Three oscar winners for best picture in the last four years that are films to do with film:
- Argo: a made-up movie project devised to save US hostages in Iran.
- The Artist: the world of silent movies taken over by talkies and an actor who struggles with the transition.
- Birdman: an ex-actor in the Hollywood comic book superhero genre tries to make good a career in theatre production.
This is hardly surprising when one considers that members of the Academy have had careers in the film industry and their viewpoint is determined by that world.
These motion pictures must have spoken to them as a result.
These motion pictures must have spoken to them as a result.