– Neither ‘The Snow Society’ nor ‘Robot Dreams’ managed to win any of the three statuettes for which they were nominated
MADRID, 11 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) –
‘Oppenheimer’, the film directed by Christopher Nolan, fulfilled its role as a favorite and was the big winner at the 96th edition of the Oscars held at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles. The film centered on the figure of the scientist who created the atomic bomb won seven awards, including best film, best actor for Cillian Murphy and best direction for Nolan himself.
“The films are just over 100 years old. We don’t know where this incredible journey is going, but knowing that you think I’m an important part of this means a lot to me,” said the British filmmaker when collecting, from the hands of Steven Spielberg, the award for best director, thus winning his first Oscar after eight nominations over two decades of career.
“We made a movie about the man who created the atomic bomb and for better or worse we live in Oppenheimer’s world, so I would like to dedicate this award to all those who fight for peace,” Murphy said when collecting the statuette for his incarnation of the American physicist Julius Robert Oppenheimer.
In addition to the Oscars for best film, direction and leading actor, ‘Oppenheimer’ also won the awards for best soundtrack for Ludwig Göransson, best photography for Hoyte van Hoytema, best editing for Jennifer Lame and best supporting actor for Robert Downey Jr.
“I wanted to thank my terrible childhood and the Academy, in that order, for this award,” Downey Jr. said as he accepted his Oscar for his portrayal of politician Lewis Strauss.
The Oscar for best actress went to a very emotional Emma Stone, who won her second statuette for ‘Poor Creatures’. Yorgos Lanthimos’ film also won two other of the eleven awards it was up for: best production design for James Price, Shona Heath and Zsuzsa Mihalek, and best makeup and hairstyling for Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Robert Hammond.
The award for best supporting actress went to Da’Vine Joy Randolph for her work in ‘Those Who Remain’. “For so long I have wanted to be different and now I realize that I just had to be myself. Thank you for seeing me as I am,” she said in her emotional speech at the beginning of the gala marked by protests outside the venue. demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and which was presented by Jimmy Kimmel, who served as master of ceremonies for the fourth time.
The Oscar for best original screenplay went to Justine Triet and Arthur Harari for the French film ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ while Cord Jefferson took the award for best adapted screenplay for the script of ‘American Fiction’.
The award for best original song went to ‘What was I made for?’ the theme composed for the film ‘Barbie’ by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell, who thus won their second Oscar after winning this same award in 2022 for ‘No Time to Die’. This was the only award that the film directed by Greta Gerwig took out of the eight for which she was nominated.
Martin Scorsese had worse luck, who left empty-handed since ‘Killers of the Moon’ did not win any of the 10 Oscars for which he was competing, and Bradley Cooper who also left empty-handed with ‘Maestro’, which did not win. none of the seven awards for which it was nominated.
‘The Zone of Interest’, the film that follows the daily life of Commander Rudolf Höss, the person in charge of directing the Auschwitz extermination camp, and his family, won the Oscar for best international film. The film directed by Jonathan Glazer, which also won the award for best sound for Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn, left ‘The Snow Society’, the Spanish production directed by J.A. Bayonne.
There was also no luck for Pablo Berger’s ‘Robot Dreams’, which was nominated for the best animated film award. The Oscar in this category went to ‘The Boy and the Heron’, a Studio Ghibli production directed by the legendary Hayao Miyazaki. The Japanese master thus won his third Oscar after winning this same award in 2003 for ‘Spirited Away’ and in 2015 he received the honorary Oscar in recognition of his entire career.
The award for best documentary went to ’20 days in Mariupol’. “I’m probably the first director to stand on this stage and say that I wish I’d never made this film, that I wish I’d changed this Oscar because Russia hadn’t attacked Ukraine,” said Mstyslav Chernov, director of the film that gave Ukraine its first Oscar. .
After eight nominations, Wes Anderson won his first Hollywood Academy Award for his short film ‘The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar’. The award for best documentary co-film went to ‘The Last Instrument Workshop’ while the award for best animated short film went to ‘WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko’.
