
I'll have to wait for a streaming version.
That's good about Samuel Godwyn and indie movies. Who knows, maybe that was always the plan -- first the award attempt and then immediately to Blu Ray.Newt wrote: ↑Fri Feb 18, 2022 3:00 amI'm not worried about a DVD/Blu Ray release considering Samuel Goldwyn Films has put out indie films with tiny budgets on Blu Ray recently.
About the release, I can't believe anyone seriously believed they had a shot. Award frontrunners are established already by the time we hit November or something. Samuel Goldwyn Films got the film far too late to be able to get any traction whatsoever. I mean, the film didn't get any traction either in local award bodies, so there was never any shot here.
But we'll see if more theaters end up appearing.
Again , I agree with you from the bottom of my heart, fireflydances.fireflydances wrote: ↑Sat Feb 19, 2022 11:01 amWell, yeah, we are all trying --- I am doing maybe five a day (the thought of letting this go by seems wrong) but as someone says later on in that article:
“I’m trying to think of a dumber move the Academy has made. Sure, there are thousands, but quite possibly this could be it,” one longtime member wrote. But far more ominously, a good friend who has always religiously studied and loved the Oscars like I do, emailed me to ask, “Wait. Did I read this right? Why is the Academy handing out Oscars voted by fans tweets?” I explained there is NO physical Oscar at the end of this rainbow, but am still waiting to hear just what will be presented, if anything, to the eventual winner. “What’s next? Best Movie Kiss? I’m starting not to care about the Oscars. Sigh,” he replied."
There is one decent thing that could come out of all of this and that's to reinforce in the minds of those who finance movies that JD is still in the race, still an enormous draw. Of course we all knew that already, but this public display don't hurt.
Then, again, do I think JD cares about winning Hollywood awards? Nope. Look at the films Hollywood makes --- commercially successful but churned out like plastic crap copies of the real deal.
Anyway, I am still down for bringing Minamata back into theaters. Nothing else gonna satisfy me.