By Michael Cieply Executive Editor It now seems reasonably certain that this film awards season will be remembered for delivering the “Oscars With An Asterisk.” On Tuesday, governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, bowing to coronavirus-induced theater closings, approved a temporary rules change allowing Academy Awards consideration for movies that are streamed without having first been exhibited in theaters.
That brings disadvantage to any contender depending on visual scope, dizzying effects, or deep, stomach-churning layers of sound.
But the sound editing and sound mixing categories have been collapsed together, so we were pointed toward some shrinkage anyway.
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