Monthly Archives: January 2012

Movie Quote of the Day – Jailhouse Rock, 1957 (dir. Richard Thorpe)

Peggy Van Alden: I think I’m going to just hate you!
Vince Everett: No, you ain’t gonna hate me. I ain’t gonna let you hate me. [kisses her]
Peggy Van Alden: How dare you think such cheap tactics would work with me!
Vince Everett: [after kissing her again] That ain’t tactics, honey. It’s just the beast in me.

National Society of Film Critics Names “Melancholia” Best Picture

The numbers are how many votes the winners received from the 58 voting members of the the society.

BEST PICTURE
*1. Melancholia – 29 (Lars von Trier)
2. The Tree of Life – 28 (Terrence Malick)
3. A Separation – 20 (Asghar Farhadi)

BEST DIRECTOR
*1. Terrence Malick – 31 (The Tree of Life)
2. Martin Scorsese – 29 (Hugo)
3. Lars von Trier – 23 (Melancholia)

BEST ACTOR
*1. Brad Pitt – 35 (Moneyball, The Tree of Life)
2. Gary Oldman – 22 (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)
3. Jean Dujardin – 19 (The Artist)

BEST ACTRESS
*1. Kirsten Dunst – 39 (Melancholia)
2. Yun Jung-hee – 25 (Poetry)
3. Meryl Streep – 20 (The Iron Lady)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
*1. Albert Brooks – 38 (Drive)
2. Christopher Plummer – 24 (Beginners)
3. Patton Oswalt – 19 (Young Adult)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
*1. Jessica Chastain – 30 (The Tree of Life, Take Shelter, The Help)
2. Jeannie Berlin – 19 (Margaret)
3. Shailene Woodley – 17 (The Descendants)

BEST NONFICTION
*1. Cave of Forgotten Dreams – 35 (Werner Herzog)
2. The Interrupters – 26 (Steve James)
3. Into the Abyss – 18 (Werner Herzog)

BEST SCREENPLAY
*1. A Separation – 39 (Asghar Farhadi)
2. Moneyball – 22 (Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin)
3. Midnight in Paris – 16 (Woody Allen)

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
*1. A Separation – 67 (Asghar Farhadi)
2. Mysteries of Lisbon – 28 (Raoul Ruiz)
3. Le Havre – 22 (Aki Kaurismäki)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
*1. The Tree of Life – 76 (Emanuel Lubezki)
2. Melancholia – 41 (Manuel Alberto Claro)
3. Hugo – 33 (Robert Richardson)

EXPERIMENTAL
Ken Jacobs, for “Seeking the Monkey King.”

FILM HERITAGE
1. BAM Cinématek for its complete Vincente Minnelli retrospective with all titles shown on 16 mm. or 35 mm. film.
2. Lobster Films, Groupama Gan Foundation for Cinema and the Technicolor Foundation for Cinema for the restoration of the color version of George Méliès’s “A Trip to the Moon.”
3. New York’s Museum of Modern Art for its extensive retrospective of Weimar Cinema.
4. Flicker Alley for their box set “Landmarks of Early Soviet Film.”
5. Criterion Collecton for its 2-disc DVD package “The Complete Jean Vigo.”

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Movie Quote of the Day – Peggy Sue Got Married, 1986 (dir. Francis Ford Coppola)

Peggy Sue: Charlie? Your sweater!
Charlie Bodell: It’s great, isn’t it?
Peggy Sue: It’s really 50s. It’s like you clash with the whole world.
Charlie Bodell: Hey, what’s the fun of being a teenager if you can’t dress weird?

Giveaway and Live Chat with Angelina Jolie!

I have some exciting news, next week there will be a live web chat with Angelina Jolie about her Golden Globe-nominated directorial debut In The Land of Blood And Honey. There’s a great ap with a countdown and lots of information about the film on our Facebook page. Unfortunately, WordPress won’t let me use the iframe code, but you can see the ap here. If you have any questions for Angelina, you can leave them as comments below and one of them might be answered by her during the chat on January 12th. Also one lucky reader will win the film’s poster! Fabulous.

Here’s the film’s official synopsis:

Set against the backdrop of the Bosnian War that tore the Balkan region apart in the 1990s, the film tells the story of Danijel (Goran Kostić) and Ajla (pronounced Ayla) (Zana Marjanović), two Bosnians from different sides of a brutal ethnic conflict. Danijel, a Bosnian Serb police officer, and Ajla, a Bosnian Muslim artist, are together before the war, but their relationship is changed as violence engulfs the country. Months later, Danijel is serving under his father, General Nebojsa Vukojevich (Rade Šerbedžija), as an officer in the Bosnian Serb Army. He and Ajla come face to face again when she is taken from the apartment she shares with her sister, Lejla (Vanesa Glodjo), and Lejla’s infant child by troops under Danijel’s command. As the conflict takes hold of their lives, their relationship changes, their motives and connection to one another become ambiguous and their allegiances grow uncertain. In the Land of Blood and Honey portrays the incredible emotional, moral and physical toll that the war takes on individuals as well as the consequences that stem from the lack of political will to intervene in a society stricken with conflict.

