This chart can help Oscar-hungry directors decide where to set their movies
With the 2017 Academy Awards a mere three years away, it’s never too early for ambitious filmmakers to start planning how to nab a Best Picture Oscar, thus getting their genius validated by a statue of a tiny gold man. While there’s no sure-fire way to achieve this goal, this handy infographic might suggest some patterns. Those who take a close look at it may note that the title—Where To Shoot When You’re Aiming For An Oscar—is misleading. The chart indicates where each of the Best Pictures winners are set, not where they were shot, crushing the hopes of anyone who got excited thinking that Chicago might have actually been shot in Chicago, Casablanca in Casablanca, or The Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King in Middle Earth.