Oscars In Memoriam Segment: Disappointing And Rushed

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Andrea Bocelli performed a rendition of the song ‘Time to Say Goodbye’ with his son Matteo Bocelli to accompany the Academy’s annual obituary section. Perhaps mindful of previous years, in which eagle-eyed viewers have jumped on omissions, this year’s “In Memoriam” seemed both comprehensive but at the same time not enough, with a bizarre postscript that lumped together artists as diverse as (in alphabetical order) Kenneth Anger, Terence Davies, Carl Davis, David McCallum, Sinead O’Connor, Paolo Taviani and Treat Williams in a well-meaning but unintentionally backhanded postscript.

That said, plenty of the greats were included, in a clip reel that seemed rushed to make up for lost time. Among those we lostAlan Arkin, Harry Belafonte, Bo Goldman, Norman Reynolds, Julian Sands, Mark Gustafson, Andre Braugher, Chita Rivera, Glynis Johns, Jane Birkin, Paul Reubens, Richard Roundtree, Ryan O’Neal, Cynthia Weil, Bill Lee, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Robbie Robertson, Robert Young, John Bailey, Richard Lewis, Edward Marks, John Refoua, Laurence Turman, Le Sun-kyun, Arthur Schmidt, Bill Butler, Carl Weathers, William Friedkin, Glenda Jackson, and, finally, Tina Turner.

As if responding to the Baftas, which caused fury by relegating the Friends star to their TV edition, Matthew Perry also made the cut.