Two unlikely titans of the film industry died in the last couple of days. Last night, after hearing that Roger Ebert’s cancer was leading him to cut back on reviews, I read his upbeat, newsy blog post from April 2nd…
It’s always interesting each year to see how the various selections from the Savannah Film Festival fare in the Golden Globe and Oscar nominations.
As usual, the 2012 SFF did pretty well. Kudos to the festival organizer
As I emphasized at the end of my City Talk column today, it’s remarkable that the SCAD-sponsored Savannah Film Festival has reached such a level of prestige and quality in just 15 years. But the festival could be better, and that’s what this post is about.
I found his brief remarks genuine and gracious. He dedicated the award to a friend who died just a couple of days ago — Leonard Termo.
ELLE: Are you reminded of how lucky you are?
GS: It doesn’t remind me of how lucky I am, but how much I’ve worked for it.
I suppose one could criticize the lightheartedness here as discordant with the horror already occurring across Europe. But I’m not going to. When the king refers to the fascist assaults on Spanish civilians, the grim present and grimmer future are right there on the surface. Hyde Park on Hudson is similar to many films about distant families and friends gathering for awkward weekends, but in this narrative the participants also have to worry about saving the free world.
We know there’s going to be some redemption (it’s Denzel Washington, after all) but we don’t need to see it happen over and over again.
Is Dean Moriarty an overgrown boy still looking for his father? An intoxicant-starved addict? Rough trade who will do anything for a buck? A charismatic sociopath?
Just a note to those hoping to launch new ventures on the weekend closest to Halloween and to those hoping to get exhaustive press coverage even though they’re up against a huge array of other offerings: there are 51 other weekends during the year that you might want to consider.
We probably won’t know which student-made bumpers will be played before screenings at the upcoming Savannah Film Festival until a week from now, but lots of links have been crossing my desk(top).
The 15th Savannah Film Festival, which begins in less than three weeks, got even more exciting on Monday afternoon with the announcement of John Goodman joining the impressive guest list.
The special screenings at the 2012 Savannah Film Festival include “On the Road”, Walter Salles’ adaptation of the Jack Kerouac classic.
