{"id":69847,"date":"2024-03-11T04:22:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T04:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/oppenheimer-sweeps-up-at-oscars\/"},"modified":"2024-03-11T04:22:03","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T04:22:03","slug":"oppenheimer-sweeps-up-at-oscars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/oppenheimer-sweeps-up-at-oscars\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Oppenheimer’ sweeps up at Oscars"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cOppenheimer\u201d swept the board on Sunday at the Oscars, Hollywood\u2019s biggest night of the year, with seven awards including best picture and best director, crowning a triumphant year for filmmaker Christopher Nolan.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nolan\u2019s masterful drama about the father of the atomic bomb, half of last summer\u2019s massive \u201cBarbenheimer\u201d phenomenon, also bagged acting prizes for lead Cillian Murphy and supporting actor Robert Downey Jr.<\/p>\n

Nolan \u2014 a British-American filmmaker hailed as a generational talent \u2014 said that film as an art form still has room to grow.<\/p>\n

\u201cMovies are just a little bit over 100 years old. I mean, imagine being there 100 years into painting or theater,\u201d he told the audience at the Dolby Theatre.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t know where this incredible journey is going from here. But to know that you think that I\u2019m a meaningful part of it means the world to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

The haul was not quite complete \u2014 \u201cOppenheimer\u201d was nominated for 13 prizes, but with seven statuettes on the night it is still one of the most awarded films in Oscar history.<\/p>\n

Robert Downey Jr was recognized for his stellar performance as J. Robert Oppenheimer\u2019s political nemesis Lewis Strauss.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would like to thank my terrible childhood and the Academy, in that order,\u201d Downey said after accepting the statuette.<\/p>\n

Downey, who had been the butt of a joke by host Jimmy Kimmel about his well-documented drug problems, lavished thanks on his wife Susan for her support.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe found me a snarling rescue pet and loved me back to life,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Nolan\u2019s cerebral take on the man he has called \u201cthe most important person who ever lived\u201d also snapped up prizes for editing, cinematography and best original score.<\/p>\n

It seemed fitting that the story of the development of nuclear weapons was recognized on a night where the drumbeat of war was never far away.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe made a film about the man who created the atomic bomb. And for better or for worse, we\u2019re all living in Oppenheimer\u2019s world so I would really like to dedicate this to the peacemakers, everywhere,\u201d Murphy said as he accepted his award.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s just Ken<\/h4>\n

The other huge smash of 2023, Greta Gerwig\u2019s pop feminist blockbuster \u201cBarbie,\u201d featured heavily throughout the gala in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

While the movie, which grossed $1.4 billion at the box office, only won one Oscar for best original song, the bubblegum fun it generated provided fodder for the whole evening.<\/p>\n

Supporting actor nominee Ryan Gosling brought the house down with a star-studded rendition of \u201cI\u2019m just Ken,\u201d accompanied by Guns \u2018n Roses guitarist Slash, as well as some of his on-screen Ken pals like Simu Liu and Ncuti Gatwa.<\/p>\n

The performance slid into a karaoke session as Gosling passed the microphone around to some of the A-list guests.<\/p>\n

Billie Eilish\u2019s \u201cWhat Was I Made For?\u201d was the winning song from the summer hit film.<\/p>\n

The 22-year-old, who delivered a heartfelt rendition of the reflective song, now has two Oscars to her name after a previous win two years ago for James Bond theme \u201cNo Time To Die\u201d with her brother and frequent collaborator Finneas O\u2019Connell.<\/p>\n

Four wins for \u2018Poor Things\u2019<\/h4>\n

In one of the few competitive awards of the evening, Emma Stone won best actress for her daring performance in the surreal, Frankenstein-esque \u201cPoor Things,\u201d which won three other technical prizes.<\/p>\n

She pipped Lily Gladstone, who was bidding to become the first Native American to win an acting Oscar for her role in Martin Scorsese\u2019s crime saga \u201cKillers of the Flower Moon.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stone, who previously won an Academy Award for \u201cLa La Land,\u201d paid tribute to the other women in her category, and the five women on stage who presented the category.<\/p>\n

Stone also beat out Sandra Hueller of Oscars sleeper \u201cAnatomy of a Fall.\u201d<\/p>\n

But the French courtroom thriller did not go home empty handed, with a win for best original screenplay.<\/p>\n

Co-writer Justine Triet revealed backstage that the 50 Cent song that features heavily in the film was originally going to be a Dolly Parton track.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut they refused to give us the rights,\u201d she told reporters.<\/p>\n

As well as the legacy of \u201cOppenheimer,\u201d there were several other reminders of the toll of human conflict.<\/p>\n

The United Kingdom scored its first-ever best international film Oscar with Auschwitz drama \u201cThe Zone of Interest,\u201d which also won best sound.<\/p>\n

Several nominees wore lapel pins calling for a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, while sporadic protests erupted around the event\u2019s security perimeter.<\/p>\n

There were also references to the war in Ukraine, with a best documentary statuette for \u201c20 Days in Mariupol,\u201d and a brief tribute paid to Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny, the subject of last year\u2019s Oscar-winning documentary.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n