‘Revenant’ director on Mexican filmmakers: 'We’ll build a wall made entirely out of Oscars'

According to President Trump, you can supposedly reduce all Mexican immigrants to either “drug dealers,” “criminals,” or “rapists.” Yet it seems he conveniently left out one of the actual occupations Mexicans are dominating in America: Best Picture Academy Award-winning directors.

After Guillermo del Toro’s big win for The Shape of Water on Sunday, his friend and fellow Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu had the best response to Donald Trump’s ongoing obsession with building his “beautiful wall” (that neither Mexico nor the United States appear willing to pay for).

“!Vamos a hacer un muro de puros Oscars!” he reportedly exclaimed to an El Pais reporter. Or, as People translated, “We’re going to build a wall made entirely out of Oscars!” Read more…

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Source: Mashable | ‘Revenant’ director on Mexican filmmakers: 'We’ll build a wall made entirely out of Oscars'