Interactive Studies · 2025

The Cutting
Room

A small gallery of interactive charts about the movies — what they cost, and how long they ask you to sit still. Pick a reel and start playing with the data.

Reel 01 · Scatter

The Price of a Nomination

Every Best Picture nominee from 1960 to 2025, plotted by production budget. Adjust for inflation, switch to a log scale, and pin films against each other.

1960–2025 Inflation Log / Linear Winners
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Reel 02 · Lines

How Long They Make Us Sit

Runtimes traced across the careers of fifteen directors, film by film. Toggle directors on and off and watch each one drift against the debut average.

15 Directors Per-film Debut average Toggle
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