And the Oscar goes to...

There are few things which get me as excited for a few hours as the Oscar awards, despite the fact that the winners are not always the best in their category.
The excitement is mostly due to the opportunity to see the kind of work that was presented early this day by Tornatore as a tribute. It was like I had gone to Giueseppe’s room and he took me on his tour of his favourite things.

And then there is the scene like Ennio Morricone’s honorary Oscar.
There are also gags like Robert Downey’s Jr’s just before the award for best visual effects.

For sheer production value and entertainment for a cinephile, not too many things beat this.

How many things can match Scorsese getting an Oscar from Spielberg and Lucas?! And the digs at Lucas were nice and funny.

Like Ari Sandel said in his acceptance, Tornatore’s piece already had me crying and then the rest followed. As if to remind one that life is short, Phillippe Noiret and Robert Altman who account for two of my favourite movies passed away some time in the last year.

We will be off now. Have a lot of movie to watch.