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Maxwell Lord posted:I legitimately think La La Land is the best picture of 2016. Moonlight comes very very close but I don't think it losing would be a travesty. Also The Witch. (I haven't seen The Love Witch yet) Is there some kind of submission criteria that creates a barrier for smaller films? Like is it just too much money and hassle to campaign for a movie like The Love Witch. I remember reading that Jackie didn't even submit itself for hair & makeup. So I wonder if there's a degree of self selection at play with some of these movies.
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dont even fink about it posted:Studios make decisions and schedule releases way ahead of time on stuff they want to put up for contention and then spend money accordingly. Sure but in the case of excellent but very small movies like The Love Witch who don't have large studio/distributor backing if it is just a waste of time and money to campaign for the Oscars and they simply don't submit themselves for it. The VVitch is distributed by A24 who have a pretty robust slate already so that probably means that its simply a case of them prioritising other movies they think will do better.
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Jan 31, 2017 21:18
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Maxwell Lord posted:Well yeah The Love Witch realistically did not have a chance, though I thought the nominations were done by select committees and maybe a bunch of DPs would take notice of a movie that goes out of its way to capture a bygone film style. Sigh. It's a shame because everything I've read about the technical production of The Love Witch was incredible. I imagine it'll become highly regarded in filmmaking circles.
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Jan 31, 2017 21:27
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