Los Angeles: Joaquin Phoenix won his first Oscar, for best actor, for playing a failing clown who finds fame in violence in the dark comic-book tale “Joker,” and gave an impassioned speech about climate change and animal rights. Renee Zellweger won the best actress Oscar for her performance as an ageing Judy Garland in the musical biopic “Judy.”The South Korean film “Parasite” has made history as the first non-English language film to win the Best Picture at the Oscars, which is the movie industry’s highest honour.
Out of many categories of Oscar, Parasite won a total of four Oscars, including best director and screenplay for Bong Joon Ho and best international feature. The movie Parasite features a story about the gap between rich and poor in modern Seoul.
The movie Director of Parasite Mr.Bong received the Best Director award and he said he never thought he would win. Paying tribute to his four fellow director nominees he said -” I would like to get a Texas chainsaw and split the Oscar into five and share it all with you.
World War One movie “1917” won three Oscars, for its stunning “one-shot” feel cinematography, for visual effects and sound editing, while “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” brought the first acting Oscar for Brad Pitt, who played a supporting role as a laid-back stunt man. Laura Dern took the supporting actress Oscar, her first Academy Award, for playing a ruthless divorce lawyer in “Marriage Story.”
Source: THT
