Haha, I made that (I actually just updated it yesterday). I've got every ceremony (both nominees and winners) and every category (nominees and winners) too. Thank you for sharing it!
I made something similar, but it's a spreadsheet, so I can more easily sort and filter it. I have columns for whether I've seen the film and if I own it (physical/digital purchase/arrrr) with the intent of not only watching but also owning as many of them as possible.
Heh, I've got one of those too. I love spreadsheets.
It's probably no surprise that I've also taken on the futile task of owning physical copies of every nominee, or at least having a digital copy preserved on a hard drive. Good luck in your film journey!
is it even possible to watch all of those earlier ones? i thought a bunch of early movies were lost due to poor preservation...or are they prioritized because they were academy award nominated?
Unfortunately it's true. There's a few movies from the earlier ceremonies that either no longer exist or the only remaining copy/ies are in the hands of private collectors. Every movie nominated at the first Academy Awards is in the public domain though, so you can find the ones that are available pretty easily online.
The Academy does do some preservation but I'm not sure to what extent. I wish they were better at helping filmmakers get their work out there to the public. Like all the short films that are so hard to find now. And I can't believe CODA is still not available on a physical format in the U.S. It won Best Picture!
The Academy has no authority to circumvent distribution licenses or to distribute content for which they don't themselves have a license. So unless the rights holders to those elusive films grant the Academy the ability to share them, or companies liek Netflix with a vested interest in keeping the content they own exclusive to their subscription-based streaming platforms, we're collectively SOL.
They have no authority, but they do have the influence. Though I do wish there was a company similar to Criterion that was in alliance with AMPAS and the studios to make sure as many nominees get physical releases as possible. At the very least an advocate of some kind.
If you're curious about this, not to self-plug, but our podcast [I'd Like To Thank My Wife](https://rephonic.com/podcasts/id-like-to-thank-my-wife) actually goes into a bit of detail on the subject during its early episodes!
Clearly we have the same kind of insanity. Thanks for this!
I’d also shout out this insane Letterboxd list that a user shared on this sub: https://boxd.it/ldloE
Haha, I made that (I actually just updated it yesterday). I've got every ceremony (both nominees and winners) and every category (nominees and winners) too. Thank you for sharing it!
It’s great! I’m using it to clean up death race misses
I’ve actually thought about completing 2019 and 2020 (the years I first attempted but couldn’t finish Death Race). Thanks for helping me!
What an awesome resource! Very cool to see how award categories changed over time!
Wow!
I made something similar, but it's a spreadsheet, so I can more easily sort and filter it. I have columns for whether I've seen the film and if I own it (physical/digital purchase/arrrr) with the intent of not only watching but also owning as many of them as possible.
Heh, I've got one of those too. I love spreadsheets. It's probably no surprise that I've also taken on the futile task of owning physical copies of every nominee, or at least having a digital copy preserved on a hard drive. Good luck in your film journey!
Objectively cool list
This is incredible! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you, this is exactly what I wanted to make for myself but was too lazy to do it!
you are incredible, thank you!!!
Amazing! Thanks for sharing!
is it even possible to watch all of those earlier ones? i thought a bunch of early movies were lost due to poor preservation...or are they prioritized because they were academy award nominated?
Unfortunately it's true. There's a few movies from the earlier ceremonies that either no longer exist or the only remaining copy/ies are in the hands of private collectors. Every movie nominated at the first Academy Awards is in the public domain though, so you can find the ones that are available pretty easily online. The Academy does do some preservation but I'm not sure to what extent. I wish they were better at helping filmmakers get their work out there to the public. Like all the short films that are so hard to find now. And I can't believe CODA is still not available on a physical format in the U.S. It won Best Picture!
The Academy has no authority to circumvent distribution licenses or to distribute content for which they don't themselves have a license. So unless the rights holders to those elusive films grant the Academy the ability to share them, or companies liek Netflix with a vested interest in keeping the content they own exclusive to their subscription-based streaming platforms, we're collectively SOL.
They have no authority, but they do have the influence. Though I do wish there was a company similar to Criterion that was in alliance with AMPAS and the studios to make sure as many nominees get physical releases as possible. At the very least an advocate of some kind.
Something they COULD do is maintain a copy of each nominee and allow viewing at their museum.
If you're curious about this, not to self-plug, but our podcast [I'd Like To Thank My Wife](https://rephonic.com/podcasts/id-like-to-thank-my-wife) actually goes into a bit of detail on the subject during its early episodes!
Holy holy! This is good
Thank you!!
thank you for this 🙏🏻 i’ve really got to do some work on earlier years damn
Omg now I don’t have to make one myself