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‘Nomadland’ Director Chloe Zhao Now Needs to Win Over China
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4:14Now PlayingChloe Zhao just became the first Chinese and Asian woman to win an Oscar for best director, spurring some movie buffs to wonder if netting filmmaking’s most prestigious award will help smooth feathers in her homeland ruffled by controversial comments she made almost a decade ago.
The screening of Zhao’s critically acclaimed film “Nomadland,” which was originally scheduled for a theatrical release in China on April 23, is in limbo. The reason for the cold shoulder is attributed to a 2013 interview in which Zhao, 39, is said to have described her home country as “a place where there are lies everywhere.” The state-backed Global Times said in a commentary last month that she needs to face the consequences, but also sounded a conciliatory note by arguing against a ban.
At the Oscars awards ceremony on Sunday in Los Angeles, Zhao alluded to the Chinese and Confucian roots that kept her “going when things get hard” and for her belief that “people at birth are inherently good.”
“This is for anyone who has the faith and the courage to hold on to the goodness in themselves, and to hold on to the goodness in each other,” she said. “Nomadland” also won the top prize for best picture.
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Born in Beijing, Zhao is now one of the biggest mainland Chinese names in entertainment to be recognized internationally, after directors Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige and Jia Zhangke, and actresses Gong Li and Zhang Ziyi. “Nomadland,” a quintessentially American film about people living in camper vans chasing seasonal jobs from state to state, has already received many other awards including the Golden Globe for best drama film and director, and the Golden Lion for best film at the Venice Film Festival.
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