When this year’s Oscar nominations were announced, the main category, the best film, seemed to have no favorite much less owner. Polarization was rampant with American and international films, independent and highly produced, with stars or half-unknown casts: ‘Drive my car’, ‘Belfast’, ‘The Alley of Lost Souls’, ‘Dune’, ‘ West side story’, ‘Licorice pizza’, ‘CODA’, ‘The Williams method’, ‘Don’t look up’ and… ‘The power of the dog’. True, the film of the New Zealander Jane Campion It broke with 12 nominations, but at the time of the announcement, on February 8, no title was the clear favorite.
A little over a month has passed and the perspectives have changed. the curious Western about ambiguous identities and toxic masculinities by the director of ‘The Piano’ has just won the BAFTAs –the British Film Academy’s annual awards– for best film and direction, beating ‘Dune’, ‘Don’t look up’, ‘Licorice pizza’ and ‘Belfast’, precisely those who guess their toughest competitors at the Oscars. On Sunday, hours after being crowned in the British ceremony, ‘The power of the dog’ It was also considered best film by the Critics Choice Association. (CCA), an organization that brings together fifty American and Canadian critics who also awarded the film for its direction, photography and adapted screenplay.
From Venice to San Sebastian
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Campion is collecting prizes wherever he goes. He already pocketed the Silver Lion for best direction at the Venice Film Festival. The United States Directors Guild (DGA) also awarded him the award for best direction, and that, for a filmmaker, always has double value, for the award itself and because your colleagues give it to you. also took three Golden Globes and it was one of the most voted in the San Sebastian Audience Award, another thing that directors also like a lot: that the spectators vote for you and not just the critics and academics.
Silly, without raising your voice too much, ‘The power of the dog’ appears right now as a firm candidate to win the Oscar jackpot and even sweep other categories. Bets are now accepted. Next March 28 we will leave doubts.