Emilia Pérez Receives the Same Number of Oscar Nominations Stanley Kubrick Got in His Entire Career and It’ll Irk Fans More
- Emilia Perez has emerged as the most nominated film this award season.
- Both this musical and Stanley Kubrick have received the same number of Oscar nominations.
- Kubrick won only 1 Oscar although he was nominated for 13 throughout his career.
It might just be Emilia Pérez‘s world, and we’re all merely living in it. However, the issue lies in the fact that most fans, and even some critics, are not particularly impressed with how this musical seems to have a strong influence on prestigious award panels, earning it the title of the most nominated film of the year.
This dislike, however, does not seem to be helping the case at all as the movie continues to hit milestone after milestone, earning recognition for not only the three lead actresses but also for the picture and direction. However, the fact that this movie has received as many Academy Award nominations as Stanley Kubrick did throughout his entire career is certainly not sitting well with fans.
Emilia Pérez has the same number of Oscar nominations as legendary filmmaker Stanley Kubrick
Emilia Pérez explores the themes of identity, transformation, and resilience. It delves into the story of a cartel leader, Manitas (Karla Sofía Gascón), who seeks the help of an underappreciated lawyer named Rita Mora Castro (Zoe Saldaña) to secretly undergo gender-affirming surgery. After the surgery, Manitas takes up the name Emilia Pérez and seeks Rita’s help once again to reunite with the children she had with her wife Jessi.
The Spanish crime musical earned 10 Golden Globe Award nominations and won 4 including Best Picture and Best Leading Actress in a Musical/Comedy. Winning the Golden for Best Picture against Wicked landed it in a sea of backlash as fans believed that the fantasy musical was more deserving of the award.
It has also been nominated for 13 Academy Awards, which made it the most-nominated film of the year (via the New York Times). These nominations include Best Picture and Best Actress, which makes Gascón the first openly trans woman to be nominated in this category. It was also submitted in the Best Adapted Screenplay category, which is one of the toughest categories to win in for musicals.
That said, fans are now pointing out that the late legendary filmmaker Stanley Kubrick was nominated for only 13 Academy Awards in his career despite the mind-blowing filmography that he has. It’s a stark contrast to this musical, which alone has that many nominations. Here is what some fans had to say:
The fact that this is surprising cannot be denied because Kubrick is regarded as one of the most talented filmmakers ever to this day. Considering the amount of backlash that the Jacques Audiard feature has been facing, this number of nominations is also quite fascinating.
Stanley Kubrick won only 1 Academy Award out of the 13 he was nominated for
Filmmakers like Stanley Kubrick are very rare. Most of his films were adapted from novels or short stories and of a variety of genres too. Those movies were praised by critics for their attention to detail and breathtaking cinematography. He was also notorious for his perfectionist nature which led him to exercise control over every aspect of the film’s production.
Kubrick was nominated for 13 Academy Awards for 5 of his movies. The only Academy Award he won was for the 1969 movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. This movie was nominated in three categories: Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Special Visual Effects. He won the award in the last category.
Although the movie’s message remains a mystery to many even today, its groundbreaking visual effects left audiences in awe at the time. It has to be noted that there was no CGI at the time. So, how Kubrick managed to make giant spaceships, floating astronauts, and the harrowing black hole with only practical effects is mostly a mystery.
