Oscar Nominations!

 Oscars are super late this year, but voting for nominations begins today. Just in case any voters would like to copy my nominees, here's how my ballot looks as of today:

Best Picture: The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Actor: Delroy Lindo, Da Five Bloods
Best Actress: Andra Day, The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Best Supporting Actor: Leslie Odom Jr., One Night in Miami
Best Supporting Actress: Viola Davis, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (I realize they are pushing for Lead Actress for her, but it is totally a supporting role)
Best Animated Feature: Soul
Best Cinematography: Nomadland
Best Costume Design: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Best Director: Spike Lee, Da Five Bloods
Best Documentary Feature: Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution
Best Film Editing: Da Five Bloods
Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Best Original Score: Soul
Best Original Song: "Turntables", All-In: A Fight for Democracy
Best Production Design: The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Best Sound Editing: Soul
Best Sound Mixing: Da Five Bloods
Best Visual Effects: Birds of Prey
Best Adapted Screenplay: One Night in Miami
Best Original Screenplay: The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Animated Short: Out

Best of the Year: 1947 - Out of the Past

 

I didn't love Robert Mitchum as a leading man, but I could definitely see why men would be willing to do anything for Jane Greer. The screenplay is the main character as every line is dripping with aloof noir coolness. Just check out this gem:

 I never saw her in the daytime. We seemed to live by night. What was left of the day went away like a pack of cigarettes you smoked. I didn't know where she lived. I never followed her. All I ever had to go on was a place and time to see her again. I don't know what we were waiting for. Maybe we thought the world would end.

Also, this movie makes me yearn for the alternate universe where Kirk Douglas was typecast as a ruthless villain and cast as the Joker in a 1960s serious Batman television series.

The Year in Movies: 1947

  1947

Number of Movies I've Seen: 3

Number of Movies from my original top 365:  0

Oscar Winner:
Gentleman's Agreement - (PICTURED ABOVE) meh... It's anti-anti-Semitism! Let's give it an Oscar! Not even Gregory Peck's chiseled jaw could lift this one out of obscurity.  

Box Office Winner:
Welcome Stranger - man did people love some Bing Crosby in the 1940s. He's alright I reckon. His movies have just aged like milk though, and I have very little desire to seek this one out.

My Top Ten:
1. NEXT POST

2. Black Narcissus - This movie is beautiful, but I just felt like I was missing something. I definitely need to watch more from 1947, and I look forward to them if they are this pretty or as cool as my #1 pick!

3. Gentleman's Agreement