'MEMENTO' CAPTURES FOUR SPIRIT TROPHIES AWARDS CELEBRATE INDEPENDENT FILMS.Byline: Sandra Barrera Staff Writer ``Memento'' took top honors Saturday at the star-studded Independent Spirit Awards held on the beach in Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. . Christopher Nolan's suspense-filled drama about a man desperately trying to solve his wife's murder as he struggles with short-term memory short-term memory n. Abbr. STM The phase of the memory process in which stimuli that have been recognized and registered are stored briefly. loss won best picture, director, screenplay and supporting actress supporting actress n → attrice f non protagonista for Carrie-Anne Moss Carrie-Anne Moss (born August 21, 1967) is a Canadian actress best known for her role as Trinity in The Matrix trilogy. Biography Early life Moss was born in Burnaby, British Columbia. She has an older brother, Brooke. . The Spirit Awards - which host John Waters described as the kind of show where ``David Lynch is too commercial'' - is to independent filmmakers what the Oscars are to Hollywood. Sometimes the two overlap, as was the case with such films as ``Memento'' and the other top award-getter ``In the Bedroom.'' Filmmaker Todd Field's dramatic look at a couple trying to cope with the murder of their only son earned three Spirit Awards, including best first feature as well as female lead for Sissy Spacek Mary Elizabeth "Sissy" Spacek (born December 25, 1949) is an Academy Award-winning American actress and singer. Biography Early life Spacek was born in Quitman, Texas to Edwin Arnold Spacek, Sr., a county agricultural agent, and Virginia Frances (Spilman). and male lead for Tom Wilkinson. The stunned Field paused to reflect on his first feature award, likening lik·en tr.v. lik·ened, lik·en·ing, lik·ens To see, mention, or show as similar; compare. [Middle English liknen, from like, similar; see like2 it to ``trying to climb Mount Everest with three pickup trucks on your back. ``You need so much help,'' he said, referring to his cast. ``I would really had to have been an idiot to get in the way and screw it all up.'' ``Ghost World'' took two awards, including best first screenplay and supporting actor for Steve Buscemi. Other winners included ``Jackpot,'' which won the John Cassavetes Award, presented to the best feature made for under $500,000. Newcomer Paul Franklin Dano won best debut performance for his role in ``L.I.E.'' The film's producers, Rene Bastion and Linda Moran, who also produced ``Martin and Orloff,'' received a $20,000 grant funded by Motorola for their quality work despite limited resources. Grants in the same amount were also handed out to Debra Eisenstadt, recipient of the Turning Leaf Coastal Reserve-funded Someone to Watch Award for her directorial work in the film ``Daydream Believer,'' and Monteith mon·teith n. A large punch bowl having a notched rim on which cups can be hung. [Possibly after Monteith (Monteigh), an eccentric 17th-century Scotsman who wore a cloak scalloped at the hem.] McCollum, recipient of the Direct TV/IFC Truer Than Fiction Award for ``Hybrid.'' The award for best cinematography cinematography: see motion picture photography. cinematography Art and technology of motion-picture photography. It involves the composition of a scene, lighting of the set and actors, choice of cameras, camera angle, and integration of special went to Peter Deming for ``Mulholland Drive.'' Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet picked up the best foreign film award for his French fantasy, ``Amelie.'' Jeunet said the popularity of the French-subtitled film has loosened his restrictions. ``I can speak in French because now we know the American audience love movies with subtitles,'' he said. |
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