OSCAR SYMPOSIUM

with your host Nathaniel and five very special guests
February 2009

 

February 16th, 2009
It's time for the 4th Annual Oscar Symposium. If you missed previous years or can't get enough of rehashing / debating old Oscar races check out 2007, 2006 and 2005. But now on with the new... which is to say, the old. The films of 2008 and what Oscar thought of them. And subsequently, what we think of Oscar. Round and round it goes.

Every year we shake up the roster of participants to keep things unpredictable and this year we accidentally shook harder. No repeat guests from last year are back though Ed Gonzalez of Slant fame was on the first panel in 2005. The rest of our guests: Timothy Brayton, Karina Longworth, Erik Lundegaard and Kris Tapley are new to the Oscar Symposium but presumably their names aren't new to you. If by some miracle you're unfamiliar with their fine work, you can fix that. Check out their work at the links provided. You won't be sorry.

DAY ONE / DAY TWO / WRAP-UP

Thanks for reading,
_____Nathaniel R.

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Your Host
Nathaniel R
Film Experience

Who are you rooting for:
Penélope Cruz
Who are you wearing?
I'm waiting for inspiration to strike. I'm going to wait for a message... from myself
Timothy Brayton
Antagony & Ecstasy
Ed Gonzalez
Slant Magazine
Karina Longworth
Spout
Erik Lundegaard
Erik Lundegaard
Kris Tapley
In Contention
Who are you rooting for:
WALL•E
Who are you wearing?
Jeans by Mr. Strauss of San Francisco, shirt from the Hanes & Co. "White" collection.
Who are you rooting for:
Mike Leigh
Who are you wearing?
I'm going to my oscar party in a sari with black-face age makeup, and i expect to be covered in poo by the end of the night if "the reader" or "frost/nixon" wins picture and/or director.
Who are you rooting for:
Werner Herzog
Who are you wearing?
I'll probably be watching the ceremony from a hotel room, so chances are I'll be wearing the pink fuzzy slippers I travel with, because I'm scared of the carpet in hotels.
Who are you rooting for:
Heath Ledger
Who are you wearing?
Novara
Who are you rooting for:
Mickey Rourke
Who are you wearing?
Whatever's clean.