{"id":1935,"date":"2006-11-04T21:55:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-04T21:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2006\/11\/newsbites-animation-schrader-buddha-redux\/"},"modified":"2006-11-04T21:55:00","modified_gmt":"2006-11-04T21:55:00","slug":"newsbites-animation-schrader-buddha-redux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2006\/11\/newsbites-animation-schrader-buddha-redux.html","title":{"rendered":"Newsbites: Animation! Schrader! Buddha redux!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Just a few new items, this time.<\/span><\/p>\n

1.<\/a> Variety<\/a><\/i> reports that 16 films are eligible this year for the Oscar for Best Animated Feature<\/a>, and I\u2019ve seen most of \u2019em:<\/p>\n

The Ant Bully<\/a><\/i>
Arthur and the Invisibles<\/a><\/i>
Barnyard<\/a><\/i>
Cars<\/a><\/i>
Curious George<\/i>
Everyone\u2019s Hero<\/i>
Flushed Away<\/a><\/i>
Happy Feet<\/i>
Ice Age: The Meltdown<\/a><\/i>
Monster House<\/a><\/i>
Open Season<\/i>
Over the Hedge<\/a><\/i>
Paprika<\/i>
Renaissance<\/a><\/i>
A Scanner Darkly<\/a><\/i>
The Wild<\/a><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

At least three, and possibly as many as five, of these films might go on to be nominated; and of course, only one will win.<\/span><\/p>\n

2.<\/a> The Associated Press<\/a> reports that Leonard Schrader<\/a>, brother of Paul Schrader<\/a> and sometime collaborator on his scripts, died last Thursday at the age of 62:<\/p>\n

He was born in Grand Rapids, Mich., to a family of Dutch Calvinists who forbade the brothers to see any movies.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was a church edict,\u201d Paul Schrader said. \u201cWhat they called worldly amusements were prohibited.\u201d<\/p>\n

Schrader didn\u2019t see his first film until he was in college in the 1960s.<\/p>\n

Schrader attended the local Calvin College and received a master\u2019s degree at the Iowa Writer\u2019s Workshop at the University of Iowa, where according to his Web site he studied with Kurt Vonnegut and Jorge Luis Borges.<\/p>\n

In 1969 and the early 1970s, Schrader lived in Japan, where he taught American literature.<\/p>\n

His first film was \u201cThe Yakuza\u201d co-written in the 1970s with his brother and starring Robert Mitchum. Sydney Pollack directed.<\/p>\n

Other films included 1985\u2019s \u201cMishima: A Life in Four Chapters,\u201d based on the life of the Japanese novelist Yukio Mishima, whom Schrader had met before his ritual suicide in 1970. Schrader co-wrote the screenplay with his wife, Chieko, and his brother. Paul Schrader directed the movie, while George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola were executive producers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

3.<\/a> Variety<\/a><\/i> reports that David S. Ward<\/a>, writer of The Sting<\/i> (1973) and Sleepless in Seattle<\/i> (1993) and director of King Ralph<\/i> (1991) and the first two Major Leagues<\/i> (1989-1994), will write the screenplay for Buddha<\/i>, a $120 million English-language film based on the Thich Nhat Hanh novel Old Path White Clouds<\/a><\/i>. This is not<\/i> to be confused with the recently-announced Buddha<\/a><\/i> to be directed by Pan Nalin; that film has a budget of only $6 million.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just a few new items, this time. 1. Variety reports that 16 films are eligible this year for the Oscar for Best Animated Feature, and I\u2019ve seen most of \u2019em: The Ant BullyArthur and the InvisiblesBarnyardCarsCurious GeorgeEveryone\u2019s HeroFlushed AwayHappy FeetIce Age: The MeltdownMonster HouseOpen SeasonOver the HedgePaprikaRenaissanceA Scanner DarklyThe Wild At least three, and possibly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1116,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nNewsbites: Animation! Schrader! Buddha redux!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Just a few new items, this time.1. 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