Awards

Is it my imagination, or is this thing running long?

…Update by SL: I’ve mostly had it on the background while writing–which is easy given that they’re giving out roughly one award every two hours–but aren’t those human shadow puppet things atrocious even by the standards of pointless kitchy Oscar timewasters?

…Ah, what I’d waited for; the montage of dead people. Who knew that Basil Poledouris had died? Now time for bed.

…SL: It’s really good to see Whitaker win, although not surprising. He was astonishing, and the attached movie was a little better than I expected.

…SL: and, of course, the Greatest Living American Director. More on this later, but it’s good if only because he seemed to want it so much. I’m glad that they didn’t get stiffed for best picture either; when was the last time the best American film of the year actually won the category?