welcome to mojo at the movies I’m Eric
and this is our Oscars edition last
night was the 90th Academy Awards and
we’ve convened a panel to talk about
last night’s broadcast we have Matt Noah
and Phoebe three of our movie experts
how you guys doing fantastic good thanks
good so uh last night it felt like they
were classing it up like if you look at
the the production design and you look
at the set it looked like a classier
oscars than we’ve seen in the past was
the broadcast itself as classy as as
they were making it out to be I think so
I mean Jimmy Kimmel alluded to it in one
of his jokes he said you know to
represent the humility and kind of new
nature of the Academy
we’ve adorned the stage with 45 million
Swarovski crystals like they were in an
amethyst or something like something had
a Stargate it was why it was humble it
was home oh yeah exactly what they
described well Matt you’re the host of
cinephiles
so you guys did your predictions episode
last week yeah how close were you I’d
have to go back and double-check but I
believe on that episode we only got one
wrong one wrong it was best picture but
that’s a pretty significant one yeah
well let’s talk about that okay so shape
of water first of all the first sci-fi
movie to ever win best picture which is
a pretty cool thing yeah finally
breaking ground yeah and it was I guess
it took home the most with four which is
not a huge it wasn’t an avalanche of
winnings but I think everyone assumed it
would be three billboards I I assume
that what am i figurative the popular
pic going into the Oscars was definitely
three billboards considering all the the
precursor Awards this one you know SAG
Awards but yeah I mean some people think
it was a big shock I did think shape of
water had like a pretty good shot at
winning but it definitely wasn’t the
favorite and you know it may be kind of
upset a lot of people or at least
surprise will go was surprised yeah I
mean because I think going into this
particular Oscars race it had been kind
of poised as this big showdown between
three billboards and get out which had
kind of been making a
surgeons in the past couple weeks
Universal was pouring a lot of money
into its marketing campaign to really
boost its Oscar chances which clearly
did pay off seeing that it did win Best
Original Screenplay for Jordan Peele but
ultimately I guess the two ended up
splitting the vote and the shape of
water took it which I am not mad at all
about because you know Guillermo del
Toro deserves everything let’s go
through some of the categories so I mean
at least the major ones actor in a
supporting role that I think it was
Locke I think most of these were locks
but yeah it’s nice to see Sam Rockwell’s
yeah just someone who’s been so
underappreciated for so many years
finally you know he even said himself
I’d like to thank the Academy but I
didn’t think I’d ever even be saying
that was super funny yeah I was rooting
for Willem Dafoe you know the Florida
Project much love to the Florida Project
which is not even nominated for Best
Picture yes
did it get snubbed to a certain degree a
hundred percent I mean Shaun Baker
crafted one of the most moving truly
human stories of the year and was not
justly rewarded but I feel that maybe
his next effort will kind of be his big
breakthrough but I was rooting for will
in the whole time but not to take away
from Sam Rockwell because Jason Dixon
would not have been even remotely the
same character without Sam Rockwell’s
yeah
exactly I was I think it was a hundred
percent deserved for sure and it’s funny
on Twitter I had seen someone tweet like
Sam Rockwell is the Leonardo DiCaprio of
supporting actors always doing such
great work never really nominated when
he is and like doesn’t win kind of thing
so it’s it’s awesome to see him finally
get that recognition and for a role
that’s you know arguably at the best of
his career he was he was phenomenal in
that movie as we were saying he might
also be you know next year he’s gonna be
portraying George W Bush in Adam McKay’s
backseat starring Christian Bale as Dick
Cheney who’s definitely be good he’s
definitely going to be in the best actor
conversation next year but there’s
there’s sort of early rumblings that Sam
Rockwell could again find himself
nominated on the Supporting Actor
category and I say let him have it the
guy’s the guy’s a legend yeah it’s kind
of like a Rockwell a sauce if you were
like well duh dinosaur us
we got it up here for something you
might be onto something yeah
no actress in a supporting role Alison
Jenny I think we had talked about yeah
that was definitely a walk there was no
question that she wasn’t gonna win she
had won all of the awards coming up to
the Oscars and she was amazing
so no surprise there one of the funniest
speeches – I think yeah that row was
amazing yeah so good you know I guess
some people might have been disappointed
that Laurie Metcalf you know she had put
