'Gravity' Movie, The Oscars 2014 & Alfonso Cuarón Interview: Director Thought Sandra Bullock Deserved More, Almost Left Academy Awards Behind
Gravity was quite the force at Sunday's 86th Annual Academy Awards. Director Alfonso Cuarón took home two himself, one for Directing and one for Film Editing. The Mexican director, however, is trying to leave the Oscars behind, both literally and figuratively.
After the Oscars, Cuarón was going to a small Warner Bros. party when he realized he was missing some very important men.
"People were taking pictures of the Oscars," Cuarón told Variety on Monday morning. "I started leaving, and someone started running after me, saying, 'Hey, your Oscars!' Oh sh*t, I forgot about them."
The 52-year-old was a favorite for the Directing Oscar but was still uncertain of who the winner would be.
"It caught me by surprise," he said. "The scary thing is you don't want to forget someone fundamental."
When it came to accepting Oscar the Film Editing, Cuarón most certainly did not mention everything because he did not get to speak. Mark Sanger accepted the award with him, but Cuarón was cut off by the orchestra before getting his chance at the microphone.
"I didn't like the editors speech because this movie was about Sandy (Bullock), and she was not mentioned," Cuarón explained. "All the work we did as editors was to try to honor that amazing performance."
Gravity earned 10 Oscar nominations and took home seven in total including Cinematography, Music (Original Score), Sound Editing, Sound Mixing and Visual Effects. Still, Cuarón is ready to gravitate away from Gravity.
"You have no idea how grateful I am of Gravity," he said. "It was really transformative for a lot of us involved, but also, I want to close it and move on."
Sorry fans, that means there will be no Gravity sequel.
"No, I don't think so," Cuarón said. "There's not going to be a Gravity: Part 2. What would it be? I know: everything was a dream. She wakes up, and she's still in the ship."
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