Nomadland wins big at pandemic Oscars
Chloe Zhao ( pronounced as klow-ee-jaw ) makes history as the first woman of colour to get the best director awardWatch a video on Chloe Zhao
-- INPUT FROM THE HINDU 27/04/2021
U.S. road movie Nomadland emerged as the big winner at the Oscars on Sunday with three major prizes, including a history-making award for director Chloe Zhao, as Hollywood celebrated its most glamorous night with a unique pandemic-era gala.
Ms. Zhao’s drama about marginalised Americans roaming the West in vans was honoured for best picture, director and actress for Frances McDormand, who now is in elite company with her third Academy Award.
No-show Anthony Hopkins pulled an upset to win the best actor in the final award of the night, besting sentimental favourite Chadwick Boseman, who died of cancer last year.
The unorthodox Oscars ceremony was moved from a Hollywood theatre to a glammed-up downtown train station to abide by COVID-19 protocols and reunited Tinseltown A-listers for the first time in over a year.
Ms Zhao, who is the first woman of colour ever honoured as best director, thanked “all the people we met on the road... for teaching us the power of resilience and hope, and for reminding us what true kindness looks like”.
She is also only the second woman to win the best director after Kathryn Bigelow, who broke the glass ceiling in 2010 when she won the prize for The Hurt Locker.
“It’s pretty fabulous to be a woman in 2021,” Ms Zhao told journalists at a virtual backstage Q&A, adding, “If this win means more people get to live their dreams, I’m extremely grateful.” With movie theatres closed all year and blockbuster content delayed, Beijing-born Zhao’s film captured the pandemic zeitgeist with its stunning portrait of the isolated margins of society.
Mr. Hopkins’ win at 83 for his shattering portrayal of a dementia sufferer in The Father makes him the oldest actor to win a competitive Oscar in history. The best-supporting actress went to Youn Yuh-Jung for the Korean immigrant drama, Minari.
- THE HINDU 27 /04/2021
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