Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

Here's a handy little check list on the elements of film noir, coined Norimetrics Noirmetrics List CHARACTER ELEMENTS: Femme fatale or an homme fatale- Morally ambiguous protagonist(s) Alienated protagonist(s) A fall guy (gal) Violence relative to character development/interaction MISE-EN-SCENE / S...

When Dustin Hoffman was winning awards for Kramer vs. Kramer, I believe, during one of his acceptance speaches he mentioned having recently seen It's a Wonderful Life. He went on to say that James Stewart gave one of the great, great performances and that he was awestruck. I wondered at the time wh...

I guess it was the 60s when I got all caught up in the Oscars. I never made alternate lists, but I remember spending most of my time at the University of Miami library reading Variety, and reviews by Hollis Alpert, Jay Cocks, Arthur Knight, Judith Christ, Kael and Gilliatt etc. Not too many of my c...

Another advantage to the authors of alternate or hindsight awards is that they aren't limited to the actual nominees for any particular year. Danny Peary nearly splits his Best Actor Awards. For the 64 years he covers (and I wonder why he never did a follow-up book) he selected 34 winners that were...

The previous two mentioned plus two others are outlined here: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/267373/four_unsolved_hollywood_mysteries_that_pg4.html?cat=37 There's also Thomas H. Ince's murder covered in The Cat's Meow, and the Lindburg kidnapping and murder reworked in Murder on the Orien...

Regarding The Woman in the Window, Fritz Lang justified the film's controversial dream ending in an interview, saying: "This movie was not about evil...it was about psychology, the subconscious desires, and what better expression of those than in a dream, the the libido is released and emotion...

I recently rewatched the scene in The Social Network when Justin Timberlake arrives late at the restaurant and takes control. There was something familiar about that scene. I noticed that it was told from Andrew Garfield's perspective, and edited between his deposition and the restaurant (in flashb...

Melisso Leo and Christian Bale's nominations mark the fifth time a mother and son role received nominations both in the Supporting categories. The others: Death of a Salesman , 1951: Mildred Dunnock and Kevin McCarthy Kramer vs. Kramer , 1979: Meryl Streep and Justin Henry. The Sixth Sense , 1999: ...

The Social Network, The Fighter and The King's Speech are the only three nominees to have also been nominated in the Director, Screenplay, Editing and Acting categories. Interestingly, the remaining precursors just may honor The Social Network (DGA), The Fighter (SAG Ensemble) and The King's Speech...