How we'd adore the Academy if they'd settled for a running surrealistic joke as a Best Picture nominee. We talk Buñuel, (one of) the strongest ensembles, and Whit Stillman's Metropolitan, plus the evergreen crop of 1972 Best Picture. 
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Letterboxd list for context: letterboxd.com/jameskuno/list/the-best-picture-nominations-that-werent/