http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/biggest-oscar-snubs-gordon-willis-234/ The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films Thu, 17 May 2012 01:36:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/biggest-oscar-snubs-gordon-willis-234/#comment-485479 Bill B. Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:51:05 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20366#comment-485479 Don't laugh, but I think the first half of The Black Stallion is just about as perfect a piece of filmmaking as I have ever seen. The second half is fine to, but the first half is very, very special to me. The primary reason I remember reading why he was not nominated for his then jawdropping work in this film was that Deschanel refused to join the cinematographers' union and those union members did not vote for him. I'm not sure about this, but that is what I remember reading from some source. I was an advid reader of Variety for many years back when it was an amazing newspaper, so I would imagine it came from there, but that's just a guess. Don’t laugh, but I think the first half of The Black Stallion is just about as perfect a piece of filmmaking as I have ever seen. The second half is fine to, but the first half is very, very special to me. The primary reason I remember reading why he was not nominated for his then jawdropping work in this film was that Deschanel refused to join the cinematographers’ union and those union members did not vote for him. I’m not sure about this, but that is what I remember reading from some source. I was an advid reader of Variety for many years back when it was an amazing newspaper, so I would imagine it came from there, but that’s just a guess.

]]> http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/biggest-oscar-snubs-gordon-willis-234/#comment-485472 Marcus Tucker Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:34:27 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20366#comment-485472 The BLACK STALLION is a film that a lot of critics and people who write about film do not mention very often. So much of the story had to be told without dialogue that less skillful people would have failed. I wish the film were better remembered. The BLACK STALLION is a film that a lot of critics and people who write about film do not mention very often. So much of the story had to be told without dialogue that less skillful people would have failed. I wish the film were better remembered.

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