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Success or Snub? From Here to Eternity (26th Academy Awards Review Pt. 2)

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  To see part 1, click  here . Shane Suite~Shane - Victor Young Once again, this quest to ascertain on how stupid the decisions the Academy makes by watching every single movie of the past 100 years presents us with a conundrum. The question is not whether or not calling From Here to Eternity the best movie of 1953 was the right call but whether or not calling From Here to Eternity the best movie of 1953 was the right call back on March 25th, 1954. It’s easy to point out that whatever movie won in, say, 2018 would already be forgotten about in just a few years but with a 70-year time gap, especially before the astronomical change in American culture during the 60s, and a film that was respected at the time this can get a bit harder. 1953 has quite a few landmarks in filmmaking as well. Not all of them great but let’s look at a few, shall we? In addition to CinemaScope, one of the other big crazes that Hollywood attempted in the 50s was more gimmicky films. This led to the first