“Everywhere at the Same Time” was the grand winner of a historic Oscar night, with seven trophies including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress and Best Supporting Actor.
Brendan Fraser won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Darren Aronofsky’s “The Whale”. Fraser’s portrayal had already received this year’s award from the Actors Union, among other accolades.
“Everything Everywhere at Once” was the most awarded film since 2008’s “Slumdog Millionaire”, anchoring Michelle Yeoh as the first Asian to win the Academy Award for Best Leading Actress. It also earned Jamie Lee Curtis his first Academy Award and Ke Huy Quan for Best Supporting Actor, the second Asian ever to win this category.
“This is a historic moment,” Michelle Yeoh said in the interview room after her win, saying she “broke the glass ceiling” with a Kung-Fu move.
“This is for anyone who has been identified as a minority,” said the actress. “We deserve to be heard, we deserve to be seen and given equal opportunities so we can sit at the table,” he continued. “Let’s prove we’re worth it.” Yeoh beat ‘heavyweights’ like Cate Blanchett (“Tár”) and Michelle Williams (“The Fabelmans”).
Yeoh, 60, urged all dreamers to “light the fire in their souls” and also sent a message to those who have prejudice against women over a certain age. “Don’t let them pigeonhole you, tell you you’re not at your peak anymore,” he said.
The importance of representing and recognizing Asian actors was also raised by Ke Huy Quan, who won an Oscar after being away from the industry for decades due to lack of opportunities.
“When I started acting as a kid, I remember my agent telling me it would be easier if I had an American-sounding name,” said Ke Huy Quan. Therefore, his name appeared as Jonathan Ke Quan in the early stages of his career.
“When I decided to return to acting three years ago, the first thing I wanted to do was go back to my birth name,” he explained.
Quan was the most exuberant winner of the night in the interview room, coming in jumping and screaming with joy. “Can you believe I am one [estatueta] Do you have this in your hand?” he asked. “This is so unreal”.
Also passing behind the scenes were the ‘two Daniels’, the directorial duo responsible for “Everything in Every Side at the Same Time”, who took home the statuette for Best Original Script, Best Direction (defeating Steven Spielberg) and Best Picture.
“We are in a mental health crisis, especially the younger generation who don’t have much to look forward to,” says co-director Daniel Kwan. “There’s a desolation creeping in,” he continued, noting that he had a really hard time as a teenager himself.
“The radical, transformative power of joy, the absurd and the pursuit of our happiness is something I want to bring to people,” he said, “and this film is a shot of joy, absurdity and creativity.”
Producer Jonathan Wang added that the team’s intention was for the film to culminate in a warm embrace, despite being a tale of chaos. “We’ve decided to dedicate our lives to making movies that are good and lead to something good, not just something that attracts attention,” he said.
The Academy awarded the work in a way it had not done for a long time. These are rare nights of devotion for a single movie, with few exceptions, including “Ben-Hur” in 1959, “Titanic” in 1998, and “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” in 2004, which won 11 Oscars . each.
“There’s something so inspiring about making a movie that you learn things along the way,” said co-director Daniel Scheinert. Paul Rogers, who won the Oscar for Best Editing, also underlined the incredible success of this strange and surreal story.
“We see a lot of movies that tell stories about certain types of people, and they tend to focus on the white male,” he said. “And to have this wonderful story of an emigrant family was incredible.”
The story of “Everything and Everywhere at Once” oscillates between the absurd and the fantastic, centering on a middle-aged Chinese immigrant (“Evelyn Wang”) who throws herself into an adventure across multiple universes and timelines. .
ALL PRIZE WINNERS
Best Movie
“Everything at the Same Time Everywhere”
Best Performance
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (The Daniels) – “Everything everywhere at the same time”
Best Actor
Brendan Fraser – “The Whale”
Best Actress
Michelle Yeoh – “All At Once Everywhere”
Best Supporting Actor
Ke Huy Quan – “Everything Everywhere at Once”
Best Supporting Actress
Jamie Lee Curtis – “Everything Everywhere at Once”
Best Original Screenplay
“Everything at the Same Time Everywhere”
Best Adapted Screenplay
“Female Voice”
Best International Film
“All New West” by Edward Berger
Best Animated Feature
Pinocchio by Guillermo del Toro
Best Animated Short Film
“The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse” by Peter Baynton and Charlie Mackesy
Best Documentary
“Navalny” by Daniel Roher
Best Documentary Short Film
“The Elephant Whisperers” by Kartiki Gonsalves
Best Short Film
“An Irish Goodbye” by Tom Berkeley and Ross White
Best photography
“Nothing New West”
Best special effects
“Avatar: The Way of Water”
best wardrobe
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
Best characterization
“The whale”
Best Original Song
“Naatu Naatu” – “RRR” by MM Keeravaani and Chandrabose
Best Original Soundtrack
“Nothing New in the West” by Volker Bertelmann
Best Scenography / Artistic Direction
“Nothing New West”
Best Assembly
“Everything at the Same Time Everywhere”
Best sound
“Top Gun: Maverick”
Source: DN
