Critics matter. That’s how I interpret the love the Academy showed for “Drive My Car” this year, nominating the three-hour Japanese drama in four separate categories: best picture, director, adapte…
” this year, nominating the three-hour Japanese drama in four separate categories: best picture, director, adapted screenplay and international film, and in so doing, effectively issuing a referendum to the Spike Lee-led Cannes jury that awarded the Palme d’Or to the relatively divisive “Titane.”
To me, the Academy’s embrace of “Drive My Car” can mean only one thing: All the critical support for Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s moving Haruki Murakami adaptation succeeded in convincing Academy voters that it was one of the must-see films of the year. The Danish documentary “Flee,” for instance, had one of the most awarded festival runs of any film last year . Many more kudos followed — including clear and overwhelming support from a jury I oversaw last year, at Los Angeles’ Animation Is Film Festival.
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