a stellar performance out there it’s
still her that would have been my
personal pick she was phenomenal yeah I
mean not not to take anything away from
Allison Janney but I mean the fact that
it was such a lock of a category kind of
you know it put the other actresses kind
of like in the back seat and you know
how many people actually talked about
those performances and has much leading
up to it so it’s it’s a shame that they
didn’t get that kind of recognition but
exactly I think one is that tight of a
race it’s just that little inch that
puts you ahead of all of these other
amazing actresses you know cuz everyone
in the category was amazing exactly
I mean people loved Allison Janney I
mean has been around for years she has a
bajillion Emmys and people just love her
as a personality and Laurie Metcalf who
believed me was my personal pick to win
these would which would have been
awesome but she’s just someone I guess
with less visibility someone who doesn’t
I mean this was her first film role in
like quite a number of years I don’t
know the exact number but I would have
been very happy with any of these
actresses taking it I mean Lesley
Manville and phantom thread
I mean her was a beast I had some thread
oh my god he was scary dude trust me
you’ll be the one who ends up on the
floor chills I’m telling you chills yeah
oh my gosh so good
let’s get before we get to the major
acting categories or the lead categories
let’s talk about cinematography because
this was pretty cool I was so happy to
see my boy everybody gasps Roger Deakins
finally winning after how much he was 14
this is I believe this is 14 now this is
14 yes yes I mean crazy and maybe not
his most deserving of all the films that
he I was just saying this before the
show actually yeah I think he’s done
better work not to take anything away
from Blade Runner 2049 because visually
I mean
the most stunning movie of the year in
my opinion so completely deserved but I
agree maybe not like at the top of his
repertoire if you will it does feel like
a bit matte like what you mentioned a
bit of a lifetime career achievement
award but honestly I cannot complain at
all quite van hoy Dima will have his
chance one day one day but I’ll be the
next Roger Deakins
yeah but especially if he continues
working with Chris Nolan yeah is it just
IMAX or bust so a hundred percent but
this one very well deserved in my
opinion yeah could not be happier yep
before we continue to the categories one
thing I want to say that I think the
thing that moved me the most in this
particular broadcast were the tributes
and the montages that often appeared
before each category yes each major
category and especially the 90 years of
Oscars I mean you know this whole thing
is about celebrating movies and at one
point there’s a speech by Roger Ebert I
think where he talks about how movies
are empathy machines yeah and I just I
had chills the whole time watching it I
thought they that was an example of how
they treated this whole thing with class
yes of course
it’s basically literally looking at a
movie and saying like what’s the the
base kind of content that an audience
connects with and it’s that it’s it’s
its story and it’s empathy and it’s how
you feel about the characters right that
you strip everything away and that’s
what it’s all about and that’s what made
you know Roger Ebert the best movie
critic of all time is he could just make
things as simple as possible but make
them sound incredibly profound and and
meaningful so yeah I think I the thing I
loved about these montages and I mean
definitely in addition to that was how
they kind of demonstrated just the
transformative power that film has in a
way that wasn’t really hokey or or
overly cliched I’m a quote from Kumail
Nanjiani Best Original Screenplay
nominee that really stuck out to me was
you know I’ve been watching I’ve been
relating to white guys on screen my
whole life and now you get to relate to
me on screen and in the big sick and you
know just um it just really is a
testament to to what movies can do sorry
I think I’m gonna shut it here
it’s like the way he presents it too
it’s just like it’s such a simple thing
it’s just like hey look I’m a minority
like I watch the white guys in movies
and I love them and they’re my heroes
you I’m gonna have my chance to be that
in movies and what’s
who’s not to say that white people won’t
feel the same about exactly it’s such a
simple concept and I think I don’t seem
to grab but you know that’s like another
discussion for another time but that
encapsulates what this whole experience
was about it wasn’t you know it’s so
overt they didn’t hit you over the head
I think everything was done again with a
bit of class and speaking of class
Guillermo del Toro was winning the class
I mean he it was tough competition I was
kind of hoping for Jordan Peele I have
to admit I you know yes I feel like out
