Justin Chang on the 2024 Academy Awards, and how, more than in most years, the doctrine of dueness has dominated the awards season for movies, actors, and directors.
As I’ve thought about this year’s Oscar race, Spielberg’s “Schindler’s List” moment has crept back into my thoughts, for two reasons. One is that Jonathan Glazer’s film “The Zone of Interest,” easily the best of the current crop of Best Picture nominees, also happens to be a drama about the Holocaust, albeit one that could scarcely differ more radically from “Schindler’s List.
” For all that, his embodiment of Leonard Bernstein is far better—less mannered, more emotionally virtuosic—than he’s received credit for, although like many others, I do prefer his heartbreaking work in “A Star Is Born” . Regardless, if Cooper counts as overdue, the Academy still seems inclined to make him wait. But speaking of dueness: this particular category is especially packed with superb veteran actors who have long seemed ripe for recognition.
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