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Charisma on Screen: The Great Action Heroes
He was the hero for the Silent Era and a model for heroes to come: Douglas Fairbanks as Robin Hood. When I first put up my various literary lists, I also put up this one. The point of it was that,...
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The History of the Academy Awards: Best Picture (ranked – 2013 version, updated)
Still one of the best openings ever. Oh, and still the best film ever made and by default, the #1 film on the Best Picture list. Back in 2009, I did a long series of histories of all the Academy Awards...
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A Century of Film: Sound Editing
A Century of Film Sound Editing It’s hard to know precisely what to think of Sound Editing, partially because of its strange awards history. The Academy has a long history of awarding Best Sound...
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A Century of Film: Sound
A Century of Film Sound Sound in film debuted in 1927. It managed to come into being at the same time that the Oscars did, which helps bring a demarcation point between early film (The Silent Era)...
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A Century of Film: Original Score
A Century of Film Original Score It’s tricky to even call this category Original Score since the only group that actually holds true to that is the Oscars and even they have had a lot of different...
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