The triumph of the film Oppenheimer was announced as inevitable. The Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences did not surprise, Sunday March 10, during the 96e Oscar ceremony held at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles (California). Best film, best direction for Christopher Nolan, best actor for Cillian Murphy, best supporting actor for Robert Downey Jr, best editing, best cinematography, best original music: 2024 is the year of consecration for the American-British director, long ignored by the Oscars and winner by knockout of the “Barbenheimer” duel in summer 2023 (barbie only won one award, best song for What Was I Made For?).
In twenty-five years of career, the author of Mementoof The Dark Knight or evenInception had never received the golden statuette. Through him, the Oscars defended on Sunday the militant vision of cinema in dark rooms – the director left Warner Bros studios to protest against their policy of releasing films on platforms. “The films are barely over a hundred years old. Imagine being there a hundred years after the invention of painting or theater. We don’t know where this incredible journey will take us, but knowing that you think I’m a part of it means the world to me “, he thanked.
As for the actresses, the expected event did not take place, however. Many thought the matter was over for Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon), who would have become the first award-winning indigenous American actress. Alas, Emma Stone (Poor Creatures) won his second Oscar after La La Land in 2017. Visibly moved, the actress paid tribute to her one-day rival: “Lily, I share this prize with you, I am in awe of you. » The defeat of Lily Gladstone demonstrates the Academy’s difficulties on the path to diversity, and the victory of the African-American Da’Vine Joy Randolph, best supporting actress, will not extinguish the recurring controversies since the broadcast of the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite in 2015.
Justine Triet played it light
Anatomy of a fall, nominated five times, leaves with the Oscar for best original screenplay for Justine Triet and Arthur Harari – a success as hopes were slim in the other categories (film, direction, editing, actress for Sandra Hüller). On stage, the French director thanked with humor for this prize which ” go [l’]help get through the midlife crisis ». Far from her political speech in Cannes, Justine Triet played it light, like at the Golden Globes.
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