Elliott Smith And the Big Nothing
“the song he’d written for Good Will Hunting, had snagged him a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Original Song. He was up against Celine Dion for “My Heart Will Go On” from Titanic, and Trisha Yearwood for “How Do I Live” from Con Air among others. It was the proverbial single stroke that indelibly changes the course of a life. Smith didn’t particularly care; an Academy Award was no big deal to him. But it was a big deal in that, for the people who don’t live in one of the constellations... of indie rockers scattered throughout the western world, it put Smith on the map.
Smith thought the Oscar thing was overrated on principle. “He was like, ‘The Oscars are just a bunch of people deciding that someone’s worth something, and it has to do with commerce and I don’t know who these people are and they shouldn’t be deciding and I don’t know why everybody puts so much credit into it,’” says Swanson. “I remember calling him the morning I heard about it in LA.MoreLess
Smith thought the Oscar thing was overrated on principle. “He was like, ‘The Oscars are just a bunch of people deciding that someone’s worth something, and it has to do with commerce and I don’t know who these people are and they shouldn’t be deciding and I don’t know why everybody puts so much credit into it,’” says Swanson. “I remember calling him the morning I heard about it in LA.MoreLess
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