OSCAR darling Anora picked up the much-contested prize for best thought-provoking breasts at last night’s Academy Awards.
Sean Baker’s film about a stripper marrying the son of a Russian oligarch swept the board, winning Oscars including best picture, best director, best actress, and best nudity that really makes you think.
Martin Bishop, a cinematographer and Academy member, said: “Anora is a sublime meditation on sex work, romance and capitalism, all communicated through multiple shots of attractive women dancing topless.
“For me it’s a return to the value of 1970s cinema, when directors had something to say and said it with copious explicit nudity. And the moments when those jugs are swaying on screen are the moments when the message truly hits home.
“Anora doesn’t stigmatize sex workers but depicts their reality respectfully, challenging societal prejudices. And the director’s really done his homework. I shudder to imagine how many strip clubs he visited, night after night after night.
“But it’s not just tits. Anora actually opens with a plethora of arse shots that are freighted with meaning. My interpretation is trauma.”
Cinemagoer Wayne Hayes said: “The Substance was robbed. Its close-ups of a nubile woman pelvic thrusting in a leotard had an understated cinematic power.”
