London, January 8 (EFE). Oscar-winning British director Sam Mendes finds it “inevitable” that the Academy Awards will abolish genre ratings and become “neutral,” he declared in an interview broadcast Sunday by the British newspaper The Guardian. BBC.
Mendes appeared on BBC Public Broadcasting’s “Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg” ahead of Monday’s UK premiere of her US movie “Empire of Light,” which arrives in Spain on March 3.
Asked by Kuenssberg if he sympathized with the idea of gender-neutral awards, as advocated by artists such as England’s Emma Corinne, the director said it seemed “totally reasonable”.
Mendes, who won an Oscar for “American Beauty” in 1999, has sympathized with the “Crown” star’s allegations that she is not binary, and called for future award shows to pick gender-neutral categories.
“I totally sympathize with it and I think ultimately it could be inevitable. Because I think that’s the way things are moving and I think it’s totally reasonable,” he said.
Mendes also pointed out that awards are not so important for personal recognition but because they are a front for advertising the product.
“Awards are there to promote movies. If a movie wins an award, people are more likely to go see it, and that’s what you do there. It’s not about yourself, and it’s not particularly about the art or craft of the sector. It’s about selling the movies.” EFE
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