On Eve of Oscar Bid by "Beasts of Southern Wild," New Report Finds Louisiana Sea Level Rise Fastest in World - ImaGeo. A USGS map from 2011 shows changes in the extent of land area in coastal Louisiana between 1932 and 2010.
The report found a net loss of 1,833 square miles. (Click on the image, and see the key at right of the image for details.) An even newer, unreleased report from NOAA suggests that land loss is happening even faster than previously believed. (Map Source: USGS, I’m hoping that “Beasts of the Southern Wild” wins all four of the Oscars it has been nominated for, because it is an amazing movie, with incredible actors — and also because it dramatizes the plight of southern Louisiana under the influence of sea level rise. A plight that seems even worse than previously known, thanks to new science uncovered by an enterprising journalist.
{MONDAY} MUSIC MINUTE: “Once There Was a Hushpuppy” from Beasts of the Southern Wild. When I die, the scientists of the future, they’re gonna find it all.
They gonna know, once there was a Hushpuppy, and she live with her daddy in the Bathtub. -Excerpt from “Beasts of the Southern Wild“ For anyone who has seen the film, starring the young, gifted, and beautiful Quvenzhané Wallis, you must have figured out by now that “Beasts of the Southern Wild” is probably one of the best films to come out in the last decade, and will undoubtedly find a place in the timeless classics we will refer back on in the future. It has a lot of deep, and often dark, melancholic undertones throughout, but somehow through the tireless imagination of young Hushpuppy (the revelation that is Ms.
Quvenzhane Wallis films scenes for Annie with Jamie Foxx and the gorgeous dog playing her trusty canine sidekick Sandy. By Iona Kirby Published: 17:34 GMT, 11 October 2013 | Updated: 17:34 GMT, 11 October 2013 She has been dancing around New York while shooting scenes for the upcoming film reboot of Annie.
But things got even more exciting on set for young Quvenzhane Wallis on Friday. The 10-year-old actress got to film scenes with a gorgeous golden dog who appears to be acting as Annie’s famous sidekick Sandy. Her best furry friend: Quvenzhane Wallis and Jamie Foxx filmed scenes for Annie with a dog on Friday Quvenzhane was seen walking the pup around the Big Apple on a pink leash, while Jamie Foxx strolled by her side and the cameras rolled. Quvenzhane, who is the youngest actress to ever be nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award, looked cute as a button in her Annie’s wardrobe. She was sporting a brown corduroy tunic dress over a white shirt, along with a denim jacket, grey tights and matching high-top trainers. Quvenzhane Wallis to earn reported $1.5million for Annie. By Felicity Thistlethwaite Published: 12:55 GMT, 31 December 2013 | Updated: 13:54 GMT, 31 December 2013 Quvenzhane Wallis, the 10-year-old actress who was the youngest female star to ever be nominated for an Academy Award, has reportedly been offered $1.5million for the is set to star in the movie remake of Annie.
The acclaimed star, who rose to fame for her performance in Beasts of the Southern Wild, will play the orphan character alongside Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx. It has been reported that actress Quvenzhane, nicknamed Q in America, has been offered $750,000 as a base salary and an extra $750,000 bonus if the movie is a hit, as well as other monetary and physical benefits. Making the film. How Benh Zeitlin Made Beasts of the Southern Wild. Lessons from the Southern Wild by Mark Christiansen. The text came in late one evening - who could be in New Orleans immediately for VFX supervision?
The call was going around San Francisco, apparently because the film had received SF Film Commission backing which stipulated hiring local artisans, despite shooting along the Gulf of Mexico. 'Beasts of the Southern Wild' Trailer.
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Les Bêtes du Sud sauvage (2012. The Story Behind “Beasts of the Southern Wild” Pop Omnivore spoke with director Benh Zeitlin and co-producer Michael Gottwald about the myths and movie magic in their new award-winning film, Beasts of the Southern Wild.
How did you choose aurochs—an extinct but real animal—to be the mythic creatures in your movie? Benh Zeitlin: They came from cave paintings I’d seen—Lascaux, Pech Merle, and a bunch of caves around there. The young girl in the film, Hushpuppy, sees herself as the last of her kind, on the verge of extinction. “How are people going to look back on my civilization?” She wonders. Michael Gottwald: Benh’s always been interested in the cave paintings at Lascaux. So the aurochs tattoos that appear on a character’s leg in the film—that’s a direct nod to the Lascaux cave paintings, where aurochs are depicted? MG: The film is trying to create its own intrinsic mythology. Fantastic version of post-Katrina Louisiana in Beasts of the Southern Wild. By Jordan Mattos 14 July 2012 Directed by Benh Zeitlin, written by Zeitlin and Lucy Alibar.
'Beasts Of The Southern Wild' Review: An American Fairy Tale. ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’ Shares Something With ‘Lincoln’ For ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild,’ Accolades Aplenty. Since then she’s had ample opportunity to celebrate, as “Beasts” has gone from Sundance darling to Oscar contender.
It has marquee nominations for best picture, best director, best adapted screenplay and best actress; Ms. Wallis, now 9 (and she made the film three years ago), is the youngest best actress nominee ever. It has not gone to her head. “Hi,” she’ll say, waving at a familiar adult face at a froufrou event in her honor, then retreating to something more kid friendly, like a digital game. Ms. The Racism of 'Beasts of the Southern Wild' Every couple of years a movie comes along that exposes the sorry state of contemporary film criticism.
I’m not talking about the Jackass franchise or anything starring Danny McBride. I mean the sort of sentimental claptrap that sends otherwise sensible people into raptures of moral self-satisfaction. Dances with Wolves or Crash, for example, both of which rode white liberal guilt like a hobbyhorse all the way to the Oscars. Beasts of the Southern Wild. BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD (LES BETES DU SUD SAUVAGE) - Festival de Cannes 2013 (Festival International du Film)