What's happening with Academy DVD Screeners, stateside?

I just wonder, because I'm getting a steady trickle of Region 2 DVDs
through the postbox. On my "to watch" pile are:

"21 Grams"
"Sylvia"
"Lost In Translation"
"The Mother"
"Wondrous Oblivion"

and

"Girl With A Pearl Earring" (which I watched last night, and has to be
one of the poorest period movies I've ever seen: appalling direction,
poor performances, cliched script, pointless plot, bombastic music, and
-- worst of all -- terrible cinematography, from the guy who shot "Wings
Of The Dove", one of the most beautifully photographed films I've ever
seen.)

So, is Valenti's R1 Stateside Academy ban still effective?

Peter Briggs

"Peter Briggs" <pete@DIESPAMDIE!cinescribe.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1g5wzpj.1v69zmfz2o0jkN%pete@DIESPAMDIE!cinesc ribe.demon.co.uk...
> I just wonder, because I'm getting a steady trickle of Region 2 DVDs
> through the postbox. On my "to watch" pile are:
>
> "21 Grams"
> "Sylvia"
> "Lost In Translation"
> "The Mother"
> "Wondrous Oblivion"
>
> and
>
> "Girl With A Pearl Earring" (which I watched last night, and has to be
> one of the poorest period movies I've ever seen: appalling direction,
> poor performances, cliched script, pointless plot, bombastic music, and
> -- worst of all -- terrible cinematography, from the guy who shot "Wings
> Of The Dove", one of the most beautifully photographed films I've ever
> seen.)
>
> So, is Valenti's R1 Stateside Academy ban still effective?

A court overturned it, based on a challenge from independents who argued
that the ban gave an unfair advantage to big studio releases that got bigger
box office. They felt screeners were the only way to get academy members to
notice their work. That doesn't mean the judge forced anybody to release
screeners, he just refused to uphold the ban.

Skid

Peter Briggs,pete@DIESPAMDIE!cinescribe.demon.co.uk says...

The big studios are sticking to the ban, mostly, and just sending items
to Academy members and not the guilds. Which sucks. The best reason to
join the Visual Effects Society was the free DVDs.

Luckily, I should still get DVDs of good movies and mini series for Emmy
season.

Mark Spatny

Mark Spatny <> wrote:

> Luckily, I should still get DVDs of good movies and mini series for Emmy
> season.

Fun, isn't it?

BTW, Mark. What are you doing these days? Contact me privately, if you
want. I need to start assembling a VFX crew, and I have one guy from
Tippett onboard at the moment.

Peter Briggs

Peter Briggs wrote in
<1g5wzpj.1v69zmfz2o0jkN%pete@DIESPAMDIE!cinescribe .demon.co.uk>:

>I just wonder, because I'm getting a steady trickle of Region 2 DVDs
>through the postbox. On my "to watch" pile are:
>
<snip>

>"Lost In Translation"

Boring. Badly paced melodrama goes nowhere interesting, "insights"
about Japanese culture are straight out of a can. Will they or won't
they? Like I care.

Steve Hanson

Steve Hanson <> wrote:

> >"Lost In Translation"
>
> Boring. Badly paced melodrama goes nowhere interesting, "insights"
> about Japanese culture are straight out of a can. Will they or won't
> they? Like I care.

Wonderful. That was the only one I was looking forward to!

Peter Briggs

Peter Briggs wrote on [Mon, 15 Dec 2003 15:27:02 +0000]:
> Steve Hanson <> wrote:
>
>> >"Lost In Translation"
>>
>> Boring. Badly paced melodrama goes nowhere interesting, "insights"
>> about Japanese culture are straight out of a can. Will they or won't
>> they? Like I care.
>
> Wonderful. That was the only one I was looking forward to!

It's not a bad movie

Justin

"Peter Briggs" <pete@DIESPAMDIE!cinescribe.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Steve Hanson <> wrote:
>
> > >"Lost In Translation"
> >
> > Boring. Badly paced melodrama goes nowhere interesting, "insights"
> > about Japanese culture are straight out of a can. Will they or
won't
> > they? Like I care.
>
> Wonderful. That was the only one I was looking forward to!

You take advice from that guy?

Joshua Zyber

Joshua Zyber wrote in
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>"Peter Briggs" <pete@DIESPAMDIE!cinescribe.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:1g60lk0.13ujm0a13cig1sN%pete@DIESPAMDIE!cine scribe.demon.co.uk...
>> Steve Hanson <> wrote:
>>
>> > >"Lost In Translation"
>> >
>> > Boring. Badly paced melodrama goes nowhere interesting, "insights"
>> > about Japanese culture are straight out of a can. Will they or
>won't
>> > they? Like I care.
>>
>> Wonderful. That was the only one I was looking forward to!
>
>You take advice from that guy?

Hey, Peter, you read the messages from this embittered loser?

Steve Hanson

Steve Hanson, says...
> Hey, Peter, you read the messages from this embittered loser?

Hey, Joshua isn't HALF the embittered loser that I am!!!

Mark Spatny