leider so gar nicht gefallen. An „<strong>The Reader</strong>“ habe ich mich nicht herangetraut, nachdem ich mich an <a title="Ze Reader" href="http://weltretter.wordpress.com/2008/12/13/ze-reader/">dieses hier</a> erinnert hatte.</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;color:#333;"><span style="color:#38761d;">Sonjas #5</span><br />„<strong><a href="http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0268126/">Adaptation.</a></strong>“<br />(Spike Jonze, 2002)</p>
<p><span style="color:#38761d;">Ein Film, der von den Schwierigkeiten, das Buch „Der Orchideen-Dieb“ zu verfilmen erzählt und zugleich als Verfilmung desselben gilt, toll gespielt und wunderbar erzählt ist, gehört auf diese Liste!</span><br />
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<p style="text-align:center;color:#333;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">Nebels #5</span><br />Die Filme <strong>Stanley Kubricks</strong>,<br />insbesondere „<strong><a href="http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0056193/">Lolita</a></strong>,“ „<strong><a href="http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0066921/">A Clockwork Orange</a></strong>“ und „<strong><a href="http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0081505/">The Shining</a></strong>.“</p>
<p><span style="color:#333;">Bis auf seine frühensten Werke basieren alle Filme Stanley Kubricks auf literarischen Vorlagen (nur das Drehbuch von „<strong>2001: A Space Odyssey</strong>“ wurde von Kubrick und Arthur C. Clark zeitgleich mit Clarks Buch verfasst), aber diese drei Romanvorlagen sind sicher die bekanntesten, und neben Schnitzlers „Traumnovelle“ („<strong>Eyes Wide Shut</strong>“) die einzigen, in die ich zumindest reingelesen habe. (Nur „A Clockwork Orange“ habe ich komplett gelesen.) Vladimir Nabokov verfasste die Adaption seines Romans „Lolita“ noch selbst (und musste dabei bemerkenswerterweise jegliche Andeutung an sexuelle Aktivitäten zensieren), Kubrick schrieb das Drehbuch für „Clockwork“ alleine und „The Shining“ zusammen mit Diane Johnson. Es ist bekannt, dass Stephen King kein großer Fan des Kubrick-Films ist. Seine größter Kritikpunkt &#8211; durchaus berechtigt &#8211; ist, dass Jack Torrence in seinem Buch ein normaler, herkömmlicher Mann ist, der vom <a href="http://www.theoverlookhotel.com/">Overlook Hotel</a> langsam in den Wahn getrieben wird, Jack Nicholson jedoch, während man ihm den Wahn sehr wohl abkauft, von vorneherein nicht wirklich <em>normal</em> ist. Aber dennoch ist &#8220;<strong>The Shining</strong>&#8221; für mich der wohl beste Horrorfilm aller Zeiten.</span><br />
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<p style="text-align:center;color:#333;"><span style="color:#38761d;">Sonjas #4</span><br />„<strong><a href="http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt1399683/">Winter&#8217;s Bone</a></strong>“<br />(Debra Granik, 2010)</p>
<p><span style="color:#38761d;">Einer der besten Filme, die ich in diesem Jahr gesehen habe – und ein sehr lesenswerter Roman von Daniel Woodrell.</span><br />
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<p style="text-align:center;color:#333;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">Nebels #4</span><br />„<a href="http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0117509/"><strong>Romeo + Juliet</strong></a>“<br />(Baz Luhrmann, 1996)</p>
<p><span style="color:#333;">Baz Luhrmann war sicher nicht der erste, der Shakespeare in die Neuzeit holte, oder der erste, der dabei die Originaldialoge beibehielt. Aber in seinem bunten, überdrehten Feuerwerk von einem Film wirkt dies keinesfalls wie ein Gimmick. Die Schauspieler, ob alte Größen wie Pete Postlethwaite oder die aufstrebenden Stars Leonardo DiCaprio und Claire Danes (Hach!) spielen den Stoff kompetent und Luhrmann ist wie vielleicht kein anderer Regisseur geeignet, das Drama mit genügend <em>Drama!</em> auf die Leinwand zu holen. (Und dann wurde noch <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdFTNy_UTGU">dieses Lied</a> speziell für den Film geschrieben, das ist ja auch schon was&#8230;)</span><br />
