Skandies: #15 (Patreon)
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Picture: John Wick Chapter 4 (50/3)
Director: Aki Kaurismäki, Fallen Leaves (61/9)
Actress: Mary Woodvine, Enys Men (47/4)
Actor: Joaquin Phoenix, Beau Is Afraid (61/8)
S. Actor: Dave Bautista, Knock at the Cabin (54/6)
S. Actress: Sara Montpetit, Falcon Lake (52/6)
Screenplay: Andrew Haigh, All of Us Strangers (55/6)
Scene: Town hall meeting, R.M.N. (46/5)
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HISTORY:
First appearance in Director for Kaurismäki.
Phoenix, a previous winner (Two Lovers, 2009), becomes the fourth actor (at least working our way up from #20; another will match this feat later) to score 12 career Skandie appearances, following Tilda Swinton (18), Isabelle Huppert (15), and Philip Seymour Hoffman (15). His prior roster:
(Didn't see that spellcheck bullshit until after I'd trashed the Word file. I'm not typing it all again just to get rid of that. Wish I could turn it off permanently.)
Bautista has placed in Supporting twice before, at #13 for Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and at #20 last year for Glass Onion. Both women are new.
Haigh's screenplays for Weekend and 45 Years placed 17th and 8th, respectively. Lean On Pete got acting nods only.
No previous John Wick chapter had placed in Picture. The original film finished 54th; Chapter 2 finished 50th; Parabellum received a single minimum 5-point vote. Chapter 4 owes its presence here primarily to Daniel Waters considering it...possibly the greatest movie ever made? Do I have that right?