Oscar odds, part deux.
Best Short Film (Live Action)
40% The Tonto Woman
20% At Night
20% The Substitute
15% Tanghi Argentini
5% The Mozart of Pickpockets
What an embarrassment. At Night might be the worst 40 minutes I have ever sat through, The Mozart of Pickpockets is completely forgettable, Tanghi Argentin might as well be a Mentos commercial, and The Substitute proves that Italy still has a Mussolini/Roberto Benigni complex.
The only remotely redeemable short was The Tonto Woman, a surprisingly moving Elmore Leonard western (even if the lead looks a little too much like Chuck Norris for his own good).
40% The Tonto Woman
20% At Night
20% The Substitute
15% Tanghi Argentini
5% The Mozart of Pickpockets
What an embarrassment. At Night might be the worst 40 minutes I have ever sat through, The Mozart of Pickpockets is completely forgettable, Tanghi Argentin might as well be a Mentos commercial, and The Substitute proves that Italy still has a Mussolini/Roberto Benigni complex.
The only remotely redeemable short was The Tonto Woman, a surprisingly moving Elmore Leonard western (even if the lead looks a little too much like Chuck Norris for his own good).
posted by d l wright at 2/23/2008 11:37:00 PM
2 Comments:
Just an FYI for you next year's Oscar pool. The short film award always goes to the best title. (I mean, you can't really expect the voters to sit through five short films and judge them on their merits. But "The Mozart of Pickpockets" just sounds like it'd be good.)
I just think The Tanto Woman got overshadowed by all the other westerns that were released this year.
For the record: "The Mozart of Pickpockets" is shit.
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