Elizabeth Smith
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Marty&Leo
20+ years and 6 films — that's how long Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio have been collaborating. Their joint works were nominated for an Oscar 31 times, winning 9 statuettes. It was Leo who became a kind of "Robert De Niro in the 21st century" for the director. And, by the way, it was De Niro who drew Scorsese's attention to the young actor, with whom he played in "This Boy's Life" in 1993.
Together they created the historical epics "Gangs of New York" and "Killers of the Flower Moon", the crime drama "The Departed", the biopic "The Aviator", the black comedy "The Wolf of Wall Street" and the psychological thriller "Shutter Island".
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The latter can be viewed again on January 4 in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Irkutsk, Kazan, Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk and Rostov-on-Don as part of the “Inokino Highlights 2024” program. 0 reply
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Wicked is now the serious contender for the Oscars.
Not only did the film gross $358 million worldwide, but it was also liked by the Academy. The Hollywood Reporter journalist claims (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/wicked-win-best-picture-oscars-shock-1236073471/) that the three most important guilds — producers, directors, actors — greeted the film with delight. They say that Oppenheimer was met with a standing ovation, but even that cannot be compared to how Wicked is received. At industry screenings, everyone sang, applauded, cried, and danced.
This might be helped in the Best Picture nominations by this being the first truly major Hollywood project after the pandemic. And the kind that the academics like-bright, nostalgic and sweeping. The academics could miss such classic Hollywood cinema. In the Covid years, such atypical films as "Coda" or "Everything Everywhere and at Once" could win an Oscar. But blockbusters never managed to get that very prize. 0 reply
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