Catch up with the idea behind this series here.
I know it’s a fool’s game to do any kind of post that doesn’t mention “Inception,” but I just did so I guess it’s all good. Back at the Oscars, a big film swept the proceedings for the third year in a row with “West Side Story” earning ten statues from eleven nominations. Wikipedia tells me that 1961 is the first time the televised ceremony ran over two hours long. Slippery slope.
1962 gave us the first nomination for Oscar’s favorite loser, Peter O’Toole, in another epic sweep for “Lawrence of Arabia.” It’s hard to argue with that film’s broad appeal but it also does seem like at this point, the Academy was just like, “Can’t we just pick one film per year and give it all the awards?”
Luckily, there are more than enough excluded films worth mentioning from these years so get your Netflix queue’s ready for these bad boys!