Oscars 2024 Celebrations and Snubs – Beragampengetahuan

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Oscars 2024 – Celebrations and Snubs

Earlier this week the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced this year’s award nominations and, as expected, reactions were strong and social media almost immediately lit itself on fire. Today I want to break down for you some of the nominees and snubs that are currently driving the conversation.

Unsurprisingly, Oppenheimer is leading the pack with 13 nominations. It’s giving The Lord of the Rings trilogy of films circa 20 years ago. Slightly more surprising is Poor Things nipping at its heels with 11 nominations, giving to total awards won by The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King exactly 20 years ago at the 2004 Academy Awards ceremony.

The most culturally significant and historical nomination belongs to Lily Gladstone for her nomination as Best Actress in Killers of the Flower Moon. Should she win (and it seems an inevitability she will based on how other awards have gone this season so far), Gladstone is poised to become the first Native American performer to win in the category.

Barbie was the biggest snub and the injustice the movie-going public is currently up-in-arms about. America Ferrera and Ryan Gosling secured themselves nominations for Best Supporting Actress and Best Supporting Actor, respectively. The film itself is also nominated for: Best Picture, Adapted Screenplay, Original Song (twice over, seeming to cement its triumph in this category), Costume Design, and Production Design, however Greta Gerwig was not nominated in the Director Category and Barbie, herself, Margot Robbie was not nominated in the Best Lead Actress category. 

Whether or not you have seen or enjoyed Barbie, the irony of a film directly addressing the patriarchy led by women garnering its most high profile awards for their male co-star seems not only antithetical to the ethos of the film itself, but potentially serves as a reminder of who the Academy voters represent and their lapses in judgment of the past.

Another snub (in my opinion, it ought to have snagged a Best Picture nod), was Godzilla Minus One, but it did secure a Visual Effects nomination in a historic move for the beloved kaiju franchise. Japanese cinema is also being celebrated in the Best Animated Feature category with Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki snagging a nomination for The Boy and the Heron. Despite Disney’s Elemental also being nominated in the same category, to me, this category is a battle between The Boy and the Heron and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.

I’m looking forward to reading your reactions in the comments section and on social media! A full list of nominees follows:

Best Picture

American Fiction Ben LeClair, Nikos Karamigios, Cord Jefferson and Jermaine Johnson, producers

Anatomy of a Fall Marie-Ange Luciani and David Thion, producers

Barbie David Heyman, Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Robbie Brenner, producers

The Holdovers Mark Johnson, producer

Killers of the Flower Moon Dan Friedkin, Bradley Thomas, Martin Scorsese and Daniel Lupi, producers

Maestro Bradley Cooper, Steven Spielberg, Fred Berner, Amy Durning and Kristie Macosko Krieger, producers

Oppenheimer Emma Thomas, Charles Roven and Christopher Nolan, producers

Past Lives David Hinojosa, Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler, producers

Poor Things Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone, producers

The Zone of Interest James Wilson, producer

 

Best Director 

Justine Triet — Anatomy of a Fall

Martin Scorsese — Killers of the Flower Moon

Christopher Nolan — Oppenheimer

Yorgos Lanthimos — Poor Things

Jonathan Glazer — The Zone of Interest 

 

Actor in a Leading Role 

Bradley Cooper — Maestro

Colman Domingo — Rustin

Paul Giamatti — The Holdovers

Cillian Murphy — Oppenheimer  

Jeffrey Wright — American Fiction 

 

Actress in a Leading Role 

Annette Bening — Nyad

Lily Gladstone — Killers of the Flower Moon

Sandra Hüller — Anatomy of a Fall 

Carey Mulligan — Maestro

Emma Stone — Poor Things

 

Actor in a Supporting Role

Sterling K. Brown — American Fiction

Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon 

Robert Downey Jr. — Oppenheimer 

Ryan Gosling — Barbie

Mark Ruffalo — Poor Things  

 

Actress in a Supporting Role 

Emily Blunt — Oppenheimer

Danielle Brooks — The Color Purple  

America Ferrera – Barbie

Jodie Foster — Nyad 

Da’Vine Joy Randolph — The Holdovers 

 

Adapted Screenplay

American Fiction by Cord Jefferson

Barbie by Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach

Oppenheimer by Christopher Nolan

Poor Things by Tony McNamara

The Zone of Interest by Jonathan Glazer

 

Original Screenplay

Anatomy of a Fall by Justine Triet and Arthur Harari

The Holdovers by David Hemingson

Maestro by Bradley Cooper and Josh Singer

May December by Samy Burch; story by Samy Burch and Alex Mechanik

Past Lives by Celine Song

 

