It's that golden time again, and Studio 360 is proud to look back on a year of interviews with some of the top Oscar contenders. Hear the personal story behind an animated war documentary, a high wire walk between the Twin Towers, and the secret sounds of R2D2 and WALL-E. Check out this week's show for yet another Oscar story: "The Class." It's nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, and we hear from director Laurent Cantet about his months of preparation - in a Parisian high school.
Best Foreign Language Film: Ari Folman
Ari Folman is still haunted by his Israeli military service during the 1982 invasion of Lebanon. He was in Beirut during the Sabra and Shatila massacres, when Palestinian refugees were killed by Lebanese militiamen. Folman tries to reclaim his lost memories in "Waltz With Bashir," ...
Best Adapted Screenplay: John Patrick Shanley
Shanley’s movie "Doubt," based on his Pulitzer Prize-winning play, is set in 1964 at a Catholic middle school in the Bronx. A nun suspects an improper relationship between and priest and a student. Shanley describes how he came to create this powerful drama that challenges all kinds of belief, religious ...
Best Documentary Feature: James Marsh
It had all the glamor, conspiracy, and danger of a classic heist movie, but it was real –- and the hero was wearing slippers. Philippe Petit’s unauthorized walk on a high wire between the World Trade Center towers transfixed the world in 1974, and it’s the subject of ...
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Great Story. Every high school physics and electronics class should listen to this!
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