of all the movies that were gonna kind
of challenge the shape of water
especially like in the directing it was
get out I think Greta Gerwig maybe had a
small outside tomb that was my personal
pick but yeah definitely Jordan Peele I
thought might be able to squeak
something out but in the end I mean all
the momentum was on del Toro side and
the odds to quote a Hunger Games the
odds were always in his favor and I
loved his quote well you know in his
speech I think he said something along
the lines of this is a door yes
kick it open and come on in yeah you
know exactly basically saying like kids
if you like sci-fi if you like fantasy
if you like these movies that you know
aren’t generally regarded as
masterpieces by the Academy you know
it’s totally fine to do it that’s the
door kick it down I think you should go
for it you know it also had to do with
how this year we had so many different
methods of telling stories and I think
it’s really important to mention that a
lot of Spanish films did win this year
and you know that’s sort of just a call
to hearing different stories and the way
that we tell these different stories
that’s why I think it was so important
that Guillermo del Toro won so actor in
a leading role any surprise that Gary
Oldman one not even a old white person
and kicks chairs I mean the Academy
loves that oh yeah exactly so he’s a
phenomenal actor so it’s like it’s a
Roger Deakins situation you know he’s
dudes a legend and I mean this was a
really great performance and of course
it’s a great performance it does feel
like this is a win for not a lesser
performance but you know he’s been such
a legend in the industry and he went so
many years without even
nominate in the place that it’s like oh
sorry but we’re catching up with you now
so we’re gonna give you this Oscar as a
way to make up for it now let’s talk
about Frances McDorman that was quite
clean that way yeah so happy to see her
way oh my god we knew it was gonna
happen yeah right I mean right yeah I’m
from from day one I mean I don’t think
for a long time there was a lot of
debate as to whether maybe his France is
gonna take it might it be Saoirse Ronan
yeah miss Margot Robbie stand a chance
before really just this tidal wave of
support she won the SAG she won the
Golden Globe you know she was an
unstoppable force yes the performance of
a lifetime I think yeah it was
definitely if not her best like one of
100 percent that’s like and this is also
you know Frances McDormand Fargo you
know we figure yeah associate her with
that role and this was such a different
role but they just like you look at the
contrast between those two different
roles it’s just like her range of acting
is tremendous she’s just she’s one of
the best actresses in the business right
now so I think it’s completely deserved
let’s talk about the speech – I mean you
know got up there and it was you know it
was interesting because she said you
know if I fall over pick me up I got
some things to say that I thought you
know I thought she was gonna be more of
a hammer than she was she was I loved
the speech and I actually thought that
she handled it well but it was it seemed
like she was like get ready because I’m
gonna you know I’m gonna tear you away
it was pretty hammer II though I mean
especially the part where she was just
like big long pause looks at all the
women she just had like stand up which
was super awesome by the way and she’s
just like inclusion rider and then I’m
sure like everyone might drop everyone
watching was kind of just like well what
is it what exactly does that mean I know
I was like that at first but everyone
like all those actresses all those
industry people just started applauding
like crazy because they’re clearly aware
of what it is and the whole the whole
idea behind it is that when an actress
or you know whoever in the business is
about to sign a contract to work on a
film they could say like oh I want an
inclusion rider section of this saying
that I want X amount of minorities and
women working on this film team and if
that isn’t met then I’m not gonna be
part of this movie so if like if she she
managed to rally all these women with
that
speech and if all of them actually
follow through and have this included in
their film contracts could be huge for
women in filmmakers the opportunity of
giving that speech to actually it might
not have been a hammer but it was a huge
tool to actually exact change that yes
of course ya know well you know that
also speaks to the tone everyone thought
that this was going to be a supercharged
year in terms of politics do you think
that it was as people expected I don’t
think it felt that way I think it sort
of felt light-hearted considering
everything that had happened last year I
think Jimmy Kimmel did a pretty good job
at sort of making light of all these
really bad things that happened in
contrast especially to last year’s
