Guillermo del Toro Puts Academy on Blast: ‘This Is Not the Year’ to Reformat Oscars
variety.comWilliam Earl Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro became the first director to openly speak out about the Academy’s decision to make changes to the live Oscar ceremony on March 27.Del Toro, who was awarded the Filmmaking Achievement Award at the Hollywood Critics Association Awards on Monday, delivered a speech in front of an audience including Denis Villeneuve, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jon M.
Chu and Sian Heder. During his remarks, he recognized the collaborative efforts of filmmaking, saying, “We do them together and people make them with us.
They risk everything and make the day a miracle.”Del Toro then called out the Academy and their decision to pre-tape several artisans awards and edit them into the live broadcast.
The awards for documentary short, film editing, makeup and hairstyling, original score, production design, animated short, live action short and sound will be handed out at 4 p.m., before the ceremony. “If any year was the year to think about it, this is not the year not to hear their names live at the Oscars.
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