“ Last year, the prestige movies were crowdpleasing enough to reach a wider-than-usual audience, and as a result the Oscar nominations married art and commerce in the way that they’re designed to do. (It wasn’t just “Inception” and “Toy Story 3″: “The King’s Speech,” “True Grit,” and “Black Swan” all grossed over 100 million dollars, and “The Social Network” and “The Fighter” both cracked $90 million at the box office.) But this year, no so much: There’s only one Best Picture nominee among the 35 highest-grossing movies, and the Oscar went, almost by default, to a movie that’s destined to become a trivia answer rather than a classic.
“The Artist” and the Oscars - NYTimes.com (via wonklife)
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