During the final days of communism in Romania, two college roommates Otilia (Anamaria Marinca) and Gabita (Laura Vasiliu) are busy preparing for a night away. But rather than planning for a holiday, they are making arrangements for Gabita's illegal abortion and unwittingly, both find themselves burrowing deep down a rabbit hole of unexpected revelations. Transpiring over the course of a single day, Mungiu's film is a masterwork of modern filmmaking, by parts poignant and shocking. Nominated for 4 European Film Awards including Best Picture and one of the standout hits of the Telluride, Toronto and New York Film Festivals, 4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS AND 2 DAYS is a modern classic that will stay with you long after you've left the theater.

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I can probably accept the fact that Joe Wright failed to make the final cut in the Best Director list. Same goes for not seeing Brad Pitt as finalist in the Best Actor category for The Assassination of Jesse James, but the most glaring, most unkind cut of them all is not seeing 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days getting the nomination it deserves.

I'm not going to argue about the merits of this movie nor will I compare it to other films that made it in the Best Picture list. But it seems the major issue why it was not included is that America ( and the Academy) still cannot make up it's mind about Abortion.

There was a post in Cinematical speculating that perhaps the Ernest Borgnine factor affects how Academy members vote. Mr. Borgnine, who is a notable actor, not acclaimed, just a noted actor, was quoted as saying that he will not be watching 'BrokeBack Mountain'. The movie of course is the love story of two cowboy men. It was the frontrunner for the Best Picture category and not surprisingly, it lost to the forgettable and extremely boring Crash.

And I quote:

It's hard to get a statistical breakdown of the Academy's membership, but over the years I've formed a mental picture of the Academy's average member. He's male; he's been in show business for decades, usually as an actor; he's wealthy enough to be "liberal"; he's white. He sees the nominated films at home, on screeners, possibly while enjoying a sandwich, instead of in the theater. And he's more inclined to go for a glossy feel-good movie over a grimmer one, or for a sweeping, old-fashioned Hollywood period epic over a gritty drama about actual present day concerns. (See also Forrest Gump vs. Pulp Fiction; Gladiator vs. Traffic.)

In short, Ernest Borgnine.

Reading between the lines, it says when voting...nothing unconventional, just stick with conservative, good old fashion movies...

I hope he stays retired and go to a foster home (if he hasn't yet) and just talk about his good old days with all the Nurses making sure he gets to enjoy his stay.

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