Those who read this website know that I am not gifted at predicting things. I can never, ever guess who will win Top Model, or The Super Bowl, or even re-runs of Double Dare.
However! There is one thing I have found, over time, that I actually don't completely fail at: predicting who will win the Costume Design Oscar at the Academy Awards. I've been four for four since I started actually keeping track. Let's see what the Academy nominated this year and commence with the sooth-saying.
However! There is one thing I have found, over time, that I actually don't completely fail at: predicting who will win the Costume Design Oscar at the Academy Awards. I've been four for four since I started actually keeping track. Let's see what the Academy nominated this year and commence with the sooth-saying.
Australia!
Catherine Martin previously won for her ah-mazing work in another Baz Luhrmann collaboration, Moulin Rouge. Fun fact: Catherine and Baz are husband and wife.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button!
These costumes were designed by Jacqueline West, whose work in Quills way back when was also nominated but did not gain her a little gold statue.
The Duchess!
Costumed by Michael O'Connor. This is his first nomination.
Milk!
Costumed by first-time nominee Danny Glicker.
Revolutionary Road!
Albert Wolsky was the designer for this film, and get ready because his previous Oscar-related list is a long one. Wolsky was nominated for his work in Across The Universe, Toys, The Journey of Natty Gann and Sophie's Choice. Wolsky has already won twice, but it was a while back : in 1991 for Bugsy and in 1979 for All That Jazz.
I will admit, I have only seen one of these nominated films. That would be Milk, which I think is the least likely to win. Awesome movie, and the costumes were spot-on, but I really doubt it will take home Oscar gold. Films that are set in the last fifty years or so never seems to impress the Academy enough to give them the win. I can think of Dreamgirls, Across the Universe, The Queen, Ray, Atonement, and The Devil Wears Prada as examples from recent years. It is also for this reason that I think Revolutionary Road is out as well.
But you know what the Academy seems to love, as far as Oscars for Best Costume go? A good old fashioned bodice ripper. If your movie contains corsets and yards and yards of fabric, you are almost automatically a major contender. I find that most of the time, a Best Costume nod goes to a frilly period piece that either peetered out at the box office (think Memoirs of a Geisha, Marie Antoinette, and Elizabeth: The Golden Age) or is part of a huge juggernaut that ends up sweeping the night. For recent examples of this, harken back to Gladiator, Titanic, and The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King.
Going further back in time, I see past recent winners also include Moulin Rouge, Dracula, The Age of Innocence, Restoration, Shakespeare in Love, and Topsy-Turvey. Every once in a while the bodice-ripper rule is broken (The Aviator, Chicago) but more often than not I think people see complex, intricate clothing embellished in feathers and jewels and chuck that Oscar at them like it was a hot potato covered in the bird flu virus.
That is all a long, windy way of saying that if the Academy continues its bodice-ripper streak, The Duchess is the one to beat. And if it does get beat, The Curious Case of the Old Baby (or whatever it's called, I have yet to see it) would be the one to do so. Major major upset would be Revolutionary Road.
1 comments:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is weird, yet the story is great! It's just that its a sad love story, make you want to ask why?
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