element lewen davis that didn t so obviously my taste diverges. but it was a strong year, and there were a lot of movies, and this list is always different every year, having to do with the calendar of releases. almost everything that has dominated these nominations came out in the last three months of 2013. so the butler for example, which looked very strong in august may have come out too soon? it s funny that voters should be unable to remember something that happened in june, july or august, but this seems to be the case. everything that came out in november and december and october has kind of stayed in there just dominating the field. including gravity all the way to warm front of wall street. . tony scott, come in when oscars are over. we ll see how wrong i was. we both were.
there are very strong made lead performances. this one sentimental fave has to be bruce dern. yes, i think so. i think leonardo dicaprio is a possibility. this one is hard to call, but again, you could have filled this category two or three times over, just with how many strong dominating performances there were. there are always articles about the you mentioned mandela. we talked about in indy called fru fruitvale station. oprah, many thought would get a supporting nomination. do you think this was a great year for movies, or do you think there were mistakes. not for me to second-guess. well, you have favorite. my favorite was inside