Friendship needs no translation

2009 Independent Spirit Award Nominees

Feature
Ballast
Frozen River
Rachel Getting Married
Wendy and Lucy (溫蒂與露西)
The Wrestler (力挽狂瀾)

Director
Ramin Bahrani, Chop Shop
Jonathan Demme, Rachel Getting Married
Lance Hammer, Ballast
Courtney Hunt, Frozen River
Tom McCarthy, The Visitor (幸福來訪時)

Male Lead
Javier Bardem, Vicky Cristina Barcelona (情遇巴塞隆納)
Richard Jenkins, The Visitor (幸福來訪時)
Sean Penn, Milk (自由大道)
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler (力挽狂瀾)

Female Lead
Summer Bishil, Towelhead
Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
Melissa Leo, Frozen River
Tarra Riggs, Ballast
Michelle Williams, Wendy and Lucy (溫蒂與露西)

Supporting Male
James Franco, Milk (自由大道)
Anthony Mackie, The Hurt Locker
Charlie McDermott, Frozen River
Jim Myron Ross, Ballast
Haaz Sleiman, The Visitor (幸福來訪時)

Supporting Female
Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona (情遇巴塞隆納)
Rosemarie DeWitt, Rachel Getting Married
Rosie Perez, The Take
Misty Upham, Frozen River
Debra Winger, Rachel Getting Married

Screenplay
Woody Allen,  Vicky Cristina Barcelona (情遇巴塞隆納)
Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck, Sugar
Charlie Kaufman, Synecdoche, New York
Howard A. Rodman, Savage Grace (浮華陷阱)
Christopher Zalla, Sangre De Mi Sangre

First Screenplay
Dustin Lance Black, Milk (自由大道)
Lance Hammer, Ballast
Courtney Hunt, Frozen River
Jonathan Levine, The Wackness
Jenny Lumet, Rachel Getting Married

Cinematography
Maryse Alberti, The Wrestler (力挽狂瀾)
Lol Crawley, Ballast
James Laxton, Medicine for Melancholy
Harris Savides, Milk (自由大道)
Michael Simmonds, Chop Shop

Best Foreign Film
The Class, Laurent Cantet (我和我的小鬼們)
Gomorra, Matteo Garrone (罪惡之城娥摩拉)
Secret of the Grain, Abdellatif Kechiche (家傳秘方)
Hunger, Steve McQueen (飢餓)
Silent Light, Carlos Reygadas (寂靜之光)

Best Documentary
The Order of Myths, Margaret Brown
Up the Yangtze, Yung Chang
Encounters at the End of the World, Werner Herzog (冰旅記事)
The Betrayal, Ellen Kuras & Thavisouk Phrasavath
Man on Wire, James Marsh (偷天鋼索人)

Robert Altman Award
Charlie Kaufman (Director), Jeanne McCarthy (Casting Director),
Hope Davis, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jennifer Jason Leigh,
Catherine Keener, Samantha Morton, Tom Noonan, Emily Watson,
Dianne Wiest, Michelle Williams
Synecdoche, New York

最佳影片《自由大道》竟然沒有入圍!

話說獨立精神獎的最佳影片都很合我的口味，

從2000年的《臥虎藏龍》、03年的《愛情不用翻譯》，

以及最近三年的奧斯卡最佳影片提名三連發《斷背山》、《小太陽的願望》、《鴻孕當頭》，今看起來應該《Rachel Getting Married》會是我喜歡的類型，希望片商能早點進呀~