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| The Guardian - Culture: Film | | | | Golden Globe nominations 2022: Belfast and The Power of the Dog lead the pack | | by Catherine Shoard Dec 13, 2021 | | Kenneth Branagh’s autobiographical drama and Jane Campion’s tense western both score seven nominations In one of the more unexpected comebacks of the year, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association has announced the nominations for its 79th awards ceremony, to be held on 9 January – but not screened on television after broadcaster NBC terminated the contract. Belfast, Kenneth Branagh’s black-and-white drama set in his hometown during the Troubles, has seven nominations, as does The Power of the Dog, Jane Campion’s sexually-charged western set in 1920s Montana. Continue reading... | | | | | David Gulpilil obituary | | by Ryan Gilbey Dec 13, 2021 | | Indigenous Australian actor best known for his roles in films such as Walkabout, Crocodile Dundee and Rabbit-Proof Fence As the British film-maker Nicolas Roeg was scouring Arnhem Land, in Australia’s Northern Territory, in search of an Indigenous Australian man to star in Walkabout (1971), he chanced upon the 16-year-old ceremonial dancer David Gulpilil. When asked his name, the teenager responded with the only English word he knew: “Yes.” Looking back on the film in 2015, he said: “I thought I was going to be John Wayne.” Gulpilil, who has died of cancer aged 68, was a more amorphous and mysterious presence. As if Roeg’s fragmented, free-associative storytelling was not startling enough, Gulpilil’s performance was a shock to the system for many viewers. Continue reading... | | | | | |
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