The next big critics group chimes in and it's another win for There Will Be Blood, which picked up directing and acting wins as well. Amy Ryan and Marion Cotillard show up again but Javier Bardem loses out for the first time — to an actor from 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days, a Romanian film about abortion that picked up quite a few awards from the New York Critics.Here we have the first mention of Once, for Best Music. Without some more attention in the early awards, that film is probably looking at a Best Song nomination (or two) and little else come Oscar time.
BEST PICTURE
There Will Be Blood
Runner Up: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
Runner-up: Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
ACTRESS
Marion Cotillard, La Vie En Rose
Runner-up: Anamaria Marinca, 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
ACTOR
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Runner-up: Frank Langella, Starting Out in the Evening
SCREENPLAY
Tamara Jenkins, The Savages
Runner-up: There Will Be Blood, Paul Thomas Anderson
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone and Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Runner-up: Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Vlad Ivanov, 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
Runner-up: Hal Holbrook, Into The Wild
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
Runner-up: The Diving Bell & The Butterfly
DOCUMENTARY/NON-FICTION FILM
No End in Sight directed by Charles Ferguson
Runner-up: Sicko, Michael Moore
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Jack Fisk, There Will Be Blood
Runner-up: Dante Ferretti, Sweeney Todd
ANIMATION
tie - Ratatouille (Brad Bird) and
Persepolis (Vincent Paronnaud/Marjane Satrapi)
MUSIC
Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, Once
Runner-up: Johnny Greenwood, There Will Be Blood
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Janusz Kaminski, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Runner-up: Robert Elswit, There Will Be Blood
NEW GENERATION
Sarah Polley - Away from Her
CAREER ACHIEVEMENT
Sidney Lumet
3 comments:
Why do you assume critics awards reflect upon likely Oscar nominations? Does it historically prove to be the case that winners of these critics awards go on to get Oscar nominations and wins? Seems to me critics skew to the foreign and indendent (like some other blogger I know) while the Academy skews more big studio with only 1 or 2 nominations per category reserved for the smaller films or less seen performances. Of course, given my premise, my fave Once should be doing better with the critics than it is so, without critic or popular momentum, you may be right about the shutout for this deserving film.
Historically, the winners of the major critics awards go on to at least be nominated. There are certainly exceptions.
More often, a person or film on the fringes can ride a bunch of critics awards to an Oscar nomination that would have otherwise been missed.
This year it looks like Amy Ryan is in that category, and maybe There Will Be Blood and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.
I agree with Clay that the critics can shine light on a performance or a film that might otherwise be overlooked, such as Amy Ryan in Gone, Baby Gone. I must admit that I'm surprised by how little a performance such as Tom Wilkinson in Michael Clayton is being noticed. After watching that film, I figured he would be on most lists. Especially considering that he has that pedigree that critics like and was in a well-regarded film that was overlooked. Same is true for Tilda Swinton. I do get bored and frustrated when the critics groups have such a groupthink mentality regarding their choices. I'd like to see them mix it up a bit.
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