Awards: 2001: Chlotrudis Awards
The Chlotrudis Awards are a Boston based organization that celebrates foreign and independent film. They have a small (compared to most) nominating committee that votes at the end of the year for the best movies that played in the Boston area in the 2001 year. That stipulation is the reason that movies like House of Mirth and Yi Yi are on the list. Here are the nominees for the 2002 Chlotrudis Awards.
Best Picture:
Amelie
Amores Perros
The Circle
In the Bedroom
In the Mood for Love
Memento
Mulholland Drive
Yi Yi
Best Director:
Todd Field, In the Bedroom
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Amores Perros
Wong Kar-Wai, In the Mood for Love
Richard Linklater, Waking Life
David Lynch, Mulholland Drive
Takashi Miike, Audition
John Cameron Mitchell, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Christopher Nolan, Memento
Tom Tykwer, The Princess and the Warrior
Liv Ullman, Faithless
Best Actress:
Gillian Anderson, The House of Mirth
Maggie Cheung, In the Mood for Love
Lena Endre, Faithless
Franke Potenta, The Princess and the Warrior
Charlotte Rampling, Under the Sand
Sissy Spacek, In the Bedroom
Tilda Swinton, The Deep End
Naomi Watts, Mulholland Drive
Best Actor:
Daniel Auteuil, The Widow of St. Pierre
Javier Bardem, Before Night Falls
Robert Forster, Diamond Men
Tony Leung, In the Mood for Love
John Cameron Mitchell, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Billy Bob Thornton, The Man Who Wasn't There
Tom Wilkinson, In the Bedroom
Ray Winstone, Sexy Beast
Best Supporting Actress:
Jane Adams, The Anniversary Party
Cate Blanchett, The Man Who Cried
Scarlett Johanssen, Ghost World
Carrie-Anne Moss, Memento
Sarah Polley, The Claim
Amanda Redman, Sexy Beast
Marisa Tomei, In the Bedroom
Best Supporting Actor:
Jim Broadbent, Moulin Rouge!
Steve Buscemi, Ghost World
Brian Cox, L.I.E.
Willem Dafoe, Shadow of the Vampire
Jaroslav Dusek, Divided We Fall
Billy Kay, L.I.E.
Ben Kinglsey, Sexy Beast
Timothy Spall, Intimacy
Best Original Screenplay:
Amores Perros
In the Mood for Love
Mulholland Drive
Our Song
Waking Life
Yi Yi
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Ghost World
Hedwig & the Angry Inch
The House of Mirth
In the Bedroom
The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
Memento
Best Cinematography:
Amelie
In the Mood for Love
Man Who Wasn't There, The
Moulin Rouge
Vertical Ray of the Sun, The
Widow of St. Pierre, The
Best Cast:
Our Song
Sexy Beast
Taste of Others, The
Together
Vertical Ray of the Sun, The
Yi Yi
Would you be willing to play back your conversation with Hal Hartley? I'm curious.
I'm surprised to see LotR honored by a organization that celebrates "foreign and independent film." While one of the three production companies involved was from New Zealand, it's still a blockbuster. I dunno, just doesn't seem to be in the spirit of the thing. And it seems odd that it's nomintated in the "best adapted screenplay" category but nowhere else. Just quibbling. Certainly a much more compelling list of movies here than the Academy assembled.
Well, surprise surprise, LotR is actually considered an independent film. New Line is an independent studio, and so the film was independently financed. It only recieved one nomination, but I suppose that was because we felt that it had not gotten enough credit for its brilliant screenplay. Nobody was expecting it to win, but it turns out that not only did it win, it won by a large margin (I voted for it). One thing that the speaker who was accepting the award (it was a Chlotrudis member standing in for the writers) pointed out was that Peter Jackson it really a fabulous director with independent sensiblities, and I suppose that's what matters.
AAA, what is New Line independent from? Are they considered independent because they aren't in Hollywood? Is Miramax considered independent? I am confused. How does Chlotrudis define independent?
I'm not green. Nope, no way am I jealous that you met Hal Hartley. I'm happy for you. I hope you had a good time. And yes, my teeth are quite clenched at the moment (think the Monsters, Inc. creatures clapping when Shrek took best animated feature).
Congrats! I hope the awards went well, and if you and Hal had an interesting conversation, like Jim, I'd love to hear about it.
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs
Well, rest assured that Hal Hartley is one of the nicest men you'll meet. Here's how the conversation went:
Nathaniel: Hi, Mr Hartley, its a pleasure to meet you.
Hal Hartley: Oh hi! you're from DC aren't you? (I had been introduced at the podium to present an award)
N: Oh yes, about fifteen minutes outside actually, I'm from Laurel, Maryland. We don't get very many independent movies down there.
HH: Ah, well you're a reviewer right?
N: Yes, I write reviews online, and sometimes I can make it into DC to see a good film. I'm greatly looking forward to seeing your new movie.
HH: Is it playing in DC?
N: Oh yes, in Dupont Circle, a very good place for film.
(at this point, there was a lot of jabbering on about how much I liked his speech. It was a wonderful speech, I'll post aomething about it one day.)
N: It was an honor to meet you sir.
HH: It was great meeting you, I think you have a good future.
N: Thank you sir.
Well, there you go. It lasted about five minutes, and it was a very nice. Refreshing, actually.