Comments on: Are the Oscars Losing Their Importance? http://www.lloydkaufman.com/roids/2005/02/28/are-the-oscars-losing-their-importance/ President & Co-Founder, Troma Entertainment | American film Director, Producer, and Documentarian Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:25:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Nick Zbu http://www.lloydkaufman.com/roids/2005/02/28/are-the-oscars-losing-their-importance/#comment-981 Sun, 17 Jun 2007 20:35:22 +0000 http://www.lloydkaufman.com/roids/2005/02/28/are-the-oscars-losing-their-importance/#comment-981 The question isn't 'are the Oscars losing their importance,' but 'should they?' And the answer is yes. Film today has become too much of a commercial commodity and it's killing the medium. The ceremony of a bunch of millionaires who like to play pretend as a career is an insult to everything film should be. Awards shows in general are scams filled not with honoring really good films, but with making sure that the good films that have been chosen for us now have another reason for marketing. If the Oscars want to become important again, the answer is simple: don't hold the Oscars every year. Don't give out awards unless the movie really deserves it. If that means that five years goes by without someone getting a gold statuette, then tough. What we need now is more heartfelt moviemaking, not more investments for rich people. Otherwise, the situation we face now is only going to get worse. The question isn’t ‘are the Oscars losing their importance,’ but ’should they?’ And the answer is yes.

Film today has become too much of a commercial commodity and it’s killing the medium. The ceremony of a bunch of millionaires who like to play pretend as a career is an insult to everything film should be. Awards shows in general are scams filled not with honoring really good films, but with making sure that the good films that have been chosen for us now have another reason for marketing.

If the Oscars want to become important again, the answer is simple: don’t hold the Oscars every year. Don’t give out awards unless the movie really deserves it. If that means that five years goes by without someone getting a gold statuette, then tough. What we need now is more heartfelt moviemaking, not more investments for rich people. Otherwise, the situation we face now is only going to get worse.

]]> by: John Birmingham http://www.lloydkaufman.com/roids/2005/02/28/are-the-oscars-losing-their-importance/#comment-80 Sun, 04 Mar 2007 00:21:28 +0000 http://www.lloydkaufman.com/roids/2005/02/28/are-the-oscars-losing-their-importance/#comment-80 Lloyd, I both agree with you and disagree with you. I am split, not knowing whether to kiss their ass while smiling my way through it or to spit in their faces and scream curses at them... hahaha, the latter sounds fun... Yes, maybe the Oscars are rigged... but isn't that what life is all about? Winning on a sports team, making the "A" in school? Its a bit like survival of the fittest, isn't it? Its sad but true. The people who rebel against the mainstream are so called "punks" or "gothic" people or the like, but then punk or gothic becomes the mainstream trend in recent years. Some might say that you are already in that club Hollywood. It all depends on how you look at it. Either way, you have essentially become timeless through your work, and from the Poultrygeist preview, it appears as though your films are becoming a means of getting deeper underlying human message across. If you keep it up, they'll give you an Oscar one way or another... Lloyd, I both agree with you and disagree with you. I am split, not knowing whether to kiss their ass while smiling my way through it or to spit in their faces and scream curses at them… hahaha, the latter sounds fun… Yes, maybe the Oscars are rigged… but isn’t that what life is all about? Winning on a sports team, making the “A” in school? Its a bit like survival of the fittest, isn’t it? Its sad but true. The people who rebel against the mainstream are so called “punks” or “gothic” people or the like, but then punk or gothic becomes the mainstream trend in recent years. Some might say that you are already in that club Hollywood. It all depends on how you look at it. Either way, you have essentially become timeless through your work, and from the Poultrygeist preview, it appears as though your films are becoming a means of getting deeper underlying human message across. If you keep it up, they’ll give you an Oscar one way or another…

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