Date viewed: 8 September 2013
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| The Lost Weekend (1945) |
This black and white film was quite an artistic film. This film followed a man's life and how alcoholism basically took away all he had in life (a woman, a job, his family). Although it had its depressing theme of alcoholism, it was a film that was full of great, articulate quotes about philosophies of life. The photography was superb and portrayed the view of an alcoholic quite uniquely and artistically.
This is quite a heavy film, but is quite unique and artistic whilst tackling the often depressing and confronting topic of alcoholism in a unique way.
Why did it win Best Picture? I think the artistic nature of the film, the creative and insightful lines said throughout the film, the beautiful photography and the fact that it tackles alcoholism are all contributing factors as to why it won.
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