The films nominated in the most important category, Best Film, span a variety of topics at two completely different extremes. On one side is the real crime of genocide such as Oppenheimer, The Zone of Interest and Killers of the Flower Moonwhile on the other end we have films that portray female experiences through many perspectives such as Barbie, Poor Things and Anatomy of a Fall.
“Iron Man” Robert Downey Jr: “She found me like a poor pet”
The 2024 Oscars are the end of an explosive year for Oppenheimer, director Christopher Nolan and actor Cillian Murphy. These three names have swept more than 270 large and small film awards around the world, from the Golden Globe, BAFTA… and now 7 Oscar gold statues for the following categories: Film Editing, Cinematography, Music. movie, Supporting Actor, Leading Actor, Director, and most importantly, Best Movie.
This is a victory completely worthy of the illustrious career spanning more than 25 years of a director like Christopher Nolan who always wants to break the boundaries of filmmaking.
Director Christopher Nolan with producers Emma Thomas (left) and Charles Roven (right) of the Oppenheimer film. Source: CNBC.
Concluding his award acceptance speech, director Nolan expressed his love for cinema: “Cinema is more than 100 years old, emerging from paintings and plays. We don’t know how cinema will develop in the future, but knowing that we can have a meaningful part in that evolution means a lot to me.”
As Cillian Murphy’s first nomination and Oscar award in his career, he expressed his deep gratitude to his extremely close colleague of more than 20 years, director Christopher Nolan, and thanked producer Emma Thomas. , every member of the film crew, and his family. Cillian Murphy sent a message to those who are fighting for world peace: “We made a film about the father of the atomic bomb, and we are all living in a world of Oppenheimerso I want to pay tribute to peacekeepers everywhere.”
Cillian Murphy received the award for Best Actor. Cillian Murphy “wanted to pay tribute to peacekeepers everywhere”. Source: People.
First Oscar win for Robert Downey Jr. in the Best Supporting Actor category and this is a worthy victory for a talented actor like him.
Robert’s career seemed to have come to a dead end when he got involved in drugs, alcohol and had to go to prison. Fortunately, his wife Susan found him and pulled him back to life, becoming one of the most famous heroes on the big screen, Iron Man, who led the MCU on a journey of more than 10 years and now Robert has become an Oscar golden statuette winner.
“I want to thank my childhood trauma and the Academy, I thank my wife Susan Downey sitting down there, she found me as a poor pet and used her love to bring me back to life. This. That’s why I’m standing here, thank you.”
“Iron Man” Robert Downey Jr. received his first Oscar in his career in the Best Supporting Actor category, with touching words of thanks to his wife who saved his life. Source: Variety.
The Oscars have the most female directors and female screenwriters
This is the first period with the most films by female directors in the Best Picture category in Oscar history Barbie (Greta Gerwig) Anatomy of a Fall (Justine Triet) and Past Lives (Celine Song). At the same time, 4 of the 10 scripts in the Screenplay category were written/co-written by four female screenwriters: Justine Triet, Barbie, May December, and Past Lives.
Not only that, this year is also the first year that a Native American actress has been nominated for the Best Actress category, Lily Gladstone in the movie. Killer of the Flower Moon.
Contrary to many people’s predictions that the Oscar for Best Actress would go to Lily Gladstone, Emma Stone became the winner for her role as Bella Baxter in Poor Things, which gave her the second golden statue in her career. Unlike the not so surprising wins of other main categories, this year’s Female Lead category is an unpredictable competition between Emma Stone, Lily Gladstone and Sandra Huller (actresses who appeared in 2 out of 10 films in the category). Best Picture nominee) and any of these actresses have given great performances.
