The Academy is so ridiculously over-rated but it does mean a lot to the people who work in the industry as it brings recognition and $$ in.
This year the nominations will be announced in early January, which is a good thing, as it results in less of a protracted guessing game.
Nonetheless there will still be a slate of nominees for up to Ten Best Picture nominees, which is anomalous and cheapens the slate of the nominees for the top Oscar.
It would be really great if the Oscar continued to recognize European film actors by nominating both Marion Cotillard and Emmanuelle Riva, the latter for Hanecke's "Amour" (which won the Palme d'or at Cannes) for Best Actress. But it is unlikely, even though a few members may remember Riva's beautiful work in Alain Resnais's 1961 haunting art-house masterpiece, "Hiroshima, Mon Amour" (screenplay by Marguerite Duras).
Instead we will the usual slate of mainstream Hollywood stars (Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, Robert DeNiro, Leonardo Dicaprio...) as well as obligatory nods to black actors (Denzel Washington, Quvenzhane Wallis). The latter would, at age 6, also become the youngest acting nominee in Oscar history. Ms. Riva, at 85, if nominated, would become the oldest nominee.
Acting nominees for foreign-language films from Latin America or Asia or Europe will be virtually non-existent. No Native Americans, Asian-Americans, or Hispanic Americans. No seniors. No LGBTs. No handicapped persons.
Foreigners usually have to appear in Hollywood films to get recognition. In fact, only three actors have appeared in foreign-language films for which they received Oscars (Sophia Loren, Roberto Bennigni, Marion Cotillard).
The last decade when there was more than one "foreigner" acting nominee every few years was for a few successive years in the 70's when Liv Ullman and Ingmar Bergman's films consistently found favor.
No wonder Woody Allen has never attended an Academy Awards show.
Show biz and art don't make good companions. The National Society of Film Critics, or the L.A. Film Critics--for that matter--might as well exist on a different planet.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/academy-of-motion-picture-arts-and-sciences-beverly-hills#hrid:7sJeHN3Q6PMlqPhxc_ZnGA/src:self
This year the nominations will be announced in early January, which is a good thing, as it results in less of a protracted guessing game.
Nonetheless there will still be a slate of nominees for up to Ten Best Picture nominees, which is anomalous and cheapens the slate of the nominees for the top Oscar.
It would be really great if the Oscar continued to recognize European film actors by nominating both Marion Cotillard and Emmanuelle Riva, the latter for Hanecke's "Amour" (which won the Palme d'or at Cannes) for Best Actress. But it is unlikely, even though a few members may remember Riva's beautiful work in Alain Resnais's 1961 haunting art-house masterpiece, "Hiroshima, Mon Amour" (screenplay by Marguerite Duras).
Instead we will the usual slate of mainstream Hollywood stars (Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, Robert DeNiro, Leonardo Dicaprio...) as well as obligatory nods to black actors (Denzel Washington, Quvenzhane Wallis). The latter would, at age 6, also become the youngest acting nominee in Oscar history. Ms. Riva, at 85, if nominated, would become the oldest nominee.
Acting nominees for foreign-language films from Latin America or Asia or Europe will be virtually non-existent. No Native Americans, Asian-Americans, or Hispanic Americans. No seniors. No LGBTs. No handicapped persons.
Foreigners usually have to appear in Hollywood films to get recognition. In fact, only three actors have appeared in foreign-language films for which they received Oscars (Sophia Loren, Roberto Bennigni, Marion Cotillard).
The last decade when there was more than one "foreigner" acting nominee every few years was for a few successive years in the 70's when Liv Ullman and Ingmar Bergman's films consistently found favor.
No wonder Woody Allen has never attended an Academy Awards show.
Show biz and art don't make good companions. The National Society of Film Critics, or the L.A. Film Critics--for that matter--might as well exist on a different planet.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/academy-of-motion-picture-arts-and-sciences-beverly-hills#hrid:7sJeHN3Q6PMlqPhxc_ZnGA/src:self
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