Directing
Had an interesting discussion about the etymology of the name of the conflict in Northern Ireland known as The Troubles. A colleague thought it very British to use such a minimizing term to refer to years of violence and terrorism. I agreed with the "very British" part, but thought it was more of a throw-back to The Empire (see?) in the way that they refer to their major golf event as "The Open". Hey, we call a baseball tournament between 1 and 1/30th countries The World Series -- guess the apple doesn't fall far from the Empire.
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Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
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She finally gets her hardware for Directing to go along with her statue for Writing. Well deserved!
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Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
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​Took a dark subject -- The aforementioned Troubles -- and made it both touching and uplifting. Can he make a movie about 9/11 next?
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Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
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PTA has been nominated 11 times. He'll win, but not in this category.
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Steven Spielberg, West Side Story
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Points for remaking a movie none of us thought should be touched!​ Should've known this would be great, since the late Stephen Sondheim visited Spielberg and approved of the new version.
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Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Drive My Car
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Play within a play​, with multilingual theater and a 1980s red Saab as a central character. Well done!​​
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