So it's 'awards' time of year again, and as pre-awards shows drone on, I'm still amazed, here at some 6+ years (or is it 7+?) into the bluray 'era', that so many award winning (in particular, as befits the title of this thread) 'best' picture winners, many of them in what would be considered the 'modern' ear (say 1970 or even 1960 or maybe even anything that is in 'scope/widescreen) lack bluray releases.
I think it's a scandal! These movies have been out on SD/DVD for forever. They were produced on modern film stock, in virtually every case have been put on the national historical list of 'great' films, yet again, here we are getting closer and closer to a DECADE of hidef home video...!
Here are two in particular that really stand out:
Ordinary People - best pic, best actor, best director, best screenplay
On Golden Pond - best actor, best actress, best screenplay
Really, you gotta be kidding me. I'm sure I could probably come up with at least a dozen other examples, but these kinda leap out at me.
Reasons?
No big explosions
No gunplay of any kind
No foreign/non-American bad guys
no excessive car chases
no drug use (legal or illegal at the time or state/country in which it occurred)
Anyone have any other ideas?
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