Forum - View topicNEWS: Kunio Katō's 'La Maison en Petits Cubes' Wins Oscar
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BlackJaded
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These DVD are interesting and I guess I'll be have to check out both of the films when coming out on DVD this year.
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TsukasaElkKite
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His speech was hilarious. I applauded.
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Case
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Bob and Tom were making fun of Kato's acceptance speech this morning on the radio. Thankfully Tom repeatedly came to his defense pointing out that he probably said "Thank you all my staff" not "stuff", and that by virtue of working in creative media he probably knew perfectly well who Styx is and that he wasn't being fed that line by an awards show staffer. |
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Proman
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Speaking of keeping things on topic. What was the point of mentioning the 'Departures' win? I thought this was an anime site. |
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Dernhelm
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maybe you guys might want to point out that there are some who consider Kato's speech as the best because of the charming cross-cultural joke he managed:
"Domou arigatou, Mr. Roboto." Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto was made a popular phrase here in the US after being a hit song from the group Styx in 1983. http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1502995/2009_oscar_highlights_include_kunio.html http://www.tmz.com/2009/02/22/the-best-oscar-speech-ever/ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-blankenship/top-five-moments-from-an_b_169035.html |
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Agent355
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Firstly, I want to register my dissapointment that Waltz with Bashir, the first animated documentary film, did not win an Oscar. Frankly, it would've been nice if it were given a chance in the "Best Documentaries" catogory, or even "Best Animated Feature", if only to stress the point that animation can be used inovatively to depict nonfiction (and very heavy) subjects. (Also, it was adapted into a graphic novel, which is awesome!)
Anyway, I'm very happy for the winners. "La Maison" sounds especially cool because it was a French/Japanese collaboration (correct me if I'm wrong). Go intertnational animation cooperation! "Departures" must be good if it won over "Bashir,"...I want to watch it. I wish I could've seen the show (no tv), but I want to catch a clip of Kato's acceptance speach somewhere. Personally, my favorite Oscar (sorry, "Moscar") acceptance speech ever was the fictional one portrayed on the manga Honey & Clover, LOL! One last point, I was under the impression that Viz had "Ponyo," not Disney, which means it might not stand a chance |
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Case
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I'm guessing the phrase is probably an in-joke among the production crew. They're Japanese, working on an international production for a studio called Robot. I imagine the pop-culture reference would be hard to escape.
FWIW, Examiner.com gives the text of Kato's acceptance speech as follows. It looks like the word was "producer" not "pencil" :
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vashfanatic
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Waltz with Bashir wasn't a documentary; it was a fictionalized account of real events, a historical drama, so it couldn't have won for Best Documentary. I do agree that it makes no sense that it didn't also get a nod in Best Animated Feature, but that's the Academy for you, I guess. |
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Dernhelm
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there's one in the TMZ link i gave above
okay, so it went from "pencil" to "parents" (someone tried to correct me a few pages back) and now, "producers" |
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Greed1914
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It says that they're not much different from anyone else that watches movies. Many haven't seen the winner, but now they'd like to know what the hub-bub is about. It happens all the time with any category. |
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nobinobita
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Could you elaborate on this? What do you mean by "level ground"? What grounds do you appraise animation or film on? I'd like to know from one animation and film fan to another. I hope that's not too far off topic. One of the nice things about a message board such as this is that it brings together a diverse group of fans with differing opinions and opens them to interesting new conversations. I'm very glad that Kato's short film is getting more attention. Hopefully this will lead more people to discover his work and the work of other great animators including those that operate outside of the mainstream. If you are interested in Kato, you can visit his personal website here: http://kiteretsu.robot.co.jp/kunio/index.html I also highly recommend this dvd which collects his short films entitled the Diary of Tortov Roddle, a very gentle and sweet series of surreal short films: http://www.yesasia.com/global/或る旅人の日記/1003859033-0-0-0-ja/info.html |
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Unknown Memory
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The most memorable thing for me from the event when he said that. >D I also liked all his attempted "thank yous". If I was in his situation, I'd definitely be doing the same thing. Last edited by Unknown Memory on Tue Feb 24, 2009 2:11 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Highway Star
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As a fan of Kato's before he won the award, I'm over the moon that he's getting the recognition he deserves. Le Maison en Petit Cubes is a masterpiece.
I've yet to see his speech, but I'll watch it sometime tonight. It seems like most people are going to remember his speech more than the film though, uh. I'm glad Pixar's short didn't win though, they have enough recognition as it is. Why are their shorts even featured in that category anyway? I always saw the Best Short Animated film award as a way of bringing independant films to the spotlight, rather than praise those who're already an established name in the industry. Also, not many people know this, but Paprika's theme song (The Girl In Byakkoya) was listed as a possible nominee for Best Song Award a year or so ago. |
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Dernhelm
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you should see the ridiculous flak he's getting at the TMZ site for speaking "horrible english". they sure are making fun of him there just cos they want this foreigner to learn their language first, sheesh. idiots have no idea. |
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enurtsol
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Why do you have that impression? Disney has released the Ghibli films in the West ever since the Tokuma-Disney deal in 1997.
That's also the official quote from the Oscars website. (I'd use a direct URL link, but this version of phpBB craps out on URLs with parenthesis within, and the Oscars link is long, but an indirect Tiny URL link is not accepted.)
Fine, so let anime fans not complain when regular moviegoers bandwagon on their turf. But that still reflects badly that animation fans out-anime anime fans on their own turf (i.e. it's the anime fans bandwagonning on anime, instead of the other way around, animation fans bandwagonning on anime that anime fans already know).
It's "Best" as in "Best with no restrictions to any film that qualifies" category. Besides, the Pixar shorts are made by Pixar "director-neophyte" animators who are given the chance to see what they can do, so they're not that well-known neither (save for the difference that they have an industry machine at their disposal). |
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