(by John Phillips).
Premier Matteo Renzi on Monday
hailed costume designer Milena Canonero's Oscar win for Wes
Anderson's Grand Budapest Hotel - the fourth win for the Italian
native.
"Congratulations to Milena Canonero, elegance, grace and
talent at the Oscars," the premier tweeted after the Turin
native was awarded what is her fourth statuette Sunday night in
Los Angeles.
Canonero, a veteran stage and cinema costume designer, made
her debut in Stanley Kubrick's iconic 1971 film A Clockwork
Orange. She won her first Oscar four years later with Kubrick's
Barry Lyndon.
She followed this up with Oscars in 1981 for Hugh Hudson's
Chariots of Fire and in 2006 for Sofia Coppola's Marie
Antoinette.
Grand Budapest Hotel took home three more Oscars at Sunday
night's awards ceremony, where Mexican writer and director
Alejandro Gonzalez Iniarritu's drama Birdman won best picture
and best director.
Culture Minister Dario Franceschini also chimed in on
Canonero's win.
"(This Oscar) is yet another confirmation of the strength
and vitality of Italian cinema and creativity," Franceschini
said.
"Her victory makes Italy proud".
"Thank you Wes, this is for you," the Turin-born designer
said at the glittering awards ceremony in Los Angeles' Dolby
Theatre, addressing herself to the director of the film, Wes
Anderson.
"You were a great inspiration, like an orchestra director,
a composer, you are our source of inspiration".
The film Birdman starring Michael Keaton and directed by
Mexican filmmaker Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu earned trophies
for best film, best director, best set design and best
photography.
The film is already booked in competition at the Venice
Film Festival this summer.
Iniarritu dedicated his victories to the plight of Mexican
immigrants without rights in the United States.
Keaton was not named best actor, however. That accolade
went instead to Eddie Remayne for his outstanding interpretation
of Stephen Hawking, the ALS-stricken Oxford physicist in The
Theory of Everything.
Richard Linklater's coming-of-age film Boyhood disappointed
its fans by winning only one Oscar for best supporting actress,
which went to Patricia Arquette.
Julianne Moore won for best actress for her performance in
Still Alice, a drama about Alzheimer's disease.
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