Thursday, February 9, 2012

Deciphering the shorts: A guide to this year’s Oscar nominees

Film: For Our Consideration: Deciphering the shorts: A guide to this year’s Oscar nominees

Making your way through the Oscar-nominated shorts, you can start to wonder just who this work is intended for, anyway. The self-evident answer is, if you’re watching them, then they’re for you. While it’s easier than it used to be to see the Academy’s anointed candidates, they still have to be sought out rather than stumbled upon, either in their limited theatrical run kicking off February 10, or on iTunes starting on the 21st. But the question’s actually also a legitimate and complicated one. We consume more short-form content than ever online and are theoretically ...

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