For once, and hopefully serve as a precedent, there was emotion, surprise and open mouths. The 97th Oscar were not, as a written script has been spending for years. This time he won a different cinema, both in the background and shape. A movie, Aora dramediawhich cost six million dollars and has more than 40 collected worldwide, which, the Spirit of Independent Cinema, which has been nominated for more than 260 awards and where the tam was said more than 400 times fuck (Fuck), with half a dozen unknown actors, has won five Oscar, including the most important: Best film, director, (surprising) actress, original script and assembly. Written and directed by Sean Baker, the American filmmaker is the first person to achieve four Oscar for a single film.
This edition of the awards has been two -phase, in addition to very long and completely white in politics, with Hollywood ignoring Donald Trump and the agitated national and international situation. In the cinematographic, nothing was determined. There were two -type awards: singing like Kieran Culkin, the first of the night, or open between a couple of options and willing to surprise. In the end, the night opted for surprises with the five of Anora, but with many more distributed: three for The Brutalisttwo of Emilia Pérez (The great loser, because he opted 12, with 13 nominations), two of Dune: Part twotwo of Wickedand one for Conclave, A Real Pain, The substance, Flow y I’m still here. The gala was very long, three hours and 45 minutes, but also threatens Conan O’Brien, and the appearances of charismatic presenters such as Mick Jagger, Billy Crystal – ”before I worked here, nine costumes ago” – or Amy Poehler (if O’Brien does not want to repeat next year, to call her).
It all started at four o’clock in the afternoon of Los Angeles, with Ariana Grande dressed in the Ruby Ruby of her beloved Glinda shoes singing Over The Rainbow. He joined him Wickedwhich left with 10 nominations, next to an elegant staging with an orchestra playing on stage. After them, Conan O’Brien, who shone during the long evening. In his initial monologue, he declared himself “excited” to be there. “It’s the best night for Hollywood … that starts at noon,” he acknowledged. He knew how to be ironic without crossing the limit, just touching it, as Americans like; Also white, without political jokes. He threw himself with jokes on film and even with the cinemas (encouraging to go to those “buildings to watch movies”), he got elegant (and continuously) with Timothée Chalamet and his youth, joked that Jeff Bezos reached the gala inside a Amazon pack that someone had stolen on the carpet, spoke in Spanish (“Good night and welcome to the Oscars host and I hope you enjoy the show ”) and presumed how handsome he was.
And, above all, at 15 minutes of gala O’Brien made the first joke to break the ice. Because the elephant was in the room, and there is nothing better than getting the demons to exorcise them. “In Aor They say the word fuck 479 times. That is just three times more than the publicists of Karla Sofía Gascón, ”he said between laughter and gascon among the public ,. “Karla Sofía Gascón is here today,” he said, with the camera pointing for the first time to Gascón, who launched kisses to the stage. “Karla, remember, if you are going to tweet the gala, my name is Jimmy Kimmel.” At the end of his 10 -minute monologue, he also requested help so that he has even launched with a singing and dance number.
From there, the awards. The first was one of the fat people, and probably the clearest: that of Kieran Culkin as the best secondary actor for A real pain. Although O’Brien had promised that John Lithgow would be boring face if someone was linked to the speeches, they let, claiming that she had promised if he achieved the Oscar. In his passage through the press room, Culkin admitted that he did not even know how to feel, that he tried to live the present.
He wished with the first thanks to Zoe Saldaña, best cast actress: “Mamiiiiiii”, shouted when the second grossing actress in the history of cinema is uploaded. “My mother is here, my whole family is here,” he said in tears. He dedicated it to Netflix, to director Jacques Audiard, to his teammates (although not to mention Gascón, protagonist of the film), to his parents and his sisters: “All the good I have done in my life is for you,” he said. “To my husband, with that beautiful hair,” I said while laughed the theater. “I am the first American of Dominican origin to accept an academy award, but I know I will not be the last.” In the press room, he affirmed that, beyond controversies, she would repeat this movie again and again, following her heart.
Shortly after, Emilia Pérez He won his second to best original song for Evilprecisely played by Saldaña. “Music and art can have a role as the strength of good and progress in the world,” said Camille and Clément Ducol, composers, the first to name Karla Sofía Gascón and even sing to “Emilia, Emilia.” And yes, the drug trafficking did not go from those two awards: the best international film, which a few weeks ago seemed won, was for the entire country to put the entire country in boiling.
