Horror, bad boy Oscar
Since 1929, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has annually recognized the excellence of American and international motion picture productions throughout the Oscar ceremony. Since their creation, the Oscars have nominated hundreds and hundreds of films. As for the supreme category, that ofOscar for best filmwe can make a quick calculation: out of 95 ceremonies during which at least 5 films were nominated – between 1945 and 2010 the nominations were limited to 5, then extended to 10 – there were more than 550 films nominated for this award.
Among these hundreds of films nominated for the Oscar for best film – the number is disconcerting – there have been, to date, only 6 horror films nominated for this award. AND only one understood it. Here they are.
1 – The first: The exorcist (1973)
Published in 1973, The exorcist by William Friedkin is a the perfect horror filmwho tells with almost documentary realism the demonic possession of a young girl and her exorcism. Historically and rightly considered one of the founding films of the modern horror genre, the terror it inspired upon its release still works wonderfully, 50 years later. An exhausting film as filming was, The exorcist proves that horror can therefore be a prestigious genre and compete for the biggest prizes.
He is the first horror film to be nominated for an Oscar for Best Picture in 1974. During this 46th Oscar ceremony, its competition American graffiti by George Lucas, Screams and whispers by Ingmar Bergman, A lover in his arms, a woman on his back by Melvin Frank, e The scam by George Roy Hill. It is the latter, carried out by a formidable duo made up of Paul Newman and Robert Redford, that won the Oscar.
2 – The legendary: Jaws (1975)
Two years after the appointment of The exorcist for the Oscar for best film, Jaws arrives at the 48th edition of the Academy Awards with immense and unprecedented commercial and critical success. Third feature film released in cinemas by Steven Spielberg, Jaws East one of the great cinematic models of thriller, and one can seriously argue that it has never been equaled. With his man-eating great white shark terrorizing a seaside resort on the east coast of the United States, Steven Spielberg creates his first masterpiece and one of the greatest horror films of all time.
However, the competition is very tough when 1976 was nominated for an Oscar for Best Picture. In fact, tackle One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Milos Forman, Barry Lyndon by Stanley Kubrick, Nashville by Robert Altman and A dog’s afternoon by Sidney Lumet. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is rewarded 5 times (Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay), while Jaws wins it 3 Oscars : Best Editing, Best Sound and Best Film Music.
3 – The huge winner: The silence of the lambs (1991)
He is the only horror film to win the Oscar for Best Pictureand what a winner! In fact, mentioned several times at 64th Oscar Award in 1992Jonathan Demme’s film not only stands for the most prestigious statuette, but gets it tooOscar for best directorFrom Best Actor for Anthony Hopkins, del Best Actress for Jodie Foster and Best Adapted Screenplay for Ted Tally. In other words, the “grand slam“, which has not been made since then One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
The other films nominated for the Oscar for best picture were then The beauty and the Beast, Bugsy, JFK AND The principles of the tides. And despite their qualities, they could do nothing in the face this terrifying face to face among the cannibalistic psychopath Hannibal Lecter and the young FBI agent Clarissa Sterlina. The triumph is total for this film whose level of psychological horror reaches new heights. Like his predecessors The exorcist AND Jaws, The silence of the lambs opens a series of spin-off filmswhose quality is the best and most consistent of the three.
4 – The most playful: Sixth Sense (1999)
Not to be confused with The sixth sense (Manhunter in the original version) by Michael Mann, the first film to be directed… Hannibal Lecter, Sixth Sense by M. Night Shyamalan it is not not the scariest horror movie be nominated for an Oscar for best film. But it is perhaps the most moving, and certainly the most playful. Indeed, the American director stands out 72nd Oscar Awards in 2000 through his consummate art of writing and directing, reserving a monumental revelation for its conclusion.
An exquisite fantasy thriller, it offers Bruce Willis one of his best roles. It was nominated for an Oscar for Best Picture, as well as those for Best Original Screenplay, Best editing, Best Supporting Actor AND Best Supporting Actress.
This year, Sixth Sense has serious competitors: Revelations by Michael Mann, The Green Line by Frank Darabont, God’s work, the devil’s part by Lasse Hallström e American beauty by Sam Mendes, the latter winner the Oscar for best film.
5 – The most disturbing: Black Swan (2010)
Extravagant casting, extremely careful visual identity, horror film as much as choreographic dramathe fifth film by Darren Aronofsky, accompanied by Benjamin Millepied as choreographer, inebriates the public and convinces the professionals so much that it deserves the nomination for the Oscar for Best Film at the 83rd Academy Awardsin 2011. Let’s remember Black Swan, in addition to its art direction, its elegant psychological horror, the inspired performances of Natalie Portman, Vincent Cassel and Mila Kunis, and its highly effective suspense. A fearful search for perfectionfor the film’s characters as well as its director, who has earned him comparisons with Brian De Palma.
In this decade that expanded to 10 nominated films at the Oscar for best film, the chances of Black Swan They weren’t the best. In fact, she had to get rid of it fighter by David O. Russell, Start by Christopher Nolan, The social network by David Fincher and the one who will win the prestigious award: A king’s speech by Tom Hooper.
Judged the loser of the evening, Black Swan he is also nominated for an Oscar for Best directorof the The best photographyFrom Best editing and some Best Actress. Out of five nominations, you only get this last statuetterewarding Natalie Portman’s performance.
6 – The most political: Go out (2017)
Known primarily as a television actor and comedian, Jordan Peele reveals himself brilliant director in a genre where we didn’t necessarily expect it: horror. In writing, co-producing and directing Go out in 2017, Jordan Peele delivers a dizzying experience with this story that mixes modern slavery and psychological horror. Brilliant in form, unstoppable in political background, Go out it’s as good entertainment as it gets powerful criticism of American society.
Go out reveals its director, but also its lead actor Daniel Kaluuya, the first Oscar nominee for best director and the Oscar for best original screenplay (which he won), and the second for the Oscar for best actor. Critically acclaimed, a worldwide box office success on a limited budget $4.5 million, Go out it is also logically named the Oscar for Best Film at the 90th Academy Awards. He lost this competition against The shape of water, great sensation of the year brought to you by Guillermo del Toro. He was competing with, among others, Ghost thread by Paul Thomas Anderson, Lady Bird by Greta Gerwig, Dunkirk by Christopher Nolan and Pentagon documents by Steven Spielberg.
Source: Cine Serie
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