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There never were Oscar movies. Maybe for the first or second, but now it's just a good-boy's club of who was a good-boy this year.
by aliqot 4y ago
There never were Oscar movies. Maybe for the first or second, but now it's just a good-boy's club of who was a good-boy this year.
- ryanlitalien 4y agoI'd disagree. There are a few (or more?) actors, directors and producers that make movies solely for receiving the Oscar nomination/win. One example is "The Deer Hunter". Note, on looking into provide specifics, this came up: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_bait https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_bait
- mc32 4y agoI can't tell from the summary and have not read IMDB to follow the timelines, but it appears that the Deer Hunter had already been made, but flopped in initial screenings, so they held it back and instead of an initial wide release they showed it to critics who loved it and got it nominated. In other words it wasn't initially made-to-order to cater to an Oscar, but ex-post did it that way because initial audiences hated it.