“We are all worried about our friends in L.A.,” Jarmusch said, per reports, as the presenter of the Best Screenplay award to “Anora” director Sean Baker. “Climate crisis is brought to you by climate deniers.”

“They are telling us that ‘woke’ is a negative thing,” continued Jarmusch, an indie filmmaker known for such works as “Coffee and Cigarettes,” “Stranger Than Paradise” and “Broken Flowers.” “I would just like to say it’s time we wake the fuck up!”

Fierce Santa Ana winds that blow from inland out toward the ocean rounded out the perfect setup for the current crisis.