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"Extremely Loud" director wants more 9/11 films

BERLIN (Reuters) - Stephen Daldry, whose "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" retells the deadly events of Sept 11, 2001 through the eyes of a New York boy, believes there should be more films about the attacks and their consequences.

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9/11 drama shown at Berlin film festival (AP)

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Oscar nominations 2012: 'Artist,' Scorsese's 'Hugo' shine brightest

"The Artist," "The Descendants," "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close," "The Help," "Hugo," "Midnight in Paris," "Moneyball," "The Tree of Life" and "War Horse" received best picture Oscar nominat"The Artist," "The Descendants," "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close," "The Help," "Hugo," "Midnight in Paris," "Moneyball," "The Tree of Life" and "War Horse" received best picture Oscar nominations Tuesday morning for the 84th Academy Awards.

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On Movies: A golden voice, yet he speaks not a word

His voice is deep, sonorous, rumbling with quiet gravitas.

Few actors are as readily recognizable by their vocal cords as Max von Sydow, the great Swedish actor who arrived on the international scene in 1957, as a knight who encounters Death - and plays chess with him - in Ingmar Bergman's classic, The Seventh Seal.

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Two Jews' Review 'Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close' - One Feels The Power (Video)

Two Jews on Film - By Joan Alperin Schwartz: 9/11... All you have to do is say that date and most people will have a reaction, usually an emotional reaction. For me, that emotion is one of sadness ...

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Stephen Daldry lands Palm Spring Fest's directing award (Reuters)

Reuters - "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" director Stephen Daldry has secured what is expected to be the final slot on the Palm Springs International Film Festival's Awards Gala lineup, taking the Director of the Year Award from the fest.

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Review: 'Extremely Loud' is incredibly phony (AP)

AP - It's no surprise that the grief-drenched Sept. 11 drama "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" should turn out incredibly mawkish. A cloying exercise in sentimentality, the film also winds up extremely annoying, even infuriating.

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Why so few Sept. 11 films?

'Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close' is the latest of only a handful of films about the 9/11 attacks. Why? It might be because the memories of the day are too painful for potential filmgoers, or that filmmakers are worried about offending anyone.Dream-like images of Tom Hanks in free fall. Loud, crushing sounds. Pieces of paper showering down from the skies. Test screenings of "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close," the Tom Hanks-Sandra Bullock post-9/11 film, which opens on Christmas Day, reportedly began with visual and aural reminders of the World Trade Center disaster.

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Inside Sandra Bullock's New Life

How did Sandra Bullock bounce back from a hard year?

Credit her 19-month-old son Louis, her sense of humor and her decision to jump back into the acting world in a big way.

"She was very keen to get back to work," says Stephen Daldry, who directed her in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, one of two dramas the actress, 47, has filmed since last fall.

"She threw herself in with her usual enthusiasm and energy, and she was very relaxed," he added. "She had little Louis with her, and it was a very familial environment on-set."

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Stephen Daldry lands Palm Spring Fest's directing award (omg!)

omg! - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" director Stephen Daldry has secured what is expected to be the final slot on the Palm Springs International Film Festival's Awards Gala lineup, taking the Director of the Year Award from the fest. PSIFF announced on Thursday that Daldry will receive the award, which last year went to "The Fighter" director David O. Russell, and which in previous years has gone to Jason Reitman, Alexander Payne, Ang Lee and Anthony Minghella. ...

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