Sean Bakers filmAnoralanded six Oscar nominations Thursday morning.
Its really just a total dream come true.
However, her mind was very much on her native Los Angeles too.
Mark Eydelshteyn and Mikey Madison in Sean Baker’s ‘Anora’Neon / Everett Collection.
Im constantly reminded of that, so its a really, really sad time for Los Angeles.
Over in Russia, Borisov jumped on Zoom with Deadline, flanked by his two young daughters.
He said the nomination news had been loudly celebrated in his house.
And after they said my name, [my wife] started screaming and crying.
And then because of this, I [didnt hear] everything after that.
She cried and screamed for one hour.
But my phone is crazy.
Its like every minute someone is calling and writing, and everybody is very happy about this.
Im trying to not lose reality.
Its a time to look to each other.
Its been really hard to edit because of the campaign, he said.
Ive only been able to put in five hours a night.
But were getting close.
Im trying to wrap it up.
I really am proud of [Shih-Ching], he enthused.
She did it on her own, meaning I wasnt on production.
Its been really interesting to edit something I wasnt a part of making except for the writing, obviously.
But youll see DNA from our other collaborations in there.
So, yeah, its coming together.
At the same time, Baker is furthering his links with high-end home entertainment specialists Criterion.
Anoragoing into The Criterion Collection, he said.
All of which makes a new Sean Baker film unlikely to start shooting any time soon.
Asked what caused the groundswell of support forAnorawith Oscar voters, Baker had his own theory.
I think there might be a little bit of that in there.
