Congratulations to Ben Affleck for winning the top film honour at the 65th Directors Guild of America (DGA). The director of the thriller film Argo defeated the likes of heavyweights Steven Spielberg and Lee Ang, as well as Tom Hooper and Kathyrn Bigelow.
Affleck's victory solidifies his movie as a frontrunner at the Academy Awards. Ironically, the list of nominees for Best Director does not include Affleck's name although Amour has numerous nominations in other categories. Surprisingly, Hooper (for Les Miserables) and Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty) were also snubbed.
Ben Affleck has been on a winning streak after being awarded at the Golden Globes, Producers Guild Awards and Screen Actors Guild Awards. So, it is a bit puzzling that the Argo director was not an Oscar nominee. Affleck will become only the seventh DGA winner in history who fails to win an Oscar.
Another awkward situation that may take place at the Oscars is Argo winning the Best Picture award. That will mean having a Best Picture winner where the director of the film was not even part of the nomination list.
But even if Affleck were to be nominated, I reckon that Michael Haneke, who directed the critically acclaimed Amour, will still emerge as the winner. Amour is arguably the finest production in the film industry last year. Even Time Magazine ranked it as its number one movie.
Once again, congrats to Ben Affleck. If possible, he should consider adding wife Jennifer Garner into the cast of his next movie. And I think he should shave that beard of his.
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