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THE ENGINE IS FOREVER.

With regards to this question, I can definitely say that "Snowpiercer" is more than eligible for Oscar contention in the 2015 ceremony. The rules for eligibility are explicitly stated in the official website of the Academy Awards: Rule Two: Eligibility That being said, if this film were to get recognition by way of Oscar nominations, I hope they would receive the following nods: Best Picture (produced by Park Chan-Wook, Lee Tae-Hun, Park Tae-Jun, Dooho Choi, Robert Bernacchi, David Minkowski, and Matthew Stillman) Best Director (direction by Bong Joon-Ho) Best Adapted Screenplay (written by Bong Joon-Ho and Kelly Masterson, based on the French graphic novel "Le Transperceneige" by Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand, and Jean-Marc Rochette) Best Actor in a Leading Role (Chris Evans as Curtis Everett) Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Tilda Swinton as Minister Mason) Best Cinematography (cinematography by Hong Kyung-Pyo) Best Film Editing (editing by Steve M. Choe and Changju Kim) Best Costume Design (costume design by Catherine George) Best Production Design (production design by Ondrej Nekvasil, art direction by Stefan Kovacik, and set decoration by Beata Brendtnerova) Best Original Score (music by Marco Beltrami) Best Makeup and Hairstyling (makeup and hair design by Jeremy Woodhead, makeup by Gabriela Polakova, and hairstyling by Linda Eisenhamerova)

Anyone know the Academy regs that govern this sort of thing—Is SNOWPIERCER disqualified from Oscar consideration this year because of its non-U.S. release last year? Do I need to give Weinstein co logos The Finger even harder because of this?

I don’t know the legal stuff about the Oscars, so I have no idea. Seeing the ridiculously small release in the US though, and the movie being straight to VOD, I don’t think it’s the kind of movie that would be noticed by the Academy. Like, ok they might love it, but straight to VOD movies are considered as cheap and not very good so… but who knows, maybe there will be a big surprise? Sadly I’m afraid all these huge ceremonies are intellectual masturbation and all about having the right friends in the industry. The results are always predictable based on what the Academy likes, what was popular, what made a buzz this year, what they’re gonna find exciting enough (a cis man playing a transgender female prostitute with AIDS, so unusual, so edgy, woaw!).

Now, the next paragraph is just my opinion and mine only, but I wouldn’t like Snowpiercer to get an Oscar. To me it deserves ALL the Oscars of course, I would like to reward everyone, and finally give Chris Evans the recognition he deserves, tell him he’s not just some eye candy but mostly an amazing actor, and give an Oscar for every aspect of the movie, music, special effects, direction, everything. But I wouldn’t want it to get Oscars. 

Bong Joon-Ho has been rewarded several times in his career, I remember Memories of Murder got all the awards in some police film festivals, and he’s been nominated and awarded in plenty of small festivals. The Host, Mother were big successes. But I don’t want him to bond with Hollywood. What Hollywood does to Asian, and specifically East-Asian cinema sucks, they remake movies instead of appreciating the original ones, they don’t give them enough space and exposure —and that’s precisely why the Oscar won’t happen btw. And if Bong was given the opportunities to work in the US instead of developing his movies with the same old team of Korean producers, sure he would have more money but Weinstein proved he would have less freedom. Basically, I wouldn’t want Bong to be rotten by Hollywood. I’d prefer if he got a slightly posh award at the Cannes festival for example (Sélection Officielle, or Un Certain Regard), as many East-Asian movies had, that’d be a better kind of exposure for him, not too overwhelming.

And finally, once again just my opinion, I would have a hard time seeing Snowpiercer getting an Oscar. A bunch of front sectioners partying together, in their fancy dresses that cost more than what my dad earns in a year, drinking champagne, congratulating the team for their “awesome take on the injustice our world, daaarling!” while not lifting a finger for the people dying in Skid Row a few bloks away? The mere thought makes me cringe, sorry.

