Every year around this time it seems the same discussion crops up about the onslaught of awards season releases. From fall festival season onwards, Hollywood trots out dozens and dozens of pictures, from studio prestige efforts to indie contenders, all hoping to find the right mix of box office and critical acclaim to carry them through to the Oscars. And all too often, many get left by the wayside. There is a certain mercilessness during the awards season where if a picture isn't immediately deemed "Oscar-worthy," it's immediately dropped from the conversation. This results in many very good and sometimes even great movies getting forgotten. One person who is an old hand at the Oscar game is Harvey Weinstein, and in an opinion piece penned for THR, he warns that this path is not sustainable. Here's an excerpt of what he had to say:
The fall has become so dominated, so top-heavy with adult-driven awards releases that it has made it almost impossible for quality films...
