Of the 10 films that will be nominated this year, my early prediction is that Up In The Air will win Best Picture of 2009. For me though, the Best Picture of 2009 is Nine. Nine is a beautiful movie. The film is shot all over Italy, so the setting could not be more picturesque and romantic. Even though it's a musical, there are only a few songs that really stand out. The lighting, set and costumes will all get nominations. There's so much going on in the film that I have to see it again.
As I've said in a previous blog, Daniel Day Lewis is the best actor working today. And he can actually sing, which was an even bigger surprise. Although Nine is the story of man, it is a film about women. Mother, Lover, Mistress, Wife, One Night Stand, Girlfriend, Friend, Muse, Whore - they are all present and all representing a different aspect of this man's life. He loves them all, but cannot be with just one of them. Some of the women love him, some used to love him, some are too deep in love, while others are falling out of love. Nine is about love in all of the forms that it can take in a man's life.
What I like most about the film that is missing from films today is that Nine is about real love, not the kind of love you see in your typical Hollywood romance. Up In The Air had the same quality. You think it's going to work out for them, but, just like real life - things don't always work out like they do in a film. There is no "Happily Ever After", just After.
Without a doubt, Nine is most emotionally resonant film of the year for me.
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