Lack of Oscar promo for Christian...
Harrison Cheung
remember how Variety noted that they spent next to nothing and were
delighted when GODS AND MONSTERS scored an Oscar win. (that was the year
that SAVING PRIVATE RYAN spent $14 million on an Oscar campaign!) And when
BUFFALO 66 was scoring critical acclaim, star and director Vincent Gallo had
to spend his own money on publicity.
AMERICAN PSYCHO has made numerous critics' Best of 2000 lists including the
huge full page acclaim from ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY. And Bale scored 2 Best
Actor nominations. So he's a long shot without studio support, but the
critics liked him!
"Cinemalad5" <cinem...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20010120005721...@ng-fr1.aol.com...
> Ready the trades every day, I have yet to find a single Oscar
consideration ad
> for Christian in AMERICAN PSYCHO. Lion's Gate has highly touted Willem
Dafoe's
> performance in SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE, and while that's well deserved, it's
a
> shame they haven't done anything for Christian.
>
> Yes, the film came out a while ago, and yes, it was modest at the box
office
> (though profitable, I understand, due to its small budget). But even
critics
> who hated the film gave praise to Christian's Pat Bateman.
>
> In retrospect, I do believe that AMERICAN PSYCHO has done more for the
young
> actor's career than anything else as yet, particularly in allowing him to
> become more recognizable in mainstream films. But I hope Mr. Bale never
loses
> his edge or forgets about the more commercially modest, but artistically
> seductive projects.