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January 14, 2020

Oscars Y2K

Hoo boy, those Oscar nominations. Here’s my take: they don’t matter. But they do matter. In what world is Ford v. Ferrari an important movie? Ahem, film?

Someone shared a fake infomercial from Magnolia on twitter and it made me think back to the turn of the century, when for me, I had just discovered FILM. I had seen in my college student center and I was all, FILM IS GOOD. 2000 was the year was nominated, and I don’t think we talk enough about how that film was really a turning point.

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