Gonzalez Inarritu, Emmanuel Lubezki Part of Mexican Cinema's New Golden Age The Associated Press
go to original February 26, 2016

Viva La Cinematic Revolución! Mexico Reps At Oscars (wochit Entertainment)

Movie buffs in Mexico are abuzz with the possibility native son Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu could snag this year's directing Oscar for "The Revenant," which would be an unprecedented third in a row by Mexicans.

If that's not enough for Mexicans to cheer about during Sunday's Academy Awards show, Emmanuel "Chivo" Lubezki is a good bet to win his third cinematography Oscar in a row. That would be a first for an individual of any nationality.

Together with directors Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuaron, they're part of a new Mexican generation that is responsible for many of Hollywood's most critically acclaimed and commercially successful films these days.

"They are at the head of a generation that demarcated a before and an after in Mexican cinema," said Jose Antonio Valdes, deputy director for information and special projects at Mexico's governmental film institute, the Cineteca Nacional.

"They come from a generation that has a different mentality, where the idea of the global filmmaker was already a reality, and I think we are seeing that now," Valdes said. "Mexican filmmakers no longer think in terms of Mexico; they think globally."

Mexicans taking home statues on Oscar night has become something of an annual fixture. Gonzalez Inarritu won best director last year for "Birdman," following Cuaron in 2014 for "Gravity." Del Toro's "Pan's Labyrinth" in 2006 won three Oscars and was nominated for three more.

All four, who were born in the early 1960s, came of age professionally in Mexico and first achieved fame in their home country.

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