Getty Images George Clooney arrives at the 84th Annual Academy Awards.
The 84th annual Academy Awards with host Billy Crystal are being held tonight and Speakeasy is live-blogging the show. We have reporters in the audience, in the press room and at the parties getting the latest on all the events of the night. Stars on hand for the show include George Clooney, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Penelope Ann Miller and Christopher Plummer. Top films in contention include “The Help,...
The 84th annual Academy Awards with host Billy Crystal are being held tonight and Speakeasy is live-blogging the show. We have reporters in the audience, in the press room and at the parties getting the latest on all the events of the night. Stars on hand for the show include George Clooney, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Penelope Ann Miller and Christopher Plummer. Top films in contention include “The Help,...
- 2/26/2012
- by WSJ Staff
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Max Zaehle (left) directing Wotan Mohring and Julia Richter in ‘Raju.’
Although his short film, “Raju,” deals with the weighty subject of illegal child-trafficking, director Max Zaehle is ebullient when discussing his work. Perhaps it’s because he recently scored his first Oscar nomination.
Zaehle, 34 years old, graduated from film school just one year ago, and “Raju,” which is set in Calcutta, India, was his thesis film. Though it wasn’t his first film, he says “It was the longest short I ever shot!
Although his short film, “Raju,” deals with the weighty subject of illegal child-trafficking, director Max Zaehle is ebullient when discussing his work. Perhaps it’s because he recently scored his first Oscar nomination.
Zaehle, 34 years old, graduated from film school just one year ago, and “Raju,” which is set in Calcutta, India, was his thesis film. Though it wasn’t his first film, he says “It was the longest short I ever shot!
- 2/17/2012
- by Barbara Chai
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
The Oscar-nominated short film Raju is something of an enigma. A German student film shot, not in a crew member's backyard, but in India, the film's small budget meant that, for director/co-writer Max Zähle, paying the cast wasn't an option—but he snagged two A-list German actors, Wotan Wilke Möhring and Julia Richter, to star all the same. And, of course, it's a student film that's been nominated for an Oscar... and that's not something that happens all too often.
- 2/16/2012
- MovieMaker.com
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