After the announcements made by the Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques, which retained Dunes in 10 categories for the next Oscars ceremony, Denis Villeneuve, excluded from the category of best achievement, made this statement.
Posted at 12:32 p.m.
” Since Firesthe tradition is to make pancakes just before the announcement of the Oscar nominations to deflect the stress.
This morning, I can say two things:
First, I’m extremely proud of my team which received 10 nominations, including Best Picture I Share with Mary Parent and Cale Boyter and Best Screenplay (Adaptation) with Jon Spaihts and Eric Roth. I congratulate them, as well as Hans Zimmer, Joe Walker, Greig Fraser, Patrice Vermette, Zsuzsanna Sipos, Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor, Gerd Nefzer, Jacqueline West, Bob Morgan, Donald Mowat, Love Larson, Eva von Bahr, Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill and Ron Bartlett for their well-deserved nominations. Thanks also to all our actors who helped me realize my old dream. Finally, big thanks to the Academy for the honors and to the teams at Legendary and WB. »
Second, make sure you put enough eggs in the batter, our pancakes were a disaster.
Denis Villeneuve