Exactly.

The Artist and Shape of Water were Original Screenplays.

Winning Picture and Director without Screenplay hasn’t happened since Million Dollar Baby. And Mank hasn’t even come out yet.

Just watched One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.

He deserved to win. May he rest in peace.

That’s what we said about films like Mystic River and Lincoln.

Also for people saying Nomadland won’t win because it’s so sparse and has limited dialogue, tell that to The Pianist.

If Nomadland is winning Best Picture and Best Director, then it’s also winning Adapted Screenplay. Adaptations of plays are always at a disadvantage in this category.

Spanish costume designer, actor and director Gerardo Vera has passed away

How outrageous that is!

Good points!

That will change eventually. There will come a time when a film stays the frontrunner throughout and wins.

Absolutely!

Pasqualino De Santis, who won the Cinematography Oscar in 1969 for Romeo and Juliet.

This is a rational look at their odds.

Marcel Trillat, French journalist and filmmaker, has passed away

Me neither.

Playwright and screenwriter Asit Bandyopadhyay has passed away

Honestly I could see it being snubbed by nature of it being so subtle.

I know some people are predicting Nomadland.