Cinecast #69: Your Cheating Heart Will Tell On You
Hitchcock Marathon #4/Top 5 Cheating Hearts: If the idea behind the Cinecast Marathons is to finally see what all the fuss is about -- whether it be John Ford, Tobe Hooper or Cary Grant -- week four of the Hitchcock Marathon may be the week that officially made believers of Adam and Sam. The first three weeks featured plenty of highs, but with "Strangers On A Train," Hitchcock's 1951 adaptation of the Patricia Highsmith thriller, your Cinecast hosts show the kind of enthusiasm usually reserved only for John Wayne and the Cinecast Frappr Map.
Also on the show, Listener Voicemails, Listener Top 5's, and our Top 5 Cheating Hearts ... Movies About Adultery.
Note: Just one (extended) show next week... We'll discuss Hitchcock's "Vertigo" and devote the bulk of the podcast to a look back at the year in cinema, including our Top 10 Movies of 2005.
Music by the Old 97s courtesy of Bloodshot Records ... Cinecast theme music by Age of the Rifle.
Cinecast #69
:32-10:27 - Hitchcock Marathon #4: Strangers On A Train
10:28-12:31 - Listener Voicemails
Music: Old 97s, "I'd Be Lonesome"
13:29-16:34 - Voicemail Responses
16:35-27:39 - Listener Top 5's: Tragic Love Stories
Music: Old 97s, "Victoria"
28:50-45:44 - Top 5 Cheating Hearts
Have a comment or Top 5 list you'd like to share? Send us an e-mail at cinecast@cinecastshow.com. Or give us a call at 206-203-CINE and leave a voice message.
8 Comments:
Not listened to this one yet, but a question about the blog here: did you put up the listener survey yourselves, or is that some sort of marketing scheme thrusted upon you. If you guys want us to complete the survey, I'm happy to; if its just a marketing scheme, then I sha'n't bother.
Nothing was thrust on us... it's in coordination with Podtrac. To better help find potential advertisers that would be a good fit for our show. Thanks.
So how much do you guys know about financial services and real estate anyway?
Consider it done, Adam. Now onto the podcast...
Frustratingly, I will be without net access for the nexy few weeks - I will be forced to go cold turkey on my cinecrack addiction!!
Golden Globe Film Winners:
Picture Drama: Brokeback Mountain
Picture Comedy/Musical: Walk The Line
Best Director: Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
Best Actor Drama: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
Best Actress Drama: Felicity Huffman, Transamerica (you need to see this for her alone!)
Best Actor Comedy/Musical: Joaquin Phoenix, Walk The Line
Best Actress Comedy/Musical: Reese Witherspoon, Walk The Line
Best Supporting Actor: George Clooney, Syriana
Best Supporting Actress: Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener
Best Screenplay: Brokeback Mountain
Best Original Score: Brokeback Mountain
Best Original Song: "A Love That Will Never Grow Old", Brokeback Mountain
-A little note about the Song winner. It won't go on to win at the Oscars because the Academy deemed it ineligible because it wasn't used cleary or long enough to be eligible, which is a bunch of crap!
While I feel that Brokeback Mountain has almost outdone itself, I completely object the award for Best Supporting Actress going to Rachel Weisz. I found her to be far too indulgent and forcefully-sympathetic to play a character as deceptive as hers. Anyway, that's a whole other discussion.
The choices that I'm most proud of are the lead actor and actress awards with the excellent Philip Seymour Hoffman and Felicity Huffman (Transamerica is absolutely fantastic). But I'm sure they could've picked a better choice for Comedy/Musical Actor than Joaquin Phoenix, because as much as I loved his Johnny Cash impersonation, he never seemed to absorb that character in the way Jamie Foxx did with his riveting performence as Ray Charles.
It's hilarious that Phoenix (like Jamie Foxx) was nominated in the "musical" category even though it's not a musical, (and i wouldn't deem it a comedy either). It makes the Globes look ignorant. And if their argument is that it's a "musical movie", than by changing the word musical from a noun to an adjective, it makes them look even dumber.
Other than that silly rant, I'm happy with the win. Great job to the winners.
I actually got a bit confused when I saw Walk the Line in the Musical/Comedy category. You're absolutely right, it does make them look ignorant.
And I find it odd that the only three genres represented are Drama and Musical/Comedy. What about pure action movies? Can they, with this rule, NEVER get nominated even if they're phenomenal?
Alright, I just checked IMDB, and Raiders of the Lost Ark (Won 4 Oscars. Another 24 wins & 21 nominations - Overall 50+ awards), which I must say is by far one of the best action pictures I've ever watched, only got nominated for one Golden Globe (Best Director). Obviously, it couldn't fit in Drama/Musical/Comedy. So I guess their system is flawed, OR maybe there's no such thing as a good movie that isn't a drama/musical/comedy.
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