“It makes me hopeful because it means that people understand how ‘The Rescue’ kind of reminds us of what unites us in a time where everyone seems so divided.” She adds that the dreadful part is the “dreadful, perverse pleasure” in getting to talk to different filmmakers also in contention.
Vasarhelyi and Chin, who both won Oscars for “Free Solo,” had an interesting way of looking at being shortlisted with Vasarhelyi calling it a dreadful but hopeful moment. “One thing that I thought is that more people will see the film and that’s really what’s important for us.” Curry echoed that sentiment by adding, “To the extent that any of this gives this story and their experiences a bigger platform for people to understand what they went through, I’m all for it.” For her, being shortlisted was just the icing on the cake. Nelson is hopeful for what being shortlisted will do for the film’s reach. I’m not even thinking about it in terms of me and how I feel about it all. “They’re just pumped because they’ve been a part of the process throughout the whole thing. Greene shared the news of being shortlisted immediately with the men that were the subject of “Procession.” He’s explained to them why he’s doing so much press and what this whole process is about and they are extremely excited for this development. SEE Gold Derby interviews with 2022 Oscar contenders Click on each person’s name above to be taken to their individual interview.
You can watch the film documentary group panel above with the people behind these five films. Cutler (“Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry”), Robert Greene (“ Procession”), Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi (“ The Rescue”) and Megan Mylan (“ Simple as Water”). Gold Derby recently discussed this and more with Stanley Nelson and Traci Curry (“ Attica”), R.J. In our roundtable conversation, we hear what the directors behind these highlighted docs think about making the shortlist for this year’s Academy Awards.
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