Razzies

According to the BBC, Sharon Stone has been nominated for a Razzie for her role in Basic Instinct 2.

And yet she was nominated for an Oscar for appearing in Casino. Just shows that stars' judgement is not always great in thinking of which roles to accept. Halle Berry managed to follow up Monsters Ball with the pretty awful Catwoman!

Next film on my list is Dekalog. Which isn't a film at all really. It's a mini series of 10 short films, based on the Ten Commandments, of which two were made into longer versions - A Short Film About Love and A Short Film About Killing. Filmed in Warsaw in the late 1980's, they do look a bit dated now and are pretty bleak. Although mainly dialogue and character based, they do have their surprising moments - the murder in A Short Film About Killing is pretty graphic. Krzysztof Kieslowski, the director and writer, went on to make The Double Life of Veronique and the Three Colours trilogy. Once again, not exactly a barrel of laughs (even though Three Colours: White is a "comedy"), but beautifully made and acted.