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Oscar Analysis: From Cannes To The Dolby, ‘Anora’ Had The Academy At “Hello” — It Just Took A While To Figure That Out
A big night for 'Anora' and what it means for independent film and the movie business going forward with all those Oscar wins
That 3.9 earthquake that hit Southern California just as all the celebrating was in full swing proved Anora ‘s sweeping five victories at the 97th Annual Academy Awards could literally shake things up in Hollywood. The ever-growing international voting block (estimated at near 30% of AMPAS voters now) likely had a major impact, as did the Cannes Film Festival which launched Flow, Emilia Perez(which won Supporting Actress and Song), The Substance, and Anora, the latter becoming just the third movie to take both the Palme d’Or and the Best Picture Oscar after 1955’s Marty and 2019’s Parasite, which like Anora came from NEON whose chief, Tom Quinn was once again beaming at their Soho House after party, even wearing some “good luck” merch under his black tux shirt including one T Shirt displaying the Brighton Beach motif of the film and under that another sporting the NEON logo. He kept it going throughout the show with some very funny material, even unafraid to take a shot at the Karla Sofia Gascon controversy, and veering briefly into political territory where after an Anora win he quipped, “That’s good news.
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