Steven Spielberg, fresh from an Oscar nomination for The Fabelmans, had his say on including blockbusters in the Best Picture nominations. It was time for it to happen, but for him The Dark Knight missed the boat.
When it comes to Steven Spielbergthe difference between auteur cinema and commercial cinema evaporates: fresh from Oscar nominations 2023 for his autobiographical The Fabelmans (seven, including the one for directing), the great author chatted with Deadline about the Oscars and welcomed theopening the Academy to blockbustersamong the candidates for the best movie. Basically, it was time for Spielberg, but he regrets that a good past feature film missed the boat because of that prejudice…
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In this round of nominations, the Oscar 2023 they didn’t miss out nominations for best picture a blockbuster come Avatar: The Way of Water e Top Gun: Maverick: the so-called “cassette films” that until a very distant time the Academy snubbed. While his The Fabelmans is nominated for seven Academy Awards, Steven Spielberg he said he was happy that i blockbuster have arrived, albeit belatedly, to deserve the most symbolic candidacy (Black Panther broke the ice in 2019, as far as cinecomics are concerned). In his opinion, however, there was a blockbuster that deserved the highest recognition…
It’s an encouraging thing. She arrived late for a film that was supposed to have that nomination several years ago, The dark Knight by Christopher Nolan. That film today it certainly would have earned a nomination for best pictureso seeing these two blockbusters solidly on the top 10 list is something we should all celebrate.
It is good to remember that The dark Knight however it already forced the symbolic wall between auteur cinema and commercial cinema, because it is separate seven technical nominations (which became a statuette for editing the sound), there was a prestigious Oscar: that posthumous a Heath Ledger come best supporting actorfor his unforgettable Joker.
