Deadpan or not, the Coens’ strong showing did, of course, take someone else’s spot, and the Oscar punditocracy immediately moved in to figure out whose and why. Christopher Nolan, the director of “Inception,” was the glaring omission in the selection of best directors, especially since among its eight nominations that film made the big best picture list and he turned up for best original screenplay....
>>>Deadpan or not, the Coens’ strong showing did, of course, take someone else’s spot, and the Oscar punditocracy immediately moved in to figure out whose and why. Christopher Nolan, the director of “Inception,” was the glaring omission in the selection of best directors, especially since among its eight nominations that film made the big best picture list and he turned up for best original screenplay.
**The paragraph above is from the NYT article,"Oscar Snubs, but Still Room for Surprise," as written by Melena Ryzik. The article itself is linked below, so do click through to read the analysis of this year's Oscar nominations.**
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/27/movies/awardsseason/27bagger.html