From Sketch to Screen: Ondrej Nekvasil's gorgeous production design concept art for the Front Section compartments fully realized in Bong Joon-Ho's "Snowpiercer".

87th Academy Awards : Best Makeup + Hairstyling

Bill Corso + Dennis Liddiard for Foxcatcher

Frances Hannon + Mark Coulier for The Grand Budapest Hotel

Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou + David White for Guardians Of The Galaxy

Things I Currently Love

I was tagged by the awesome doesanyonewannagetout, so here goes!

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One song

Zero 7 + José González - "Last Light"

Two movies

The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

Black Swan

Three TV shows

Looking

Fresh Off the Boat

How to Get Away With Murder

Four famous people

Björk

John Oliver

Tilda Swinton

Chris Hemsworth

Five foods

Pizza

Chicken curry

Buttery mashed potatoes with gravy

Bacon and mushroom cheeseburgers

Soft serve ice cream mixed with crushed Oreo cookies and crumbled Reese's peanut butter cups

Tag six people

notebelow ( <--- tumblr crush! >_< )

fauxgrownup ( <--- tumblr crush! >_< )

a-precis ( <--- tumblr crush! >_< )

youcancallmekhaleesi

eluspacer

zoastertoaster

Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I’ve tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice.

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So Mad Max: Fury Road and Snowpiercer are basically complementary post-apocalyptic films that share a lot of socio-political themes and complex characters. Don't believe me? Well...

There's the totally badass chief protagonist without a left forearm who wants to defeat the antagonist ruling over the oppressed (Curtis Everett and Imperator Furiosa).

There's the taciturn secondary protagonist who is also great but really lets the chief protagonist do all the cool shit (Max Rockatansky and Namgoong Minsoo).

There's the brutal antagonist who abuses a position of power to control the lower class and not to mention having a really hideous set of false teeth (Minister Mason and Immortan Joe).

There's the gung-ho and eager-to-please adorable younger sidekick who ends up dying for a good cause (Nux and Edgar).

There's also the supporting female character who's never portrayed in a sexualized manner, and who's a bit weird and eccentric and has a heightened sense of awareness that allows her to see things before other people (Yona Minsoo and The Dag).

Tilda Swinton as The Ancient One

SAGA Fan Casting [3/3]

Jamie Clayton as PETRICHOR Abbey Lee as THE STALK Ben Kingsley as BARR Tilda Swinton as THE BRAND Morgan Freeman as D. OSWALD HEIST Viola Davis as YUMA Idris Elba as DENGO

The Ancient One: Opening Battle

“Master Kaecilius, that ritual will bring you only sorrow...”

The Ancient One: Tea With A Little Honey

“You're a man looking at the world through a keyhole. You've spent your whole life trying to widen that keyhole. To see more. To know more. And now, on hearing that it can be widened in ways you can't imagine, you reject the possibility...”

The Ancient One: Language Of The Mystic Arts

“You cannot beat a river into submission. You have to surrender to its current and use its power as your own. Silence your ego, and your power will rise...”

The Ancient One: Final Battle

“Dormammu deceives you. You have no idea what he truly is. His eternal life is not paradise, but torment...”

The Ancient One: It’s Not About You

“Sometimes one must break the rules in order to serve the greater good...”

THE HUMAN VOICE (2020) • Pedro Almodóvar x Tilda Swinton

And the Oscar for Best Performance by an Actress Inside a Coffee Shop After Being Presented with Latte Art Featuring her Flawless and Immortal Facial Bone Structure goes to Tilda Swinton.

Cool parents, @sh4thesh33p 😝 These are mine... 😝

Tilda Swinton risked arrest waving a rainbow flag in front of the Kremlin in violation of Russia’s new homosexual propaganda bill. And she wants everyone who can to reblog it in solidarity.

Guys please reblog this, it won’t ruin your blog, this is important

Tilda Swinton for AnOther Magazine, circa 2009.