According to Steven Spielberg, you either die a critically ignored blockbuster or live long enough to see a Best Picture nomination.The “Fabelmans” director, who landed his first Best Original Screenplay nomination for the 2023 Oscars, reflected on the expanded Best Picture category.
The semi-autobiographical “The Fabelmans” is also up for Best Picture, and the category was doubled in size in 2009 from five nominees to 10.
This year’s contenders are “All Quiet on the Western Front,” “The Banshees of Inisherin,” “Elvis,” “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” “TÁR,” “Triangle of Sadness,” “Women Talking,” and two blockbuster sequels: “Avatar: The Way of Water” and “Top Gun: Maverick.”“I’m really encouraged by that,” Spielberg told Deadline of the Academy recognizing the two crowd-pleasing features that made history at the box office.However, Spielberg doesn’t want anyone to forget the mistake of not nominating one particular film: “It came late for the film
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