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    Oscar nominations for 2009 films

    http://www.oscars.org/awards/academy.../nominees.html
    10 films in "Best picture" category
    “Avatar” James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
    “The Blind Side” Nominees to be determined
    “District 9” Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers
    “An Education” Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
    “The Hurt Locker” Nominees to be determined
    “Inglourious Basterds” Lawrence Bender, Producer
    “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers
    “A Serious Man” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers
    “Up” Jonas Rivera, Producer
    “Up in the Air” Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers

    Foreign Language Film
    “Ajami” Israel
    “El Secreto de Sus Ojos” Argentina
    “The Milk of Sorrow” Peru
    “Un Prophète” France
    “The White Ribbon” Germany

    Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
    “District 9” Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
    “An Education” Screenplay by Nick Hornby
    “In the Loop” Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
    “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
    “Up in the Air” Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

    Writing (Original Screenplay)
    “The Hurt Locker” Written by Mark Boal
    “Inglourious Basterds” Written by Quentin Tarantino
    “The Messenger” Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
    “A Serious Man” Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
    “Up” Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy


    for bolded ones. "White ribbon" was nailed-on favorite anyway. Others - Didn't think the academy would ever nominate some of these films, especially in those categories.
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    Hans Landa for Supporting Actor is just a formality. The last 3 years we had great supporting wins (Javier Bardem, Heath Ledger and Chirstoph Waltz).

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    Yeah.

    But seriously, "A serious man" getting past the academy members to even be among top 5 nominations

    I dare that our hub puzhavars will thrash the film.

    A free fall from Coens from top of building
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    I haven't seen A serious Man myself . But I take your word.

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    How was my graphic representation of Coens falling from top of that building to ground?!
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    . You sure are animated these days .

    Who is that thaadiwala in your dp .

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    Woody Allen ! (Isn't it like Al Qaeda meets Fidel Castro)
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    "A Serious Man" is NOT like "No country for Old man", "Fargo", "Blood simple", "The man who wasn't there" (except perhaps in surreal/ambiguous sequences which reeks of outer-space & out-worldly as in TMWWT) and such stuff.

    It's not as funny as "The big lebowski", and yet, the protagonist is like the Dude, a passive vehicle for the narration. Except the irony of being a "serious man" or at least trying to be one, unlike say philosophy of the Dude.

    It's also in some respects like "Burn after reading" in its cheekiness and in its structure. The final shot is abrupt and open-ended. But again the structure sets it nicely, and there are various foreshadowing at work, right from yiddish prologue.

    And it's perhaps a bit biographical with Jewish lineage, and in mid-western unnamed setting, reminiscent of their childhood. A lot more than say Barton Fink, which was a gothic representation of Jew protagonist confounding with "Hollywood studio system" to write a script, adapt into establishment. In fact, there are no life lessons to be taken at all by the protagonist in "A Serious man". It's like how the second rabbi in the philum would say "who cares?!", or maybe to some others, how the first rabbi would say "with the right perspective, you can see Hashem"
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    Re: Oscar nominations for 2009 films

    Quote Originally Posted by kid-glove
    http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/82/nominees.html
    Foreign Language Film
    “Ajami” Israel
    El Secreto de Sus Ojos” Argentina
    “The Milk of Sorrow” Peru
    “Un Prophète” France
    “The White Ribbon” Germany
    Saw this movie

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    Yes, thanks to your comments. I had downloaded it immediately.
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