The bitter truth about Hollywood's Oscar obsession

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iW ROUND UP | Thursday, October 2nd
Published 10/2/2008 by eug (eugene@indiewire.com) at indieWIRE: Buzz / Rumors
indieWIRE's snapshot of news and views from around the web on Tuesday. Oscar Obsession "The Oscars are wreaking havoc on quality films." Meanwhile, at The Hot Blog, David Poland counters. [LAT] Scorsese and DeNiro Together Again The duo are planning a reunion with "I Heard You Paint Houses," adapted by Steve Zaillan, about "the mob assassin who many believe was involved in the death of Teamster boss Jimmy Hoffa." [VAR] NYFF: The Junkets Swiftly rounding-up a recent crop of New York Film ...

Oscar grouchiness
Published 10/7/2008 by John at johnaugust.com
Patrick Goldstein’s article about Hollywood’s Oscar obsession is worth a read: The Oscars have become a circular firing squad, touted and debated by a small coterie of Oscar publicists, bloggers, marketers, agents, producers and antsy studio executives–all talking to themselves. The public has grown bored with the whole charade. They’d rather be watching “American Idol,” which has far more verve and sense of immediacy. We no longer live in a quality culture, or more accurately, a culture that aspires to quality. ...