![]() I hasten to add that none of this sort of rationalizing logic enters into the voting process, during which we are completely at the mercy of tallies, hand counts and our own individual, sometimes fickle preferences (ask us tomorrow and we’d produce a different set of winners), as well as a two-tiered public-voting system that - unlike the weighted ballots used by other groups - does not allow for tiebreakers. Both, too, are gently mind-bending but entirely accessible auteur films released by a major studio (in this case, Warner Bros.), and given LAFCA’s historical fondness for sci-fi and blockbusters ( our past winners include “Star Wars,” “E.T.” and “Wall-E”), neither choice feels particularly out of place. There is, admittedly, a pleasing synchronicity between “Gravity” and “Her,” two very different visionary achievements, both intimate, beautifully acted studies of human loneliness enabled by astounding leaps in technology. Terrific and deserving as every one of these films and performances is, I was hardly alone among my colleagues in wishing we’d reached a cleaner, more decisive outcome. Still, in my eight years as a LAFCA member, I’ve never seen us share the wealth quite so lavishly as we did during yesterday’s spirited and sometimes contentious five-and-a-half-hour voting meeting, which resulted in no fewer than three ties in major categories: James Franco and Jared Leto for supporting actor Cate Blanchett and Adele Exarchopoulos for actress and, most startlingly of all, “ Gravity” and “ Her” for best picture. SEE ALSO: ‘Gravity,’ ‘Her’ Tie for Best Picture With L.A. Whenever this happens - usually as the result of a deadlock between a near-certain Oscar contender and a gonzo left-field choice - something like a general cheer goes up from the membership for having arrived at such a happy but unexpected compromise. ![]() In 2010, we awarded best director to David Fincher and Olivier Assayas, and just last year, Jennifer Lawrence and Emmanuelle Riva shared the actress prize. has seen more than a few tie victories in recent years: The very first time I voted, in 2006, there was a lead-actor split between Forest Whitaker and Sacha Baron Cohen. ![]()
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