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Five reasons why Ang Lee ('Life of Pi') can win Best Director at Oscars
By Tariq Khan
1. He really does deserve it.
If you ask yourself to pick the nominee in this category whose work can truly be described as the best achievement in directing, whose name would you select? I honestly believe that many people would have to say Ang Lee for “Life of Pi.”
Turning the acclaimed novel into a live-action feature film was widely thought to be impossible by most critics. How could the larger-than-life tiger, a central character in the book, be accurately (and believably) presented on the screen? How could the thoughts of the young hero carry the film for long periods of time? And where would they find a teenage Indian actor to play such a physically demanding and mentally exhausting role?
Not only did Lee succeed on all fronts, he made “Pi” the most visually stunning cinematic experience of the year. Academy members are smart, and they’ll surely take all of these factors into account as they mark their ballots.
2. There’s currently no clear-cut favorite.
Now that Ben Affleck has won the DGA and “Argo” seems headed for Best Picture victory, the directing race is completely wide open.
Many consider Steven Spielberg to be out front, but is he really? While “Lincoln” does have more nominations than any other picture, it’s performed quite poorly at all of the pre-Oscar awards. Spielberg has won the directing trophy twice before, for films which either won Best Picture (“Schindler’s List”) or came very close (“Saving Private Ryan.”)
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