Good Knight

This is largely a repeat from something I wrote only two weeks ago.  But there's a reason for it.  And rather than just provide a link to that article, I thought it deserved a new piece all its own.

Back on January 15, I wrote about seeing a wonderful Danish film, The Promised Land, that was hoping to get an Oscar nomination for Best International Film.  It didn't get the nomination, but it's still wonderful.

I noted that before the film, they showed a terrific Danish short, Knight of Fortune.  Initially, as I wrote, I was annoyed at having to sit through a short, and just wanted to get to the main feature – not because I didn’t want to see a short (I actually like them.  For years, when he lived in Los Angeles, my Academy friend would bring me to the days when the Academy would show the nominated short films, short documentaries and animated shorts), but for another reason entirely because of a scheduling conflict I had.  But in the end, I’m glad they had the short, since I very much enjoyed it.  In fact, how much did I like it?  So much that I added, "It's eligible to be nominated as Best Feature Short, so we'll see what happens there.  Having sat through all the screenings of others that have been nominated, I think it's good enough to be considered."
 
I brought that up at the time because it turned out that the short is from the “New Yorker Screening Room,” and they have it posted on YouTube.  So, I embedded it on the site. 

I mention this again because, as it happens, although the Danish feature-length movie, The Promised Land, did not get an Oscar nomination...that Danish short film, Knight of Fortune -- did!  It was nominated for Best Live-Action Short Film.

The short is only 24 minutes and very good.  I don’t want to give away too much, but will just say that it takes several unexpected and offbeat turns.

And as I like to say here, hey, I tries not to steers ya wrong.