tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542254453206136875.post123727579434132166..comments2024-03-19T07:27:27.530-06:00Comments on A Slice of Movie Zen: Oscar Predictions, part 1: Best PictureJoe Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08290373919018115443noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542254453206136875.post-76104184323866281582011-01-21T15:52:28.188-07:002011-01-21T15:52:28.188-07:00Dogtooth got its festival release in 2009, but did...Dogtooth got its festival release in 2009, but didn't do its qualifying run until this year. The Academy rules state that you're only eligible for awards the year in which you played for at least one week at a theater in the LA area. Same sort of thing happened with The Hurt Locker; it got a festival release in 2008, and swept the Oscars a year later.<br />Living in the midwest, pretty much the only place you'll find most of these documentaries is on Netflix. Inside Job and Waiting For Superman both came to Denver for all of two weeks, but I missed them both. The others just didn't come at all.Joe Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08290373919018115443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542254453206136875.post-75413623999086319582011-01-21T13:29:59.792-07:002011-01-21T13:29:59.792-07:00I don't understand how dogtooth is nominated t...I don't understand how dogtooth is nominated this year if it was released in 2009...<br />Where does one go to see the documentaries on the list that aren't Exit Through the Gift Shop? It's the one category I wish I could be more well versed in every year when oscar season rolls around, but I never end up seeing 50% of them, and the rest i don't get around to watching until I notice they were finally released on dvd and it might be a good idea to watch them 9 or 10 months after the Oscars.Angienoreply@blogger.com