"I'D LIKE TO THINK THIS IS OUR FINEST FILM"
Last week, The Independent's Jacob Stolworthy included Brian De Palma's Blow Out on his list of "25 superb movies that somehow didn’t receive a single Oscar nomination." "Brian De Palma doesn’t exactly make films in the hope of winning awards," Stolworthy states about Blow Out, "but his political thriller – based on Michelangelo Antonioni’s Blow Up – would have deserved any Oscar it was nominated for." Here's Stolworthy's introduction from the article:
It might be obvious to say, but a film getting nominated for an Oscar doesn’t automatically make it good.In fact, there have been many deserving movies over the years that were somehow overlooked by the Academy.
It’s easy to assume that certain releases don’t get nominated because they’re not what Oscar voters would usually go for, but there have been some surprises in the past.
For example, pretty much every new superhero film earns a nomination thanks to the technical or makeup categories, while random animated films are acknowledged most likely because of the low number on offer in a certain year.
This means films likem say, DC’s Suicide Squad may get mauled by the critics, but they still gain recognition from the Academy (it went on to win).
This is even more ridiculous when you consider that classics such as Don’t Look Now and Blow Out didn’t even get recognised.
