United States President Donald Trump criticized Thursday the award of the Oscar for best film for "Parasite", a South Korean film. At a campaign rally for his re-election in Colorado Springs, Colorado, he asked the crowd "How bad has the Academy Awards been this year?"
"Was the film good? I don't know"
"We have enough problems with South Korea, with trade. And on top of that, do they give them the title of best film of the year?" Exclaimed the president, incredulous. A mix of thriller, family comedy and satire on social inequality, Parasite , by South Korean director Bong Joon-ho, is the first feature film in a language other than English to win Hollywood's flagship award.
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- NEON (@neonrated) February 21, 2020Donald Trump hinted that he had not seen the film. "Was it good? I don't know," he said. The American distributor of the film, Neon, replied on Twitter to the president's remarks. According to him, the skepticism of Donald Trump towards this subtitled film is "understandable: he can not read". Donald Trump, whose presidency is built on the nationalist slogan "America first", went on to express his preference for the great classics of Hollywood's golden age.
A spade against Brad Pitt
"Give us Gone with the Wind [Oscar winner in 1940, editor's note]. Can we have Gone with the Wind again , please? Or Boulevard du twilight ?" he asks. The president also launched a spade against Brad Pitt, better actor in a supporting role, which he qualified as "small pretentious". Brad Pitt used his thank-you speech to support the process of removing Donald Trump, who was finally acquitted by the Senate in early February.