Feb
25
The Oscars: All 195 Minutes Worth
Filed Under Random Thoughts | Author: Gerald Smith |
I really tried to watch the whole thing. Three hours and fifteen minutes of self-congratulatory hype. It is a little much for handing out only 24 awards. This equates to just over 8 minutes per award. It’s amazing they would ever think of cutting off an acceptance speech. Which they did! I loved it when Jon Stewart invited Marketa Irglova back out to the stage following the commercial to complete her speech. Check out the Thank You Cam on the Oscars web site.
My favorte moment was when “ONCE” won for best song, “Falling Slowly”. Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova accepted shortly after singing the song live. It was pretty special considering it was an indy film, shot on two handy-cams in three weeks. Glen said the budget was 100k. Simply amazing.
I would love to know what the budget is to produce this event/awards presentation?
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