Heading toward the Oscars next Sunday, the BAFTAs mark the last of the Oscar precursor award shows, timed right when Oscar voters are filling out their ballots (due February 4).
Behind the scenes, Oscar campaigners took full advantage by having their winners send messages to the Academy, both overt and subliminal.
But it’s not all in their control.While Netflix’s awards wranglers made sure that “The Irishman” producer Robert De Niro presented an award to Renée Zellweger, they could not control several jokes made at the lengthy movie’s expense by host Graham Norton, who suggested “there’s more than one ‘Irishman’ here tonight who seems to go on and on.”The BAFTAs often presage Oscar winners, but not always.
Last year, the BAFTAs favored “Roma” and “The Favourite” over “Green Book.” The complete BAFTA winners list from this year is here.Quentin Tarantino, who looked sour all evening,
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