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What will happen to the Best Picture and Best Actor awards at the American Academy Awards a day away?
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With the Academy Awards, America's most prestigious ceremony, just one day away, attention is focused on the prestigious Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor awards.
The 95th Academy Awards will be held at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, Los Angeles, USA at 5 pm (local time) on the 12th.
Director Park Chan-wook's 'Decision to Break Up' did not make the final nominations, so unfortunately, this year's Academy Awards had no connection with our film or actor. In 2020, the movie 'Parasite' (directed by Bong Joon-ho) won a total of 4 awards, including Best Picture, the Academy Award's highest award, Best Director, Best International Feature Film, and Best Original Screenplay, and actress Yoon Yeo-jeong won Asia's first Best Supporting Actress trophy in 2021, drawing attention all over the world. has surprised.
Various works that combine artistic quality and popularity were nominated for this year's 'Academy Awards'. Awards will be given in a total of 23 categories, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Leading and Supporting Actors, Best Screenplay, and Best Cinematography. What is noteworthy is that 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' received the most nominations in a total of 11 categories, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress. Prominent films were nominated, including master Steven Spielberg's 'The Pavelmans', the Netflix film 'All Is Wrong on the Western Front', and 'Avatar: Path of Water' and 'Top Gun: Maverick', which set box office records.▲A total of 10 films nominated for the Best Picture Award: Which film has both box office success and quality?'All Right on the Western Front' (director Edward Berger), 'The Banshee of Inisherin' (director Martin McDonagh), 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' (director Daniel Kwan), 'TAR Tar' (director Todd Field), ' 'Triangle of Sorrow' (directed by Ruben Östlund), 'Avatar: Waterways' (directed by James Cameron), 'Elvis' (directed by Baz Luhrmann), 'Pavelmans' (directed by Steven Spielberg), 'Top Gun: Maverick' ( Director Joseph Kosinski), 'Woman Talking' (Director Sarah Polley)
The Best Picture award is considered the highest award at the Academy Awards. This award is given to a film producer, not a film director. There is a perception that blockbusters with huge budgets are ignored when it comes to awards, but in 2004, director Peter Jackson swept the Best Director and Best Picture awards for 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.' Awards tend to go to works that have both popularity and artistic value.
In terms of box office success, 'Avatar: Path of Water' and 'Top Gun: Maverick' cannot be left out. 'Avatar: Path of Water' broke the enormous pressure of breaking even and earned 3.6688 trillion won in profits, currently ranking second in the world box office. Director Cameron ranked first and second worldwide with the 'Avatar' series. 'Top Gun: Maverick' drew many audiences to the theater, thanks to Tom Cruise's insistence on showing it in theaters. Its profit performance is also excellent, with sales of about KRW 2 trillion.
In terms of artistic quality, 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' and 'No Problem on the Western Front', which were nominated in 11 categories, are receiving high praise. Given that the Academy is keenly paying attention to current global social issues, the war film 'All Is Wrong on the Western Front' is being mentioned as a strong candidate. There is a possibility that 'The Banshee of Inisherin', which also deals with war, will receive it.
'TAR Tar', which deals with the pandemic, generational conflict, and women's issues, could be a meaningful choice for the Academy. There seems to be no disagreement even if Pavelmans, who created director Steven Spielberg's autobiographical story, receives the award.▲Total of 5 nominees for Best Director: Who is the most outstanding director?Steven Spielberg ('Parmelmans'), Ruben Östlund ('Triangle of Sorrow'), Daniel Kwan-Daniel Scheinert ('Everything Everywhere All at Once'), Todd Field ('TAR Tar'), Martin MacDonagh ('The Banshee of Inisherin')
This award is given to the most outstanding director. As a movie is a genre that begins with the director, it is considered the most important category at the Academy Awards. When the Best Picture and Best Director awards were given to different works, there were some who regarded the Best Director award as second place to Best Picture, but considering that 67 films previously received both Best Picture and Best Director awards, the Best Picture award was given to the work and the Best Director award was given to the director, respectively. It is correct to recognize it as a sector.
Aside from director Ruben Östlund of 'Triangle of Sorrow', all directors nominated for Best Director were also nominated for Best Picture. As all of the works received positive reviews from critics, all of the nominated directors are outstanding.
However, it is said that the director duo of Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert of 'Everything, Everywhere All at Once', which is considered a masterpiece in many categories, has a high chance of winning. This director duo, who are evaluated as 'making S-class movies that pretend to be B-class', are evaluated as having incorporated their unique colors into their works and made them commercially successful. They are expected to have a high chance of winning the Best Director Award at the Directors Guild Awards, which can be considered a barometer for predicting the Academy Award for Best Director.▲Total of 5 nominees for Best Actor: Austin Butler? Colin Farrell? Are you Brendan Fraser?
Although the importance of the award itself is less than that of Best Picture or Best Director, it is the category that has the highest level of interest from the general public. It is awarded to the actor who gave a good performance among the male and female lead roles in the work.
The most likely composition is Austin Butler and Colin Farrell. Austin Butler is said to have delivered a near-perfect performance as Elvis Presley. Colin Farrell won the Best Actor Award at the Venice International Film Festival last year and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor this year for 'The Banshee of Inisherin.' If he is selected by America's most prestigious academy, it is expected to be the brightest moment in his actor's life.
Brendan Fraser, who made a comeback, is also mentioned as a candidate for the championship. Frazer, who was loved for his role as a strong and handsome man, went through a downturn after being criticized for being a victim of sexual harassment, but he is receiving great praise for his role as Charlie, a 272kg super obese person who falls in love with a male student and loses his family. If he lifts the trophy, it is likely to attract a lot of attention.▲A total of 5 nominees for the Best Actress Award: Yang Yeo-gyeong, the first Best Actress nominee in the world... Will it lead to awards?
The Best Actress Award is being viewed as a battle between Cate Blanchett for 'TAR Tar' and Yeo Jae-kyung for 'Everything Everywhere All at Once'. Cate Blanchett is said to have perfectly imitated the role of Lydia Tarr, the first female conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic, in the film.
Yang Yeo-kyung became the first Asian woman to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Many people are paying attention to whether she, who has a significant career as Asia's representative female action star, will be able to enjoy the honor of winning the award.
However, Yang Yang-kyung was recently on the chopping block for posting a critical article on her SNS about the 'White Oscars', which are mainly awarded to white people. It is pointed out that the article contains a reference to rival candidate Cate Blanchett, which violates Academy Rule No. 11, which prohibits nominees/work associates from mentioning competitors/works.
Choi Ji-ye, Ten Asia Reporter wisdomart@tenasia.co.kr
