The Oscars have long been considered the ultimate touchstone of excellence in filmmaking. The award’s journey itself, from its first celebration to today, is a fascinating tale of survival and evolution.When we talk of evolution, it’s not only the time that we are talking about. Time changes everything; there is no surprise in that. What’s remarkable to note here is that sometimes a single movie—its nomination or win—readjusted the machinery that works underneath and inside this world-famous ceremony. It wasn’t only about who took home the statuette or how groundbreaking the movie was. Those are surface impacts.We are talking about the more seismic shifts these movies caused to the ways the Oscars function. Some movies introduced a new genre, a new category, some movies impacted representation, and some movies introduced new trends in campaign strategies. In this article, when I say a film “changed the Oscars,” I’m referring to the film’s impact that transcended beyond its own award success.Here is the outline of 9 movies that changed the Oscars.1. The Jazz Singer (1927): The Award Show’s First Identity CrisisWritten by: Alfred A. Cohn | Directed by: Alan Crossland Cinema was born into silence and thrived in it for over 60 years. We’re talking no audible dialogue, no foley, no background score—just classical music or scores from orchestral pits for the entire runtime. That means the Oscars didn’t (I mean, couldn’t) recognize sound as a craft that could be rewarded.Then came The Jazz Singer (1927). It introduced synchronized sound. This was...
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