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1917was the first to triumph, taking home the Best Theatrical Motion Picture trophy atSaturdays Producers Guild Awards.
It wasa welcome surprise, all the more so becausethe guilds other film awardswent exactly the way everyone expected.
And forParasite, it a well-timed boon.
On the face of it, our two new front-runners would seem to have fewer similarities.
Certainly, it will be easy to position them as opposites.
One is timeless, the other utterly timely.
One is a story of idealism and perseverance, the other a sour satire about class.
One has a gold-plated Oscar pedigree, the other is our designated awards-season gate-crasher.
Both films demand to be seen in theaters:1917for the gigantic screen,Parasitefor the crowd.
