Hmm...was prompted into noticing that the best picutre nominees have a strong bias towards the past.
The Artist - Set in the late 1920s.
Extremely Lous & Incredibly Close - 2001.
The Help - Early 1960s
Hugo - 1931
Midnight in Paris - Half of it is in the 1920s
Moneyball - 2002
The Tree of Life - Half of it is in the 1950s
War Horse - The length of World War II
The Descendents is the only nominee rooted firmly in the present.
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