Just saw the first act of Spike Lee's When the Levees Broke.
I'm not saying it's a slam dunk, head and shoulders above the rest, best film of the year, but I'm suprised I haven't seen it mentioned on ANY lists that I've seen to date...it didn't garner a single vote in the documentary category at Indiewire, for instance.
I thought it played in Toronto to make it Oscar eligible, but even if it is not, there are plenty of lists that don't follow the same guidelines. I wonder if it is just the four hour run time that's kept everyone from seeing it, whether it's an anti-Spike thing, or whether people just didn't think it was good.
Everyone I know who has seen it speaks highly of it, though, so who knows?
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A film has to play in L.A. and N.Y. for a week to be Oscar eligible, I believe -- one or two screenings at a festival in Canada don't count.
FWIW, this film is #17 on Film Comment's "Best Unreleased Films of 2006" list.
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