In what appears to be a dramatic escalation of the ongoing fallout from the Academy’s controversial decision to exclude eight craft categories from the Oscars telecast, AMPAS has reportedly been sent a hostage video that sources have described as being “stunningly” edited and scored.
In the video, set to an original piece of orchestral music that an AMPAS insider said “plays with modern elements but deploys classical flourishes to truly underpin the emotions of the scene,” an unnamed AMPAS employee — tied to a chair — reads out a statement demanding that the eight categories be televised.
Filled with lingering close up shots of the hostage that the insider said “don’t simply draw the audience into their point of view, but almost allow them to experience their personal trauma,” the video is now in the hands of the Los Angeles Police Department.
“We don’t condone violence in any manner, but the Foley work on this was just incredible,” AMPAS said in a statement, adding that, should the hostage be returned “safe and well,” it looked forward to the filmmakers submitting the hostage video for 2023’s Live-Action Short Oscar, which it confirmed would not be televised.
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