No getting away from it, The Oscars is bigger than St. Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, and many other holidays and saints. Admit it, movies are the preeminent artform.

That’s not fair to the novel or the symphony, of course, but for sheer impact on human society, no other form can touch the movies. TV would be all talking heads without the magic of montage, a technique only filmmakers could have invented. Every other artform has adopted the creation of psychic experiences that began with movies.

So, I’ll enjoy tonight, as a writer, as a TV watcher, as a dreamer.