Oscars Snapshot: Celine Song Reflects on Oscars Nomination & Fan Reaction to 'Past Lives' | THR Video - video Dailymotion

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Celine Song chats with The Hollywood Reporter and shares her emotions after her film 'Past Lives' was nominated for Best Original Screenplay and Best Picture at the 96th Academy Awards. Plus, she reveals if she had an "aha" moment for the film and the advice she received from Eric Roth about award season.

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00:00It always means something so special is when the audience member says,

00:03like, I didn't even know this before, but I really needed this movie.

00:06That feels unbelievably special.

00:08Hi, my name is Celine Song, and I am nominated for Original Screenplay.

00:12Past Lives is also nominated for Best Picture.

00:21Well, I feel like it's different because, of course, the Best Picture nomination is such an amazing thing

00:26that I feel so proud of for the whole filmmaking team.

00:30Christine Vachon, Pamela Koffler, and David Hinojosa is their first Oscar nomination,

00:35just like it is my first Oscar nomination for, and it's my debut feature.

00:40It's my first film, you know?

00:41So I think that was such an amazing, special thing.

00:44I feel like such an amazing result of our truly deep collaboration that we had, yeah.

00:56Something that I really know always sticks with me and it always means something so special

01:00is when the audience member says, like, I didn't even know this before, but I really needed this movie.

01:04For all of us to have made a film that anybody needs, even if it's one person who needs it,

01:09I think that feels so, that feels unbelievably special.

01:13I think that for audience members to tell me, I felt that way before,

01:17or that I have needed this story and I'm here for it, that makes me feel less alone.

01:21And it kind of doesn't matter if they're the most incredible filmmaker that I admire more than anything,

01:27or if it's somebody who just bought a ticket.

01:30What I care so much about is that the feeling of, like, I felt connected to it.

01:34I felt that I needed it for my life.

01:40I really was at the Eccles Theatre where this movie premiered at Sundance,

01:43and I really do think of that moment as the beginning of my whole career.

01:47I remember I was pacing around in the green room of the Eccles feeling super nervous

01:51and not really knowing what's going to happen.

01:54And I remember after the movie ended and we were on stage,

01:59and of course we felt the warm recession of the audience.

02:02I don't think I really truly worried about this film since then,

02:05because there's something about that that you're like,

02:07well, I just know that I have that.

02:09I just know that I have that night at the Eccles where an entire audience felt so connected to the story.

02:15And what else could I ask for, right?

02:21I think it oscillates between feeling nervous and then also remembering that it's already such an amazing thing,

02:27especially because it's my very first film.

02:29Of course, some days it's more one thing than the other.

02:32Of course, I feel like Martin Scorsese, of course.

02:38And I feel like that is all part of it.

02:40But another team is like the directing team for Spider-Verse.

02:44I love meeting them because I feel like, oh my god, yes!

02:48But I think that it's all really special and really amazing and I just love meeting everyone.

02:52The advice that Eric Roth gave me, it's all competitive and it's all that,

03:00but the truth is that like we're all just so happy to have a movie that's being celebrated so much.

03:04My joke with my crew is that I'm like, well, the war season is my overtime.

03:08And I'm happy to be doing it.

03:10More people are discovering the film because of the nomination.

03:14The truth is I can't wait to get behind the camera.

03:16You know, I just can't wait.

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