Oscars which I found was a little bit
more politically charged in my opinion
but no I thought it was very
light-hearted and I thought that he
doesn’t always have to be a hammer to
make a good point I think that you can
make a good point by laughing at
something so I think that’s really what
worked this year yeah
Best Picture so I’m stoked I mean like
like we were talking about before I
think that the favorite going in was
three billboards
and even I we had we had a poll and I
said definitely gonna be three
billboards and I was so happy that shape
of water won and I think that it’s sort
of a testament it’s it’s odd because
this year was all about new stories
being told and new filmmakers and yes
Guillermo del Toro does have a very
interesting way of telling stories but
it very much felt like an old Hollywood
film yes and the theme of the night felt
very old Hollywood as well with the set
design and everything so I thought that
that was really really it came full
circle it felt really nice yeah and
Gamal del Toro is just so sweet and so
humble and I think his film was amazing
I loved it so much and I’m so happy I
loved the movie I thought it was really
great but you know you look at the shape
of water and you look at the movies that
stacked up against you got three
billboards you got get out you got Lady
Bird even like something some would say
like Dunkirk saying that conversation
too and as much as I liked the shape of
water I I look I look back at it I’m
like it’s not exactly it’s not a exactly
a Best Picture movie for me but that’s
what a lot of people said about get out
you know yeah I think this was really
the you know this is kind of we’re
starting to see more you know we’re not
seeing just again a few years ago
darkest hour would have cleaned up I
think at the Academy Awards yeah but
this is the fact yeah yeah it’s sort of
the sea change that’s happening the fact
that get out was such a strong contender
to win and the fact that the shape of
water
the first sci-fi film ever do one of the
Academy Awards we’re definitely seeing
something is shifting underneath the
surface
yeah and I’m very here for it overall a
good ceremony we’re happy with the
results and we’re happy with the sea
change and looking forward to next year
maybe we’ll be talking about Sam
Rockwell again who knows
hopefully love that answer and all that
case so chef please perfect thank you
guys let us know what you think in the
comments we’d be curious to hear your
thoughts and we’ll be back soon thank
you very much see you next time
and this is our Oscars edition last
night was the 90th Academy Awards and
we’ve convened a panel to talk about
last night’s broadcast we have Matt Noah
and Phoebe three of our movie experts
how you guys doing fantastic good thanks
good so uh last night it felt like they
were classing it up like if you look at
the the production design and you look
at the set it looked like a classier
oscars than we’ve seen in the past was
the broadcast itself as classy as as
they were making it out to be I think so
I mean Jimmy Kimmel alluded to it in one
of his jokes he said you know to
represent the humility and kind of new
nature of the Academy
we’ve adorned the stage with 45 million
Swarovski crystals like they were in an
amethyst or something like something had
a Stargate it was why it was humble it
was home oh yeah exactly what they
described well Matt you’re the host of
cinephiles
so you guys did your predictions episode
last week yeah how close were you I’d
have to go back and double-check but I
believe on that episode we only got one
wrong one wrong it was best picture but
that’s a pretty significant one yeah
well let’s talk about that okay so shape
of water first of all the first sci-fi
movie to ever win best picture which is
a pretty cool thing yeah finally
breaking ground yeah and it was I guess
it took home the most with four which is
not a huge it wasn’t an avalanche of
winnings but I think everyone assumed it
would be three billboards I I assume
that what am i figurative the popular
pic going into the Oscars was definitely
three billboards considering all the the
precursor Awards this one you know SAG
Awards but yeah I mean some people think
it was a big shock I did think shape of
water had like a pretty good shot at
winning but it definitely wasn’t the
favorite and you know it may be kind of
upset a lot of people or at least
surprise will go was surprised yeah I
mean because I think going into this
particular Oscars race it had been kind
of poised as this big showdown between
three billboards and get out which had
kind of been making a
surgeons in the past couple weeks
Universal was pouring a lot of money
into its marketing campaign to really
boost its Oscar chances which clearly
did pay off seeing that it did win Best
Original Screenplay for Jordan Peele but
ultimately I guess the two ended up
splitting the vote and the shape of
water took it which I am not mad at all
