Hello, I'm Edith Bowman. Now, even before an award has been handed out, there is
plenty to discuss. I'm here with PORTER to talk about the Oscar.
One category to really keep your eye on the Oscars is Best Supporting
Actress. You shouldn't underestimate the power and brilliance of these performances.
I didn't stay home making Apple Brown Bettys. No, I made you a champion.
Allison Janney. Who doesn't love Allison Janney?
So, there's an interesting story about this role for her in I, Tonya
which was written specifically for her with her in mind by the writer Steven
Rogers. He's actually written loads of roles for Allison over the years that
have gone to other actresses for whatever reason. Finally, the role he's
written for her... look what happens.
I'm so sorry, but there's no smoking on the ice. Oh!
Well, I'll smoke it quietly then.
Award after award after award, more nominations, more nominations.
This is a great role, absolutely brilliant role for her. Lesley Manville, long time coming for me.
Don't pick a fight with me. You certainly won't come out alive.
I'll go right through you, and it'll be you who ends up on the floor. Understood?
She is an institution when it comes to British film, and I'm so thrilled for her to be
nominated for an Oscar for her role in Phantom Thread.
I think she's phenomenal. In Mud Bound, Mary J. Blige who I love. Two interesting
points about this: Mud Bound was a Netflix film. Netflix films streaming services
don't normally get Oscar nominations. This is good; we'll talk about this in a
minute. More importantly and brilliantly, she went from zero nominations to two
nominations for Supporting Actress and also Original Song for Mystic River.
You just come back come, you come all the way back. You hear?
Laurie Metcalf who I really remember growing up as being Rosanne's sister. In Lady Bird, she plays Saoirse Ronan's mother.
The relationship they have within this film is tempestuous to say the
least, and again one of those situations where, without the other playing against
them, it wouldn't have that power.
With your work ethic, just go to City College and then to jail and then back to City College, and then maybe
you'd learn to pull yourself up and not expect everybody –
Great to see her recognized for this as well. And Octavia Spencer: three times Oscar-nominated, one
win so far. Will she pick up another Oscar for her role in the beautiful The
Shape of Water? For me, this is the toughest category.
That's good, looking like you don't know anything.
I hate talking about age, older actresses. It's just our fears. It's interesting when you look at women collecting awards.
You have Nicole Kidman on one hand who is saying,
it's great to get proper roles when you're over 40. And then you have Frances
McDormand who's picking up Best Actress Awards
and saying don't forget about the
young ones. What I'd really like to do is stick the middle finger up to the Age
Police, and this category specifically kind of does that because these
are women over 40 who are showing their brilliance, and I just really hope that
it's something that continues; that these women get the opportunity and show their fantastic potential.
Of all the nominations at the Oscars, these are
some of the ones that I'm really excited about. For me, not least Greta Gerwig who
wrote and directed the fabulous Lady Bird. Greta Gerwig is only the fifth
female to be nominated for an Oscar as a director. That is insane. Five women in
the entire Oscar history. I really hope she's the big surprise of the night.
It stars Timothée Chalamet as well, and what a year he's having. Call Me by Your Name up there as well.
I transcribe music, swim at the river, go out at night. Sounds fun!
This is exciting! This is exciting times. Films like Call Me by Your Name and Lady
Bird being celebrated and recognized and really making a point for people as well
in terms of these films are good enough, should be nominated. I love how the
Oscars seem like they're taking a step towards being more unpredictable, both in
the nominations and hopefully in their winners.
You can't do anything unless you're the center of attention, can you?
Well, you know your mom's tits are fake. Totally fake!
She made one bad decision at 19!
Two bad decisions!
Roger Deakins is nominated for Blade Runner 2049. He's never won an Oscar. How is
that possible? The man deserves an Oscar. I loved Blade Runner 2049.
You do not know what pain is yet.
I really hope he gets it. If he doesn't, then Rachel Morrison
definitely deserves it. Her work on Mud Bound is wonderful. She is the first ever
nominated woman cinematographer. We should celebrate that – the first female to be
recognized, but also what the hell? That is crazy. Netflix gave her the
opportunity. She's in there, she's done an incredible job. I think that streaming
services are braver in their choice of staff, I guess is the best way of putting it.
These services not only provide
fantastic films, but they also offer more diversity and take bigger risks than big
studios. Her next job, Black Panther... that's wonderful.
If there was any film that deserves to be recognized in the main categories at the Oscars
it was Wonder Woman. I don't know what else they needed to do to get any kind
of recognition by any awards ceremony. There's some kind of snobbery attached
to action films, to superhero films. Yes, they're blockbusters and yes, they
attract a huge audience and they make a lot of money. Why should that be a negative thing?
Stay back... or maybe not.
There are some things to be really positive about with this year's Oscar nominations, but the
most important thing is: you guys go and see the films. So, go and see Get Out or
Lady Bird, Call Me by Your Name, Bladerunner.
Tell you what – you decide!