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Whiplash is an Exhilarating Oscar-Worthy Drum Solo With his 2014 Best Picture nominee, Damien Chazelle takes a film about music to the next level. Welcome to Debate Week: Best Picture Losers, a series in which we’ll be looking at some of the best movies that were nominated, but ultimately lost the Oscar race for Best Picture. In this entry, Aurora Amidon discusses Damien Chazelle’s five-time nominated 2014 film, Whiplash. One of the most important elements of a film is its rhythm. For something like Spider-Man or The Avengers, a fast-paced and exciting rhythm is essential in conveying the high-stakes nature of the superhero world. Alternatively, for a work by a meditative director like Andrei Tarkovsky or Béla Tarr, a lethargic rhythm is just as important to the story as the story itself. And in a film about music, rhythm is the component that ultimately tethers the worlds of music and cinema. ....
Babe is an Award-Worthy Tale About the Underpig Nominated for Best Picture in 1996, Babe is not just a story about a talking pig but also about compassion and believing in yourself. Welcome to Debate Week: Best Picture Losers, a series in which we’ll be looking at some of the best movies that were nominated, but ultimately lost the Oscar race for Best Picture. In this entry, Mary Beth McAndrews discusses the 1995 talking pig movie Babe. The cast of Babe is dominated by a farm full of animals with big personalities, with effects done by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop. It is by all accounts a kids’ movie, where anthropomorphic pigs and puppies get into silly farmyard shenanigans. But ....
Why The Social Network is the Best Movie to Lose Best Picture You don t get to become an Oscar contender without making a few enemies. Welcome to Debate Week: Best Picture Losers, a series in which we’ll be looking at some of the best movies that were nominated, but ultimately lost the Oscar race for Best Picture. In this entry, Anna Swanson discusses David Fincher’s eight-time nominated 2010 film, The Social Network. The Social Network, David Fincher‘s generation-defining opus about the founding of Facebook, is one of the finest films of the 21st century. At the 83rd Academy Awards, it took home three Oscars: Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Editing, and Best Original Score. These wins were certainly well deserved and cause for celebration, but not without the sting of knowing that the film was worthy of so much more. So, why did it lose out on some of the major awards? To explain that, we have to go a bit further back than 2010. ....
The Elephant Man is the Most Empathetic Film to Lose Best Picture David Lynch has an exceptional grasp on what it means to be human. Welcome to Debate Week: Best Picture Losers, a series in which we’ll be looking at some of the best movies that were nominated, but ultimately lost the Oscar race for Best Picture. In this entry, Aurora Amidon discusses David Lynch’s 8-time nominated 1980 film, The Elephant Man. Tucked away at the heart of the feel-good movie category is a subgenre that celebrates the inner beauty of the physically grotesque. This trope was popularized by classic French literature like ....