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Movie Makers Win Big Prizes
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U.S. director Martin Scorsese, left, and Wim Wenders attend the presentation of the Honorary Golden Bear at this year's Berlinale, in Berlin, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. Scorsese received the award for his life's work. The 74th Berlin International Film Festival runs through Feb. 25. (Britta Pedersen/dpa via AP)

Movie Makers Win Big Prizes

February 28th, 2024

Some famous movie directors are still making great films even when they are older. Martin Scorsese, who is 81 years old, just made a big movie called "Killers of the Flower Moon." It is a very important film for this year. Another director, Hayao Miyazaki, who is 83, made a movie called "The Boy and the Heron." It is a special movie that talks about his memories from when he was young. He might win a big award for this movie. Other directors like Ridley Scott, who is 86, and Michael Mann, who is 81, have also made new movies. Making movies can be very hard work, and it usually needs many people and a lot of money. But these older directors are showing that they can still make exciting films with big ideas. They use their experiences to tell stories in new ways. Not all directors keep making movies when they get older. Some find it difficult to have the chance to make more. Quentin Tarantino, who is younger at 60, has said he will stop making movies soon to keep his work special. In the end, these older directors are doing something very good by still making movies. Some people are very happy that they can watch new movies from these great directors.
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💭 Discussion Questions


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. Who is a famous movie director mentioned in the article who is still making films at the age of 81?
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. Why is Hayao Miyazaki's new movie 'The Boy and the Heron' considered special?
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. What challenge do some older directors face when trying to make more movies?

📖 Vocabulary


🌐 Cultural context


The article is from a country with a prominent film industry, where filmmaking is a respected art and directors may gain fame. It highlights the ability of older directors to continue contributing to the industry with significant films.

🧠 Further reading


Productivity
Productivity measures how well we make things or provide services. It's usually shown as a pair of numbers: what we make (output) divided by the effort we put in (input), like how much a worker does in one hour. Imagine a friend scores goals in soccer; productivity is like counting how many goals they score in a match. There's more than one way to understand productivity, and it can be hard to choose how to measure it. When we look at productivity, it's like looking at a puzzle with some pieces missing—we don't see the whole picture, but we still learn a lot. When a country is more productive, its people can have better lives. They can buy more things, relax more, live in nicer homes, and go to better schools. Companies that are more productive can earn more money, too. But sometimes, we only look at one part of what's being done or what's needed. Think of it as counting the goals your friend scores, but not how well they pass the ball. This is called partial productivity. It's not the whole story, but it still helps us understand how things are going. By understanding productivity, even just a part of it, we can find out how to do things better, make more things, and how to help everyone have a better life.

ANR National Award
There is a special prize called the ANR National Award. It was created to say thank you to very important people in the Indian movie world. They get this prize because they have done great work for many years. The first time someone got this prize was in 2006, and the person was Dev Anand, who was a big movie star. Some people who have won this prize are very famous. For example, in 2019, the actress Rekha won. Other winners before her include Sridevi in 2018, a movie director named S S Rajamouli in 2017, and Amitabh Bachchan, who is a very big movie star, in 2014. There are many other people who got this prize because they were so good at making or acting in movies. There are other big movie prizes too, like the Dadasaheb Phalke Award and the NTR National Award. These are also ways to say thank you to movie stars and directors for their amazing work.

Quebec
Quebec is a big place in Canada. Many people live there, mainly in cities along a river called the St. Lawrence River. Montreal is the city with the most people, and Quebec City is also very important. A long time ago, Quebec was owned by France and was called Canada. Then, it became part of Britain. In 1867, Quebec joined with other parts to make a new country, called Canada. For a long time, the church was very important in Quebec. But, in the 1960s, the government started to do more. Today, the government in Quebec works like the one in Britain, but the Queen is still important too. People in Quebec sometimes talk about being their own country. Quebec has special rules about human rights, speaking French, and its laws. It has special laws for buying and selling things and other laws for how the government works. This is different from other parts of Canada.