Sid Ganis Speaks

Indiewire’s Eugene Hernandez talks to Sid Ganis about the big news -and in the meantime, Media Decoder (Carpetbagger folks in general media mode) talks about it as well, and quotes a few of the folks who write about this stuff. I like the line, “what’s all the fuss, Batman?” And Ganis admits that The Dark Knight was at least part of the conversation. Ryan’s chart below depicts many more good reasons….Here is part of the Hernandez and Ganis exchange:

EH: OK, I want to get back to that in a moment, but am also wondering, why this and why now?

SG: To broaden the possibilities for this very important award. A film winning an Oscar for best picture is the greatest award that a film can get – that a piece of film art can get. Five nominations are good, but over the years, over the last number of years, it became apparent that there were more possibilites for the best picture nominations.

To widen the net now would be appropriate and would work and would be good for the Oscars and good for the show and good for the art of film.