Anne Thompson's Risky Business blog for the Hollywood Reporter often sheds some excellent insight into the movie business. On February 16 she published the story of Ryan Gosling's Oscar run: how a small budget indie film with an actor who wasn't into glad-handing got him an Oscar nomination. I though this part was especially pertinent to why Johnny in The Libertine failed to receive any notice:
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"you can't build a campaign on visible failure and a rapid exit," Urman says. Even though "Half Nelson" was limping along at the boxoffice in only three runs, "you can build a campaign on a promise, but not a failed promise."
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Heres the link to the full article, interesting reading:
click here for how to mount a small scale Oscar campaign Thanks for that link Maggy, I constantly find the *entertainment business* both *entertaining* and a *real business*.