A fascinating history of motion pictures through the lens of the Academy Awards the Best
Picture winners and the box-office contenders. In Best Pick: A Journey through Film History
and the Academy Awards John Dorney Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky provide a captivating
decade-by-decade exploration of the Oscars. For each decade they examine the making of classic
films trends and innovations in cinema behind-the-scenes scandals at the awards ceremony and
who won and why. Twenty films are reviewed in-depth alongside ten detailed making-of accounts
and capsule reviews of every single Best Picture winner in history. In addition each Best
Picture winner is carefully scrutinized to answer the ultimate question: Did the Academy get it
right? Full of wonderful stories cogent analysis and fascinating insights Best Pick is a
witty and enthralling look at the people politics movies and trends that have shaped our
cinematic world.
