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'60s Oscars: Nostalgic Detachment and Urgent Renewal
'60s Oscars: Nostalgic Detachment and Urgent Renewal

The move towards detached fantasy would ultimately mark the ‘60s as one of the most backwards-looking decade in Oscar history, giving seven top prizes to movies that dwell on times gone by.

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'50s Oscars: Glorified Cheer and Discarded Noir
'50s Oscars: Glorified Cheer and Discarded Noir

Seeing that this was the decade that cemented the notion of Americana as ideal and continued to ride the jingoistic wave of the post-war late ‘40s, it scarcely comes as a surprise that the Academy would want to rise above the grim immorality on display in these films.

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