A Closer Look at the Razzies
source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/feb/24/razzies-interview-oscars
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""Cremating cinematic crap for 29 years" may not be a motto the Academy Awards will be clamouring to use any time soon, but it works just fine for the Razzies.
Designed as the antithesis to the Oscars, the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation has been mocking Hollywood's below-par cinematic output for almost three decades.
Created by John Wilson in 1980 as a whimsical finish to his annual Oscars party, word of mouth has enabled it to become an annual fixture on the awards calendar – albeit one that few actors either appreciate or attend. As one-time Razzies nominee Michael Caine once put it: "They're the pustule on the butt of Hollywood."
"We are promoting something the industry does not appreciate," explains an unrepentant Wilson, 54, a Los Angeles-based freelance film trailer copywriter. "They try and ignore us like a fart in a church. We focus on big-budget, big-name, well-known movies because they have no excuse to be as bad as they are."
A shortlist of these bad films are decided upon by some 650 paid-up Razzie members in 19 countries – including a handful of celebrities Wilson won't name. This year, it culminated in a ceremony on 21 February, the day before the Academy Awards, with Mike Myers's Love Guru emerging as the big, erm, winner.
"I like to think we can take credit for some performers who've won a Razzie and then never graced the screen again," says Wilson. "Sofia Coppola received the most votes ever from members for The Godfather: Part III and never appeared in another film. So she turned to writing and directing and won an Oscar for Lost in Translation.
"We also saved Michael Caine's career. He was nominated for Jaws 4 and he hasn't done anything truly wretched since," he notes."
Designed as the antithesis to the Oscars, the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation has been mocking Hollywood's below-par cinematic output for almost three decades.
Created by John Wilson in 1980 as a whimsical finish to his annual Oscars party, word of mouth has enabled it to become an annual fixture on the awards calendar – albeit one that few actors either appreciate or attend. As one-time Razzies nominee Michael Caine once put it: "They're the pustule on the butt of Hollywood."
"We are promoting something the industry does not appreciate," explains an unrepentant Wilson, 54, a Los Angeles-based freelance film trailer copywriter. "They try and ignore us like a fart in a church. We focus on big-budget, big-name, well-known movies because they have no excuse to be as bad as they are."
A shortlist of these bad films are decided upon by some 650 paid-up Razzie members in 19 countries – including a handful of celebrities Wilson won't name. This year, it culminated in a ceremony on 21 February, the day before the Academy Awards, with Mike Myers's Love Guru emerging as the big, erm, winner.
"I like to think we can take credit for some performers who've won a Razzie and then never graced the screen again," says Wilson. "Sofia Coppola received the most votes ever from members for The Godfather: Part III and never appeared in another film. So she turned to writing and directing and won an Oscar for Lost in Translation.
"We also saved Michael Caine's career. He was nominated for Jaws 4 and he hasn't done anything truly wretched since," he notes."
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snic
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That can also be also said for Halle Berry. After Catwoman, her movies got better. sorta. Good thing she has Revlon for financial support.
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