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‘Nomadland’ wins 4 BAFTAs including best picture, director
Associated Press ^ | Apr 2021

Posted on 04/12/2021 3:29:13 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege

LONDON (AP) — Gig-economy Western “Nomadland” won four prizes including best picture on Sunday at the British Academy Film Awards, which were handed out during a pandemic-curbed ceremony that recognized a diverse array of screen talent.

“Nomadland” filmmaker Chloe Zhao became only the second woman, and the first woman of color, to win the BAFTA for best director, and star Frances McDormand was named best actress. “Nomadland” also took the cinematography prize.

“Nomadland” stars McDormand as a middle-aged woman who travels the American West while living out of her van and picking up short-term work.

Zhao, who lived among real American travelers for the film, thanked “the nomadic community who so generously welcomed us into their lives.”

“How we treat our elders says a lot about who we are as a society, and we need to do better,” she said.

The fact that Britain remains under coronavirus lockdown measures, with its movie theaters still closed, gave the evening a poignant tone, as did the death on Friday of Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, a long-time patron of the British film academy.

Prince William, who had been due to attend and make a speech in his role as president of Britain’s film academy, was absent following the death of his grandfather. The ceremony opened with a tribute to Philip, who was the academy’s first president in 1959.

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TOPICS: Society; TV/Movies
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1 posted on 04/12/2021 3:29:13 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
Based on:


2 posted on 04/12/2021 3:31:45 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

I just watched it. It was a bad, sad movie.


3 posted on 04/12/2021 3:32:44 PM PDT by calljack (Sometimes your worst nightmare is just a start.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

It’s a good movie. Not the best ever made, but good.


4 posted on 04/12/2021 3:33:35 PM PDT by Meatspace
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To: calljack

Bad in what way?


5 posted on 04/12/2021 3:35:31 PM PDT by libertylover (Many people who want to destroy us have bumper stickers on their cars that say: "Coexist".)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Frances McDormand was great in Fargo, okay in 3 Billboards (it was a weak year for female actresses). A little loopy but at least nobody pays attention to Meryl Streep when she’s around.


6 posted on 04/12/2021 3:41:00 PM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
The movie is overly dark

My wife and I choose to live in our camper van.

We are not sad.

For the last to years we have seen so many incredible things.
7 posted on 04/12/2021 4:19:02 PM PDT by John 3_19-21 (There's two ways to enslave a people; work them without pay or pay them without work.)
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To: John 3_19-21

“two”


8 posted on 04/12/2021 4:19:57 PM PDT by John 3_19-21 (There's two ways to enslave a people; work them without pay or pay them without work.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Nomadland’ wins 4 BAFTAs

Movies should be nominated for BATF awards. Winners would have the most booze, guns, and explosions in them. lol


9 posted on 04/12/2021 4:24:26 PM PDT by BiglyCommentary
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Winners would have the most booze, guns, and explosions in them. lol

Michael Bay movies would be a lock to win every year then, LOL!

10 posted on 04/12/2021 4:26:34 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: libertylover

low camera quality, sad story, profoundly sad actually. No message of hope really, the message was that a difficult and sad existence awaited you in your old age. i think they tried for some uplifting message, but left you feeling alone and pretty hopeless. If you were a normal person you would be sad. If you were already sad you would cry and if you were already depressed you would think about killing yourself. Very powerful movie and not in a good way.


11 posted on 04/12/2021 4:42:23 PM PDT by calljack (Sometimes your worst nightmare is just a start.)
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To: calljack

I can sum the movie up in 5 seconds, “Life sucks and then you die!”


12 posted on 04/12/2021 4:42:58 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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I guess I’m too stupid to realize how stupid I am but what’s entertaining about Nomadland? What would attract anyone to an evening of boredom and sadness. I’m shallow, my concept of entertainment is that it must be entertaining. My winter grass in it’s spring growth spurt sounds more interesting.


13 posted on 04/12/2021 4:55:53 PM PDT by bobfeland (To be learned is good if we hearken to the counsel of God!)
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To: dfwgator

Lol


14 posted on 04/12/2021 5:12:12 PM PDT by hercuroc
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

I liked it so much I watched it twice. The wife? Not so much.


15 posted on 04/12/2021 5:13:54 PM PDT by MNnice
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To: ADemocratNoMore; Aggie Mama; alarm rider; alexander_busek; AlligatorEyes; AmericanGirlRising; ...
A very young girl in a white evening gown asked timidly, "What is the real essence of life, Mr. Eubank?"

Suffering," said Balph Eubank. "Defeat and suffering."

But ... but why? People are happy ... sometimes ...aren't they?"

That is a delusion of those whose emotions are superficial."

-- Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged, Part I ("Non-Contradiction"), Chapter VI ("The Non-Commercial")

Art is catching up with the book.

16 posted on 04/12/2021 5:24:00 PM PDT by Publius
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To: Publius
"...Art is catching up with the book..."

With each passing day, I hate hearing that more and more.

I hate that Rand and Orwell were so damned prescient.

17 posted on 04/12/2021 5:33:25 PM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists are The Droplet of Sewage in a gallon of ultra-pure clean water.)
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To: John 3_19-21

I may join you soon.
Travel in the
Great state of Arizona!
From Kingman to
Tombstone,,,
Happy Trails!
.


18 posted on 04/12/2021 5:35:47 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (Be Still and Know that I Am God. Rev 19)
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To: calljack

Thanks for the review. Not a movie I want to see.


19 posted on 04/12/2021 5:41:38 PM PDT by wintertime ( Behind every government school teacher stand armed police.( Real bullets in those guns on the hip!))
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To: Meatspace; All

“Frances McDormand was named best actress.”

I could not love an actress more! She has been my favorite since, ‘Blood Simple’ and she NAILED it in ‘Fargo.’

I’m another that judges a movie on the PRODUCTION and the ENTERTAINMENT value for MY dollar and the ‘knock-it-out-of-the-park’ performances. I come from a long line of ‘Theater People.’ Ham it up I say, LOL!

Alec Baldwin? Total douche in Real Life. But he NAILED it in, ‘Glengarry Glen Ross.’ (As, amazingly, a total douche, LOL!)

These ‘Actors’ are trained monkeys, trained for MY amusement. When they deliver, fer Pete’s Sake, LET THEM! Give them ALL the accolades they deserve for a job well done.


20 posted on 04/12/2021 6:01:37 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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