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Feature along with producer Jonas Rivera: “Anyone out there who’s in junior high, high school, working it out, suffering. There are days you’re gonna feel sad, you’re gonna feel angry, you’re gonna feel scared. That’s nothing you can choose, but you can make stuff. Make films. Draw. Write. It’ll make a world of difference.” Continued on Page 42
Speeches: I’ve grown tired of hearing list after list of names. I get that people feel the need to thank anyone and everyone who worked on the film that put that statue in their hands, but I’m much more engaged in the moment when the winners take their big moment to say something profound. Aside from the Best Actor winner (I’ll get to him soon enough), there were two speeches that stood out to me and I appreciated those people in that moment for saying something other than, “I want to thank our director, the writers and producers, our amazing cast and crew and blah blah blah...” 1. Tom McCarthy, accepting “Spotlight’s” * Oscar for Best Original Screenplay with Josh Singer: “We made this film for all the journalists who have and continue to hold the powerful accountable and for the survivors whose courage and will to overcome is really an inspiration to all. We have to make sure this never happens again.” *NOTE: “Spotlight,” which also took home the night’s biggest honor, Best Picture, was a profound and in-depth look at the child molestation scandal within the Catholic church that was uncovered byThe Boston Globe and radiated throughout the world. As a journalist raised Catholic, it was a film that resonated deeply with me. I may explore it further in a future column. 2. “Inside Out” director Pete Docter, accepting the award for Best Animated
And the Oscar goes to ... BEST PICTURE Spotlight DIRECTOR Alejandro G. Iñárritu (The Revenant) ACTOR Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant) ACTRESS Brie Larson (Room) SUPPORTING ACTOR Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies) SUPPORTING ACTRESS Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl) ADAPTED SCREENPLAY The Big Short ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Spotlight CINEMATOGRAPHY The Revenant PRODUCTION DESIGN Mad Max: Fury Road FILM EDITING Mad Max: Fury Road VISUAL EFFECTS Ex Machina COSTUME DESIGN Mad Max: Fury Road MAKEUP Mad Max: Fury Road SOUND EDITING Mad Max: Fury Road SOUND MIXING Mad Max: Fury Road SCORE The Hateful Eight SONG “Writing’s on the Wall” ANIMATED FEATURE Inside Out DOCUMENTARY FEATURE Amy