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movielocke wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2020 6:38 pm Breakthrough has to be the year's weirdest nominee, by far, That Song category, I think that branch of the academy needs even more of a shakeup (I say without having heard the song or heard of the film, but it seems like it's a god's not dead type of Contempory christian music song / film based on looking at the imdb synopsis?)

Feego wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2020 8:32 pm

movielocke wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2020 6:38 pm Breakthrough has to be the year's weirdest nominee, by far, That Song category, I think that branch of the academy needs even more of a shakeup (I say without having heard the song or heard of the film, but it seems like it's a god's not dead type of Contempory christian music song / film based on looking at the imdb synopsis?)

I'm willing to bet this nomination came on the strength of having been written by Diane Warren, who's scored nominations over the last few years for other films that weren't critical/box office hits and generally not in the awards conversation. I actually listened to nearly all of the short-listed songs over the weekend, and while I didn't predict this one, I came close. It does seem right up the Academy's alley (not mine).

Not only did [Paul Walter Hauser] give the great perf of the year, he also admirably represented the souls the world over whose earnestness & dedication are repaid w contempt instead of the credit they deserve[.]

knives wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2020 11:08 pm Why to a woman? Would people be complaining with the same language if Haynes had been nominated instead?

domino harvey wrote: Tue Jan 14, 2020 1:01 am It remains a systemic problem in the industry, not the Oscars. If we had something approaching equal representation from studios and no women were nominated year after year, then it’d be on the Oscars. But there were realistically two films directed by women this year that were ever really in contention for multiple Oscars and one of them swept up but missed a director nom and the other was shut out, while a third eked out an acting nom that is now being shit on as well. There were far more than two films directed by men up for and missing the directing slots. Blame pundits, critics, and audiences some for guiding which films are considered in serious contention each season, but fundamentally: green light more films directed by women and get more nominations for films directed by women

Big Ben wrote: Tue Jan 14, 2020 5:16 am I was under the impression that Sciamma's film was not nominated because France did not submit it or something. I thought it was odd considering.

domino harvey wrote:One can actually see the benefits of green lighting more films directed by women reflected in France’s Cesar awards, where eleven women have been nominated for best director in the last ten years (out of sixty one total nominees)— while close but not quite a 1-1 reflection of the 27% of French films being directed by women in 2017 and 21% in 2007, it’s a stronger upward trend than here in industry that pays off with increased awards representation (and every year since 2014 has had at least one woman nominated)