CODA became the little film that could and went from Sundance darling to Oscar-winning Best Picture of the Year in over a year. In winning Best Picture, the Sundance award winner also became the first streaming movie to take Best Picture of the Year. Remember when Steven Spielberg said streaming movies shouldn’t win or something like that? I’d say that the Academy just proved him wrong. Netflix had Best Picture nominees in recent years with…
"CODA Makes History at Oscars, Bob Saget Snubbed"Tag: CODA
While the traditional Oscar rules do not bode well for the film, CODA is starting to peak at exactly the right time ahead of the Oscars. The film critics have spoken and now the guilds are having their say in the matter. Both SAG and PGA gave the film’s awards campaign the biggest boost that it could get. The fact that CODA won WGA is potentially good news. What we need to factor here is…
"CODA Is Peaking At The Right Time – Oscars Watch" Marius de Vries and Nick Baxter spoke with Solzy at the Movies about their process for the Sundance-winning CODA, streaming on Apple TV+. How did you first become attached to CODA? Nick Baxter: The CODA script had been circulating for a while. I’m trying to remember when I first read it—it was a while back and they were trying to figure out a way to make it work. We couldn’t quite do it—there was budgetary…
"Marius de Vries and Nick Baxter talk CODA" CODA is a crowd-pleasing film that will bring about tears and laughter by the end in telling a heartwarming story on screen. I regret that I almost didn’t even watch this film on Opening Night. In glancing at the comedy listings, I saw CODA listed and the rest is history. But in all fairness, this isn’t only a comedy but mix of drama and coming-of-age story, too. At the end of the day, it’s still…
"Sundance 2021: CODA"
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