Robert Redford Blames
Lionsgate for Oscars Snub: 'We Had No Campaign'
By Ramin Setoodeh
When a moderator talked about his
exclusion from the Oscars race, the audience booed.
“Let me speak frankly about how I
feel about it,” Redford said. “I don’t want that to get in the
way of why we’re here,” referencing his commitment to independent film.
He pointed out that director J.C.
Chandor had made his debut at Sundance
several years ago.
“I’ve been part of the Hollywood film industry for much of my career,” he said.
“I’m very happy about it. Hollywood
is what it is. It’s a business.”
“There’s a lot of campaigning
going on and it can be very political,” he added about the Oscars race.
Then he took a jab at Lionsgate, the studio that released
“All is Lost.”
“In our case, we suffered from
little to no distribution,” he said. “I don’t know what they were afraid of.
They didn’t want to spend money or they were incapable.”
“We had no campaign to cross over
into the mainstream,” he explained.
But he said he had no hard
feelings. “Would it have been wonderful to be nominated?” he asked. “Of course.
I’m not disturbed by it or upset by it.”
Robert Redford
Robert
Redford is the founder & president of the Sundance Institute, and a trustee at the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Note: Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Sundance Institute, and the Natural
Resources Defense Council.
George
Soros is the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society, and a board member for the International Crisis Group.
Frank
Giustra is a board member for the International
Crisis Group, and the founder & director for Lions Gate Entertainment.
No comments:
Post a Comment