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Samuel L. Jackson Claims Strange Film Editing May Have Cost Him Academy Award Consideration

Samuel L. Jackson believes that excessive editing ruined a performance that was worthy of Oscar consideration. In a new Vulture profile, Jackson said he thought his performance in Joel Schumacher&#…

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At some point, he deserves a lifetime achievement award from the academy.
- I AM MOTHERFUCKING ACCEPTING THIS MOTHERFUCKING OSCAR!
- For what, appearing in a bunch of films as himself?
- like 3 of them
I love SLJ, but what a (public) temper-tantrum. I realize actors often have unique personalities and that he's earned a lot of his success... But he's also operating at some of the highest levels of privilege, wealth, fame, and adoration. And that's not enough for him...?
A lot of actors think they have been snubbed by the Academy (some rightly so). But to publicly blame your directors and editors comes across as very whiney and is unprofessional. If he wants control over how something turns out, he should direct something, but currently that's not his job.
- Ironically, it looks like this article has been edited to make seem like SLJ is angry, but he understands the decision:
  But, he said, “That s— is not in the movie! And I know why it’s not. Because it wasn’t my movie, and they weren’t trying to make me a star.”
  Tone is important, so maybe he was frothing at the mouth when he said it, but I read that as him disliking the decision but understanding it.
  
  In this case, I think that scene with the wallet really isn't helping his public image
- But he’s also operating at some of the highest levels of privilege, wealth, fame, and adoration. And that’s not enough for him…?
  He's talking about the Academy Awards. You know, little gold statues for being famous enough at playing make believe to be noticed, and and good enough at it to be considered as one of the best of the well known.
  If there's anything the rich, privileged actors can publicly whinge about, it's probably this.
- ?? My man. Would you not want the recognition for your work that you deserve?
  
  deserve
  Yes, that's a good way to put it. He basically thinks he deserves an award, and the many people who vote for them do not. They could be wrong, they could be biased, there could have been a lot of performances that just barely surpassed him that year, etc etc. But he's not entitled to an award, no one is! And again, I would argue he has been recognized for his work in many ways.
  If you disagree, that's fine, but you shouldn't use straw-man arguments. I had several points in my comment and "he shouldn't want to be recognized" was not one of them.
- Laughing and pointing at the guy who expects sunshine and rainbows from Samuel L Jackson :D
That's a pretty big departure. Changes a lot of the context by axing the scenes where he helps the daughter understand what he's done.
He should have motherfucking won for motherfucking Pulp Fiction. 💼
Editing is so impactful on the final, delivered performance that I’m surprised I’ve never heard something like this before.
- One of the reasons that editing is not acknowledged for its pivotal role in the final film is that - in the past, at least - its a role largely done by women.
  
  Didn't George Lucas's wife get an Oscar for editing Star Wars?
  
  Was it really? I had no idea..
  
  That’s surprising, since it’s such an important part of the creative work. I would guess that it was relegated to women and undervalued because it probably involved a great deal of manual work back in the day - splicing film and so on. I hope we’re talking about a long time ago, anyway. It’s certainly a recognized role now. The only film editor I know in the business (at Pixar) is a woman, fwiw.
A Time To Kill was intense, I'll give him this one, if they'd given him more screentime he could have easily earned an oscar with that role.

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