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Re: 93rd Oscars: Best Directing
Posted: Sun May 02, 2021 8:26 pm
by HarryGoldfarb
Here it is a very nice interview Zhao gave to Variety just a day after winning her Oscar.
https://variety.com/2021/film/directors ... 234961719/
Re: 93rd Oscars: Best Directing
Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2021 9:18 pm
by HarryGoldfarb
HarryGoldfarb wrote:And it must also be very unusual, if not for the first time, that the first award a movie receives is best director... I think it's the first time since McCarey (The Awful Truth).
As Greg stated in the Cinematography topic, the last time the first award won by a film being Director was when Mike Nichols won...
Re: 93rd Oscars: Best Directing
Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2021 8:47 pm
by HarryGoldfarb
And it must also be very unusual, if not for the first time, that the first award a movie receives is best director... I think it's the first time since McCarey (The Awful Truth).
Re: 93rd Oscars: Best Directing
Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2021 8:10 pm
by Franz Ferdinand
Really great speech - perhaps they did it so early because it seemed so foregone?
Re: 93rd Oscars: Best Directing
Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2021 8:09 pm
by OscarGuy
It's certainly unusual since it's most often the penultimate award or even one of the last three before picture.
Re: 93rd Oscars: Best Directing
Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2021 8:04 pm
by Sabin
A very very good speech.
Re: 93rd Oscars: Best Directing
Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2021 8:04 pm
by HarryGoldfarb
First speech of the night I truly enjoyed...
Re: 93rd Oscars: Best Directing
Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2021 8:00 pm
by Sonic Youth
Oscarguy, ever thought you'd post "X Oscars: Best Directing" in the first hour of a broadcast?
93rd Oscars: Best Directing
Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2021 7:59 pm
by OscarGuy
Chloe Zhao - Nomadland