So to repeat, leave a question in the comments below for a chance to have it answered by Angelina Jolie herself, as well as a chance to win your own In The Land of Blood and Honey poster. Also, don’t forget to share this post on Facebook and Twitter (reply @oldfilmsflicker so I can see the tweet!) FYI, I think the giveway is only for U.S. residents. Sorry about that all you wonderful international readers! Also, make sure you leave me some way to contact you (email, twitter, tumblr, etc.) so I can contact you if you win.

Movie Quote of the Day – Gaslight, 1944 (dir. George Cukor)

Paula Alquist Anton: It isn’t here, you must have dreamed you put it there. [beat] Are you suggesting that this is a knife I hold in my hand? Have you gone mad, my husband?

WGA Nominations Announced

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

50/50 – Will Reiser
Bridesmaids – Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
Midnight in Paris – Woody Allen
Win Win – Tom McCarthy
Young Adult – Diablo Cody

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

The Descendants – Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash; Based on the novel by Kaui Hart Hemming;
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Steven Zaillian; Based on the novel by Stieg Larsson
The Help – Tate Taylor; Based on the novel by Kathryn Stockett
Hugo – John Logan; Based on the book The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
Moneyball – Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin; Story by Stan Chervin; Based on the book by Michael Lewis

DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY

Better This World – Katie Galloway & Kelly Duane de la Vega
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front – Marshall Curry and Matthew Hamachek
Nostalgia for the Light – Patricio Guzmán
Pina – Wim Wenders
Position Among the Stars – Hetty Naaijkens-Retel Helmrich, Leonard Retel Helmrich
Senna – Manish Pandey

Keep in mind, the following screenplays were ineligible: Original: The Artist, Beginners, The Iron Lady, Like Crazy, Margin Call, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Melancholia, Rango and Take Shelter; Adapted: Albert Nobbs, Carnage, Drive, Jane Eyre, My Week with Marilyn, Shame, The Skin I Live In and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.

Movie Quote of the Day – The Postman, 1997 (dir. Kevin Costner)

The Postman: I know you. You’re. . .famous.
Bridge City Mayor: I was once. . .sorta. . .kinda. Not anymore.

Movie Quote of the Day – L.A. Story, 1991 (dir. Mick Jackson)

Harris K. Telemacher: Well, I. . .I might like to have the duck.
Chef: You can’t have the duck.
Mr. Perdue, Maitre D’ at L’Idiot: You can’t have the duck.
Harris K. Telemacher: Why?
Mr. Perdue, Maitre D’ at L’Idiot: You think with a financial statement like this, you can have the duck?!

Movie Quote of the Day – Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, 1999 (dir. Jay Roach)

Dr. Evil: Anyways, the key to this plan is the giant laser. It was invented by the noted Cambridge physicist Dr. Parsons. Therefore, we shall call it the Alan Parsons Project.
Scott: Oh, my God.
Dr. Evil: What now?
Scott: The Alan Parsons Project is a progressive rock band in 1982. Why don’t you just name it ‘Operation Wang-Chung’? Ass.
Dr. Evil:  What should we. . .
Scott: Nothing. I’m sure ‘Operation Bananarama’ will be huge.
Dr. Evil:  What are you saying?
Scott: If you’re. . .
Dr. Evil:  Shh.
Scott:  . . .trying to be hip. . .
Dr. Evil:  www [dot] shh [dot] com . . . [dot] org.

Producers Guild Nominations Announced

Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures:

THE ARTIST
Producer: Thomas Langmann
BRIDESMAIDS
Producers: Judd Apatow, Barry Mendel, Clayton Townsend
THE DESCENDANTS
Producers: Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Producers: Ceán Chaffin, Scott Rudin
THE HELP
Producers: Michael Barnathan, Chris Columbus, Brunson Green
HUGO
Producers: Graham King, Martin Scorsese
THE IDES OF MARCH
Producers: George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Brian Oliver
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
Producers: Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum
MONEYBALL
Producers: Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz, Brad Pitt
WAR HORSE
Producers: Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg

The Producers Guild of America Producer of the Year Award in Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures:

THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN
Producers: Peter Jackson, Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg
CARS 2
Producer: Denise Ream
KUNG FU PANDA 2
Producer: Melissa Cobb
PUSS IN BOOTS
Producers: Joe M. Aguilar, Latifa Ouaou
RANGO
Producers: John B. Carls, Gore Verbinski