Googly eyes and hot dog hands: Off-kilter ‘Everything Everywhere’ leads Oscar race

Hot dogs for fingers, plastic googly eyes, and conversing rocks are hardly staples of mainstream moviemaking. Yet, they have become cultural touchstones of “Everything Everywhere All at Once.' | Reuters

The drastic departure from traditional storytelling is one of the reasons for its appeal, said Claudette Godfrey, who chose the movie to open the SXSW Film Festival last year.

Hollywood producers, actors, writers and directors have already given their top prizes to “Everything Everywhere…” at awards ceremonies that lead up to the Oscars. The movie also came at a time when audiences were ready to embrace a predominantly Asian cast in a different type of story, said Akira Mizuta Lippit, cinema and media studies professor at the University of Southern California.

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