Thank you for mentioning No Other Choice! I was shocked that the Academy snubbed Park Chan-wook again, and for (imo) an even better film than Decision to Leave.
It is pretty crazy that Ari Aster finally figured out how to make an actually good movie (as opposed to a loose assemblage of interesting images), and everybody just politely smiled and then excused themselves from the conversation.
Will and Hesse from Chapo’s “Movie Mindset” had an excellent analysis of F1: the “older vet comes in to help the brash rookie overcome his flaws to achieve stardom” trope is flipped for “older vet comes in to relive his old glories, undermining the rookie who happily assists in glorifying the old white man”.
Their take is that this is representative of where we are at in this country as far as generational relations, boomer attitudes, etc. They do a much better job of explaining it but I’d be interested to hear your thoughts on this.
Spot on about Whishaw, it's a great performance. I don't know whether the film just wasn't pushed, or it was just too 'small' for the voters, but it's definitely been unfairly overlooked.
I'd be happy with either Moura or Hawke winning, but I suspect they're the 2 out of the 5 who are least likely to.
Hoping for a Sentimental Value win but I can't see it.
Thank you for mentioning No Other Choice! I was shocked that the Academy snubbed Park Chan-wook again, and for (imo) an even better film than Decision to Leave.
Right? One of best alive, and they’ve never nominated him once.
Thanks for thoughtful.
"Eddington" was the year's best zeitgeist-response, to my eyes, and a shame it wasn't nominated.
It is pretty crazy that Ari Aster finally figured out how to make an actually good movie (as opposed to a loose assemblage of interesting images), and everybody just politely smiled and then excused themselves from the conversation.
I guess we'd all rather memory-hole that period. Good on him for leaving a historical document.
Will and Hesse from Chapo’s “Movie Mindset” had an excellent analysis of F1: the “older vet comes in to help the brash rookie overcome his flaws to achieve stardom” trope is flipped for “older vet comes in to relive his old glories, undermining the rookie who happily assists in glorifying the old white man”.
Their take is that this is representative of where we are at in this country as far as generational relations, boomer attitudes, etc. They do a much better job of explaining it but I’d be interested to hear your thoughts on this.
Spot on about Whishaw, it's a great performance. I don't know whether the film just wasn't pushed, or it was just too 'small' for the voters, but it's definitely been unfairly overlooked.
I'd be happy with either Moura or Hawke winning, but I suspect they're the 2 out of the 5 who are least likely to.
Hoping for a Sentimental Value win but I can't see it.