Ratatouille, Animation and Oscar
I wrote about Ratatouille‘s positioning in the Oscar race a month ago, not expecting that anyone else to start a conversation about the film’s chances. Well, I was wrong about that. The L.A. Times Patrick Goldstein just interviewed Pixar head John Lasseter on that subject, specifically. Here’s the first question in a four question Q & A session:
According to Metacritic.com, Ratatouille remains the best reviewed American movie of the year. Yet none of the Oscar pundits even mentions it as a best picture contender. Doesn’t that bug you?
You’d love for me to complain, wouldn’t you? Well, I’m not. But I will say I’m proud that the academy has an Oscar that celebrates the best animated feature.
It used to be the best you could hope for was a musical nomination. I guess you have to view it as akin to the best foreign language film. You’re still eligible for other categories, even if it doesn’t happen very often.
You can read the rest of Lasseter’s interview here. Let’s just hope the best reviewed film of the year gets its due come January when the nominations are announced.
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