Yesterday the honorary awards of the Hollywood Academy known as the Governor's Awards to the directors Francis Ford Coppola y Jean-Luc Godard, to the restorer kevin brownlow and the actor Eli wallach.
Although all accepted, it should be noted that Godard declined the invitation of the Academy and did not attend the awards ceremony where Coppola was honored with the Irving G. Thalberg Prize, which recognizes the excellence of his saga "The Godfather" and other titles. like "American Graffiti" "Dracula" or "Frankenstein" among others.
The rest will receive the Honorary Oscar for his professional work over the years in the celluloid world. Godard, although he was never nominated, clearly managed to influence filmmakers of the stature of Bertolucci or Scorsese and is the greatest exponent of the cinematographic movement known as Nouvelle Vague.
Eli Wallach, who worked with Coppola, John Huston, Sergio Leone and Clint Eastwood and who worked on more than 50 films was also recognized as well as Kevin Brownlow, who was responsible for the restoration of tapes considered as true gems of silent cinema as “ Napoleon ”,“ The thief of Bagdad ”or“ The four horsemen of the Apocalypse ”.