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Oscar Watch: Milk and Proposition 8
Thompson On Hollywood —
... The odd thing about the unfortunate passing of the gay marriage ban Proposition 8 is that it could actually boost Milk's Oscar chances.
So many people will see Gus Van Sant's biopic about gay activist Harvey Milk, which is ostensibly set in our dark anti-gay 70s past, and realize that we have not come far enough.
In Contention's Kris Tapley asks if an earlier release of Milk might have boosted Proposition 8. A lot of people are scratching their heads about how the gay marriage ban was passed--even in L.A. County. The ...
Messianic Politicians, Past and Future
Film Experience Blog —
... Have you rented The Times of Harvey Milk yet? It's beyond. I've told you before. Bone up on the history before the feature version of Harvey's life story, Milk, comes out. I'm so sad today that Focus Features did not release this movie before that despicable Proposition 8 met with California voters in the booth. I'm not the only one. It really needed to be part of the conversation. Maybe the movie wasn't ready yet but I blame studio obsession with holiday Oscar strategizing because that's an easy thing to blame it on. I'm ...
Might Have Been
Hollywood Elsewhere —
Might Have Been If I weren't sitting on a hard airlines terminal floor I might write my own riff about the passing of the revolting and homophobic Proposition 8. But it's very difficult to be focused and productive in such a physically uncomfortable position. (Plus I'm too angry at Continental Airlines to think straight anyway.) So let's just say I'm also wondering, as Kris Tapley did earlier today , if an earlier release of Milk -- which deals in part with the campaign against the homophobic Briggs Amendment (i.e., Prop 6) in '78 -- might have somehow raised consciousness ...
Milk All the More Relevant
Awards Daily —
... This has also been discussed, to a slightly different degree, at InContention where Tapley poses the question as to whether or not releasing the film earlier might have helped Prop 8 to pass. The cynical side of me thinks nothing could have prevented the conservative voting blocks in California from doing the right thing. But the cynical side of me was also bitch slapped to hell when Obama won last night. Could it have helped? It’s possible. But something tells me Sean Penn has already marginalized by those very same people. ...
Will Prop 8 Actually Help 'Milk' In The Oscar Race?
:: The Playlist :: —
... In Contention's Kris Tapley even goes so far as to ask if an October release would have changed the outcome of the vote. "Some of the film's most inspiring and, indeed, captivating moments come during the sequence that details the Prop 6 fight. Consistently, Harvey Milk (Sean Penn's career-best portrayal) makes the point, to paraphrase, 'We have to make them understand that they know us.' That message, I think, might have carried a lot of heft if voters had made it to the polls four weeks later." ...
Oscar Eye: Milk Will Take Politics To Best Picture
Cinema Blend News —
... be happening during an Obama administration. How cool is that?! And as it turns out, the first Oscar contender I've seen since Tuesday night is Milk , which brought many of the same emotions right back to the surface. The movie, about gay rights leader Harvey Milk and his efforts to defeat a California bill that would ban gay teachers, comes out November 26, while many Californians will still be hurting from the passage of Proposition 8, which bans gay marriage in the state. Some pundits are speculating that the movie could have helped defeat Prop 8 had it been released a ...
Election Fallout: Why Milk Will be the Timeliest Movie of 2008
Dr. Mabuse's Kaleido-Scope —
... that compares and contrasts these two elections. It is with these two issues in mind that I claim that Milk will be the timeliest movie of the year. It seems to not only tap into our current national political landscape, but relates it back to the late 1970s to give the audience some distance on the issues. Kristopher Tapley even suggests that an earlier release of the film may have swayed Californians to vote against Prop 8. While we can't go back in time to verify this theory, I cannot recall another film released this year that might have a significant impact on a ...
