Monday 2 March 2015

Oscar Ceremony 2015

Contrast is always important but sometimes creates misunderstanding. In any Oscar ceremony, the jury is often selected from a broad spectrum of people who are mostly cinephiles and  their professionalism revolve around film criticism and industry. By contrasting, one can quickly make it clear that the differences can be important as much as the similarities. In the Oscar Ceremony in 2015, the jury concerns recur and can be detected in all of their choices and decisions. Their concerns were related to those 'contrasts' between the nominations that determine the quality of their evaluations and the prosperity of their conceptualizations. Birdman (2014, Alejandro González Iñárritu) and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014, Wes Anderson) were selected among the group of films which were extraordinary and unique in satisfying the audiences' tastes for audiovisual structures. Both films encompasses the collections of innovative and creative achievements that strengthen the values of Oscar considerations. An Oscar for foreign film Ida(2013, Pawel Pawlikowski) was another surprising moment that astonishes us with the rational and satisfactory result decided by jury. It seems to me that Oscar ceremony tries to catch up with the best film festivals such as Cannes, Venice and Berlin. How Oscar ceremony succeeds to satisfy the professional trained viewers around the world is an unanswerable question, but we should not forget that these kinds of ceremonies integrate the professional of film industries into the pop culture and provide the required launching platform for film artisans and innovators.


By: Morad Sadeghi




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