With her first narrative feature, 'Honey Boy' with Shia LeBeouf, director Alma Har'el finds herself in a strange new land — the film awards trail.
she never expected to find herself knee-deep in the annual awards-season quagmire. At the time, LaBeouf was attempting to artistically express the difficulties in his life that stemmed from alcoholism and PTSD after an unconventional relationship with his father as a child actor.
and screenwriters last week, Har’el took to Twitter to respond to fans messaging her over their frustration at her omission. She thanked them and publicly noted, “I was on the inside for the first time this year. These are not our people and they do not represent us. Do not look for justice in the awards system.”
“And the more I dive into it, the more I realize that I’m living the legacy of Harvey Weinstein basically, because he really is the person that politicized award campaigns in the year of ‘Shakespeare in Love.’ And prior to that, there wasn’t so much of a political campaigning around awards as much as it is now. I feel like I’m on a political trail in many ways.”
Throw in the advent of streaming companies that are less concerned with box office than publicity-garnering accolades and Har’el finds herself in truly uncharted territory. She says there were other great offers to acquire the picture but Amazon promised to get behind the film in a “real way” and has kept its word.“They weren’t just like, ‘OK, we’re going to release it for one week in two theaters and see what it does.’ They really saw some strength in it,” Har’el says.
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