Stunt actors should be fully recognized and all their healthcare needs should be covered by the employer.
The Academy officially announces new Oscar category for stunts
Submitted 4 days ago by UKFilmNerd@feddit.uk to movies@lemm.ee
https://www.joblo.com/oscars-stunt-category/
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Sunshine@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
I would agree except employment is so fickle in the biz. Health insurance should come through the Academy, since everyone is always a member even when they don’t have a gig
driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 3 days ago
They don’t have a guild or an union?
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 1 day ago
Why would the academy have anything to do with labour relations at all? It’s the literal anthithesis of its foundation.
Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
Sounds like a publicity stunt.
I’ll see myself out
funkajunk@lemm.ee 4 days ago
Give one to that panda for doing all those crazy kung fu moves
Masterpiece
Emperor@feddit.uk 4 days ago
That’s not a panda, that’s Jack Black in a panda costume and he won’t need more awards after he wins all the Oscars for saying “chicken jockey”.
atocci@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Thank you Ryan Gosling, very cool
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
The first person to receive this damn well be on fire when they grab that statue or I will be gravely dissapointed.
barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 2 days ago
Being on fire isn’t even a top tier stunt any more. I’ve seen amateur student films with people on fire.
MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I like to joke about hous America has Micheal Reaves, Europe has Steve Mould, while australia has I Did a Thing ( we do have hard hitting journalism. But its just…
neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
Oh dear.
The stunt arms race is officially on. That means bigger stunts, more danger, and more people getting hurt to chase the big shiny prize they just created.
The safe and humane way forward here was better digital effects. This change will literally mame and kill people who didn’t have to get hurt.
Krauerking@lemy.lol 3 days ago
You have clearly never seen Order of the Black Eagle where a man gets his face run over as a stunt gone wrong. It’s low budget and they weren’t trying.
Idiots will hurt themselves doing stunts for cheap too without the prestige. The “Big” stunts are actually usually safer as they have more people knowing what they are doing.
Maybe we can just still give them the awards for putting their bodies on the line anyways for film making a thing that isn’t going to stop.
neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
Idiots will hurt themselves doing stunts for cheap too without the prestige. The “Big” stunts are actually usually safer as they have more people knowing what they are doing.
Having a prize for stunts encourages more low budget unsafe stunt work too as people take risks to increase their prestige to get the bigger gigs.
I don’t deny that stunt work demands immense talent and effort and risk. Just like a performance artist who does five-finger filet really fast for money. But is it moral to give out accolades for it?
Would it be better to look at ourselves and say “Woah, this is fucked up. It’s fucked up that it’s happening and it’s fucked up that I’m entertained by it. What can I do to encourage less of this in the world?”
barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 2 days ago
This has always been the argument against having an oscar forbstunts, butbuts hard ti imaginebthat stunts could get much dangerous that they already are.
Most stunt pros want to protect themselves from death even more than their defenders. They plan these stunts extensively and train hard for them. They do their best to leave nothing to chance. Yet they still take it to the edge, often, and they’ve been doing it since the beginning of film. Its highly doubtful they could even get more dangerous that those old Buster Keaton stunts, or the car chase scene in Death Proof, or many of Tom Cruise’s stunts in the Mission Impossible franchise.
Getting killed or maimed is not likely to get you the Oscar, so I dont think its a valid reason to not have a category for Stunts.
barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 2 days ago
My theory is that the Mission Impssible franchise is about to wrap, and Tom Cruise is going to calm down on the stunt work, now that hes getting older. I cant blame him for that.
So they can’t count on him to continue doing big stunts in the future, so they better give it to him now. So he’ll be nominated for the final MI movie, and it will win.
MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I remember readng articles MI:Dubai. Didnt think much of it. Camerawork and editing makes it look cool and such.
Then I watched the movie. Even on the small screen, I was on the edge of my seat.
Am willing to give up my kidney to watch that movie in IMAX.
barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 2 days ago
I really think Tom Cruise is a weird and creepy guy, but i can’t help it, his movies are nearly always great. I’ll watch anything he does, and at least 9 times out of 10, I’m blown away.
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Long overdue
plinky@hexbear.net 4 days ago
cowards waited until jackie retired-retired (final!).
Still great, maybe prestige movies will do exciting stuff again, this side of nolan
MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world 2 days ago
My favourite Tom Cruise roll is A Few Good Men. But even then I cant think of another stunt perfomer than Tom Cruise.
If/When he retires, who is next?
Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I look forward to seeing what they deem Oscar worthy. Some stunts are just spectacular.
jagged_circle@feddit.nl 3 days ago
Like jackass?
SquiffSquiff@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Let me guess, the first winner will have the middle name of Mapother
carrion0409@lemm.ee 4 days ago
About damn time
hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 4 days ago
They should give Jackie a few retroactively for good measure