about because you know Guillermo del
Toro deserves everything let’s go
through some of the categories so I mean
at least the major ones actor in a
supporting role that I think it was
Locke I think most of these were locks
but yeah it’s nice to see Sam Rockwell’s
yeah just someone who’s been so
underappreciated for so many years
finally you know he even said himself
I’d like to thank the Academy but I
didn’t think I’d ever even be saying
that was super funny yeah I was rooting
for Willem Dafoe you know the Florida
Project much love to the Florida Project
which is not even nominated for Best
Picture yes
did it get snubbed to a certain degree a
hundred percent I mean Shaun Baker
crafted one of the most moving truly
human stories of the year and was not
justly rewarded but I feel that maybe
his next effort will kind of be his big
breakthrough but I was rooting for will
in the whole time but not to take away
from Sam Rockwell because Jason Dixon
would not have been even remotely the
same character without Sam Rockwell’s
yeah
exactly I was I think it was a hundred
percent deserved for sure and it’s funny
on Twitter I had seen someone tweet like
Sam Rockwell is the Leonardo DiCaprio of
supporting actors always doing such
great work never really nominated when
he is and like doesn’t win kind of thing
so it’s it’s awesome to see him finally
get that recognition and for a role
that’s you know arguably at the best of
his career he was he was phenomenal in
that movie as we were saying he might
also be you know next year he’s gonna be
portraying George W Bush in Adam McKay’s
backseat starring Christian Bale as Dick
Cheney who’s definitely be good he’s
definitely going to be in the best actor
conversation next year but there’s
there’s sort of early rumblings that Sam
Rockwell could again find himself
nominated on the Supporting Actor
category and I say let him have it the
guy’s the guy’s a legend yeah it’s kind
of like a Rockwell a sauce if you were
like well duh dinosaur us
we got it up here for something you
might be onto something yeah
no actress in a supporting role Alison
Jenny I think we had talked about yeah
that was definitely a walk there was no
question that she wasn’t gonna win she
had won all of the awards coming up to
the Oscars and she was amazing
so no surprise there one of the funniest
speeches – I think yeah that row was
amazing yeah so good you know I guess
some people might have been disappointed
that Laurie Metcalf you know she had put
a stellar performance out there it’s
still her that would have been my
personal pick she was phenomenal yeah I
mean not not to take anything away from
Allison Janney but I mean the fact that
it was such a lock of a category kind of
you know it put the other actresses kind
of like in the back seat and you know
how many people actually talked about
those performances and has much leading
up to it so it’s it’s a shame that they
didn’t get that kind of recognition but
exactly I think one is that tight of a
race it’s just that little inch that
puts you ahead of all of these other
amazing actresses you know cuz everyone
in the category was amazing exactly
I mean people loved Allison Janney I
mean has been around for years she has a
bajillion Emmys and people just love her
as a personality and Laurie Metcalf who
believed me was my personal pick to win
these would which would have been
awesome but she’s just someone I guess
with less visibility someone who doesn’t
I mean this was her first film role in
like quite a number of years I don’t
know the exact number but I would have
been very happy with any of these
actresses taking it I mean Lesley
Manville and phantom thread
I mean her was a beast I had some thread
oh my god he was scary dude trust me
you’ll be the one who ends up on the
floor chills I’m telling you chills yeah
oh my gosh so good
let’s get before we get to the major
acting categories or the lead categories
let’s talk about cinematography because
this was pretty cool I was so happy to
see my boy everybody gasps Roger Deakins
finally winning after how much he was 14
this is I believe this is 14 now this is
14 yes yes I mean crazy and maybe not
his most deserving of all the films that
he I was just saying this before the
show actually yeah I think he’s done
better work not to take anything away
from Blade Runner 2049 because visually
I mean
the most stunning movie of the year in
my opinion so completely deserved but I
agree maybe not like at the top of his
repertoire if you will it does feel like
a bit matte like what you mentioned a
bit of a lifetime career achievement
award but honestly I cannot complain at
all quite van hoy Dima will have his
chance one day one day but I’ll be the
next Roger Deakins
yeah but especially if he continues
working with Chris Nolan yeah is it just
IMAX or bust so a hundred percent but
this one very well deserved in my
opinion yeah could not be happier yep
