‘Don’t Look Up’ Editor Hank Corwin Responds to Oscar Cuts: ‘As Usual, Artists Get Kicked Around’
variety.comJazz Tangcay Artisans EditorDespite James Cameron, Jane Campion and Guillermo Del Toro speaking out against the Academy’s decision to pre-record eight of the craft categories, their plea to reconsider is falling on deaf ears.With the 94th Academy Awards less than two weeks away, artisans impacted by the decision are still feeling like second-class citizens.
The news was delivered to the nominees via a Zoom town hall that Academy Award nominated editor Hank Corwin (“Don’t Look Up”) happened to miss. “I thought they were going to tell us to keep speeches short,” says Corwin.That wasn’t the case.The Academy announced on Feb.
22 that several major categories would not be presented live on-air in order to deliver a more streamlined and television-friendly experience.
Documentary shorts, film editing, makeup and hairstyling, original score, production design, animated short, live-action short and sound are among the awards being handed out beforehand and edited into the broadcast.
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