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Oct 5, 2026
Adam Tex DavisHOST
Actors don't hit home runs.
Adam Tex DavisHOST
Why something or someone wins for best director or best picture or best dance direction is who knows? Your guess is as good as ours.
Adam Tex DavisHOST
And speaking of us, why, I'm your co-host, Adam Pex Davis.
Adam Tex DavisHOST
I'm best known for writing Ryan Reynolds' third or fourth best movie.
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Adam Tex DavisHOST
[laughs]
Bruce VilanchHOST
Uh-huh.
Adam Tex DavisHOST
It's also the first film to have received nominations in all four acting categories, plus Best Director-
Bruce VilanchHOST
Uh-huh
SamHOST
Mm-hmm.
IanHOST
Best Film Editing and Best Directing.
IanHOST
Uh, and then the semi-autobiographical film Roma, which earned 10 Oscar nominations, became the first Mexican film to win Best International Feature, and won Cuarón two more Oscars, another one for directing and one for cinematography.
SamHOST
That movie's brilliant.
SarahHOST
Delbert Mann, the director.
SarahHOST
This was his first movie, and he won the Oscar for Best Director.
AdamHOST
Wow.
SarahHOST
Adam, we'll talk about
A.Ron HubbardHOST
Um, this movie was directed by Taylor Hackford, who m- didn't ring a bell, honestly, when the name was mentioned, but then I looked at his, uh, IMDb and he's, uh, done a lot of, you know, mid-range stuff, but also Officer and Gentleman, um, Ray, the, uh, biopic for Ray Charles.
A.Ron HubbardHOST
He won a Academy Award for Best Director and Best Picture for that one.
A.Ron HubbardHOST
And it was written, uh, adapted from a novel by Jonathan Limkin, and then Tony Gilroy, he of Star Wars Rogue One fame-
Jim JonesHOST
Yeah
Movie GuruHOST
According to its Wikipedia page, Blue Velvet initially received a divided critical response, with many stating that its explicit content served little artistic purpose.
Movie GuruHOST
Nonetheless, the film earned Lynch his second nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director and received the year's Best Film and Best Director prizes from the National Society of Film Critics.
Movie GuruHOST
It came to achieve cult status.
Movie GuruHOST
As an example of a director casting against the norm, it was credited for revitalizing Hopper's career and providing Rossellini with a dramatic outlet beyond her previous work as a fashion model and a cosmetic spokeswoman.
Tony CantwellHOST
...
Tony CantwellHOST
it was quite sad, you know, given the fact that, you know, he did win, um, the Oscar for Best Director posthumously that night.
Killian SundermannHOST
[laughs]
Tony CantwellHOST
But the way he just dove his foot at that banana peel to spare his wife-
TheiaHOST
By the way, I did a quick research because we were on the topic of woke movies in Hollywood.
TheiaHOST
So in 1965, a movie came out and in 1966, 76, it was nominated for six Oscars, including Best Movie, Best Editing, Best Original Screenplay, Best Main Character, Best Directing.
TheiaHOST
And it won the Best Original Screenplay one.
TheiaHOST
Dog Day Afternoon.
Adam Tex DavisHOST
Okay.
Adam Tex DavisHOST
So with two movies nominated for best picture, Francis Ford Coppola also has to be a front runner for best director.
Adam Tex DavisHOST
Yeah, but he did lose best director for Godfather to Bob Fosse,
Bruce VilanchHOST
which is another reason why he's a front runner this year.
Adam Tex DavisHOST
Right.
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Adam Tex DavisHOST
Or are they going to screw me? Or are they going to screw me with Polanski this time? And, you know, obviously they didn't want to do the double dip.
Adam Tex DavisHOST
with Coppola and the conversation.
Adam Tex DavisHOST
However, it's actually happened three times where a director is nominated for two different movies for Best Director.
speaker_1HOST
The Netflix drama brings together an incredible cast, including Seul Ki-hoon-gu, Jo In-sung, Jo Yoo-jung, and John Do-yeon, who joined virtually, all playing two couples whose lives intertwine through a documentary project, revealing hidden desires and buried class tensions along the way.
speaker_1HOST
This isn't just another film either, since it already snagged the Grand Jury Prize at the Venice International Film Festival and the Best Director Award at Toronto, making it one of Korean cinema's biggest international triumphs this year.
speaker_1HOST
During the conference, Seul Kyung-gu got emotional recalling how he broke down in tears after the Venice screening, while Jo In-sung shared how moved he was watching journalists rush the cast for autographs afterward.
speaker_1HOST
calling it a testament to how far Korean film has come on the world stage.
Austin JohnsonHOST
Some of the best, the most rewarding too, as people who love this world, you know, and who really, really engross themselves in it every single day, you know? So when you see something like this kind of speaking to that and that idea of what, what is, what is all this mean? It's incredibly rewarding to watch and rewatch.
Austin JohnsonHOST
Check this out for best director.
Austin JohnsonHOST
These guys, these, here's the five names.
Austin JohnsonHOST
Joseph L. Mankiewicz, John Houston, George Cukor, Billy Wilder, and Carol Reed.
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