'Out Of Gas'
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I'm partial to his earliest films which had a strong anarchist/punk/marx brothers vibe. Labyrinth of Passion is so fun even if its a bit raw. Also his breakthrough movie, What Have I Done To Deserve This.
I also liked Bad Education and Women on the Verge.
Right now, Talk To Her. But it's a very tough call. (All About My Mother would be right up there too.)
Bad Education is kind of a mess, narratively speaking, but it gets special bonus points for Gael Garcia Bernal in drag.
I love Bad Education a lot.
And for the exact reason Jessica states.
I still haven't seen All About My Mother so I'll have to go with Talk to Her especially since I have a signed one-sheet here waiting to be framed.
I want to talk just a minute about the Best Supporting Actor Oscar, now that I've seen Little Miss Sunshine. I'm very glad for Alan Arkin, and his was certainly a deserving performance. My personal favorite in that race was Peter O'Toole, though I haven't seen his or any of the other nominees' performances either.
Still, I have to say that I think Steve Carrell was robbed for not even being nominated. Out of an entire cast of standout performances, his stood out for me.
I agree Steve Carrell's performance was the most nuanced. The son was great as well. A lot of times the studio pushes a certain actor for a certain award. I'm not sure if that was the case this time.
When I first saw Little Miss Sunshine, I left the theatre thinking that everyone in the film should be nominated. It was a great cast, and I am happy Arkin won.
I don't understand why Abigail Breslin was nominated for Best Supporting. Wasn't she the star?
Not necessarily. Her character was arguably the main character out of the ensemble, and was far and away the emotional center of the story, but I think the adults all had more lines and screen time which is the probably the most consistent determiner of the occult and murky divider the Academy uses to determine who is and Actor and who is merely a Supporting Actor.
My personal favorite in that race was Peter O'Toole
Wasn't he up for Best Actor, not Best Supporting?
As much as I would have liked for him to win (just on principle because Peter O'Toole is awesome), the expression on his face when he didn't was very much "Oh thank goodness I don't have to stand up," so I don't feel he was robbed.