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In this Oscar Volley, Eric Blume and Cláudio Alves discuss the Best Original Screenplay race…
HARD TRUTHS, Mike Leigh
ERIC BLUME: Hi Cláudio, I put us together on this one because I love arguing with you. Hope that's okay. Plus, I am curious to get your takes on some of these films and scripts.
Best Original Screenplay has a lot of strong contenders this year. What I find particularly interesting is that eight of these feature scripts written by their directors - Seed of the Sacred Fig, A Real Pain, The Substance, September 5, Anora, The Brutalist, All We Imagine as Light, and Hard Truths. That has to be some kind of record?
CLÁUDIO ALVES: With the growing connection between the big European film festivals and the awards season, auteur cinema is on the rise as an Oscar gold magnet. And many of those selections favor director-forward productions, often where the folks in the director's chair also penned the script. Indeed, from the octet you mention, only A Real Pain and Hard Truths premiered outside Cannes or Venice. And with Mike Leigh's latest, it wasn't for a lack of trying on his part…
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