before we continue to the categories one
thing I want to say that I think the
thing that moved me the most in this
particular broadcast were the tributes
and the montages that often appeared
before each category yes each major
category and especially the 90 years of
Oscars I mean you know this whole thing
is about celebrating movies and at one
point there’s a speech by Roger Ebert I
think where he talks about how movies
are empathy machines yeah and I just I
had chills the whole time watching it I
thought they that was an example of how
they treated this whole thing with class
yes of course
it’s basically literally looking at a
movie and saying like what’s the the
base kind of content that an audience
connects with and it’s that it’s it’s
its story and it’s empathy and it’s how
you feel about the characters right that
you strip everything away and that’s
what it’s all about and that’s what made
you know Roger Ebert the best movie
critic of all time is he could just make
things as simple as possible but make
them sound incredibly profound and and
meaningful so yeah I think I the thing I
loved about these montages and I mean
definitely in addition to that was how
they kind of demonstrated just the
transformative power that film has in a
way that wasn’t really hokey or or
overly cliched I’m a quote from Kumail
Nanjiani Best Original Screenplay
nominee that really stuck out to me was
you know I’ve been watching I’ve been
relating to white guys on screen my
whole life and now you get to relate to
me on screen and in the big sick and you
know just um it just really is a
testament to to what movies can do sorry
I think I’m gonna shut it here
it’s like the way he presents it too
it’s just like it’s such a simple thing
it’s just like hey look I’m a minority
like I watch the white guys in movies
and I love them and they’re my heroes
you I’m gonna have my chance to be that
in movies and what’s
who’s not to say that white people won’t
feel the same about exactly it’s such a
simple concept and I think I don’t seem
to grab but you know that’s like another
discussion for another time but that
encapsulates what this whole experience
was about it wasn’t you know it’s so
overt they didn’t hit you over the head
I think everything was done again with a
bit of class and speaking of class
Guillermo del Toro was winning the class
I mean he it was tough competition I was
kind of hoping for Jordan Peele I have
to admit I you know yes I feel like out
of all the movies that were gonna kind
of challenge the shape of water
especially like in the directing it was
get out I think Greta Gerwig maybe had a
small outside tomb that was my personal
pick but yeah definitely Jordan Peele I
thought might be able to squeak
something out but in the end I mean all
the momentum was on del Toro side and
the odds to quote a Hunger Games the
odds were always in his favor and I
loved his quote well you know in his
speech I think he said something along
the lines of this is a door yes
kick it open and come on in yeah you
know exactly basically saying like kids
if you like sci-fi if you like fantasy
if you like these movies that you know
aren’t generally regarded as
masterpieces by the Academy you know
it’s totally fine to do it that’s the
door kick it down I think you should go
for it you know it also had to do with
how this year we had so many different
methods of telling stories and I think
it’s really important to mention that a
lot of Spanish films did win this year
and you know that’s sort of just a call
to hearing different stories and the way
that we tell these different stories
that’s why I think it was so important
that Guillermo del Toro won so actor in
a leading role any surprise that Gary
Oldman one not even a old white person
and kicks chairs I mean the Academy
loves that oh yeah exactly so he’s a
phenomenal actor so it’s like it’s a
Roger Deakins situation you know he’s
dudes a legend and I mean this was a
really great performance and of course
it’s a great performance it does feel
like this is a win for not a lesser
performance but you know he’s been such
a legend in the industry and he went so
many years without even
nominate in the place that it’s like oh
sorry but we’re catching up with you now
so we’re gonna give you this Oscar as a
way to make up for it now let’s talk
about Frances McDorman that was quite
clean that way yeah so happy to see her
way oh my god we knew it was gonna
happen yeah right I mean right yeah I’m
from from day one I mean I don’t think
for a long time there was a lot of
debate as to whether maybe his France is
gonna take it might it be Saoirse Ronan
yeah miss Margot Robbie stand a chance
before really just this tidal wave of
support she won the SAG she won the
Golden Globe you know she was an
unstoppable force yes the performance of
a lifetime I think yeah it was
definitely if not her best like one of
100 percent that’s like and this is also
