'Dune' and James Bond Are Delayed. Here Are 10 Ways to Save the 2021 Oscars.

The Big Picture

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Tv & Film

4.2 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2020

⏱️ 133 minutes

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In this unprecedented year, the Oscars need a boost. Sean and Amanda have just the right ideas, including ways to improve the ceremony, rule changes to enliven the ballot, and a new way to unveil the winners (0:30). Then, Sean is joined by filmmaker Alex Ross Perry ('Her Smell,' 'Listen Up Philip') to talk about how independent filmmakers are responding to the COVID-19 shutdown, what the future of indie cinema could look like, and what he's been watching in quarantine (57:35). Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins Guest: Alex Ross Perry Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Sean Fennesee.
0:06.3	I'm Amanda Dobbins.
0:08.3	And this is The Big Picture, a conversation show about the Academy Awards today on the
0:12.6	show we're going to fix the Oscars with 10 specific solutions chosen by yours truly.
0:19.6	And then my pal Alex Ross Perry, the director of Fantastic Films like Listen Up Philip and
0:23.5	her smell joins the show to talk about his life as a writer and director of movies during
0:26.9	quarantine among other things.
0:30.0	Think You Know Disney Plus, Think Again.
0:36.2	Stream everything from the galaxy's greatest adventures like the Mandalorian.
0:40.0	Oh, may the force be with you!
0:45.4	This is the way to the darkest biographical dramas like Welcome to Chippendales.
0:50.3	You're a bare man Mr. Bairngy.
0:52.3	You're 18 nothing yet.
0:53.7	Think You Know Disney Plus, Think Again.
0:56.3	18 Plus, Subscription Required, TCC Supply.
1:22.6	Okay Amanda, let's talk about what's happening in the movie world.
1:24.9	I had this big idea to discuss the Oscars because things in movie world have been evolving,
1:31.0	devolving.
1:32.0	I'm not sure how to describe what's going on right now.
1:34.4	But one thing that we do know now is that no time to die is not coming out in 2020.
1:37.8	How do you feel about that?
1:39.2	I feel personally sad because listeners will know that I love James Bond movies and I was
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