Not exact matches
... Okay, so it's
kind of lame to forcibly cite this
film as nerdy to the point
of getting a star with a surname that sounds
kind of like «Edison», but the filmmakers had to have some corny joke somewhere in the casting, for it's not like Edison has been earning enough attention from, well, anyone to get a gig even this low in
profile.
When the
film focuses on Gore's personal touch — cracking jokes with an unlikely Republican ally, or showing off photos in his large, empty Tennessee home — it works as a
kind of oblique
profile in sacrifice.
Louis: I think they're waiting to see what happens with our
film and if our
film reaches a certain
kind of having a
profile, that they will release their counterpunch.
Black Panther doesn't quite have an actor who fits that
profile (Forest Whitaker comes closest, but his role within the
film is probably too minor, while Lupita Nyong» o's role might be too quiet to attract Academy voters), but it does have an up - and - coming movie star, in a major supporting role, who gives the
kind of flashy - but - deep performance that actors love.
Who else has secured his
kind of anonymity down to just one approved publicity photo, can attract some
of the highest -
profile actors around, and manages to overshadow them in almost every article written on the
film?
Aside from genre festivals, I don't really see many major festivals around the world
profiling the
kind of in - between genre
films that Vanguard shows off.
This year's Palme winner, Winter Sleep, does not seem to have the inherent appeal to the Academy's main demographic as Michael Haneke's
film, and director Nuri Bilge Ceylan, while revered by cinephiles as one
of the top auteurs
of today, does not have the
kind of profile in Hollywood that Haneke did even before the release
of Amour.
Director Köksal admits that the activists
profiled in «A Few Brave People» and her previous
film, «An Argonaut in Ordu,» are exceptions — «people who feel responsible and conscious... who have the courage to make the first statement» — but she believes the struggle against not only dams but other
kinds of destructive energy development will increase their numbers.