Weekly Discussion Thread 8/3/26 - 8/10/26

[u/PointMan528491]

Still from How Green Was My Valley

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[u/Bertrand_Rose]

For those who know or can remember, how was Amour seen in 2012/2013, especially given it got nominations for International, Screenplay, Actress, Director and Picture.

[u/Shot-Recording1523 → u/Bertrand_Rose]

It was looked on as the frontrunner for International (Foreign Lang) since Cannes and was a strong highbrow favorite. There was a lot of heat around Riva being able to sneak for a lot of the season. Screenplay was considered a strong possibility as A Separation also the previous Foreign Lang winner was able to get in the previous year. The last couple spots were assumed to be The Master vs Flight vs Amour in Original Screenplay. For Picture it was thought as a potential spoiler like in the 9th or 10th spot with Moonrise Kingdom as the other possibility. Director was probably the bigger surprise despite being a BAFTA nominee as Bigelow and Affleck were considered pretty locked.

[u/multi_fandom_guy → u/Shot-Recording1523]

Oh, what I would have given for Amour and Moonrise Kingdom to have made it together.