The Oscar for Best Film, delivered on Monday at dawn in Hollywood, was for a highly estimable work, and was a prize until something surprising given sobriety (and a certain modesty) of The Spotlight Case , when the trend has been to distinguish the film “great” and tawdry. So, and the evolution of the 88th edition of the Academy Awards in Hollywood, we were more waiting when Morgan Freeman opened the envelope and read its contents to hear The Revenant (which received three Oscars, two for director Alejandro G. Inarritu, and the actor Leonardo DiCaprio) or Mad Max:. Fury Road (six, the most award-winning film)
the night of the Oscars to the minute
Tom McCarthy movie, discreet figure since its time of “independence” (a film like the Station Agent for example), has primacy precisely the sobriety and the seriousness (not to be confused with seriousness), remember that craftsmanship of Hollywood there is not much ancient times, and its connection desire to the time in which he lives . We also had the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay ( The Wall Street Fall , a film about the 2008 financial crisis, took the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay).
Of all the nominees , the Case Spotlight was the film more like a movie of the 70s: “q emu has Pakula hunting with Tom McCarthy,” wrote at the time, to think about the relationship between a film like Spotlight and a classic “journalistic drama” as the President’s Men (1976). It lacks the depth of paranoid Alan J. Pakula film and the complexity of its construction, but it is also more than just a escorreito film, and ends up having a special meaning: is a ” midline “of American cinema, who lives in crisis in these times. As, moreover, journalism, which is at the center of the film.
“This film gave voice to the survivors, and this Oscar amplifies the voice that we hope to become a chorus that will resound to the Vatican, “he said on stage, statuette in hand, producer Michael Sugar, surrounded by the cast that represented on the big screen the journalists team Boston Globe that investigated and triggered the pedophilia scandal complaint in Catholic Church, eventually discover decades of cover-up in the highest institutions of Boston, not only of the church as to the government. “Pope Francis, it’s time to protect children and restore faith”, further added, condemning the silence “conniving” institutional in pedophilia concerns.
“We would not be here today without the heroic effort of our reporters, “responded the producer Blye Pagon Faust, arguing that the 2001 survey this group of journalists not only caused a change in the world and showed the importance of investigative journalism.
Even before the ceremony, McCarthy, actor Mark Ruffalo and co-writer Josh Singer had taken advantage of passing through Los Angeles to join a protest against sexual abuse in the church in front of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. “Next to the survivors of sexual abuse by priests,” he wrote on Twitter Ruffalo, who plays in the film the Luso-descendant journalist Mike Rezendes. – He also present at the Oscars
Amid all the controversy that surrounded the Oscars, when asked about the boycott of the ceremony, a few weeks ago, the actor had defended its importance in the awards: “I’m in a movie that is a whole other group of marginalized people who have no voice in the world and this film means so much to them. “
the theme of sexual abuse is not only remembered for team Spotlight . Lady Gaga, nominated for Best Original Song that Til It Happens To You , the documentary The Hunting Ground , spoke on the subject even on the red carpet, asserting beside victims of abuse and asserting itself also she a victim.
the performance of the singer was preceded by the presentation of Joe Biden, the US vice president, who took the time to make a short speech on the importance to act when we see someone being abused, man or woman.
Inarritu in history and the first time Di Caprio
the Case Spotlight was even the surprise of the night. Have won the first Oscar of the evening, for Best Original Screenplay, could be indicative of something, everything pointed to the triumph of Alejandro G. Inarritu. Only it had happened to John Ford in 1940 and 1941 (for The Grapes of Wrath and The Valley was Green ) and Joseph L. Mankiewicz in 1950 and 1951 (for Letter to Three Women and Eva ) have won the Oscar for Best Director for two consecutive years. The Mexican director went well for a small club , but that was not enough so your The Revenant: The Resurrected conquered the statuette for Best Picture .
“I do not believe this is happening,” Inarritu responded, thanking the actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy for his work in the film. “It’s wonderful to receive this award today, but it is much nicer for me to share it with the talented and crazy cast, colleagues and team members across the continent who made this film possible.”
director did not fail to mention the subject that has been heard at the Oscars with Chris Rock to mind: lack of opportunities for minorities. Inarritu argued that still looks too much for the color of skin and it is time to forget the prejudice.
On the feast of surf, it is DiCaprio more talking. The fifth appointment, the actor finally won the Oscar. Leonardo DiCaprio thanked Inarritu and Tom Hardy, highlighting not only the talent of each as friendship behind the camera to then draw attention to the climate change issue that has dedicated much of his time. “The climárica change is real and is happening now,” said the actor. “It is the most urgent threat we face,” he continued, arguing that it is necessary “to stop procrastinating.”
