There has been media debate whether “Spider-Man: No Way Home” could get a best picture Oscar nomination, since voters of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences have been reluctant to celebrate movies in that genre. But describing this as a superhero movie is like saying “The Godfather” is a gangster film. It Is, but it’s much more.
The box-office success proves that the film is hitting a nerve with audiences: They needed this film. It’s first-class filmmaking and it’s also cathartic.
Clearly “No Way Home” merits serious Oscar attention, as does director Jon Watts.
In his first in-depth interview about the new film, Watts tells Variety that he wasn’t tense or nervous on the first day of shooting. Instead, “I had a deep feeling of gratitude.”
He and the team began working on story/storyboards/previz in October 2019. After seven months, Covid brought things to a halt.
The box-office success proves that the film is hitting a nerve with audiences: They needed this film. It’s first-class filmmaking and it’s also cathartic.
Clearly “No Way Home” merits serious Oscar attention, as does director Jon Watts.
In his first in-depth interview about the new film, Watts tells Variety that he wasn’t tense or nervous on the first day of shooting. Instead, “I had a deep feeling of gratitude.”
He and the team began working on story/storyboards/previz in October 2019. After seven months, Covid brought things to a halt.
- 1/26/2022
- by Tim Gray
- Variety Film + TV
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