'Parasite' Makes History, Becomes the First Foreign-Language Film to Win Best Picture

I’m STUNNED. In the best possible way. Parasite’s historic win made it the first film not in english to win Best Picture at the Oscars, something I wasn’t sure I would ever see happen. And director too! And it was completely, 100% deserved. Just one year after giving it to the middlebrow, old-fashioned Green Book, the same exact Academy turns around and awards Parasite, which is undoubtedly one of their best Best Picture winners of all time, and I just can’t get over it. I’m amazed. I guess it’s time to just throw out all the stats, because the guilds are clearly NOT the Academy anymore and anything can happen in Best Picture now. And most of all, I’m so thrilled that more people will now see Parasite, because it’s great and they will love it.

2020 OSCAR WINNERS

• BEST PICTURE: Parasite

• BEST DIRECTOR: Bong Joon-ho, Parasite

• BEST ACTOR: Joaquin Phoenix, Joker

• BEST ACTRESS: Renee Zellweger, Judy

• BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

• BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Laura Dern, Marriage Story

• BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Parasite

• BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Jojo Rabbit

• BEST EDITING: Ford v. Ferrari

• BEST DOCUMENTARY: American Factory

• BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE: Parasite

• BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:Toy Story 4

• BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: 1917

• BEST COSTUME DESIGN: Little Women

• BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

• BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING: Bombshell

• BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: Joker

• BEST ORIGINAL SONG: “I’m  Gonna Love Me Again,” Elton John and Bernie Taupin 

• BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: 1917

• BEST SOUND EDITING: Ford v. Ferrari

• BEST SOUND MIXING: 1917

• BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT: Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl)

• BEST ANIMATED SHORT: Hair Love

• BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT: The Neighbor’s Window

In other winner news, I went 20/24 in my predictions, because of course I blew the biggest two wins of the night, assuming PGA/DGA meant something (silly me). But I couldn’t be happier, because I would so much rather see something historic like this happen than be right on my stupid predictions. Also, in my defense, the DGA winner not winning the directing Oscar is SO rare that it’s literally only happened a handful of times in Oscar history (and a few those were only because the DGA winner wasn’t nominated at the Oscars). To pinpoint when that’s going to happen is pretty nuts. But most of the winners were expected, including the acting wins, so my overall record was still decent. Having no host once again worked out for the Academy, as it seems like they’re trying to sneak in comedians to do an opening monologue anyway, just without anyone knowing who it is ahead of time, which is probably smart.

Bong Joon-ho becomes only the second director of a foreign-language film to win Best Director, and manages to pull it off without winning the DGA first (probably a bigger upset than Parasite winning Best Picture, to be honest)