Talking behind the stage in the wake of winning Best Altering at the Oscars, film manager Jennifer Weak told journalists she "was unable to envision how this could support for three hours."
Indeed, even the now-Oscar-winning film supervisor behind Oppenheimer wasn't at first certain the topic would be sufficiently fascinating to support a three-hour runtime.
Behind the stage at the Foundation Grants on Sunday, in the wake of winning Best Altering, Jennifer Weak told journalists, "I must tell the truth, when I read the content, and from what I have some familiarity with [Oppenheimer, the man], I was unable to envision how this could support for three hours. No one knows him, and he's mysterious, and he's sort of exhausting?"
Faltering was answering an inquiry regarding what it resembled altering the scenes including Oscar candidate Cillian Murphy, who stars as the nominal J. Robert Oppenheimer. "Cillian carried this force to it," she proceeded. "I was simply entranced by this presentation, and you needed to know what his identity was."
She noticed a portion of her number one scenes, including when Murphy's Oppenheimer is in President Truman's office and he's mishandling to make a sentence, as well as when he shows up inverse Casey Affleck. "There were such large numbers of my #1 scenes with Cillian that I needed to chop down since he's simply fabulous," she added.
The Foundation citizens unquestionably feel the film merited the three hours in a theater. The film has been an unmistakable leader in the honors season race, gathering up significant distinctions throughout recent months. On Sunday, Robert Downey Jr. won a significant Oscar triumph, getting the honor for Best Supporting Entertainer.
"I might want to thank my awful youth and the Foundation, in a specific order," Downey Jr. said during his acknowledgment discourse. "I might want to thank my veterinarian — I mean spouse, Susan Downey — around there. She found me a growling salvage pet, and you cherished me back to life. That is the reason I'm here. Much thanks to you."
In her own acknowledgment discourse, Faltering expressed gratitude toward "boss maker" Emma Thomas, the long-lasting filmmaking accomplice and spouse of Christopher Nolan. With respect to Nolan himself, Faltering kidded, "No doubt about it."
The 96th Institute Grants broadcasted Sunday, Walk 10, on ABC. See the full rundown of 2024 Oscar champs here.