doubleofive said:
I heard that the VFX guys who won for Life of Pi got cut off as soon as they mentioned how they hadn't gotten paid for doing the effects yet and were going out of business.
I guess the Academy likes pretty things, but doesn't care about actually keeping them around.
This made me incredibly sad, but I was glad to see people from the industry call the Academy out on this - at least, if Kevin Smith counts. I'm sure he's not the only one who did.