DORÉ

Je suis les Oscars en direct depuis que je suis enfant, c’est une tradition, donc très hâte de voir les prochains ! J’ai pour ma part le pressentiment que Leonardo remportera enfin son Oscar même si je n’ai vu que des extraits de “The Revenant”. Une prestation tellement physique et dans des contextes difficiles. Mais on peut être surpris aussi…

Yes, it is. I found out that many people dislike him as an actor and a human being. It’s unbelievable.

It’s hilarious to see “picks” by people who haven’t seen the films!! I hate to say it though — I suspect that the Academy has it’s own fair share of this “popularity contest” decision-making in the selection of the winners (and also for who gets nominated,…).

These are my picks:
Best Picture: The Revenant
Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio, he’s been robbed too many times, not giving him the Oscar this year, for this film, would be ridiculous!
Best Actress: Charlotte Ramplig for 45 Years
Best Supporting actor: Tom Hardy for The Revenant (amazing actor)
Best Supporting actress: Rooney Mara or Kate Winslet
Best Directing: Alejandro G. Iñárritu, because I loved every film directed by him and The Revenant is perfect

I was hoping you’d say a few words about the fact that there are only white nominees. I fully realise this is not a political page but I’ve known Garance to speak up when she feels it needs to be done. If you’re gonna bring up the subject of the Oscars, this is something that has to be adressed, even if it is a side note.

Anyway, I’m anxious to see the Danish Girl, the Big Short and of course The Revenant. I hope it will finally get Leonardo his Oscar!

I did a quick googling on the issue and it seems the problem comes from the fact that the oscar electorate is too white male oriented. so it’s the traditional power gap issue, intentional or not, minorities voices are being left out because those in power are all from a few groups, so the other perspective is left out. It’s normal I think for all of us to gravitate towards what we know, and our tastes are formed based on how we were raised and what we’ve seen in life. Unfortunately, in the US we are too used to staying within our comfort zone, we only know what we know and like what we know. We are not exposed to a lot of diversity… as a result we select things that look like ourselves because it’s all we’ve known. I applause the academy plan to diversify it’s membership, but more importantly I think we as a culture need to start educating ourselves about “the other” and gain different perspectives, so our choices don’t reflect such a narrow point of view of life. It will help us to coexist in peace with each other and work together.