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Re: Best Director Award: obsolete?

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I'll readily admit that Scott has lost his way in recent years (how the cartoon-epic Gladiator ever scored Best Picture is beyond me -- next thing WWF will be in the Olympics). Nevertheless, he has redeemed himself to a degree with Black Hawk Down. Why? Although visually he completely knocked of Spielberg's SPR he does manage to tell a plausible story almost completely using visuals -- in many director's hands it would have become complete chaos. And finally, he thankfully resisted including *most* flag-waving, rah-rah-shish-boom-bah-type speeches that take over films like this.

Doug Schneider


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