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<p style="text-align:center;color:#333;"><span style="color:#38761d;">Sonjas #3</span><br />„<strong><a href="http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0119488/">L.A. Confidential</a></strong>“<br />(Curtis Hanson, 1997)</p>
<p><span style="color:#38761d;">Der von James Ellroy persönlich als unverfilmbar eingeschätzte Roman wurde von Curtis Hanson und Brian Helgeland toll adaptiert, indem sie sich nicht sklavisch an die Vorlage halten, sondern lediglich einige Erzählstränge aufgreifen und weiterentwickeln.</span><br />
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<p style="text-align:center;color:#333;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">Nebels #3</span><br />„<strong>Adaptation.</strong>“<br />(Spike Jonze, 2002)</p>
<p><span style="color:#333;">Zugegeben, ich habe Susan Orleans „<strong>The Orchid Thief</strong>“ nicht gelesen. Aber die Geschichte hinter dieser <em>Adaption</em> ist einfach zu herrlich/verrückt um sie hier nicht zu erwähnen. Als Charlie Kaufmann („<strong>Being John Malkovich</strong>,“ „<strong>Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind</strong>“) ein Drehbuch basierend auf Orleans Buch schreiben sollte und ihm das nicht so recht gelingen wollte schrieb er stattdessen ein Drehbuch darüber, wie er, Charlie Kaufmann, ein Drehbuch basierend auf „The Orchid Thief&#8221; schreiben soll und ihm das nicht so recht gelingen will. Dafür schreibt er sich auch glatt noch einen Zwillingsbruder an die Seite, der, um das <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B6biusband">Möbiusband</a> perfekt zu machen, in den <em>Credits</em> des Films zusammen mit Charlie als Drehbuchautor genannt wird und die bisher einzige komplett erfundene Person ist, die für einen Oscar <a href="http://akas.imdb.com/name/nm0442134/awards">nominiert</a> wurde. Und trotz (bzw. wegen) all dieser Meta-Geschichten ist der Film tatsächlich unterhaltsam, wenn auch sehr, sehr schräg.</span><br />
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<p style="text-align:center;color:#333;"><span style="color:#38761d;">Sonjas #2</span><br />„<strong><a href="http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0237572/">Das Versprechen</a></strong>“<br />(Sean Penn, 2001)</p>
<p><span style="color:#38761d;">Sean Penns meines Erachtens weitgehend unterschätzte Verfilmung von Friedrich Dürrenmatts gleichnamigen Roman hält sich im Gegensatz zu „<strong>Es geschah am hellichten Tag</strong>“ (1958) weitaus enger an die literarische Vorlage und bringt den unauflösbaren Konflikt des Kommissars (hier: Jack Nicholson) toll auf die Leinwand.</span><br />
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<p style="text-align:center;color:#333;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">Nebels #2</span><br />„<a href="http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0093779/"><strong>The Princess Bride</strong></a>“<br />(Rob Reiner, 1987)</p>
<p><span style="color:#333;">William Goldmans Roman und Rob Reiners Film (nach Goldmans Drehbuch) sind wunderbare, zeitlose Werke. Wenn ein Film als „Familienfilm“ beschrieben wird ist das heutzutage ja leider oft mit „Kinderfilm“ gleichzustellen. &#8220;<strong>The Princess Bride</strong>&#8221; ist wahrlich für die ganze Familie, für jedes Alter geeignet. Der großartige Peter Falk erzählt <em>on-</em> und <em>off-screen</em> die Geschichte der Prinzessin Buttercup (Robin Wright) und des Stalljungen Westley (Cary Elwes). Der Film bleibt sehr nahe am Buch und bietet Abenteuer, Romantik, Komik und haufenweise Dialoge, die schnell in den alltäglichen Wortschatz übergehen (&#8220;<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHVjs4aobqs">Inconceivable!</a>,&#8221; &#8220;<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3W5GDkgf2w">My name is Inigo Montoya &#8230;</a>,&#8221; etliche mehr). Ein perfekter Film für die Feiertage; ich freue mich schon, ihn bald wieder zu sehen.</span><br />
