Dune & Power of The Dog Directors Upset 2022 Oscars Will Cut Categories
Dune director Denis Villeneuve and The Power of the Dog director Jane Campion have spoken out about the Academy Awards cutting categories from their ceremony. Earlier this year it was revealed that eight Academy Awards would be cut from the official live broadcast, instead being presented before the ceremony and edited into the broadcast later. The categories include Documentary (Short Subject), Film Editing, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Production Design, Short Film (Animated), Short Film (Live Action), and Sound. Academy President David Rubin has stated that this choice was made in order to make more time for audience engagement, saying that it will leave more time for things like comedy and musical numbers.
This is not the first time the Academy has made a decision like this. In 2018, it was decided that some categories would be presented off-air in order to leave more time for some of the «bigger» categories during the actual broadcast. Naturally, this sparked a huge amount of backlash from the film community as well as fans of the Oscars, leading to the Academy almost immediately backtracking on this new format. While their new decision does endeavor to include all categories in the broadcast, it has still received a lot of backlash and many are hoping that the Academy will once again retract their new format.
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Among those who oppose the Oscars' new format are Villeneuve and Campion. During the Art Directors Guild Awards, Villeneuve told Deadline that he thought presenting the awards before the official show was «a mistake.» The director went on to state how he feels that «filmmaking is about teamwork.» Villeneuve points out how the
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