The biggest surprise of the night arrived when actor Henry Golding announced the award for Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language. Most pundits were predicting Netflix’s “All Quiet on the Western Front,” the German adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque’s classic World War I novel of the same name. The visceral war drama has become something of a surprise awards player this season, with an impressive run at critics and industrial guild awards alike.
S. S. Rajamouli’s whirlwind, dazzling “RRR” also seemed like a growing challenger as it continued to develop steam in the race and transform into something of a cult classic before our eyes. The Indian genre-busting epic seemed to even gain momentum at the ceremony after the film beat the likes of Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, and Rihanna in the Best Original Song – Motion Picture category, winning for “Naatu Naatu,” written Kala Bhairava, M.M. Keeravani, Rahul Sipligunj.
Certainly, no one was expecting Golding to announce the winner was Amazon Studios’ tense courtroom drama, “Argentina, 1985.” With “RRR” deemed ineligible for best international film Oscar due to India submitting another film (per IndieWire), “Argentina, 1985” could very well pose a serious threat to “All Quiet on the Western Front.” The war drama has quickly become Netflix’s main awards play given lukewarm receptions for “White Noise” and “Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths” and the unlikelihood that the stop-motion animated “Guillermo del Toro Pinocchio” will crack the Oscar’s best picture top ten.
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