US EditionJoe Russo blames Harvey Weinstein for blockbuster films struggling to win major awards at the Oscars
- Joe Russo claims that Harvey Weinstein's campaign tactics vilified mainstream movies to promote art films for Oscars recognition.
- According to a 2022 Wall Street Journal poll, over half of surveyed individuals had not seen any of the 10 films nominated for Best Picture.
- Critics responded negatively to Russo's comments, stating that mainstream films won Oscars before the mid-Nineties.
- Joe Russo asserted that the trend separating mainstream and art films began with Weinstein, who is awaiting a retrial for sexual assault.
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Joe Russo blames Harvey Weinstein for blockbuster films struggling to win major awards at the Oscars
Director Joe Russo, known for helming Avengers: Endgame and Avengers: Infinity War, has sparked debate by suggesting that Harvey Weinstein played a key role in shifting Hollywood’s perception of blockbusters at major award shows. In an interview with The Sunday Times, Russo claimed that Weinstein’s Oscar campaigning tactics changed the industry, pushing mainstream films out of awards contention. “This trend was started by Harvey Weinstein,” Russ…
Joe Russo Says Harvey Weinstein’s Campaign Playbook “Vilified Mainstream Movies To Champion The Art Films” He Pushed For Academy Recognition
Joe Russo, one-half of the sibling powerhouse producing/directing team known as the Russo Brothers, posited that today’s blockbuster versus indie discourse is in large part to Harvey Weinstein’s Oscars campaign playbook. In a new interview with the U.K.’s The Sunday Times, Russo lamented that popular films’ success at the box office and disproportional losses at […]
'Avengers: Endgame's Joe Russo Says Harvey Weinstein Is the Reason Blockbusters Are Not Winning Major Awards
Joe Russo, one half of the famous Russo Brothers directing team, has sparked debate with his take on why big-budget movies rarely win major awards. Known for directing massive hits like Avengers: Endgame and Avengers: Infinity War, Russo points the finger at Harvey Weinstein. He claims Weinstein’s actions decades ago shifted how the film industry... The post ‘Avengers: Endgame’s Joe Russo Says Harvey Weinstein Is the Reason Blockbusters Are Not …
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