Hell yes. Kathryn Bigelow, director of “The Hurt Locker” bested her ex-husband James Cameron (“Avatar”) in the DGA (Director’s Guild Award) winners race tonight making her the frontrunner in the 2009 Oscar race.
God, could she and the Iraq war film actually take the Oscar Best Picture and Best Director? We’d love it more than life itself, but are still skeptical. Here’s hoping. But as Roger Ebert noted last night, only six times in sixty years has the DGA winner not won the Oscar for Best Picture which bodes very well for her and her film.
In related DGA news, Louie Psihoyos, won Best Documentary for “The Cove.” He’s been the frontrunner all year and we’d be more than glad to see him win. At this point the doc seems like a lock for Best Oscar Documentary, which is probably making those bastards at the Taiji fisheries in Japan totally nervous. If and when it wins, it’s going to shed global light on what’s going on for them, so we’d imagine they’ve been trying to help “Food Inc.” win with dollar contributions this whole time, but fortunately it doesn’t look like that’s going to happen.
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
Louie Psihoyos, The Cove
THANK. GOD.
Amen, testify.
YES! Bigelow FTW!
The quality and production of each doc aside, wouldn't a "Food Inc" win hopefully shed global light on the food industry and be more significant to more people the world over than "The Cove"?
I haven't seen either 'Food Inc' or 'The Cove' and would expect the message of 'Food Inc' to fall on deaf ears anyway as just another documentary critisizing business.
I'm sure 'The Cove' is powerful and exposes a disgusting practice making the issue very deservedly public (and probably closely related to the themes in 'Food Inc'). But it just seems like Food Inc would be a bigger cautionary tale so to speak and potentially just as explosive for society being conscious of their environment.
That was kind of a joke. I'm sure the Taiji Fisheries would love ANYONE to win before the Cove. I just picked the doc that is probably the film to be the runner-up (not that the Oscars ever reveal who that is), but the point is yes, they desperately don't want the Cove to win (but i'm joking; im sure they didn't actively support other docs.
Food Inc is a great documentary and it would shed *some* global light on the American food industry (that's it's focus,) and yes, everyone should see it. But the American Food industry is essentially a huge , vague behemoth with many cogs and wheels. It's hard to point the finger at one person or place.
The Taiji fisheries, the Japanese whaling commismsion is a much smaller target and easier to point out.
But I'm not advocating for one to be heard globally over the other, just sayin' that The Cove is probably going to win the Best Oscar doc no matter what.
Yeah, I totally got the joke. And it does seem like 'The Cove' has all the momentum going into the Oscars, rightfully.
My comment was just a general observation. It does seem like the smaller target can be easier to focus on for a documentary allowing itself for great detail and a personal touch from the director and people involved. Like 'Man on Wire'.
Either way, the messages still resonate, as much for specific topics as for broad subjects.
You should fact check Roger Ebert before you cite him. The DGA has incorrectly predicted the Best PICTURE 13 of the past 60 times.
Best DIRECTOR? 6 of the last 60.
Ooooh, fact checking myself, they incorrectly predicted 13 of the last 61 Best Picture winners. 6 of the last 61.