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John Madden's ‘Shakespeare in Love’ scored 11 Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress.
Oscars
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Best Actress—
Cate Bianchett, “Elizabeth”
Betrayal, cruelty, passion—his
tory class was never this intense.
Bianchett came out of nowhere to
distinguish herself over Gwyneth
Paltrow’s acclaimed turn in
“Shakespeare in Love” and Meryl
Streep’s tearjerking performance
in “OneTme Thing.”
Over the course of this amazing
film, Bianchett manages to craft a
character who alternates between
vulnerable, confident and, at
times, frightening.
Best Supporting Actor—Ed
Harris, “The Truman Show”
From the lovable father in
“Milk Money” to the hateable (yet
somehow still likeable) ex-Ma
rine terrorist in “The Rock” to the
enigmatic television producer
with a God-complex in “The Tru
man Show,” Harris, like Hanks,
proves that he can play a spec
trum of characters and make the
audience care about all of them —
even the bad ones.
In “The Truman Show,” Harris
could have easily succumbed to
the character’s egomaniacy and
created a one-dimensional bad
guy as a foil for Carrey’s doofy but
sweet hero. But he doesn’t. In
stead, he adds layers to Christof
that make him hard to hate.
Best Supporting Actress—
Kathy Bates,
“Primary Colors”
In Stephen King’s movie “Do
lores Claiborne,” Bates sums it up
1
well: "Sometimes, being a bitch is
all a woman has to hang on to. ”
We would like to modify that
slightly: “Sometimes, being a
crazy bitch is all a woman has to
hang onto.”
From her 1991 Oscar-winning
part in “Misery” to her latest per
formance in “Primary Colors”
Bates has perfected them all:
crazy bitch, not-crazy bitch and
just plain crazy. With roots as far
back as “Fried Green Tomatoes,”
and with her fist around the lead
roles in a handful of King’s movie
adaptations, Bates has proven her
worth as an actress in a somewhat
back-door fashion.
But she has definitely proven it.
Best Director—
Steven Spielberg,
“Saving Private Ryan”
Does the Academy feel the
same shame-faced guilt when it
awards a statuette to a block
buster that we feel when we
throw another pick in the direc
tion of “Saving Private Ryan”?
Yes, Spielberg probably had ac
cess to more movie-making re
sources for this flick than many
other Hollywood directors have in
their entire careers. And he's cer
tainly no stranger to the Oscars.
But his departure from the tra
ditional war movies Hollywood
has been pumping out since its
birth, portraying the horror of the
D-Day invasion so realistically
that some veterans couldn’t stand
to watch, deserves every bit of ac
claim it has received. Spielberg’s
direction in this movie is both
groundbreaking and outstanding,
and although Benigni again
comes in a close second with
“Life is Beautiful,” Spielberg’s
work takes the cake.
Best Picture—
“Shakespeare in Love”
That’s right; we didn’t pick
“Saving Private Ryan” for this one.
That “Shakespeare in Love” ex
ceeded “Ryan’s” nominations
proves a pleasant surprise—and
yet, at the same time, it’s not too
surprising that the Academy
liked this all-around good film as
much as we did.
Although Spielberg’s direction
is incredible, as an overall film,
“Saving Private Ryan” just does
n’t beat the strong acting and
wonderful wordplay found in
“Shakespeare in Love.”
Thecast, including Oscar-nomi
nated Geoffrey Rush and Gwyneth
Paltrow, is wonderful. And the
movie’s fanciful handling of
Shakespeare, with references to
the bard’s plays woven through
out , is a treasure trove for viewers
familiar with the playwright, while
still enjoyable for those who aren’t.
But perhaps what it comes
down to is taste. Sometimes, we
enjoy traversing the murky
depths of the human spirit with
weighty films such as “Saving
Private Ryan," which stimulate
us with their disturbing observa
tions about society and their
graphic depictions of reality.
Other times, heaviness sinks,
and it takes something a little
lighter to stay above water.
Neil Young sells out solo Hult concert
Some tickets sold for
$112 to benefit a school
founded by Young's wife
By Jason George
Oregon Daily Emerald
"TV T eil Young has been
searching for a heart of
-L gold for more than 30
years.
His search brings him tonight
to the Hult Center for a sold-out,
solo performance.
That’s right, Neil Young, who
has worked with more people
than Puff Daddy, is coming to
the Hult Center—alone.
But don’t feel sorry for Young.
On this West Coast tour, he plays
the upright and grand piano, an
organ, harmonica, several guitars
and a guitjo, a guitar-banjo hy
brid. He becomes his own band.
The songs are a mix of clas
sics, personal favorites and
songs from a new acoustic al
bum to be released later this
year. And although he will not
be plugged in for the show, the
two-and-a-half-hour concerts
have been getting great reviews.
Young allegedly offers a relaxed
evening, even starting songs
over if he makes a mistake.
Neil Young's career began
with The Myhanbirds in 1965.
Later, he went on to be a mem
ber of Buffalo Springfield and
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young,
finally releasing his self-titled
solo debut in 1968.
Lately, with the unofficial ti
tle of “The Godfather of
Grunge,” he has released al
bums with Pearl Jam and has
been enjoying a renaissance of
sorts with a new generation of
fans who enjoy hearing real gui
tars—real loud.
His most well-known songs
are “Rockin’ in the Free World,”
“Cinnamon Girl,” “Heart of
Gold” and “After the Goldrush.”
Young's hits have been a musi
cal yin and yang of distortion
filled chaos and melodic,
acoustic songs.
A portion of the tickets for the
Hult show were sold for $112,
with the cost benefiting the
Bridge School, a school in the
Bay Area that teaches students
who are physically challenged
and speech impaired. Young’s
wife, Pegi Young, was a co
founder of the school, and their
child is one of the students.
Later this year, Young will pos
sibly release a 32-disc retrospec
tive box set in four installments.
Yep, 32 discs.
The disc is rumored to contain
live concerts in their entirety as
well as numerous songs that have
not been previously released. No
release date has been set.
Tonight, Young might look
like everyone in Eugene, but un
fortunately, he is only visiting
for the evening.