Cinematography 

El Conde – Edward Lachman

Killers of the Flower Moon – Rodrigo Prieto

Maestro – Matthew Libatique

Oppenheimer – Hoyte van Hoytema

Poor Things – Robbie Ryan

 

Original Song 

The Fire Inside from Flamin’ Hot music and lyric by Diane Warren

I’m Just Ken from Barbie music and lyric by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt

It Never Went Away from American Symphony music and lyric by Jon Batiste and Dan Wilson

Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People) from Killers of the Flower Moon music and lyric by Scott George

What Was I Made For? from Barbie music and lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell

 

Costume Design 

Barbie – Jacqueline Durran

Killers of the Flower Moon – Jacqueline West

Napoleon – Janty Yates and Dave Crossman

Oppenheimer – Ellen Mirojnick

Poor Things – Holly Waddington

 

Sound

The Creator Ian Voigt, Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn, Tom Ozanich and Dean Zupancic

Maestro Steven A. Morrow, Richard King, Jason Ruder, Tom Ozanich and Dean Zupancic

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One Chris Munro, James H. Mather, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor

Oppenheimer Willie Burton, Richard King, Gary A. Rizzo and Kevin O’Connell

The Zone of Interest Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn

 

Original Score 

American Fiction – Laura Karpman

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny – John Williams

Killers of the Flower Moon – Robbie Robertson

Oppenheimer – Ludwig Göransson

Poor Things – Jerskin Fendrix

 

Live Action Short Film

The After Misan Harriman and Nicky Bentham

Invincible Vincent René-Lortie and Samuel Caron

Knight of Fortune Lasse Lyskjær Noer and Christian Norlyk

Red, White and Blue Nazrin Choudhury and Sara McFarlane

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar Wes Anderson and Steven Rales

 

Animated Short Film 

Letter to a Pig Tal Kantor and Amit R. Gicelter

Ninety-Five Senses Jerusha Hess and Jared Hess

Our Uniform Yegane Moghaddam

Pachyderme Stéphanie Clément and Marc Rius

War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko Dave Mullins and Brad Booker

 

Documentary Feature Film 

Bobi Wine: The People’s President Moses Bwayo, Christopher Sharp and John Battsek

The Eternal Memory

Four Daughters Kaouther Ben Hania and Nadim Cheikhrouha

To Kill a Tiger Nisha Pahuja, Cornelia Principe and David Oppenheim

20 Days in Mariupol Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner and Raney Aronson-Rath

 

Documentary Short Film 

The ABCs of Book Banning Sheila Nevins and Trish Adlesic

The Barber of Little Rock John Hoffman and Christine Turner

Island in Between S. Leo Chiang and Jean Tsien

The Last Repair Shop Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers

Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó Sean Wang and Sam Davis

 

International Feature Film 

Io Capitano (Italy)  

Perfect Days (Japan)  

Society of the Snow (Spain)  

The Teachers’ Lounge (Germany) 

The Zone of Interest (United Kingdom) 

 

Animated Feature Film 

The Boy and the Heron Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki

Elemental Peter Sohn and Denise Ream

Nimona Nick Bruno, Troy Quane, Karen Ryan and Julie Zackary

Robot Dreams Pablo Berger, Ibon Cormenzana, Ignasi Estapé and Sandra Tapia Díaz

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Amy Pascal

 

Makeup and Hairstyling 

Golda Karen Hartley Thomas, Suzi Battersby and Ashra Kelly-Blue

Maestro Kazu Hiro, Kay Georgiou and Lori McCoy-Bell

Oppenheimer Luisa Abel

Poor Things Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston

Society of the Snow Ana López-Puigcerver, David Martí and Montse Ribé

 

Production Design 

Barbie production design: Sarah Greenwood; set decoration: Katie Spencer

Killers of the Flower Moon production design: Jack Fisk; set decoration: Adam Willis

Napoleon production design: Arthur Max; set decoration: Elli Griff

Oppenheimer production design: Ruth De Jong; set decoration: Claire Kaufman

Poor Things production design: James Price and Shona Heath; set decoration: Zsuzsa Mihalek

 

Film Editing

Anatomy of a Fall – Laurent Sénéchal

The Holdovers – Kevin Tent

Killers of the Flower Moon – Thelma Schoonmaker

Oppenheimer – Jennifer Lame

Poor Things – Yorgos Mavropsaridis

 

Visual Effects

The Creator Jay Cooper, Ian Comley, Andrew Roberts and Neil Corbould

Godzilla Minus One Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi and Tatsuji Nojima

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Stephane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams and Theo Bialek

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One Alex Wuttke, Simone Coco, Jeff Sutherland and Neil Corbould

Napoleon Charley Henley, Luc-Ewen Martin-Fenouillet, Simone Coco and Neil Corbould