{"id":23,"date":"2013-02-27T06:37:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-27T11:37:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2021-03-26T09:45:16","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T14:45:16","slug":"how-does-that-work-the-oscars-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/k-tock.com\/?p=23","title":{"rendered":"How Does That Work? (The Oscars, 2013)"},"content":{"rendered":"

So the Academy Awards\u00ae<\/a> have come and gone again, and although I didn’t get to watch them, I was left a little puzzled by some of the nominations and winners.<\/p>\n

I rarely get out to watch films at the theatre– I haven’t been in over a year, so I haven’t seen any of the nominated movies. But I did find it strange that Argo<\/a> could win best picture yet its director, Ben Affleck<\/a>, didn’t even get a nomination.<\/p>\n

Apparently it directed itself.<\/p>\n

Or maybe Chris Terrio’s script– good enough to win an Oscar\u00ae– was so good, that any old schmuck could’ve done it.<\/p>\n

Which brings me to my main question: How do they judge the Best Screenplay categories?<\/p>\n

Do they base it off the finished movie? (Which could be quite different from the script. Directorial changes, improvisation, editing could all depart from the screenwriter’s vision)<\/p>\n

Or do they judge it off the merits of the script?<\/p>\n

Of course, I’m better served spending brain cycles working on my script rather than thinking about these questions, so with that in mind, it’s time to head off.<\/p>\n

Enjoy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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