5/21/2023 0 Comments Jordan 4 raging bull 2021![]() A lot has changed, streaming has remolded perceptions and arthouse fare just doesn’t make as much money. Movies just aren’t part of the cultural zeitgeist as they were, say, even 20 years ago. The Oscars do mean less every year, but it’s not necessarily just because of the reasons stated. Using it these days opens you to ridicule on social media, not that he would really care. Yes, I get it that the Academy are trying hard to appease to social media rhetoric, but, ugh, Paul, why did you have to use the W-word. ![]() Schrader goes on to say that the Oscars “mean less every year” and cites “the need for revenue compounded by the debt carried by the museum and lowering film revenues and the scramble to be woke.” Especially as films from the US get worse in quality on a yearly basis. If American cinema no longer holds the monopoly in what constitutes to be the “best” of the year, then so be it, that’s a good thing. ![]() Yes, as he mentions, most filmmaking nations - Britain, France, Gemany - have their own national awards the festivals have their own awards, but the success of international films these last few years has been refreshing. Why can’t it just be American movies, he says. We already know that he’s not an EEAAO fan, but he rather seems bothered by the international aspect of the Oscars. Paul Schrader has weighed in, albeit cryptically, about last night’s Oscar ceremony.
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