Oscar; Whose award is it? Oscar excitement is going to hit us for the next couple of weeks. Nominations have been announced. Newspapers and channels are now...
16-3-2004 ... Today ask any child what is his/her favourite food, and you're sure to hear "macdonalds" Well, so what? does that prove a big mac is gourmet? ...
jenny
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Feb 2, 2005 11:43 am
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It is not restricted to the Oscars alone. Americans do this "We are the world" thing all the time. Two examples: - Baseball's "World Series" is played by a...
Nagarjun
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Feb 2, 2005 11:44 am
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I guess the problem lies with the media which promotes it that way and not the award. I am not sure if the promoters of the award ever intended it to become...
I donot understand what is so unusual about it - might is right - is so common - the Oscars were made to promote the American Film industry ( aka Hollywood ) -...
while i totally agree with the fact that it is an american thing, we should the quality of the oscars is not something similar to our ranji trophy. i think...
i agree with you completely hari. best picture? bull! unfortunately the media these days receives more credibility than it deserves. scary! the depth to which...
rajshekar patil
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Feb 3, 2005 6:13 am
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The Oscard could never be an equivalent to other serious film festivals like Karlovy Vary, Sundance Film Festivals or Cannes (which has now become...
priya@...
Feb 3, 2005 6:15 am
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Hi all Even though i agree with the technical details haridas put down regarding the jury and lack of participation from the world in the oscar. Comparing...
girish vijay
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Feb 3, 2005 4:13 pm
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I agree with Hari completely. Here are some of my views... The problem with all of us is the kind of conditioning that starts very early in life when it comes...
Praveen Rao
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Feb 3, 2005 4:13 pm
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....and hey, I think giri is right. Hollywood makes films ... So lets not honour hollywood anymore by continuing this debate!!! Jenny...
jenny
jenny@...
Feb 4, 2005 5:43 am
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Who ever believes in the credibility of 'oscars' beyond the award as "judged as most popular for/by masses" could not be seriously interested in cinema as a...
Dalip Singh
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Feb 4, 2005 5:44 am
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Giri, while youre abs correct in saying that hollywood makes the most popular films,and Oscars the most popular awards...nothing wrong with that, I don?t quite...
jenny
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Feb 4, 2005 5:44 am
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I think Schindlers List is one of the best movies of all time. We should take our hats off to Spielberg for that. So he deserved the oscar with no doubt and I...
If the English language was the reason why Hollywood become most popular? how come in italy american films grown as a threat over the native Italian films,...
girish vijay
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Feb 4, 2005 9:09 am
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NO OSCARS. JUST GREAT FILMS. Collective Chaos presents a package of 4 outstanding films by 4 masters. Fitzcarraldo Dir: Werner Herzog 157 min / Germany / 1982 ...
I do not think any serious movie goer would recognise the Oscar as " best in the world" award. I do not think the Americans intended it that way either. The...
Suroop_Gopalakrishnan...
Feb 5, 2005 9:18 am
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sorry dude you are on another wave length....go and entertain your self with crass popular shit....you will not get it....and you are also way behind your ...
Dalip Singh
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Feb 6, 2005 10:32 am
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find about jews funding for propoganda....and the amounts....notice one holocast movie comes out each year....they want to make sure the focus does not shift...
Dalip Singh
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Feb 6, 2005 10:34 am
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It is unbecoming to trade personal insults on this forum. I thought it was supposed to be a civil discussion. Let us have tolerance for various viewpoints. ...
TWENTY!!! This mail trail is now twenty messages long!!! Dont remember any other awards being discuss at this length. That makes the Oscars the most popular...
We need to differentiate between American cinema and the Oscars. There are several great movies which have come out of Holywood - Madhu I do think Schindlers ...
Yes i am on another wave length, also i am behind you guys, but that pice of information doesn't answer the questions i asked, they are still relevant. please...
girish vijay
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Feb 7, 2005 8:11 am
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Some say, America never intended it this way. It is the entire world who embraced Hollywood and Oscars and made it apna apna! Is America that very innocent,...
Hello people I have been reading all the collective chaos mails, but have'nt been able to actively make it for so many screenings...first of all coz we make ad...
Zero Rules
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Feb 7, 2005 8:29 am
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cedban
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Feb 8, 2005 8:34 am
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... its movies? If one is not interested in Oscars and thinks that it is hogwash, so be it. Just because the majority of the population watches/interested in...
Hi, thanks for that. i can keep adding to that list.. beautiful mind, insider, forrest gump, shawshank redemption, scent of a woman, as good as it gets, saving...
Hollywood and American cinema are indeed different. Case in point: "Harold and Kumar go to Whitecastle". Brilliant film, totally American, totally not even...
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