The 91st Academy Awards will take place on Sunday February 23rd in Los Angeles.
It was recently revealed that the ceremony will not have a host for the first time in 30 years following Kevin Hart's decision to step down.
However, organisers have found themselves in hot water over another change to the ceremony.
The Academy president, John Bailey, announced that 4 awards would be presented during commercial breaks in order to save time for the television broadcast.
The awards affected are cinematography, film editing, live-action short and makeup/hair.
Many people have criticised the decision and voiced their opinions over certain categories getting snubbed, including Russel Crowe, who won the award for Best Actor in 2001, and Alfonso Cuarón, who is nominated for Best Director this year.
The Academy is removing cinematography, editing and make up from the televised show?
This is just such a fundamentally stupid decision, I’m not even going to be bothered trying to be a smart arse about it.
It’s just too fucking dumb for words.— Russell Crowe (@russellcrowe) February 12, 2019
In the history of CINEMA, masterpieces have existed without sound, without color, without a story, without actors and without music. No one single film has ever existed without CINEMAtography and without editing.
— Alfonso Cuaron (@alfonsocuaron) February 12, 2019
Two time Academy Award winner Guillermo Del Toro cleared up some of the confusion about the situation:
1/3 Important clarification re: the Academy Awards (quote): "No one is being removed from either the in-theater or the ABC live broadcast. This year, in a voluntary rotation that will change each year, four awards will be given live in an uninterrupted progression--- as always--"
— Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) February 12, 2019
2/3 "They will be slightly edited off-line in the trailer (such as the walk up from seat to stage)--- as has been done for years with the Tony broadcast—and then placed live into the ongoing show. It should be seamless and most viewers won’t notice."
— Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) February 12, 2019
3/3 A carefully considered and expressed announcement was sent yesterday. Each year, the "edited" awards will change categories and will AIR during the ceremony.
— Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) February 12, 2019
We're not convinced.
