By DOUG STRASSLER
Since we’re approaching Oscar eve, my favorite time of year, I figure it’s not only fitting but necessary to write another entry for the Best Picture Expansion Project. In honor of the apparent battle royale between frontrunners Avatar and The Hurt Locker, I’ve decided to write about another year with polarizing Best Picture results: 1980. A full list of that year’s films can be found here; below is the list of the five finalists:
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The Best Picture Expansion Project: 1982
By DOUG STRASSLER
Happy Friday, everyone! It’s been a while since I’ve written a Best Picture Expansion, so I thought I would write about 1982, a year suggested by reader Stacy in the comments to my last Oscar column. See, readers? I truly take everything you guys say to heart!
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Welcome back to The Best Picture Expansion Project, where we imagine that the newly reinstated Oscar rule of nominating ten films for Best Picture applied from 1943 to 2008.
Today I’m taking us back to 1994, a year that inspired one of my perennial Oscar party games.
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The Best Picture Expansion Project: 1989
By DOUG STRASSLER
Mark has been kind enough to welcome me back for another entry in the Best Picture Expansion Project, where we imagine that the newly reinstated Oscar rule of nominating ten films for Best Picture applied from 1943 to 2008. (For the rest of the Project, go here.)
For this entry, we travel back twenty years to 1989. It’s a year that holds special meaning for me. Not only is it the year that I started going to the movies regularly, but it is also the year I first discovered the Academy Awards.
This was back when the Oscar ceremony still took place on a Monday night. My family and I happened to go the local mall for dinner, and walked into a video store which was decorated for the occasion. My parents then explained that the Oscars were an honor given to the best film and performances of the year, and then we went home and watched for the first time. I was hooked. (Only later on would I realize the degree of politicking and subjectivity involved.)
Personal memories aside, however, I maintain that 1989 represents a recent apex for movies, before home theater and independent film and franchises splintered the whole industry. Don’t believe me? See for yourself. Here’s a list of the movies that were released that year.
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Awwww snap. It’s time for the first-ever video edition of the Best Picture Expansion Project, where we imagine that the newly reinstated Oscar rule of nominating ten films for Best Picture applied from 1943 to 2008.
I’m rocking it camera style to dip into 2007. Can you handle the video goodness? Can you?!?!
Before we start, here’s the list of films that were released in 2007. And if you want to enjoy the rest of the Project, just go here.
And now, on with the show:
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Please welcome back Doug Strassler for another edition of The Best Picture Expansion Project, where we imagine that the newly reinstated Oscar rule of nominating ten films for Best Picture applied from 1943 to 2008.
Today Doug tackles 1972, which has the distinction of being remembered as one of American cinema’s best years. Why? Read on!
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Direct from his sensational website Only Good Movies, please welcome film critic Shane Rivers. He’ll be taking the lead on the 1979 edition of The Best Picture Expansion Project, where we imagine that the newly reinstated Oscar rule of nominating ten films for Best Picture applied from 1943 to 2008.
Take it away, Shane…
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Welcome back to The Best Picture Expansion Project, where we imagine that the newly reinstated Oscar rule of nominating ten films for Best Picture applied from 1943 to 2008.
Today I’m taking us back to 2005, the year that produced one of Oscar’s greatest disappointments.
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Please welcome back the one and only Doug Strassler, critic and movie buff. He’s here to take us through 1971 in the The Best Picture Expansion Project, where we imagine that the new Oscar rule of nominating ten films for Best Picture applied from 1943 to 2008.
Looking at this list, I realize that 1971 was a seriously fine vintage for American cinema, and I’m excited that I’ve actually seen a lot of these movies. That way, I can nod my head with geeky certainty when Doug makes a good point.
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Please welcome back Destiny Lilly for another round of the Best Picture Expansion Project, where we imagine that the new Oscar rule of nominating ten films for Best Picture applied from 1943 to 2008.
This time, Destiny’s rocking it with 1962… a year that she claims brought us the best movie ever made. Do you agree?
Take it, Destiny…
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