Very well written Post !! also very informative Freeman !
Great journalism, I like to read articles like this on industry news.
Best, also to Ms. Bacall and Mr. Willis.
Sounded like a wonderful event .
I have heard that Roger Corman mentored many many filmmakers.
Good stuff!
best, Tom
flixs...@aol.com wrote:
Well good grief, yes Roger Corman who ushered in films directed
at young boomers and then those boomer's kids (something approaching a
jaw-dropping 300 plus films) but whose legacy lies truly in the
directors he gave their first leg up Coppola, Scorsese, Bogdonavich,
De Palma, Howard, and more got an honorary Oscar. .........but
c'mon I think the real news is the legendary Lauren Bacall and the
truly great Gordon Willis received honorary Oscars as well. Like
Barbara Stanwyck and Deborah Kerr, it astounds me she never received
an Oscar. So I think a round of whistles for Ms. Bacall, and we
all know how to whistle just put your lips together..... As for Mr.
Willis groundbreaking photography for the Godfather Trilogy and films
for Woody Allen including Manhattan and Zelig will stand the test time
long after we have sold or last poster from one of his films.
This was actually big news here in Los Angeles because this was the
first time the Academy orchestrated a separate ceremony to honor these
greats (also the rarely awarded Irving G. Thalberg Award was given to
John Calley whose health precluded him from attending who has
produced such classics from The Loved One and The Cincinnati
Kid, early in his career to Catch 22, Remains Of The Day and of late
The Da Vinci Code/Angels and Demons and one of the nicest and beloved
leaders in the industry due also in no small part his years
of executive work at various studios) so that the appropriate amount
of time could be devoted to each and every one as opposed to being
shoe-horned in that behemoth of a televised ceremony. The dinner
hosted by the Board of Governors of the Academy in the ballroom of the
Kodak Theatre was as close to a whose who, platinum crowd of
luminaries that proved both joyous and emotional for all who attended.
Yes, snippets will be shown during next years broadcast.
freeman
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