Upstart A24 was serious, it appears, in its (adorable) efforts to get James Franco some awards consideration love for
Spring Breakers. A pleasurable folly, even though his delightfully bent Alien was one of the few watchable aspects of a largely unwatchable movie. It does ask a question however considering how insanely prolific Franco is, when (if at all) the Academy will acknowledge him again? This year alone he acted in the indie spring hit
Breakers, the diametrically opposed spring hit
Oz: The Great & Powerful, the summer hit
This Is the End,
Lovelace and the upcoming
Homefront. Not to mention directing the Sundance doc
Interior. Leather Bar.
(the bizarre re-imagining of the cut out footage of Friedkin's
Crusing-- when will that ever appear?), the Cannes title Faulkner adaptation
As I Lay Dying (which he also co-starred) and the Venice title Cormac McCarthy adaptation
Child of God (co-starred again.) He also appeared in the fall festival entry
Palo Alto from next generation Coppola, Gia which was based on his own collection of short stories. Whew! Even if none of the product above is "awards baity" in the refined sense of the word, all he had to do to get his first nomination was saw off his arm.
All the power to A24 though--- while your at it, please contribute a little nugget of an awards campaign to your strongest 2013 title-- the sensitively and beautifully acted teen drama
The Spectacular Now.
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