American film editors are urging academy members to demand “fairness” and “vote” the film academy ahead of a board meeting on Tuesday, during which they will hold a 2022 Oscars ceremony.
“This year’s Oscars ceremony left film editors and many other great artists in the last room in movie history,” ACE said in a video sent Monday to Academy President David Rubin and CEO Don Hudson. “We feel cheated, insulted and angry that our art has been exalted in favor of inflated performances and performances.
Even before the Oscars on March 27, the academy was criticized for its controversial decision to host eight awards live and edit excerpts from the winners’ speeches. After the Oscars, the academy was again criticized for presenting the awards as “disrespectful” and “clumsily elaborate”, which included film editing, makeup and hair, production design, soundtrack, sound, animated short, documentary short and short film.
“ACE invites product designers, decorators, costume designers, composers, makeup/hair stylists, short films, sound artists and all creative disciplines to join us in demanding justice and inclusion,” reads the statement. “Vote for us in this process. “Let’s work together to find a solution that truly respects the studio and ensures this never happens again.”
In the run-up to the Oscars, the academy blamed the change in format on a desire to shake up the show to increase ratings and limit its run to three hours, even though it ran for three hours and 40 minutes. The 2021 ceremony, which was a scaled-down event due to COVID-19 at Union Station in downtown Los Angeles, was the lowest-rated Oscar show in history, drawing just 10.4 million viewers.
Although this year’s ABC show drew 16.62 million viewers at its return ceremony at Hollywood’s Dolby Theater, it was the second lowest-rated show since Nielsen began tracking audiences in its entirety in the 1970s. In 2021, the annual audience exceeded 20 million.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
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