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Ava Peguese:
Welcome back to the podcast! I’m Ava Peguese, and this week I held a roundtable discussing the 97th Oscars Awards. This is State Press Play.
Ava Peguese:
Hello everyone! Today I'm joined by Andrew Dirst, Natalia Jarrett, and Jack McCarthy some of our resident film buffs here at the state press. The Oscars took place on March 2nd, with awards both surprising and disappointing viewers. Now Sat with the experts, we're here to discuss the victories and snubs from the award show. Let's start with the Best original score, defined as the best music written specifically for a film. Now, I'm a little confused why challengers wasn't nominated. I'm not sure if that movie didn't come out this year or something, but who did you guys think was gonna win that one?
Natalia Jarrett:
Well, we also wanted Challengers to win.
Andrew Dirst:
Yeah. I mean, that is probably the biggest snub of the entire award show.
Ava Peguese:
Out of the like, whole music of the movie, it was all, so, I don't know, sporty.
Andrew Dirst:
I mean, it was, I think, the most unique one. And it definitely, like it was there wasn't like, some, like, niche thing either. Like, I think everyone pretty much loved it. So the fact that it didn't make it is, is very strange. But from what was there, me and Jack both picked the brutalist as our picks, which did end up winning, it was just like, it had this kind of like grandeur to it that was really cool. And like, really went well with the film.
Ava Peguese:
And the brutalist, that was that kind of European immigrant story?
Andrew Dirst:
Yeah.
Ava Peguese:
Okay, I saw the trailer for that one, I think when I saw Nosferatu, and it looked really interesting, but it looked like the kind of movie that, like, I would have to be a film buff to, like, enjoy.
Andrew Dirst:
Yeah, probably it was. It was very long. What was it like? Three hours, three and a half, three and a half, we went. I did. I got like, press seat, like a press thing, to go do a review of it back in, like, December, November. It was, it was a long time ago. And, yeah, it was terribly long. There's an intermission, which is cool. I think that should be in more movies, but it was, it was very, very long, and it has, like, it has some good things, but it is definitely a very film, bro movie.
Jack McCarthy:
Interesting in parts, drawn out for sure.
Natalia Jarrett:
And there's the whole AI scandal that kind of ruined it for me.
To hear more from Andrew, Natalia and Jack, please tune in to State Press Play.
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Ava Peguese:
And that’s all for this week’s State Press Play. I’m Ava Peguese. State Press Play is produced by our podcast desk editor, Kylie Saba. Our original music is by Ellie Willard and Jake LaRoux. Special thanks to our managing team, Morgan Kubasko and Matthew Marengo. You can check out all these stories and more on statepress.com. See you next week.
Ava is a freshman studying journalism and mass communication. This is her second semester with The State Press.
