The 2017 Directors Guild of America Awards were no exception.
Below are relevant snippets from the nights five standouts.
The DGA [continues] that tradition today through a huge international membership that increases every year.
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Its more than a thousand, and this open exchange of ideas is who we are.
Thats exactly like the films youre seeing tonight.
The world desperately needs our stories.
They desperately need to be convinced that theres a better way.
[Theres] one story that I really loved about those filmmakers.
It may or may not be true doesnt really matter; its a good story.
So that says a lot to me, that idea that cinema is a universal language.
It certainly says a lot to me right now.
Ive learned from movies my whole life.
I want to thank the DGA.
And if its about being silent, thats not the way to go about it.
Remember to always stand up for whats right, especially when its hard or not easy.
Three years later, my father enlisted in the army.
My father and my mother both show their gratitude for being an American citizen in many ways.
They never took it for granted.
Inarritu claimed the esteemed prize the last two years forThe RevenantandBirdman, and alsopreviously discussed politics at the awards.
Well, we all know the story that is being written now is really, really bad.
Actually, its a bad remake, one of the worst stories ever told in the last century.
For more on the 2017 DGA Awards, headherefor the full list of winners.
