At DGAs, Oscar contenders discuss diversity, New Zealand pride and Parasite miniseries

(26 Jan 2020) AT DGAS, OSCAR CONTENDERS DISCUSS DIVERSITY, NEW ZEALAND PRIDE AND \'PARASITE\' MINISERIES Four of the five nominees for outstanding feature film directing showed up at the Directors Guild of America awards Saturday (25 JANUARY 2020), with \"The Irishman\"\'s Martin Scorsese the sole no-show. Quentin Tarantino (\"Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood\") showed up so late he barely made the pre-ceremony dinner, but skipped the red carpet. And there were three – among them, the night\'s big winner, \"1917\" director Sam Mendes - taking on one of the year\'s big topics: diversity. Mendes said if viewers look carefully at his historic war epic, they\'ll see his efforts to be more inclusive than they may expect. \"I pushed (the film) towards what fundamentally is historical inaccuracy in order to reflect the diversity of the culture that has made the movie,\" he explained. \"There are black soldier