April 14, 2021
11:59am PT
by
Carolyn Giardina
Oscars: Editors Behind Sound of Metal, Promising Young Woman and More on Finding Scale and Complexity in the Cutting Room
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Riz Ahmed in Sound of Metal s opening (left) and closing (right) scenes.
From incorporating actual footage of the 1968 riots in The Trial of the Chicago 7 to changing the opening of Sound of Metal, Oscar-nominated editors reveal some of their trickiest tasks.
Whether it s revisiting a historical event or amplifying the confusion emanating from a lead actor, each of this year s Oscar-nominated film editors was faced with unique challenges to make their stories work.
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See-Saw Films is producing the drama, which like Oscar-nominated and BAFTA-winning The Father, is adapted from one of Zeller s stage plays.
The Father may still be in the awards race a two-time BAFTA winner last weekend and currently up for six Oscars, including best film, best actor for Anthony Hopkins and best supporting actress for Olivia Colman but writer/director Florian Zeller has wasted no time on capitalizing on his directorial debut s momentum to get moving on the follow-up. And he s lined up another pair of top-level names to star.
Hugh Jackman and Laura Dern are teaming up for
Has a Best Picture race ever felt like
such a done deal? Even in years where there s been an obvious frontrunner, there was still some room for surprise come Oscars night. That doesn t seem to be the case this year, where
Nomadland is so primed to win that if any other film were read off, we would say,
Why do they keep letting Warren Beatty present Best Picture?!
Chloé Zhao s resilient road movie became the first film to ever win both Venice s Golden Lion Award and the Toronto International Film Festival s People s Choice Award, the latter heralding it as one to watch come awards season. Then
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Los Angeles–The entire world has been reacting to the nominations for the upcoming 93rd Academy Awards, scheduled to take place on April 25 (early hours of April 26 according to India time). The nominees, have shared their excitement through interviews and on social media.
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal)
“Wow! I’m honoured to be nominated by my fellow actors alongside such inspiring performances, and am grateful to the Academy for their support and encouragement. I’m equally thrilled for our visionary writer-director Darius Marder and the brilliant Paul Raci, as well as our editor Mikkel, sound designer Nicolas, and co-writer Abe Marder. These nominations represent the time, generosity and talents of so many all of our incredible cast, crew, producers, and in particular I’d like to thank my mentors in the drumming, addiction recovery, and D/deaf communities. “Sound of Metal is about how a health crisis can