stuff on hi i'm 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 scared goes to parasite. the 1st ever known english language movie to win best picture. since. moon's south korean director bone junho news dot com a satire about the gap between the rich and poor in modern day so was the big

winner of the night. and a total of 4 awards including best director for bone junho 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 cough 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 was there when no upsets in the other big categories where the awards went to the hotly tipped favorites. and a comeback for rent. she took the best actress award for happy trail of judy garland in the film judy. take anything for depression for that is that.

i i did you walk in phoenix winning best actor for his mesmerizing performance as the joker in the talk 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 be missing and brad pitt won his 1st acting oscar for his supporting mo as an laid back stunt man in clinton terran 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 to hose parasite is a very deserving winner. busting film a strong comparisons to tara chino and even to hitchcock and. cossar 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 it be too much to hope could this be something of a turning point for the authors were you have to wait and see sea 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 baria 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 why again 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 even a cape into which the names of female actors were employed at. one of my favorites french director. was one of them she directed portrait of a lady on fire like lulu wang on their north. and also of course the biggest high profile mission. get a nomination for

a fantastic highly praised adaptation 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 and therefore it was very disappointing to see it will cough with just one award 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 bored. kid going to talk to no one for the joke of school and she had 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 voices. 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 for his novel the architect's resonates with 1st hand experience of what amounted to be a great disillusion. the 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 high end 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 dies 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 buying is crooked from constantly looking back over their shoulders and whose mind is it from saying one

thing and thinking another. jewish authors. in 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 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 the dinosaurs. to the vikings.

and the revolution. this year's ice sculpture festival in the town of visitors travel through time. people from the festival from all over to marvel at the statues. around 550 tons of snow and ice. build up against the cold they take photos of the sculptures and enjoy the magical atmosphere. it's amazing if it's a big goal because. it's ok. i'm here for the 1st time on through. richard. some 40 ice carvers from all over the world descended on smaller they spent 2 weeks carving their 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 carvers 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 to draw your arm got the chain and the bird not a danger a good record. for my friend roger goddard injured broken down. most of the covers 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 i'll close. and you can journey through time at the ice festival in fall out until march 1st felt more 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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