Thanks for that. The TIFF Bell Lighthouse looks like a cool place for movies, both old and new.Shinebox Boy wrote:The Oscar for The Barbarian Invasions is housed at the TIFF Bell Lightbox.
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Thanks for that. The TIFF Bell Lighthouse looks like a cool place for movies, both old and new.Shinebox Boy wrote:The Oscar for The Barbarian Invasions is housed at the TIFF Bell Lightbox.
You're probably right - I'm sure that in France - the birthplace of the Auteur Theory - the notion that a film - and the awards it receives - is not the director's is a preposterous notion.Big Magilla wrote:I suspect different countries have different rules. As The Barbarian Invasions was Canada's only win it's probably on display at the National Film Board of Canada in Montreal.
But is that Oscar in in the possession of the producer of the film, or is it held in some dark, cobwebby government dungeon?OscarGuy wrote:Denys Arcand does not have the Oscar for The Barbarian Invasions in his possession, so it's definitely not the director's to keep.
From the by-laws:OscarGuy wrote:That's a tradition that only started in 2014, but even the Academy rules specifically state that it's accepted by the director, but goes to the country of origin.
Still, the director gets to keep it. Moshe Mizrahi had the Oscar France supposedly won for Madam Rosa in his apartment in Tel Aviv.OscarGuy wrote:That's a tradition that only started in 2014, but even the Academy rules specifically state that it's accepted by the director, but goes to the country of origin.
I think they engrave the director's name to the trophy though.OscarGuy wrote:And no one won Oscars for Best Foreign Language Film. The award is to the country, the director merely accepts the trophy.
Ang Lee has won not one but two directing Oscars - Brokeback Mountain and The Life of Pi.Sabin wrote:Ang Lee has two DGA awards for two films, plus one Oscar for Best Director, one Oscar for Best Foreign-Language Film, one Oscar for Best Cinematography, and four other Oscars.