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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
Hollywood is also to blame. There's been a strict line drawn between tentpoles and artistic films and not much in the middle.
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Absolutely. Go back 20, 30, 40 years, and most of the nominees were in that middle ground.
Unforgiven, Silence of the Lambs, Hope and Glory, Chariots of Fire, Rocky, The French Connection - exceptionally well crafted mid-budget films that don't aspire to more than telling an engaging story well. That whole class of film rarely gets made by Hollywood today. It's either tentpole blockbuster or social issue indie film.