Martin Scorsese and Justin Tritt talk about their Oscar-nominated films – The Hollywood Reporter
Honorees Justin Tritt and Martin Scorsese pose with their Director of the Year awards during the 39th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival at the Arlington Theater on February 12.
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Martin Scorsese and Justin Tritt, two of this year’s Academy Award nominees for best director, received this year’s Outstanding Director award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on Monday night.
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Anatomy of a fall Director Treat was the first. She touched on her original meeting with the film’s star, Sandra Holler, 12 years ago, while watching it Boston Strangler “40 Times Before Filming,” nominated for Best Picture as inspiration and her reluctance to reveal the fact that the project was finished: “I think I’ll be talking in 10 years,” she said.
From the secret recording story that appeared in both Anatomy of a fall And her 2019 movie DivinationShe also revealed: “When I was a young girl, I had a bad habit of recording but now I don’t. Sometimes, when I was getting lost with my blank slate before I wrote something, I’d just go to a party, and record a lot of discussions. But no, it’s over now!
Tritt also offered some thoughts on using a cover of 50 Cent’s song “PIMP” in the film – explaining, “It wasn’t my first choice. My first choice was Dolly Parton’s ‘Jolene,’ but she couldn’t get the rights. She even talked about the star The featured canine in the film is Macy, who played Snoop.
“I have to admit now the dog is really amazing, but I have to admit something tonight. He has one problem,” Treat said jokingly. “Laura, his trainer, is really great, and she just said to me, ‘He’s great. He has a lot of energy. “The best, but he can’t walk slowly.” The director explained that she wanted shots walking behind her. The dog when he entered the room, but “it wasn’t possible with Snoop, he was too fast… I said, ‘Maybe if he’s tired it’s okay?’ She said, “No, when he’s tired, he just stops.”
After Treat received her award, Scorsese took the stage to rapturous applause, where he spoke about his work in… Moonflower Killers And working with his two long-time collaborators Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio.
De Niro and Scorsese first met as teenagers, then met again at a Hollywood dinner party years later. Today, their process is that “Robert De Niro is with me at least, sometimes, he’ll react to something, and I’ll say, ‘What do you think?’ I see you’re moving away. (He would say) ‘That’s not right,’ and we didn’t have to say what was right or wrong. De Niro and my (process) are now completely internal and quiet. “I think we’re old,” the director joked.
In comparison, Scorsese said DiCaprio was “very lively and has really great energy” and “gave me a second life in filmmaking.”
“Leo still needs to have this talk. We talk about it and talk about it and talk about it and talk about it until we get to the end, sometimes it takes months. And then that’s what it is about,” the director continued. “And then Bob in this movie is the same way he She sees him as Uncle Bill. He’d sit there reading—not rehearsing, maybe just reading—and I’d say, “Maybe too much in that line, isn’t it, Bob?” What do you think, does it say too much? (He’ll say) “Yes, I’m saying a lot here.” I don’t need this word, let’s delete that, let’s do that. And then Leo will want to say more. And then we look at them and say, okay, but I think you’ll find that we’ll take a few more.
Scorsese was also asked if he saw his work reflected in television and films today, to which he replied: “I can’t really say that. I mean, I can say that certain angles and certain shots and certain still camera shots, for example, are reminiscent of Good guys or casino…But I can’t point to it specifically and say, “Oh, that’s straight from this,” or “This was taken from here.” And if so, sometimes, it’s done as a tribute, and that’s kind of fun. People point it out to me and say, “See what they’re doing here, it’s a tribute to your photos.” But it’s been a long time, and I’ve seen a lot of things that I can’t quite say. So for me, it’s a great honor.”
At the end of the evening, SBIFF Executive Director Roger Dorling presented Scorsese with his award, noting that the director has received 10 Academy Award nominations for Best Director and has only won once in his career.
“I mentioned the 10 nominations and I only won one, and I always felt that way once we won that taxi driver “In 1975, it was released in 1976, but the movie was nominated, and we got three of the nominations, but the director and the writer were not nominated, so it seems like it was made on its own in a way,” Scorsese said, to laughter from the audience. mobilize. “Once that happened, I realized it didn’t matter, because at the end of the day, the real talent was making movies.” “So, as much as it would be fun to have these things, it’s always best for young people to remember that this is really work,” he added.
