Josh Brolin Calls Out Oscars for Snubbing Denis Villeneuve Despite 10 ‘Dune’ Noms: ‘F—ing Dumb’

variety.com:

Zack Sharf Josh Brolin has a bone to pick with the Academy after it nominated “Dune” for 10 Oscars but shut out filmmaker Denis Villeneuve from the director category. “Dune” landed in the best picture race and earned nominations in every individual crafts category, which made Villeneuve’s omission one of the biggest nomination snubs of the year.

How could Villeneuve’s epic dominate the Oscar nominations (it’s second only to “The Power of the Dog” as the most nominated film of the year) but not land him personal recognition?

It was the question on everyone’s mind, including Brolin’s.“Hey, I just want to say congratulations to Legendary and Warner Bros., everybody who got nominated for ‘Dune’: editing, cinematography, score, music, writing, pretty much everything,” Brolin said in a video posted to Instagram. “And the unbelievable, almost numbing, flummoxing I feel for Denis Villeneuve not being nominated for best eirector.

It’s just one of those things where you go, ‘Huh? What?!’” Brolin added, “I don’t know how you get 10 nominations and then the guy who has done the impossible with that book doesn’t get nominated.