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Unfortunately, Netflix will not yet have many of the nominated films. That's why it pays to be a member of the Academy (or know one), so the DVDs come directly to your home without even ordering them. Before the onslaught of the screeners, I had seen only a couple of the nominated films - - and now I have seen the vast majority of them. Connections, baby!
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There was an article in today's L.A. Times pointing out that the best picture nominees come straight out of the arthouse world, and that no one in America has seen them. The writer accused the Academy of being out of touch, noting that the combined domestic box office of the 5 best picture candidates did not equal that of 'The Wedding Crashers,' and that the combined screen total of the b.p. nominees was a third that of 'The Dukes of Hazzard.'
I'm not quite sure what the article was getting at ... but if it was accusing the Academy of nominating obscure quality over popular drek, I think the accusation would be warmly welcomed.
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