# 2024 Oscar (96th Academy Awards) Nominations

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I’m putting this over here from the “Movies Recently Watched” thread because it’s digressing into a conversation about the Oscars.

But before that, I will disagree with some of my fellow Dopers on both _The Holdovers_ and _Anatomy of a Fall_. _Holdovers_ was sweet and gentle with a lot of understated subtleties, which I think tends to get it underrated especially by those expecting any sort of dramatic action sequences. _Anatomy_ was basically a courtroom drama, but featuring about half its action outside the courtroom. What put it way over any average such movie was the flawlessly terrific acting by all, and when I say “all” I include not just the Oscar-nominated Sandra Hüller but also the now-famous border collie Messi who plays the dog Snoop. A seriously good movie by any measure and a real star on artistic merit.

And I’m also willing to bet that neither Sandra Hüller, _The Holdovers_, _Oppenheimer_, or _Anatomy of a Fall_ is going to win, because of industry politics.

> [@Movies you've seen recently (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8843):
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> > [@Movies you've seen recently (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8842):
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> > Interestingly, for some reason _Zone of Interest_ is a nominee in this category as well as in the general Best Picture category.
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> It was Germany’s submission for foreign language/international, and voters apparently liked it enough to vote for it in both categories. I think it does make sense to vote for it in both, if you include it on your preferential ballot for best picture but aren’t sure it will get that nomination.
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> “Anatomy of a Fall”, on the other hand, wasn’t even submitted by France.
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> All that aside, this is the first year that two foreign language films have been nominated for best picture.

Thanks for the info. I should do more reading about the industry instead of just watching movies! 🙂

_Zone of Interest_ was a very good movie, but I was less impressed than Academy members who seem particularly keen on understated social commentary. The French authorities were nuts not to submit _Anatomy of a Fall_ for foreign language/international (well, about half of it was English, but was certainly “international”) and I’m delighted that it was voted into the big boys’ league of Best Picture nominee.

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