I will hereafter stop badgering David Kittredge about a possible Best Documentary Oscar campaign for the great Boorman and The Devil, as I learned today that so far nobody has gotten in touch with key journos and conversation-starters who might want to see it.
I don’t know for a fact that Boorman and the Devil hasn’t even been verbally pitched as a possible awards contender, but this certainly seems to be the situation.
I don’t know if the film’s reps are keeping silent because they simply don’t see it as an award-season player, or because they don’t plan to qualify it until next year or what.
I’m sure that key players in the award-season universe would love to see Boorman and the Devil. They just haven’t been offered the chance to do so.
In other words, Kittredge has basically thrown in the towel. For now, I mean. Maybe next year.
