Bong Joon Ho’s acclaimed South Korean thriller “Parasite” became the first foreign-language film to win best picture at the Oscars, and the historic win had Hollywood heavyweights like Ava DuVernay, Sandra Oh and Priyanka Chopra cheering.“Massive! Historic! Landmark! Parasite! The world is big and it is beautiful and films from everywhere deserve to be on that stage winning @TheAcademy’s highest honor,” DuVernay wrote on Twitter.
“This is wonderful and right.
#Oscars.”Massive! Historic! Landmark! Parasite! The world is big and it is beautiful and films from everywhere deserve to be on that stage winning @TheAcademy’s highest honor.
This is wonderful and right.
#Oscars pic.twitter.com/Q8go53lqmd— Ava DuVernay (@ava) February 10, 2020Heading into the 92nd Academy Awards, “1917” was widely expected to win the night’s top plaudit, while Sam Mendes was the odds-on favorite to take home the best director prize after winning precursor awards.
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