stefan harm is a novel of political intrigue and betrayal that illuminates the early years of communist east germany. and without welcome to the show well it only took 92 years but the academy of motion picture arts and sciences finally looked beyond its own backyard on a grander scale and despite falling back into old ruts of oscars so white and oscars so male it granted a few historic moments for both the oscars and for south koreans and they are scar goes to parasite was the 1st ever known english language movie to win best picture. since. south korean director bone junho news dot com a subtle are about the gap between the rich and poor in modern day so who's the big

winner of the night. and a total of 4 awards including best director of football. who paid tribute to one of cinema's all time great directors and fellow nominees. are normal comes home to. thank you so much when i was young and studying cinema there was a saying that i carved deep into my heart which is the most personal is the most creative that quote to us from. our great martin scorsese so i. thank you i will drink until next morning thank you i. there were no sany of the big categories but the awards went to the hotly tipped favorites. and a comeback for rent. she took the best actress award for her the trial of judy gone and in the film judy you take anything for depression for that is that.

i. did you walk in phoenix winning best actor for his mesmerizing performance as the joker in the dark origin story of one of the world's best known comic book villains is a joke to you. supporting actor awards went to laura dern for her role as a divorce lawyer and marriage story thank you be missing and brad pitt won his 1st acting oscar for his supporting role as a laidback stunt man in question tarrant tino's once upon a time in hollywood. elite. that was my take as well joining me now in the studio is adrian kennedy from our culture desk and i'm quite relieved adrian that almost seems like you could call that a bit of a happy ending for this oscar season but yes i think you're right. i actually saw

a very popular decision to give the big prize to a foreign language film for the 1st time ever june whoas parasite is a very deserving winner. busting film that strong comparisons to turn chino and even to hitchcock and. strong roles for both actors and actresses in a film that touched a cold world why dealing with the divide between rich and poor an absolutely amazing story idea would be too much to hope could this be something of a turning point for the authors were you have to. see change i have to say that most of the best films i saw last year were not many didn't hollywood. junho has said himself that if you can overcome the subtitles barrier you will see some amazing films so i hope that hollywood is opening up to a world cinema and i hope these films also serve to shake things up a bit so that hollywood starts making more films that take bigger risks and tell

more diverse stories there's a point keyword diverse that would certainly be a move in the right direction because let's face it going into oscars night this looked like it was not doing very well in the diversity front that's right cynthia was the only person of color who was nominated in the acting categories and there was not a single female nominated for best director and now actress ashley portman drew attention to this deficit on the red carpet in. no awful way where eating a case into which the names of female actors were roid. one of my favorites french director sitting was one of them she directed portrait of a lady on fire like lou weighing on their north. and also of course the biggest high profile mission. get

a nomination for fantastic highly praised at the end of the novel little women which of course is amazing because you and i thought that that was not only one of the best but one certainly one of the most enjoyable movies of the entire season absolutely i laughed i cry and i went out of the cinema. i'm willing to do my parts in dismantling the pantry ok i mean what more could you want really. for it was very disappointing to see it will cough with just one award and that for best cost of course just because big disappointment yeah ok definitely for me as well now back on the positive side best original score did go to a female composer and only for the 4th time if i'm if i'm not mistaken that's right and i think we have a clip here. this is the awards 2 q do you know who won for the joker school want to have a special diversity message to the girls to the women to the

mothers to the daughters who hear the music bubbling within. please speak up we need to hear your voice is. to be said exciting because she will she's based in berlin and we'll be looking forward to greeting her here in the studio in the weeks coming in the future thanks very much adrian for bringing us the background on a historic oscar night thank you. stefan haim who was it was an author who as a jew left germany in the early thirty's for the u.s. where he became an american citizen but as a committed socialist he returned to his native eastern germany at the time under communist rule believing it to be the better system while his novel the architect's resonates with 1st hand experience of what amounted to be a great solution. trail even you've experienced it at some point your best friend

blurted out your biggest secret your partner cheated on you or your hairdresser suddenly decided to get creative well you can dry your tears now because all that stuff was peanuts. in. the architect's buy stuff on highway is about a man named arnold who betrays his friends his family and his ideals arnold is an architect and a communist like many german communists after world war 2 he comes back from exile in the soviet union to help build east germany. his job is to design an imposing new boulevard called world peace road it's a thinly veiled reference to this very real street in former east berlin today it's called karl marx back then it was named after soviet dictator joseph stalin stalin

looms large in the story arnold's young wife yulia lost both her parents in exile when they were denounced and murdered under the stall and regime. but after stalin and dives things start to change especially for you leo she realizes that arnold is responsible for her parents' death and that arnold's showcase architecture is a betrayal to the east german people whose basic needs are barely met look at our part of the world at the houses we build and the goods we make the lectures we hear and the novels we write shoddy false and satisfactory. it's like a blight that has come over us it's a way of running things that has nothing to do with socialism or democracy or even the dictatorship of the proletariat it produces people whose buy in is crooked from constantly looking back over their shoulders and whose mind is it from saying one

thing and thinking another. jewish. spent another 3 years in exile in the united states he actually wrote the architect in english after he came back to germany to the new communist east but at that time his critical views of the regime were not publishable it took almost half a century for this brave book to come out. well it is still winter and despite the tarantula rains drenching much of europe some places do know how to do it right like the dutch town of swallow their annual ice sculpture festival is the biggest of its kind in europe an artists come from all over the globe to create intricate works out of ice and snow and despite the chilly conditions visitors do come flocking. from dinosaurs to cleopatra. to the vikings.

and the revolution. festival in the town of visitors travel through time people from up to the festival from all over to marvel at the statues which are made up around $550.00 tons of snow and ice. against the cold they take photos of the sculptures and enjoy the magical atmosphere. it's amazing it's a bit goldberger. it's ok. i'm here for 1st time on through. richard. some 40 ice carvers from all over the world descended on smaller they spent 2 weeks carving the sculptures out of ice and snow here spend more of its from germany is working on a statue of shaka zulu one of the most influential zulu monarchs striving for

artistic perfection is not the only challenge the compas face the temperature inside the hole is about minus 10 degrees celsius so it's hard to stay warm the blocks of ice are up to 2 metres tall and it's a tough job to sculpt them using sharp chisels and chainsaws. it's hard work at the end of the day everybody if you have the shoulder or arm lock the chain and the 3rd not a danger a good worker or. more my friend roger driver injured you broken down. most of the cars are professional artists they travel the world to sculpt ice and snow but they also work as traditional stone sculptures graffiti artists. once the carvers hard work is completed visitors can enjoy the giant works of art complemented by colorful lights and atmospheric music. this year's theme

a journey through time allows visitors to see important historical figures and witness pivotal moments in history up close. and you can journey through time at the ice festival in swell up until march 1st drug war on the website as always and that brings us to the end of the show so until next time all of us from us in berlin.

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