monoceros blogsOf all the winners at this year's Oscars, these three made me happy they won:
Marion Cotillard for her role as Edith Piaf in "La Môme" and
Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová for their song "Falling slowly" from "Once."
Glen got to make an effusive thank-you speech but when it came to Markéta, the orchestra drowned her out before she could get a word in. Jon Stewart has always been a great guy in my books, but his position shot farther up when he retrieved Markéta from backstage so that she could have her moment at the Academy Awards. And her words are worth more than plenty of other mundane thank-you speeches. She touches on the struggle of independent musicians and the need for hope to keep them going and bind everyone together. It could've rung false if spoken by most people, but coming from Markéta Irglová, who is one of the most sincere and sweetest persons to ever walk a stage in Hollywood, her speech deserved all the applause and cheers it received.
While they sure cleaned up good (Glen's clean-shaven and Markéta dons a gown) for a performance at the Oscars, I still like the film's version of the duet better - sans orchestra, just a piano, a guitar, and two voices in a quiet but beautiful harmony.
"Falling Slowly" by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová
Posted by Monoceros at February 25, 2008 2:04 PMyes!
i was very pleased with Glen Hansard's win =)
i still haven't managed to catch the movie.
i enjoyed this year's Oscars a lot! =) Jon Stewart was hilariously amusing! and what a gentleman! as you aptly highlighted!
the Coen brothers of Minnesota bagged a tone of bronze-figures!
what a night! i teared to see Marion Cotillard so genuinely overwhelmed!
oooh and those pretty dresses! =)
i've so many movies to catch up on! sigh...
Posted by: overacuppa at February 26, 2008 5:58 AMI have the DVD if you want to borrow, a l. =) Just say the word.
I missed watching the awards, tigs! Wish I had. Jon Stewart is an awesome host.
Have you seen The Diving Bell and the Butterfly? It's a wonderful film; I'm so inspired by Jean-Dominique Bauby. He had such imagination and courage.
Posted by: monoceros at February 27, 2008 12:46 AMoh not yet!!! i haven't seen the world! sob...
i'd love to see "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"; read great reviews of it. it's also very close to the applied research we strive to do with 'locked-in' patients who get to that circumstance...
xox
Posted by: overacuppa at February 27, 2008 4:30 AMYou've done research on locked-in syndrome? Wow, fascinating. You gotta tell me more when you can.
Posted by: monoceros at February 27, 2008 9:56 PMno no, not me per se. but people i've worked with and the neuro-prosthetic applications that is being developed at the present (and previous) lab. the 'we' is a royal 'we' =)
Posted by: overacuppa at February 28, 2008 12:36 AM