Not only stars: the 2021 Oscars will also devote special attention to "technicians": musicians, make-up artists, editors, costume designers, editors, special effects, all that "behind the scenes" that makes the industry of dreams possible.
"We are trying to break the myth that there is a partition between the actors, who the public knows by name, and all the others", explained Steven Soderbergh, 'director' of the night of the stars 2021: "This, at the end after all, it's a complex industry. And when you look at the credits of a film you realize that the number of people in the cast, compared to the others, is miniscule ".
It wasn't always like this: in 2019, to shorten the airtime of a seemingly never-ending ceremony, it was decided that four categories of awards - cinematography, editing, live shorts and make-up - would be announced during breaks for advertising. An insult to creatives who this year will instead be recognized for the high artistic value of their productions: among them the team behind Matteo Garrone's "Pinocchio", doubly candidate for the make-up team that sees prosthetics in the front row by Mark Coulier (six different versions in six months to arrive at the final design that was sufficiently woody but also sufficiently human for Collodi's puppet) with the hairstyles of Francesco Pegoretti and the make-up of Dalia Colli. "Pinocchio" isalso candidate for the costumes of Marco Cantini Parrini who will have to contend with the favorite, Alexandra Byrne of "Emma". Among the Italian costume designers, Milena Canonero won four Oscars and Gabriella Pescucci one for Martin Scorsese's "Age of Innocence, but for a man you have to go back to Danilo Donati in 1971 for Fellini's Casanova.
A special space goes to the music: the favorite original song is "Speak Now" by Leslie Odom Jr. (also nominated as best supporting actor) and Sam Ashworth from "One Night in Miami", but Laura is also in the running Pausini for "Io Si" from "La vita Davanti a se" by Edoardo Ponti: "I thought I would never sing in public again", said Pausini, who has just arrived in Los Angeles where she will perform in the pre-show. on Sunday with the song composed with Niccolo 'Agliardi and the 12-time candidate Diane Warren.
"Io Si" could be the first song entirely in Italian to win an Oscar, after being the first not in English to win a Golden Globe, a Satellite Award. Many Italians have won for the best soundtrack - Ennio Morricone, Nino Rota, Giorgio Moroder, Nicola Piovani and Dario Marianelli - but only Moroder came in first place as co-author of "What a Feeling," from "Flashdance" by 1983, and "Take My Breath Away" in 1986 with "Top Gun". (HANDLE).