The Golden Globes made their big comeback on television on Tuesday January 10 and notably rewarded director Steven Spielberg, who was very present in the room alongside many Hollywood heavyweights, despite the scandals that tarnished the image of these awards. .
The American filmmaker received the Golden Globe for best director for his very intimate
The Fabelmans
.
In this feature film largely inspired by his childhood, he portrays a young American Jew who dreams of making films in the 1960s, while his parents watch their couple inexorably fall apart.
On stage, the director explained that he
“never had the courage to face this story head-on”
.
By his own admission, his personal story shines through in fragments in some of his films such as
ET
or
Encounter of the Third Kind
.
But the filmmaker finally waited until he was 75 to truly tell his childhood on screen.
“No one really knows who we are until we are brave enough to tell everyone
,” insisted Spielberg, whose parents are now deceased and will never see this film.
Shunned by the gratin and deprived of television last year, the Golden Globes tried to turn the page on accusations of racism, sexism and corruption aimed at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), which forms their jury and which had no black members in 2021. After a ceremony without a televised broadcast in 2022, the American network NBC agreed this year to resume broadcasting following a series of reforms to improve the diversity of the HFPA and ban its members to accept gifts from the studios.
Unlike the Oscars, the Golden Globes split their awards between drama and comedy.
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Crowned best actress for her role as a ruthless conductor in Tar, Cate Blanchett was not present to receive her award.
Austin Butler was thrilled to take the stage to accept his role as Best Actor in a Drama, following his brilliant portrayal of rock 'n' roll legend Elvis Presley in the biopic
Elvis
.
"You were an icon and a rebel, and I love you so much
," the American actor said, addressing the late singer directly in an emotional speech.
On the comedy side, Irishman Collin Farrell won the best actor award for his role in
The Banshees of Inisherin
, a tragicomedy in which he plays an islander disoriented by the abrupt end of his friendship with a longtime friend, who does not want no longer speak to him.
"The Black Face of an Embattled White Organization"
Michelle Yeoh won best actress for her portrayal of a laundromat owner immersed in parallel universes in
Everything Everywhere All At Once
.
The film also won a Best Supporting Actor award for Vietnamese actor Ke Huy Quan, who plays her husband.
Despite the controversy, many Hollywood heavyweights were present on Tuesday evening: directors James Cameron, nominated for the second part of
Avatar
, and Guillermo del Toro, who won the award for best animated film for his
Pinocchio
, walked the red carpet.
He joked about the lack of diversity that turned into a drag on the HFPA.
"I'll tell you why I'm here.
I'm here because I'm black
," he said, calling himself
"the black face of a beleaguered white organization
. "
"I'm not going to say it's a racist organization, but they didn't have a single black member until George Floyd died.
So do what you want with this information
,” he added.
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He, on the other hand, derided the absence of Tom Cruise, who returned his three Golden Globes in 2021 and was boycotting the ceremony, despite the nomination of his film
Top Gun: Maverick
.
In the face of controversy, the
Avatar: The Way of the Waters
producer defended the return to grace of the Golden Globes.
“I think the HFPA has reacted to the criticisms aimed at it and that it is acting
,” Jon Landau told AFP, congratulating the organization for its reforms.
The HFPA notably renewed the Golden Globes jury, including 103 new entrants – who are not full members of the association – including many women and people from ethnic minorities.
The prestige of those awards was at stake Tuesday night.
In the past, a success at the Golden Globes was a valuable marketing tool, capable of launching a winning campaign towards the supreme prize of the Oscars.
But if the film posters again highlight the nominations for the Golden Globes, unlike last year, their power of influence seems to be permanently diminished, according to the specialized press.