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<p style="text-align:center;color:#333;"><span style="color:#38761d;">Sonjas #1</span><br />„<strong><a href="http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0067445/">Tod in Venedig</a></strong>“<br />(Luchino Visconti, 1971)</p>
<p><span style="color:#38761d;">Eine eher langweilige Entscheidung, aber Luchino Viscontis Verfilmung von Thomas Manns Erzählung ist für mich weiterhin das Maß aller Dinge hinsichtlich der Verfilmbarkeit von Literatur. Denn er hat gezeigt, dass man einen Autor wie Thomas Mann verfilmen kann, wenn man sich traut, auf die Mittel des Filmes zu vertrauen und  sich nicht sklavisch an die literarische Vorlage hält.</span><br />
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<p style="text-align:center;color:#333;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">Nebels #1</span><br />„<a href="http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0371724/"><strong>The Hitchhiker&#8217;s Guide to the Galaxy</strong></a>“<br />(Garth Jennings, 2005)</p>
<p><span style="color:#333;">Dass ich in meinem Leben nicht mehr Bücher gelesen habe dürfte auch daran liegen, dass ich lange Zeit, statt ein neues Buch anzufangen, lieber Douglas Adams&#8217; „<strong>The Hitchhiker&#8217;s Guide to the Galaxy</strong>“ zum zweiten, dritten oder zehnten mal gelesen habe. Die Buch-Trilogie basiert selbst auf Adams&#8217; Radiospiel (erste Ausstrahlung 1978) und existiert auch als Fernsehserie, Computerspiel, Handtuch, Comicbuch und Bühnenstück. Eine Hollywood-Adaption war lange geplant, aber weil der notorische Zu-spät-Abgeber Adams nie ein fertiges Drehbuch hervorbrachte konnte die Produktion des Films erst nach seinem Tod im Jahre 2001 beginnen. Karey Kirkpatrick, der auch schon am Drehbuch von „<strong>The Iron Giant</strong>“ mitschrieb (einer meiner Lieblingsfilme), vervollständigte Adams letzten Entwurf, das Regie- und Produzentenduo Hammer &amp; Tongs drehte den Film mit einer m.E. perfekten Besetzung. Martin Freeman (britisches „<strong>The Office</strong>,“ demnächst als Bilbo Baggins in „<strong>The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey</strong>“) spielt Arthur Dent, dem eines Morgens erst das Haus, dann der Planet demoliert wird. Mos Def („Mr. Definitely,“ wie Christopher Hitchens <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/TheLincoln/status/147545603914735617">sagen</a> würde), Zooey Deschanel, Sam Rockwell und Bill Nighy brillieren in weiteren Rollen und dann natürlich noch Douglas Adams&#8217; langjähriger Freund <a href="http://weltretter.wordpress.com/2011/12/04/molly-lewis-serenades-stephen-fry/">Stephen Fry</a> als Stimme des <em>Guide</em>, dessen Einträge in liebevoll gestalteten, kurzen Trickfilmen auf die Leinwand gebracht werden. Ich weiß, dass der Film bei Publikum und Kritikern auf gemischte Reaktionen gestoßen ist, aber für mich (und wie ich festgestellt habe für viele andere Fans des Buches auch) gelingt es ihm in bester Weise, Adams geistreichen und intelligenten Humor sowie seinen lebensbejahenden Blick auf die Menschheit und das Universum in ein neues Medium zu übertragen.</span></div>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Melancholia&#8221; (Lars von Trier, 2011) My first reaction was somewhere along the lines of &#8220;Huh? Wha- Hm?&#8221; but the the more I thought about it the more impressed I became. Stunning. (A) &#8220;Crazy, Stupid, Love.&#8221; (Glenn Ficarra, John Requa, 2011) Loved it. Ficarra and Requa&#8217;s follow-up to &#8220;I Love You Phillip Morris&#8221; is just as <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=weltretter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=206852&amp;post=2122&amp;subd=weltretter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<li>&#8220;<strong><a href="http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt1527186/">Melancholia</a></strong>&#8221; (Lars von Trier, 2011)<br />
My first reaction was somewhere along the lines of &#8220;Huh? Wha- Hm?&#8221; but the the more I thought about it the more impressed I became. Stunning. (A)</li>
<li>&#8220;<strong><a href="http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt1570728/">Crazy, Stupid, Love.</a></strong>&#8221; (Glenn Ficarra, John Requa, 2011)<br />
