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Oscars 2010 – Best Director: Bigelow Makes HIstory

Weird that the presenters somehow foreshadow the eventual winners. Round one of indiewood versus hollywood goes to the indiewood. Smells like a Best Picture win for The Hurt Locker…?
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The Noms:

“Avatar” James Cameron
“The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow
“Inglourious Basterds” Quentin Tarantino
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels
“Up in the Air” Jason Reitman

Who Will Win: “The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow
Who Should Win: “The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow
Who Won: “The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow
Commentary: Weird that the selection of presenters somehow foreshadow the eventual winners. Round one of indiewood versus hollywood goes to the indiewood. Smells like a Best Picture win for The Hurt Locker…?

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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).

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