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Start here: The IMAX® Film Tax: Is The Odyssey’s Giant Negative Worth It?
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People cross the shadowed entrance of the Dolby Theatre while Academy Awards installations are dismantled after the 2016 ceremony.
Dismantling and cleanup at the Dolby Theatre on 29 February 2016, the day after the 88th Academy Awards. This is a real documentary photograph, not a generated image.Millaistomina — “Oscar Aftermath at the Dolby theatre” — 29 February 2016 — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Web-sized JPEG; no editorial content change; no generative processing.Source ↗Original file ↗CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗
opinion

Abolish the Oscar DEI Test

A sourced opinion against the Academy's RAISE gate: coercive in principle, porous in practice and corrosive to creative trust.

By STUNT.BLOG Editorial DeskOpinion13 min26 Jul 2026
A photorealistic fictional rally-film set on a black-sand coast: an approaching car enters from the left, a stunt driver and teal rally car occupy the centre, and a coordinator raises a red signal flare beside reacting crew on the right.
One fictional action scene, deliberately built with story information across the full width. Original AI-generated editorial image; not a frame from The Odyssey.AI-generated editorial illustration / STUNT.BLOG
analysis

The IMAX® Film Tax: Is The Odyssey’s Giant Negative Worth It?

A cinematic, plain-English investigation into The Odyssey’s IMAX-film cost, stunt-camera constraints, rare physical release and crop-based marketing.

By STUNT.BLOG Editorial DeskAnalysis10 min18 Jul 2026

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  1. OpinionAbolish the Oscar DEI Test18 sources
  2. AnalysisThe IMAX® Film Tax: Is The Odyssey’s Giant Negative Worth It?30 sources