As always, the four categories of interpretation (with management permission and best film) were the most anticipated. And there were surprises, but not with Culkin, or with Zoe Saldaña, nor with Adrien Brody. Mikey Madison was given. When the Oscar almost won the name of Demi Moore, or if he gave the surprise, that of the Brazilian Fernanda Torres, , 25 years, The one that won, going on stage very peacefully. In the press room, he claimed that this was “surreal”: “I never thought something like that would happen to me, I love to make movies, be an actress, but this is a great honor. I didn’t expect it at all. Oh, forgiveness, I can’t even remember the questions. ”
For his part, Brody, winner for The Brutalisthe said: “Acting is a fragile profession. It seems glamorous and sometimes, but what I have won when I return here is perspective. It doesn’t matter what you achieve in this profession, it can fade, and I think that tonight we must be aware of it, ”the actor reflected 22 years after his so -called only nomination and prize for The pianist. He thanked his teammates and also his partner, that he cried after picking up the gum before taking the stage. “Take down the music, I finish, I have done this before,” he asked in his long speech, before thanking his parents. “I am here, again, to represent the repercussions of war and systematic oppression, anti -Semitism, racism, and I believe in a more in peace world, more inclusive. Let’s fight for what is fair. Let’s rebuild together. ”
Brody’s was one of the few political speeches of the night, along with the winner for the best documentary. “We have done this movie, Palestinians and Israelis, because together our voices are stronger. The heinous destruction of Gaza and his people must stop, ”they said on stage. “We are brothers but we are unequal,” they said. “We need a political solution without ethnic supremacy. Foreign policy in this country is blocking that path. Don’t you see that we are intertwined? My people can only be sure if the Palestinians are really free. There is no other way to do it, there is no other way of living. ” Trump’s name did not pronounce, even with rodeos or euphemisms, or once in the gala.
In the evening, Aor I was growing without brake. So much that the prize for best original script was won, although he could have gone to A A Real Pain. Baker thanked the community of sex workers and workers for sharing their stories with him for years. The second time he took the stage was to take the best assembly, affirming with humor that, if people had seen the material without mounting, they would never hire him as director. In the third it was already to collect the best director, who gave him Tarantino, and who confessed to the public that he had not signed Mikey Madison, his protagonist, for , “Aor It wouldn’t have existed. ”
The best adapted script was more obvious, to Conclave. The best production design was for Wicked and its nine million tulips. It made sense that both the sound and the special effects were for Dune: part 2, while the makeup and hairdressing for the team that transformed Demi Moore into an incredible monster in The substance. In best animated film, more surprises: he did not win, not even the tender Wild robotbut it was for, and that also made double as nominated in the category of best foreign film. The same happened with the animated short: everything was inclined to Magic Candies o by Yuck!but won In the shadow of the cypress. For its part, The only woman in the orchestra He won by surprise for better documentary short film, and I’m not a robot Best short film.
A gala with an audience of 20 million viewers cannot be a prize reading without more. For his 97th edition, he mixed formats from past years. For example, he brought to present five actors from different films nominated for the best photography, which took The Brutalist (who also won the soundtrack); He did the same with the costume design, which Paul Tazewell won for Wicked After creating more than a thousand different costumes. Was already nominated by West Side Storybut he is the first black man to achieve it in this category, as he remembered excitedly, causing the theater to stand up and that Ariana Grande skipped tears. In addition, the humor of presenters like Amy Poehler and Ben Stiller gave packaging to more technical awards, which usually go unnoticed.
The gala also had its tribute moments. Among them, Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, the step -producing steps -, which meant an excuse to pay tribute to the eternal spy. The Korean singer and actress Lisa, the British Raye and the American Doja Cat sang classic themes of the saga, also with live orchestra, while Margaret Qualley demonstrated qualities of Chica Bond with her powerful dance. An attempt to attract young audiences, as with a large and Ento, but that did not end up and slow down the gala: there he had more than an hour and a half and just seven awards.
He in memory was, Luckily, without aplausometro. In it, Gene Hackman was especially remembered, who died this week, Morgan Freeman presented him, with a special speech for his colleague. “This week, our community lost a giant, and I was a dear friend, Gene Hackman,” who had worked with him in Without forgiveness y Under suspicion. “Gene always said: I do not think of my legacy, I hope they remind me as someone who wanted to do a good job. So I think I speak for everyone when I say: Gene, we will remember you for that and for much more. Rest in peace, friend. ” There was another kind of in memory later, the tribute to Quincy Jones presented by the actresses, presenters, friends and old companions in The purple color Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey, and played by Queen Latifah, Colman Domingo, Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo danced without stopping. They were probably part of the group that knew (although who knew anything?) That they were not going to win. And those are always the ones who spend the best.
