Sean Baker says: “I’m actually really still processing it. Crazy. For this to happen to a small indie like this really is mind-blowing,” Anora mastermind says about the film’s six Oscar nominations on Thursday, four of which he received personally.
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“I’m so happy for Mikey Madison and Yura Borisov, incredibly and really surprised about all of it.”
Quadruple Oscar nominee Baker thought ‘Anora’ too ‘divisive’ for awar
“In all truthfulness, we thought Cannes Fest [where the film won the coveted Palme d’Or] was the end of the line. Well, at least I did,” he admits. “I know everybody around me said, ‘No, we’re on our way.’
“Because of the subject matter, I always saw this, even when I was writing it, as a divisive film that would be 50-50 and so not even be able to get in the conversation.”
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