Luhrmann believes Oscar nominations should have been made for Australia
Baz Luhrmann believes that a poor opening at the US box office for his epic film Australia cost the film an Oscar nomination.
The film was roundly paned by critic, but Luhrmann says Australia cinematographer Mandy Walker was unlucky not to receive an Academy Award nomination.
“Personally I think for her incredible achievement Mandy Walker, at the very least, should have been nominated.
“You can hate the film but nobody denies the pictorial power of it.”
“We opened badly in the US – the weekend where we went up against the Reese Witherspoon comedy (Four Holidays) we mis-communicated the film and we collectively failed to get a big audience in on the first weekend,” said Luhrmann.
“It was ordinary to say the least and it was during the times of nominations so we were out of the Oscars way early.”
“The Australian creatives that stood by me every step of the way – a few more of them should have been recognised but it wasn’t our turn.”
Australia saw box office success across Europe and is the second-highest grossing Australian film behind Crocodile Dundee. However, it flopped in the US.
It is still be shown in ten cinemas across Australia this week, despite being released on DVD.
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