Frances Fisher is at it again

[just444]

Frances Fisher already working for the cause pic.twitter.com/6b1moEQYRA
- Poncho X 🎬 (@JavierAIfonso) January 11, 2024

source 2Frances (you probably know as the mean mom from Titanic) was the driving force behind Andrea Riseborough's "little movie with a big heart" best actress campaign that got her in quite some trouble with AMPAS

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[doriiansz]

I can get behind this one, actually. This is how you're supposed to do it, Francis . Use your white privilege for something that actually needs this kind of campaigning. Next conference call your Rich White Women Squad and make them do the same.

[clarkkentlite]

this played well at TIFF and then fully disappeared. unfortunate decision making by neon.

[doriiansz]

It's a NEON joint? Tf are they doing dropping the ball like this? 🤦

[daijouboo]

I think they put all their energy towards Anatomy of a Fall and Ferrari unfortunately.

[dnttllhrry]

It also premiered at Cannes and not a peep since.
My feeling is that it didn't make the long list and NEON decided it wasn't worth it to continue heavy promo.

[la_petite_singe]

Well, this one deserves it a lot more, to be fair. Andrea Riseborough is a great actor, but that movie was really nothing special, whereas Origin is unique and fascinating, and AET is terrific in it. If she's breaking the Academy rules then no, not really cool this time either, but if she's just using her platform to celebrate a movie that is being bizarrely ignored, then hell yeah Mrs. DeWitt-Bukater

[syvlie0o0]

There are hundreds (thousands?) of movies released each year, many of them more deserving than what makes it into the awards conversation. The original caption just seems sort of weird to me, like the people involved in this movie think they automatically deserve it because of the subject matter and Ava being a director? Idk.

[anterrabre]

The more I see Hollywood studios dropping the ball on promoting their releases, the more I'm beginning to think Riseborough had a point. What do you do when you do something that you're proud of, and the studio refuses to promote it?

[doriiansz]

The entire system is flawed as hell. It's a bunch of old white greedy men who dgaf about film anymore. All they're interested is quick 💲 I mean they can help make an entire movie, but not release it and then just delete it from existence like it's nothing. Absolutely deranged and soulless behavior.

[la_petite_singe]

True. The specifics of the To Leslie campaign were messy, but as someone who sees way too many movies, every year I can name at least 10 that are (imo) deserving of some kind of awards attention, but aren't even close to getting it because they're too small and not attached to big names/studios. :\

[afeelingunacted]

I mean awards are basically a joke with a handful of preselected people competing against each other for a meaningless trinket that will get them a little more money. The more everyone realizes this the better.🤷🏻‍♀️