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Labels: Awards 2008, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Dianne Wiest, Marisa Tomei
posted by NicksFlickPicks at 8:00 AM
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tim r said...
Cracking lists as ever. I completely share your enthusiasm for Brolin, Striesow (yay!) and Irwin, and you're really onto something with the Demme-ishness of that character. He's so anxious to be as nice as possible.
Quite surprised with the Downey pick, though I suppose I agree that being at all funny in Tropic Thunder was quite an achievement.
I'll do my own lists soon, maybe.
Cal said...
Striesow reminds me a lot of someone I went out with. He's really dream-like but not really in a romantic way.
It's a weird one. I like Yella a lot but I did constantly find it hard to buy the post-crash story as genuine, which proves right I suppose. He's definitely responsible for this in part, since he feels so distant and inpenetrable despite him being the love interest/partner. But I imagine that's exactly what he was asked to be.
NATHANIEL R said...
the write up on Irwin is pretty insightful and after all the time i've spent thinking about this movie you still find something to say about it that i hadn't thought of.
bravo.
so glad we agree on this one -- even if i love it even more ;)
Guy said...
What an inspired Supporting Actress list ... and bravo for singling out Rachel.
To be honest, I could almost fill this ballot with the ladies of "Synecdoche, New York." You can't go wrong picking anyone from that cast, though I'd probably lean more towards Samantha Morton, followed by Michelle Williams, than Wiest.
Guy said...
By Rachel, I mean Rachel Regulier, not Rosemarie DeWitt ... though the latter lady remains easily my favourite thing about "Rachel Getting Married."
Brooke Cloudbuster said...
A huge yay for Lena Olin as a finalist. I was so excited to see her in something decent since, well, Alias (circa 2002) and had no idea she was even in the movie until the trailer.
In a world where Revolutionary Road doesn't exist, Olin would have a decent chance at a nomination. But, she's seriously great in the movie and a highly underrated actress in general.
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