Awards season is around the corner, with opponents ready to duke it out in the ring of swanky luncheons and Hollywood hobnobbing. In this corner, the reigning heavyweight champ: a version of every Oscar-baiting, prestige movie you’ve ever seen. And in the other corner, the mighty underdogs: Nathan Fielder and some guy from YouTube.
In the past, films that generate big online buzz haven’t always translated to Oscar contenders. The Academy still likes to maintain some distance between the cinema and the hot movie du jour. But this year, voters may find it difficult to ignore the massive awards campaign being mounted for “Obsession” — born from the world of online creators, pivoting to filmmaking — and the internet-breaking, feed-clogging brilliance of Fielder’s surprise Elizabeth Holmes documentary, “You Can See Everything.”
