The Misdirection Award goes to the Academy of Motion Picture

George C. Scott once said that the Academy Awards were nothing more than “a meaningless, self-serving meat parade”(Legrand 478). Though his statement may seem harsh, many regard it true. In fact, over the 74 years that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has been giving out Oscars in the field of best direction many people have questioned how the Academy chooses their winners. The Academy argues that they have to uphold a certain standard …showed first 75 words of 2385 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2385 total…Oscar. Directors such as Alfred Hitchcock, Orson Welles, Stanley Kubrick, and Martin Scorsese have revolutionized the art form of direction and made technical breakthroughs that are common practice for the directors of today, despite never winning an Academy Award for best direction. It seems that in the end the real winners of the award for best direction are the Academy, the big studios, and the sentimental favorites who cynically direct whom will receive the award.