and the OSCAR went to...

Aug 25 2019
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We are watching, studying, and analyzing every film that has won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Best Picture is considered the most important of the Academy Awards, as it represents all the directing, acting, music composing, writing, editing and other efforts put forth into a film. We go in depth about the genesis of the film, the production of the film, and the social/political commentary of the film.

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and the OSCAR went to ANNIE HALL (1977)

Aug 25 2019
In this best picture review, Rich Drezen and Kevin Losani examine Woody Allen's iconic film, Annie Hall. Alvy Singer, a forty year old twice divorced, neurotic, intellectual Jewish New York stand-up comic, reflects on the demise of his latest relationship, to Annie Hall, an insecure, flighty, Midwestern WASP aspiring nightclub singer. Unlike his previous relationships, Alvy believe

and the Oscar went to MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1935)

Nov 08 2015 41 mins  
In this Best Picture Podcast review, Rich Drezen and Kevin Losani look back at the original Mutiny on the Bounty film. Based on a true story of the HMS Bounty.Best PictureMidshipman Roger Byam joins Captain Bligh and Fletcher Christian aboard the HMS Bounty for a voyage to Tahiti. Bligh proves to be a brutal tyrant and, after six pleasant months on Tahiti, Christian leads the crew

and the Oscar went to A BEAUTIFUL MIND (2001)

Jul 26 2015 37 mins  
In this Best Picture Podcast review, Rich Drezen and Kevin Losani pay tribute to the life and achievements of John Forbes Nash Jr. by way of A Beautiful Mind.Best PictureBest DirectorBest Supporting ActressBest Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published  From the heights of notoriety to the depths of depravity, John Forbes Nash, Jr. experienced it a

and the Oscar went to PLATOON (1986)

May 23 2015 42 mins  
In the debut of the Best Picture Podcast series, Rich Drezen and Kevin Losani discuss Oliver Stone's Platoon.Logline: A young recruit in Vietnam faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.Best PictureBest DirectorBest SoundBest Film EditingIt was Francois Truffaut who said that it's not possible to make an anti-war movie, because all war mov