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Sharif Don’t Like It: Best Picture Noms of 1962 vs. 2010

I was listening to a recent All Things Considered episode on NPR the other night about basically how shitty this year’s Oscar nominees are (agreed, especially considering it’s 5 more than the usual) compared to 1962’s Oscars, a year that SHOULD have had 10 nominees. And no I haven’t, nor do I EVER plan on seeing The Blind Side, but I can’t help but think that despite how amazing Sandra Bullock’s performance might have been (totally doubtful), the bottom line is, she’s nominated and these films WERE NOT. Dig:

1962 Oscar noms:

• Lawrence of Arabia (winner)
• The Longest Day
• The Music Man
• Mutiny on the Bounty
• To Kill a Mockingbird

Other Films of Note in ‘62 (NOT NOMINATED):

• The Manchurian Candidate (Sinatra!)
• Birdman of Alcatraz
• Dr. No (k not quite Oscar-worthy but it’s the first ever Bond film!)
• Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
• Divorce, Italian Style (Marcello Mastroianni!)
• The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (Ford/Wayne/Stewart/Marvin!!!)
• Last Year at Marienbad (Resnais!)
• Long Day’s Journey into Night (Lumet!)
• Vivre sa vie (Godard!)
• Jules et Jim (Truffaut!!)
• Lolita (Kubrick!!!)
• Advise and Consent (Preminger) (Totally biased sidenote: Saul Bass’ titles and poster work alone should be Oscar-worthy)
• Cape Fear (not really Oscar-worthy compared to the other films, but still, I consider this a classic and I really dug District 9 and all, but classic you are not)

Hate to be all “get off my lawn” old-timey movie person here, but seriously. OTTO PREMINGER, STANLEY KUBRICK, ALAIN RESNAIS, JOHN FORD, FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT, JOHN FRANKENHEIMER, SIDNEY LUMET, all these dudes…not even nominated in ‘62.

Just. Saying.

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Eddie Murphy, Jerry Lewis, & Joe Piscopo
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Lee “Scratch” Perry

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Conan: the Great Depression

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I met Bagger43 last year at the MoCCA Art Festival in NY. We shared a table and waxed art, comics, hip-hop, and Filipino food. I’m surprised I never posted any of his work here before as he is a very talented artist. He has a new blog now where he takes a dozen photos and posts them every Sunday. I quite like this concept. Check it out at Yours Truly.

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