In this episode, we are going to take an extremely brief look at 4 films that were nominated for major awards but were not among the 10 films nominated for Best Picture.

Links of Interest

Oscar Nominations 2024: https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2024

“Nyad” (2023): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5302918/

“Nyad” Trailer 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3anCgVSQb3Q

“Nyad” Trailer 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYks_-fPmaE

Conversation with Benning, Foster, and their real-life counterparts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj8ku0hf-mM

“House of the Dragon” (TV 2022-): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11198330/

“Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10872600/

“Berlin Station” (TV 2016-2019): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5191110/

John Hinckley, Jr. on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hinckley_Jr.

“The Holdovers” (2023): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14849194/

“Anatomy of a Fall“ (2023): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17009710/

“Poor Things” (2023): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14230458/

“Rustin” (2023): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14160834/

“Rustin” Trailer 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuZ-UONInl4

“Rustin” Trailer 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lBqMhZ3NBg

“Rustin” Cast Interviews: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv-R6iVUOpU

“Maestro” (2023): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5535276/

“Fear The Walking Dead” (TV 2015-2023): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3743822/

“The Color Purple” (2023): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1200263/

“The Color Purple” (1985): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088939/

“The Color Purple” Trailer 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPwzBUui1GA

“The Color Purple” Trailer 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndg_SfB48es

“The Color Purple” Trailer 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTnircQsMaM

“The Color Purple” Featurette: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy6y_Ka73FY

“Orange is the New Black” (TV 2013-2019): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2372162/

“Jesus Christ Superstar” (1973): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070239/

“Les Misérables” (2012): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1707386/

“The Phantom of the Opera” (2004): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0293508/

“American Fiction” (2023): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23561236/

“May December” (2023): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13651794/

“May December” Trailer 1:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VdAParM4h8

“May December” Trailer 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSP5D_fhNMs

Making of “May December”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcz0f6Tygas

“May December and the Melodrama of Film Twitter” on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7yoK1Eyvt0

Melodrama on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melodrama

Camp style on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_(style)

Susan Sontag essay “Notes on Camp”: https://monoskop.org/images/5/59/Sontag_Susan_1964_Notes_on_Camp.pdf

“The Producers” (1967): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063462/

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