In anticipation of today’s DGA announcement (ETA, 9am Pacific), it’s time to do a little No Guts, No Glory.
Hopefully, you all have entered our “Predict the DGA” contest. But in the meantime, the DGA seems to be more unpredictable than it has been in years. We really have no idea what five names will be called out tomorrow, and the reason for this is that we have more than five strong Best Picture candidates. Nonetheless, I think it will probably go this way:
David Fincher, The Social Network
Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech
Christopher Nolan, Inception
Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
Joel and Ethan Coen, True Grit
That fifth slot is tricky – David O. Russell and Danny Boyle seem like sure bets. Alas, there can only be five. It should surprise no one, though, that my No Guts, No Glory prediction would be:
Debra Granik, Winter’s Bone