Loved it. Ficarra and Requa&#8217;s follow-up to &#8220;I Love You Phillip Morris&#8221; is just as funny, smart and sweet. (B)</li>
<li>&#8220;<strong><a href="http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0110357/">The Lion King</a></strong>&#8221; (3D) (Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff, 1994/2011)<br />
My thoughts <a href="http://weltretter.wordpress.com/2011/11/09/the-lion-king-3d/">here</a>. Fantastic film, 3D non-essential but well executed. (A)</li>
<li>&#8220;<strong><a href="http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0765443/">Eastern Promises</a></strong>&#8221; (David Cronenberg, 2007)<br />
Another great Cronenberg/Mortensen collaboration (although I liked &#8220;A Hiostory of Violence&#8221; better) with fine performances all around, including from Naomi Watts who I love more and more these days. (B-)</li>
<li>&#8220;<strong><a href="http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0309987/">The Dreamers</a></strong>&#8221; (Bernardo Bertolucci, 2003)<br />
I don&#8217;t quite know what I was expecting, but &#8220;The Dreamers&#8221; didn&#8217;t deliver. And another disappointing performance from Michael Pitt. (C)</li>
<li>&#8220;<strong><a href="http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0166924/">Mullholland Dr.</a></strong>&#8221; (David Lynch, 2001)<br />
<a href="http://twitter.com/#!/nebelicious/status/135406333913604096">Holy crap holy crap holy crap</a>. (B-)</li>
<li>&#8220;<strong><a href="http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt1650062/">Super 8</a></strong>&#8221; (J.J. Abrams, 2011)<br />
One &#8216;homage&#8217; shy of feeling wholly unoriginal. The film is carried by Elle Fanning and somewhat crumbles in her (unnecessary) absence later on. (B-)</li>
<li>&#8220;<strong><a href="http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt1497874/">Cold Weather</a></strong>&#8221; (Aaron Katz, 2010)<br />
Wonderful. (And not just because it&#8217;s an opportunity to look at Trieste Dunn.) (B)</li>
<li>&#8220;<strong><a href="http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt1034032/">Gamer</a></strong>&#8221; (Neveldine/Taylor, 2009)<br />
Mostly forgettable. (C)</li>
<li>&#8220;<strong><a href="http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt1532503/">Beginners</a></strong>&#8221; (Mike Mills, 2011)<br />
I fell head-over-heels in love with it. Easily one of the best movies of the year. (A)</li>
<li>&#8220;<strong><a href="http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0780504/">Drive</a></strong>&#8221; (Nicolas Winding Refn, 2011)<br />
A second time on the big screen in Luxembourg. Easily one of the best movies of the year. (A)</li>
<li>&#8220;<strong><a href="http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt1020773/">Copie conforme</a></strong>&#8221; (Abbas Kiarostami, 2010)<br />
Guess what: Easily one of the best movies of the year. At least for me, I recognize that it can be very divisive, too. (A)</li>
<li>&#8220;<strong><a href="http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0889573/">The Switch</a></strong>&#8221; (Josh Gordon, Will Speck, 2010)<br />
My love for anything Jason Bateman saved this film for me, but just barely. (C+)</li>
<li>&#8220;<strong><a href="http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt1174732/">An Education</a></strong>&#8221; (Lone Scherfig, 2009)<br />
Holds up very well (terrible, tacked-on final minute aside) with great performances. Dominic Cooper steals it! (B+)</li>
<li>&#8220;<strong><a href="http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0458339/">Captain America: The First Avenger</a></strong>&#8221; (Joe Johnston, 2011)<br />
It&#8217;s good. That is all. (B-)</li>
<li>&#8220;<strong><a href="http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt1637706/">Our Idiot Brother</a></strong>&#8221; (Jesse Peretz, 2011)<br />
It&#8217;s not <em>bad</em>, but it doesn&#8217;t quite land right. Too bad, the cast is certainly promising enough. (C+)</li>
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