Precursor: 66th Directors Guild of America Awards (2013)

After an interminable wait (the awards ceremony went long), we finally have a winner. As expected, the director of the biggest spectacle with the most technical aspects to jungle has won the DGA award. It’s not surprising and after his run of precursors, should we have expected anything else. This is likely to mean the end of a potential American Hustle run for Best Picture, though it isn’t completely shut out. There could still be a split, but history favors 12 Years a Slave for a split rather than American Hustle. It also means Gravity could pull off a Best Picture upset. Now that it’s all done, I’m going to sleep.