It is a particularly moving moment each year when the Oscars pay tribute to the filmmakers who have died between the last and the current awards. The “In Memoriam” video always gives goosebumps – and then discussions why this or that person is not mentioned. So it’s nothing new that there is disagreement over who should have listened to the video. But when Lenny Kravitz accompanied the memory of the deceased with the song “Calling All Angels” at the ceremony in 2023, many questioning eyebrows went up and there were indignant reactions on Twitter.
For example, actress Anne Heche, who died on August 11, 2022 after a serious car accident, was missing in the segment ‘In Memoriam’. Also Tom Sizemore, who passed away shortly before the awards ceremony on March 3, 2023 (the list for the segment “In Memoriam” was open until March 12), Leslie Jordan († October 24, 2022) and Paul Sorvino († July 25, 2022). 2022) were missing, while Sorvino’s “GoodFellas” colleague Ray Liotta († May 26, 2022) was on screen. And those are just a few of the people whose photos and names were not shown during the ceremony.
“In Memoriam” live without Charlbi Dean Kriek
However, the omission of Charlbi dean Kriekwho passed away on August 29, 2022 at just 32 years old. Charlbi Dean Kriek played one of the female leads in Ruben Ostlund’s social satire Triangle Of Sadness, which was nominated for an Oscar for Best Picture this year and excerpts from it were screened accordingly. Won the “Everything Everywhere All at Once” award.
However, some people not named in the live broadcast, including Charlbi Dean Kriek, were fired by the Academy on the Oscar website immortalized. The 2023 “In Memoriam” segment honored James Caan, Angela Lansbury, Wolfgang Petersen, Gina Lollobrigida, Jean-Luc Godard, Burt Bacharach and many more at the ceremony – including “Grease” star Olivia Newton-John. The “In Memoriam” segment was announced by Newton-John’s “Grease” co-star John Travoltavisibly moved:
An overview of all winners of the Oscars 2023 can be found in this article. The multiverse action comedy Everything Everywhere All At Once won seven awards, while Netflix’s German anti-war film Nothing New in the West won four trophies, including Best International Film. And of course here is the “In Memoriam” video 2023 for you: