‘Awards Magnet’ mailbag: ‘Emilia Pérez’s’ win package and screen time obsession
Will Emilia Pérez be missing a key win to prevent it from capturing the Best Picture Oscar? Gold Derby editors and experts Christopher Rosen and Joyce Eng are here to answer your burning questions of the week on Awards Magnet.
Despite its leading 13 nominations, Emilia Pérez is second place in the Best Picture odds behind The Brutalist. Perhaps the thought process is that the musical is too divisive to win (even though the clear affection from the industry), but one listener cannot bring himself to predict Emilia Pérez for the top prize because it’s not likely to win Best Director or Best Adapted Screenplay (it’s in second in both categories as well). The Best Picture champ usually takes director or screenplay or both, and the last Best Picture champ to win neither was another musical, Chicago. But stats are not rules. Is it time for this to happen in the preferential ballot era?
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If Emilia Pérez doesn’t win director or screenplay, it could nab another important category, Best Film Editing, where it’s in third place behind Conclave and The Brutalist. It’s a very competitive race, in which a case could be made for all five nominees, but Emilia Pérez has a ton of flashy cuts, and sometimes the award goes to the film with the most editing. And if it wins, it’ll be in line with Bohemian Rhapsody, another editing champ with a lot of cuts that was hated online but beloved by the industry.
Plus: Screen time obsession, Timothée Chalamet fever, and more.
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