"There are many answers to what the future is. The one I know is not what we have right now. It is not sustainable. In so many ways, what we have belongs to an older structure," he said.
Del Toro talked about the 1920s transition from silent films to talkies and how drastic that was, then he goes on to say this might be even bigger. "That's how profound the change is. We are finding that it is more than the delivery system that is changing. It's the relationship to the audience that is shifting. Do we hold it, or do we seek and be adventurous?"
These words describe where we are as an industry right now. No one seems to be able to make the first move, or maybe no one is adventurous enough to buck the current system and embrace a wide array of movies with a theatrical release, and maybe some original storytelling as well.
Del Toro said, “We are in the present losing more movies from the past faster than ever before. It seems like we aren’t, but the mere disappearance of physical media is already having corporations curating what we watch, faster for us. The future doesn’t belong to us, so our duty is not to ourselves, but to the future, for the people who come after.”
That thought for a filmmaker has to be terrifying. We hope our work outlives us, but the reality is it will likely disappear under this kind of industry oversight.
Del Toro continued, "It took one pandemic to shake it all up. We survived the pandemic because we had three things: food, medicine, and stories. The three things sustained us for so many months and years. We understand we are in the craft of doing a thing that is of primary importance to do."
Hopefully, things change, but for now, we'll have to wait and see if the bubble bursts.
It's awards season again, and The Golden Globes kicks off the new year with some fire. While they still have no host, and after a long year of Hollywood strikes, the ceremony is set to happen on Sunday, January 7th, on CBS and Paramount+.
Check out the nominees below.
The 2024 Golden Globe Nominations
TELEVISION
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Bill Hader, “Barry” Steve Martin, “Only Murders in the Building” Jason Segel, “Shrinking” Martin Short, “Only Murders in the Building” Jason Sudeikis, “Ted Lasso” Jeremy Allen White, “The Bear”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Ayo Edebiri, “The Bear” Natasha Lyonne, “Poker Face” Quinta Brunson, “Abbott Elementary” Rachel Brosnahan, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” Selena Gomez, “Only Murders in the Building” Elle Fanning, “The Great”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Pedro Pascal, “The Last of Us” Kieran Culkin, “Succession” Jeremy Strong, “Succession” Brian Cox, “Succession” Gary Oldman, “Slow Horses” Dominic West, “The Crown”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama
Helen Mirren, “1923” Bella Ramsey, “The Last of Us” Keri Russell, “The Diplomat” Sarah Snook, “Succession” Imelda Staunton, “The Crown” Emma Stone, “The Curse”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Matt Bomer, “Fellow Travelers” Sam Claflin, “Daisy Jones & the Six” Jon Hamm, “Fargo” Woody Harrelson, “White House Plumbers” David Oyelowo, “Lawmen: Bass Reeves” Steven Yeun, “Beef”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Riley Keough, “Daisy Jones & the Six” Brie Larson, “Lessons in Chemistry” Elizabeth Olsen, “Love and Death” Juno Temple, “Fargo” Rachel Weisz, “Dead Ringers” Ali Wong, “Beef”
Best Television Series Drama
“1923” “The Crown” “The Diplomat” “The Last of Us” “The Morning Show” “Succession”
Best Television Limited Series, Anthology series or Motion Picture Made for Television
“Beef” “Lessons in Chemistry” “Daisy Jones & the Six” “All the Light We Cannot See” “Fellow Travelers” “Fargo”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - Television
Billy Crudup, “The Morning Show” Matthew Macfadyen, “Succession” James Marsden, “Jury Duty” Ebon Moss-Bachrach, “The Bear” Alan Ruck, “Succession” Alexander Skarsgård, “Succession”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Television
