S U N D AY, J A N U A RY 0 1 , 2 0 0 6The IRA Awards 2006: The Full StoryIRA favorites Alexis Dziena ofBroken Flowers and KevinZegers of Transamerica.</p><p> Noawards yet, just a lot ofadmiration.</p><p> BEST PICTURE:Mysterious Skin -- 33 pointsA History of Violence -- 20 points2046 -- 18 pointsThe Aristocrats -- 12 pointsBrokeback Mountain -- 11 points(At this point, it was obvious Mysterious Skin was going to triumph.When four or five people band together, they can invariably pushthrough almost any movie unless everyone else is vehemently opposedAND willing to support the same alternate film.</p><p> This year's IRA voters,by the way, totaled 12 people.)BEST DIRECTORGregg Araki for Mysterious Skin -- 34Werner Herzog for Grizzly Man, White Diamond and The Wheel ofTime -- 24David Cronenberg for A History of Violence -- 22Bennett Miller for Capote -- 11Wong Kar-Wai -- 8(Again, support for Mysterious Skin was so broad, there was little callNext Blog»sal1mineo@hotmail.comSEARCH BLOG FLAG BLOGFOLLOW BLOGP O P S U R F I N G .</p><p> C O MS U R F I N G T H E WAV E S O F P O P U L A R C U LT U R EB Y M I C H A E L G I LT Z & F R I E N D SPOPSURFING.COM: The IRA Awards 2006: The Full Storyhttp://popsurfing.blogspot.com/2006/01/ira-awards-2006-full-sto... 1 of 37/29/09 4:45 AMFAV O R I T E L I N K SAmericablogFive O'Clock Lightning baseball blogDeep Pop -- Lori Lakin's BlogThe Back Page -- Jason Page on ESPNRadioCine-Blog -- George Robinson's BlogDocuments On Art & Cinema - DarylChin's BlogBrucie G's Wondrous Blog OfAdventure and Mystery -- BruceGreenspan's BlogB L O G A R C H I V E▼ 2009 (17)▼ July (3)1939 -- The Greatest Year ForMoviesSwimming Bans Those Hi-TechSuits!Best Movies Of The Year -- TheMaster List► June (3)► May (1)► March (2)► February (1)► January (7)► 2008 (86)► 2007 (781)► 2006 (2412)► 2005 (5)C O N T R I B U TO R SBiboyMichael in New YorkAaron POPSURFING.COM: The IRA Awards 2006: The Full Storyhttp://popsurfing.blogspot.com/2006/01/ira-awards-2006-full-sto... 2 of 37/29/09 4:45 AMPOPSURFING.COM: The IRA Awards 2006: The Full Storyhttp://popsurfing.blogspot.com/2006/01/ira-awards-2006-full-sto... 3 of 37/29/09 4:45 AM
