Premier Matteo Renzi on Monday hailed costume designer Milena Canonero's Oscar win for Wes Anderson's Grand Budapest Hotel.
"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 last
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".
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