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by Cláudio Alves
The last minute campaign for ORIGIN didn't work. But did the film come close to a nomination?
Every year, the aftermath of the Oscar nominations announcement is full of talk about "snubs," much outrage, speculation on who was closest to the lineup and which of the nominees took that last spot. This season, the reactions reached rare levels, igniting pure chaos all over social media and even prestige publications. Four days after it began, it seems like the animus is starting to quiet down – or maybe that's just wishful thinking. Alas, as reason's regained, here's hoping the conversation can be had with a bit more level-headedness and a little less fire. Hold that thought, for I've prepared a collection of polls about every one of the year's Oscar races so that The Film Experience readers can decide for themselves.
From Director to Live-Action Short, let's vote on who was the likelier sixth-placer, so close to the nomination but still left looking from the outside in. And, of course, in Best Picture, one must figure out what movie placed eleventh…
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