The 95th Oscar ceremony took place last night and offered its share of surprises.
The 95th Oscar ceremony took place last night and offered its share of surprises. One of the main news this year was the replacement of the traditional red carpet with a champagne carpet. If this idea has attracted many guests, it has however been problematic because of its fragility. Indeed, the carpet quickly sali and required a team to clean it regularly.
Despite this small incident, the evening went smoothly thanks to the presence of a crisis management team. The organizers had indeed anticipated the problems that could arise during the ceremony and had taken the necessary measures to deal with it.
The big winner of this edition of the Oscars was the film Everything, Everywhere, All at Oncewhich won no less than 7 statuettes out of the 11 for which he was appointed. A largely deserved reward for this atypical and daring film, which has been able to leave the beaten track and offer something different. The members of the Academy have thus shown that they were able to reward a real cinema, which dares to think outside of executives and which offers a different and innovative vision. With Everything, Everywhere, All at Oncethe public was able to discover a colorful, crazy cinema, a little crazy, but above all a real artistic work.
Everything Everywhere All at Once is a film written and directed by Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan, which has managed to captivate the attention of the specialized press and to collect several awards, in particular those granted by the unions of American cinema professionals and several American cinema criticism associations.
After watching this film, it is impossible not to be amazed by the overflowing imagination of the writers and the incredible staging. The film starts from a simple idea to reach another simple idea, but it is the path traveled that is original and surprising. Spectators find themselves going through incredible experiences in the multiverse, with various scenes, colors, actions, emotions and dimensions that go beyond everything you could imagine.
The film highlights the importance of love, whether maternal, filial, marital or friendship. But to get to this love, you have to fight, and it is done through references to different kinds of films, such as love, horror, science fiction, action, martial and even cartoons.
Everything Everywhere All at Once is a masterpiece and a tribute to the cinema, as much by what it shows as by what it is. He demonstrates that cinema, the imagination of man and art have no limits.
In addition, Michelle Yeoh, who plays the main role in Everything Everywhere All at Onceand who won the Oscar for best actress is the first Asian to receive this award. “” For all little boys and little girls who look like me and look at this evening, this is a symbol of hope and possibilities“She said with emotion. “” It’s the story“Added the 60 -year -old Malaysian actress.
The German film To the west, nothing new Produced by Netflix and adapted from a pacifist novel on the First World War, won four Oscars including that of the best international film. This is a rare recognition for a German language film, which knew how to touch the public with its moving history and its careful staging. The film also won the Oscars of the best original music, sets and photography.
It is the second time that an adaptation of Erich Maria Note’s novel has won an Oscar. Indeed, in 1930, the feature film of the American Lewis Milestone had obtained the Oscar for the best film and that of the best director.
Finally, we note the first award for India during this ceremony. The film RRR thus won the Oscar for the best original song with the title Naatu naatu. A beautiful consecration for India, which has thus been able to demonstrate the richness of its cinematographic culture.
The guests were able to see this song on stage and strongly applauded it. She was presented by the beautiful and elegant Indian actress Deepika Padukone.
The other deserved Oscars are: Best animated film for Pinocchio, Directed by Guillermo del Toro and that we can see on Netflix and best visual effects for Avatar: the waterway Directed by James Cameron.
On the other hand, there was no award for Steven Spielberg and his semi-autobiographical film The Fabelmans. If the director had been widely praised by criticism for this film, he left empty -handed from the Oscar evening. A disappointment for this big name of American cinema, but which could be explained by the fact that the treatment of his film was too classic. It is true that The Fabelmans is a very moving film and tells so well how this little boy discovered cinema, which became his passion and then his job, but Steven Spielberg could have made an effort and find a slightly more original way to share this passion with the spectators.
The great disappointment of this ceremony is the fact that the Belgian film Closeddirected by Lukas Dhont, and appointed in the best international film category, also left empty -handed. This film which had made its first at the Cannes Film Festival and won the Grand Prix there in ex -quo,, allegedly deserved to leave with the statuette. A very moving film, and very well made and interpreted.
As for the Oscar for the best suitable scenario, he returned to the film Women Talking, who did not even deserve his appointment. A film that happens almost entirely in a barn, and which in the long run becomes boring, even if the dialogues are interesting.
This 2023 Oscar ceremony was a success and has shown that the members of the Academy have rewarded innovative and daring films, thus offering a showcase to real cinema, the one who dares to think outside the beaten track. We can only rejoice.
It should also be noted that this year’s Oscars were marked by an exceptional diversity among the nominees and the winners. Many artists of various ethnic origins have been recognized, which has been hailed by many observers as a positive sign of progress for inclusion and representation in the American film industry.
It is indeed normal that a ceremony which mainly rewards American films reflects the whole of American society, including its different cultures and various communities. For a long time, the Oscars were criticized for their lack of diversity and their tendency to promote the films made by white men.
Over the years, the organizers of the Oscars have worked to improve the diversity of the ceremony and to include a greater variety of votes and perspectives. They introduced eligibility criteria to encourage representation and inclusion, in particular by demanding that the films in the running for the price of the best film reflect more diversity in terms of gender, race and sexual orientation.
Here is the list of 2023 Oscar winners:
Best movie : “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Best directors : Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Best actress : Michelle Yeoh, in “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Best actor : Brendan Fraser, in “The Whale”
Best actor in a supporting role : Ke Huy Quan, in “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Best actress in a supporting role : Jamie Lee Curtis, “Everything EveryWhere All at Once”
Best international film : “In the west, nothing new” (Germany)
Best animated film : “Pinocchio” by Guillermo del Toro
Best documentary : “Navalny”
Best original scenario : “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Best suitable scenario : “Women Talking”
Best short film (documentary) : “The Elephant Whisperers”
Best short film (real shots) : “An Irish goodbye”
Best short film (animation) : “The boy, the mole, the fox, and the horse”
Best visual effects : “Avatar: the waterway”
Best sets : “To the west, nothing new”
Best original song : “Naatu naatu” in “rrr”
Best editing : “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Best photograph : “To the west, nothing new”
Best mix : “Top Gun: Maverick”
Best movie music : “To the west, nothing new”
Best make -ups and hairstyles : “The Whale”
Best suitS: “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
Neïla Driss