Elizabeth Debicki, “The Crown” Abby Elliott, “The Bear” Christina Ricci, “Yellowjackets” J. Smith-Cameron, “Succession” Meryl Streep, “Only Murders in the Building” Hannah Waddingham, “Ted Lasso”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Harriet Sloane, “Lessons in Chemistry” Patti Yasutake, “Beef” Suki Waterhouse, “Daisy Jones & the Six” Chloe Bailey, “Swarm” Allison Williams, “Fellow Travelers” Carla Gugino, “Fall of the House of Usher”
Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
“The Bear” “Ted Lasso” “Abbott Elementary” “Jury Duty” “Only Murders in the Building” “Barry”
Best Performance in Stand-up Comedy on Television
Ricky Gervais, “Ricky Gervais: Armageddon” Trevor Noah, “Trevor Noah: Where Was I” Chris Rock, “Chris Rock: Selective Outrage” Amy Schumer, “Amy Schumer: Emergency Contact” Sarah Silverman, “Sarah Silverman: Someone You Love” Wanda Sykes, “Wanda Sykes: I’m an Entertainer”
FILM
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
“Barbie” “Poor Things” “American Fiction” “The Holdovers” “May December” “Air”
Best Motion Picture – Drama
“Oppenheimer” “Killers of the Flower Moon” “Maestro” “Past Lives” “The Zone of Interest” “Anatomy of a Fall”
Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language
“Anatomy of a Fall” “Io Capitano” “Past Lives” “Society of the Snow” “The Zone of Interest”
Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
“Barbie” “Poor Things” “Oppenheimer” “Killers of the Flower Moon” “Past Lives” “Anatomy of a Fall”
Best Original Song – Motion Picture
“Addicted to Romance,” Bruce Springsteen, “She Came to Me” “Dance the Night,” Caroline Ailin, Dua Lipa, Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt, “Barbie” “I’m Just Ken,” Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt, “Barbie” “Peaches,” Jack Black, Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, Eric Osmond and John Spiker “The Super Mario Bros. Move” “Road to Freedom,” Lenny Kravitz, “Rustin” “What Was I Made For?” Billie Eilish & Finneas, “Barbie”
Best Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Willem Dafoem, “Poor Things” Robert DeNiro, “Killers of the Flower Moon” Robert Downey Jr., “Oppenheimer” Ryan Gosling, “Barbie” Charles Melton, “May December” Mark Ruffalo, “Poor Things”
Best Actress in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Emily Blunt, “Oppenheimer” Danielle Brooks, “The Color Purple” Jodie Foster, “Nyad” Julianne Moore, “May December” Rosamund Pike, “Saltburn” Da’Vine Joy Randolph, “The Holdovers”
Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Nicolas Cage, “Dream Scenario” Timothée Chalamet, “Wonka” Matt Damon, “Air” Paul Giamatti, “The Holdovers” Joaquin Phoenix, “Beau Is Afraid” Jeffrey Wright, “American Fiction”
Best Motion Picture – Animated
“The Boy and the Heron” “Elemental” “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” “Suzume” “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” “Wish”
Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Bradley Cooper, “Maestro” Leonardo DiCaprio, “Killers of the Flower Moon” Colman Domingo, “Rustin” Barry Keoghan, “Saltburn” Cillian Murphy, “Oppenheimer” Andrew Scott, “All of Us Strangers”
Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Lily Gladstone, “Killers of the Flower Moon” Carey Mulligan, “Maestro” Sandra Hüller, “Anatomy of a Fall” Annette Bening, “Nyad” Greta Lee, “Past Lives” Cailee Spaeny, “Priscilla”
Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Fantasia Barrino, “The Color Purple” Jennifer Lawrence, “No Hard Feelings” Natalie Portman, “May December” Margot Robbie, “Barbie” Emma Stone, “Poor Things”
Best Director – Motion Picture
Bradley Cooper, “Maestro” Greta Gerwig, “Barbie” Yorgos Lanthimos, “Poor Things” Christopher Nolan, “Oppenheimer” Martin Scorsese, “Killers of the Flower Moon” Celine Song, “Past Lives”
Best Original Score
Jerskin Fendrix, “Poor Things” Ludwig Göransson, “Oppenheimer” Mica Levi, “The Zone of Interest” Daniel Pemberton, “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” Robbie Robertson, “Killers of the Flower Moon” “The Boy and the Heron”
Cinematic and Box Office Achievement
“Barbie” “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” “John Wick: Chapter 4” “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One” “Oppenheimer” “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour”
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