As movie buffs know, “justice” And “Oscar” These are not easy words to incorporate into the cinematic scene. Awards history has overweighted certain races and by default, underrated many others. The imbalance of certain considerations of the Academy is such that it is incomprehensible that personalities of the stature of Alfred Hitchcock either Stanley Kubrick They never managed to win the gold statuette for best director. And of course, this type of data surprises big movie stars. To the point that a few days ago, Josh Brolin assured a withdrawal from the profession if this year the academics did not consider Denis Villeneuve for candidacy. Now it is Denzel Washington the one who expressed his total incomprehension at the absence of a Academy Award for Best Director in the career of Ridley Scott.
Washington and Scott meet at Gladiator II, 15 years later American gangster. A period when the British director certainly did not exhibit his best works in theaters. But even with this devaluation of his work, we speak of the filmmaker of The Duelists, Alien, the eighth passenger And blade runner. Three masterpieces with no reward for the mastery demonstrated by the director behind the cameras, compared to the three nominations for Best Director he got for Thelma and Louise, Gladiator And Black hawk on the ground. Currently, the belated sequel about the legacy of Máximo Décimo Meridio is in theaters and although it is in progress a bonus for the box officean evaluative repercussion of the work done on the red carpet seems unlikely. Of course, his technical and artistic performances could give him some chances of winning gold (If it is proposed as a follow-up to Dune they allow it). However, whether or not you earn an income of his return to the Shakespearean peplumWashington did not miss the opportunity to demand more attention for Ridley Scott’s vision as an audiovisual narrator.
Denzel Washington doesn’t understand
To his 69 years oldLike Scott, the interpreter no longer chews his tongue. No matter how much his words may involve him in various controversies. And if we analyze it carefully, at the level of the actor’s declarations The equalizer was the king of promoting the Roman ribbon. Firstly because he assured that a gay kiss of his character had been eliminated from the final cut due to cowardice and secondly, because without Marvel announcing it, he confirmed his participation in Black Panther 3.
Washington continues to promote Gladiator II. His role and character were praised by the international pressbut despite this, the New Yorker is comfortable with the Academy’s weak capacity to recognize talent.
“How is it possible he didn’t win an Oscar?” This doesn’t make sense. In fact, I don’t believe it.”he started by saying THR. The first Gladiator won Best Picture and its star, Russell Crowe, won Best Actor. Scott was nominated in this category, having previously been nominated for this one. Thelma and Louise. That year, the glamorous prize effigy ended up in the hands of S.Steven Soderbergh by Traffic. Winner of the BAFTA, the Golden Globe and the Emmy, at 86 years old, many believe that the director is surely closer to winning the honorary Oscar than to ending up shining in the regular annual exams.
Washington knows very well that Ridley Scott does not care at all about ending his career without winning the great title of his profession. But that doesn’t stop you from feeling completely outraged for the lack of recognition from a director he deeply admires: “Could you tell me how it is possible that this man does not have an Oscar? Do your job. “I mean, he doesn’t care.”
The future of Ridley Scott
Whether he wins a future Best Director Oscar or not, there’s something that South Shields will never miss: job. Ridley Scott has a future in mind Gladiator III whether the sequel ends up generating big profits for Paramount Pictures (it’s currently grossing $100 million worldwide). But he also has a biopic in the works about the musical group Bee Geesa return to the extraterrestrial saga and the adaptation of the novel “The Dog’s Stars”which would once again have Paul Mescal as protagonist.
