Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Oscar Overkill

Ten Oscar nominees for Best Picture! Or should that be a question?

It's as if Hollywood created its own year-end Ten Best list. It sounds radical, but in fact the movie capital used to do just that, routinely.

NPR film critic Bob Mondello recalls that until 1943, there were always somewhere between eight and 12 nominees each year in the Best Picture category, while there were sometimes only a couple of nominees for Best Actor or Best Actress.

Mondello thinks 2009 doesn't deserve ten nominees... But 1962 did!

Audio: NPR's All Things Considered, 2/6/10, Host: Guy Raz.

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