Now that the noise has subsided, were there any helpful takeaways from the Oscars? If you ask the leaders of A24, the distributor that swept six categories, their answer would be the same as it was…
might score at Cannes but attract zero following among Academy voters.Women Talkingset records for empty seats. In years past the media buzz focused on Oscar campaigning – complaints about Harvey Weinstein’s tactical sniping or about the big party spends.
But the campaigns themselves weren’t news this year: Steven Spielberg’s presence seemed shadowy, and of courseWhich brings us back to the mysteries of A24. While other indie chiefs are ubiquitous at festivals and premieres – witness the garrulous presence of Sony Classics’ Tom Bernard and Michael Barker – the founders of A24 cherish their invisibility.’s success I suggested a meeting six years ago and was hastily turned down, only to be re-invited hours later but with new rules.
Fine by me, but when I arrived at the company’s grungy headquarters in Lower Manhattan, 20 other members of the A24 staff also crowded into the conference room . Katz made it clear in his introduction that I was not to ask questions but rather was there to answer them. A24 was still formulating its management strategy, it seemed, and I was to explain the origins of certain films — projects that I had been held responsible for putting together:The questions were smart, but then when I started asking about some of A24’s unlikely successes the curtain came down. Movies like
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