In the lead up to the Oscars, the highest number of public appearances for Bong Joon-ho The lungs The reception seemed miraculous. The Academy Awards had never known South Korean films. (Pretty much Lee Chang-dong Heat made a short Oscar list in 2018, but in the end it wasn't a nomination.) And no non-English film has ever taken the best picture in the Academy's 92-year history. Winning in the Best Foreign Language Films category (recently renamed “The Greatest Featured Film of the World”) was historic. Add to the fact that Sam Mendes & # 39; 1917 spent time on the awards taking steam as a technological marvel, and it seemed The lungsThe best photo opportunities were small. Although it was a great picture of 2019, it was competing at the most prestigious awards show ever made.
That made it so wonderful The lungs He ended the night not only with awards for Best Original Screenplay, Best International Feature film, and Best Director, but for Best Photo, too.
Throughout the night, presenters and winners addressed the Academy's lack of female filmmakers and people of color. Although those labs do hold a grudge right now, they feel worthless, given that they are not backed up by actual awards or recognizable action. The opening number, created by Janelle Monáe, was full of references to films that weren't nominated including Us and Dolemite My Name, as well as a medieval rap rap, performed by Utkarsh Ambudkar, started with Ambudkar saying he was never in the room, as a person of color. The lungsWinning, however, was like an earthquake. A South Korean film with perfectly Korean actors and no English dialogue received the highest award of the night.
The win signed an actual version of the bumps at the center that failed to nominate any moviegoers, and that includes thoughtless voters The lungs should be allowed to compete with “mainstream films") For the first time, a non-English film surpassed the barrier of being considered an" alternative, "and broke open the door for other worldly elements to follow in its footsteps. Speaking to Vrain & # 39; s E. Alex Jung, director Bong describes the Oscars as “local
There is still much work to do. The Oscars followed The light of the moonBest photo shoot at the 2017 event The Green Book at the 2019 awards, it is openly canceled for its continuity. The light of the moon, who told the stories of a gay man who struggled with his sexuality and manhood, became the first black-and-white film to win Best Photo. In the meantime, The Green Book – allegedly stemmed from a real relationship between Don Shirley, a black pianist, and Frank Vallelonga, his white driver – burned by the family while Shirley's family protested the show, saying the two had never been friends, as well as whites recounting the savagery and excess of racial relations in America. The Academy's efforts at which divides its voting body they are part of an uphill battle. This is not the first year Called the Oscars
So it goes on with the film industry as with most other movies like it Black Panther and Cool Asian Asians, boasting people in color on the front and back of the camera, notice the progressive nature of the slow-moving, and often overlooked situation. But the greater their success, the more difficult it becomes for those who refuse to deny that progress is not only necessary, but also good. There is so much great art out there that we either don't know or completely ignore, and it's impossible to allow that willful ignorance and Americanentrism that films like The lungs they are there.
There is no denying that The lungs it is an unbelievable film, not the only rugby draw under the films that will win in any Oscar year (Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, An Irishman, again 1917 it seemed like great competitors), but because it's a good film. The facts of the developing Scholars method and the ongoing prejudice against the "foreign" film industry cannot dispel the fact that we are fortunate to have an extraordinary piece of art in front of us. And its Best Picture winner is a rare feat.
