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 revolves
around film criticism and industry. By contrast, one can quickly make it clear
that the differences can be as important as the similarities. In the Oscar
Ceremony in 2015, the jury's concerns recur and can be detected in all
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 that were extraordinary
and unique in satisfying the audiences' tastes for audiovisual structures. Both
films encompass 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 astonished us with
the rational and satisfactory result decided by the jury. It seems to me
that the Oscar ceremony tries to catch up with the best film festivals such as
Cannes, Venice, and Berlin. How the Oscar ceremony succeeds in satisfying professionally
trained viewers around the world is an unanswerable question, but we should not
forget that these kinds of ceremonies integrate the professional film
industries into pop culture and provide the required launching platform
for film artisans and innovators.
By: Morad Sadeghi
