The 85th Academy Awards are [were!] tomorrow, so today it’s time to review some Oscar history. Indie filmmaker Nelson Carvajal has created a supercut of all 84 Best Picture winners so far. It’s fascinating, and feels like a bit of a quiz — how many of these films do you recognize just from extremely brief clips? For me I didn’t recognize many until the explosion of color, followed by the explosion of musicals, followed by the Hoffman/De Niro Phase (“I’m walkin’ here!”), and then it’s all suddenly familiar. From 1967 onward I recognized almost every film. Prior to 1958, I knew almost none.
If you want to play along, just watch and count the films you recognize. Wikipedia has a cheat sheet, or you can check your work in the end credits of the video when Carvajal lists the films shown.
via 84 Best Picture Oscar Winners, 4 Minutes | Mental Floss.
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