you know Frances McDormand Fargo you
know we figure yeah associate her with
that role and this was such a different
role but they just like you look at the
contrast between those two different
roles it’s just like her range of acting
is tremendous she’s just she’s one of
the best actresses in the business right
now so I think it’s completely deserved
let’s talk about the speech – I mean you
know got up there and it was you know it
was interesting because she said you
know if I fall over pick me up I got
some things to say that I thought you
know I thought she was gonna be more of
a hammer than she was she was I loved
the speech and I actually thought that
she handled it well but it was it seemed
like she was like get ready because I’m
gonna you know I’m gonna tear you away
it was pretty hammer II though I mean
especially the part where she was just
like big long pause looks at all the
women she just had like stand up which
was super awesome by the way and she’s
just like inclusion rider and then I’m
sure like everyone might drop everyone
watching was kind of just like well what
is it what exactly does that mean I know
I was like that at first but everyone
like all those actresses all those
industry people just started applauding
like crazy because they’re clearly aware
of what it is and the whole the whole
idea behind it is that when an actress
or you know whoever in the business is
about to sign a contract to work on a
film they could say like oh I want an
inclusion rider section of this saying
that I want X amount of minorities and
women working on this film team and if
that isn’t met then I’m not gonna be
part of this movie so if like if she she
managed to rally all these women with
that
speech and if all of them actually
follow through and have this included in
their film contracts could be huge for
women in filmmakers the opportunity of
giving that speech to actually it might
not have been a hammer but it was a huge
tool to actually exact change that yes
of course ya know well you know that
also speaks to the tone everyone thought
that this was going to be a supercharged
year in terms of politics do you think
that it was as people expected I don’t
think it felt that way I think it sort
of felt light-hearted considering
everything that had happened last year I
think Jimmy Kimmel did a pretty good job
at sort of making light of all these
really bad things that happened in
contrast especially to last year’s
Oscars which I found was a little bit
more politically charged in my opinion
but no I thought it was very
light-hearted and I thought that he
doesn’t always have to be a hammer to
make a good point I think that you can
make a good point by laughing at
something so I think that’s really what
worked this year yeah
Best Picture so I’m stoked I mean like
like we were talking about before I
think that the favorite going in was
three billboards
and even I we had we had a poll and I
said definitely gonna be three
billboards and I was so happy that shape
of water won and I think that it’s sort
of a testament it’s it’s odd because
this year was all about new stories
being told and new filmmakers and yes
Guillermo del Toro does have a very
interesting way of telling stories but
it very much felt like an old Hollywood
film yes and the theme of the night felt
very old Hollywood as well with the set
design and everything so I thought that
that was really really it came full
circle it felt really nice yeah and
Gamal del Toro is just so sweet and so
humble and I think his film was amazing
I loved it so much and I’m so happy I
loved the movie I thought it was really
great but you know you look at the shape
of water and you look at the movies that
stacked up against you got three
billboards you got get out you got Lady
Bird even like something some would say
like Dunkirk saying that conversation
too and as much as I liked the shape of
water I I look I look back at it I’m
like it’s not exactly it’s not a exactly
a Best Picture movie for me but that’s
what a lot of people said about get out
you know yeah I think this was really
the you know this is kind of we’re
starting to see more you know we’re not
seeing just again a few years ago
darkest hour would have cleaned up I
think at the Academy Awards yeah but
this is the fact yeah yeah it’s sort of
the sea change that’s happening the fact
that get out was such a strong contender
to win and the fact that the shape of
water
the first sci-fi film ever do one of the
Academy Awards we’re definitely seeing
something is shifting underneath the
surface
yeah and I’m very here for it overall a
good ceremony we’re happy with the
results and we’re happy with the sea
change and looking forward to next year
maybe we’ll be talking about Sam
Rockwell again who knows
hopefully love that answer and all that
case so chef please perfect thank you
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