"The Best Original Screenplay Award is, "Deep in My Heart"!"
The awards ceremony successively announced some minor awards, such as Best Sound, Best Sound Effects, etc.
"Saving Private Ryan" also won Best Film Editing and Best Sound Editing, and then began to announce awards of sufficient weight.
At this time, when the guests announced the "Best Adapted Screenplay Award", "Mozart", "Saving Private Ryan", "Passage to India", "Prince Tarzan" appeared on the huge screen one after another ” and “The Killing Fields.”
Sitting in the audience, Peter Schaeffer raised his chin, full of confidence.
His own "Mozart" must be artistic, and it has been staged at the National Theater in the UK and on Broadway in the United States, with unprecedented response.
If there is a market, there is a market. The box office of the adapted movie was US$51.97 million in North America, and the global total was US$120 million. In terms of box office performance alone, among the five shortlisted works, it was only inferior to the one in the world. "Saving Private Ryan" grossed $490 million.
But so what?
Even if the novel "Saving Private Ryan" won the National Book Award, it cannot compare with the artistic value of "Mozart"!
However, the result was far beyond my expectation. I saw the guests opening the envelopes and announcing the winners into the microphone:
"The winner of the Best Adapted Screenplay Award is "Saving Private Ryan"!"
"Wow!"
In an instant, the scene erupted with exclamations one after another.
Peter Schaeffer's whole face immediately collapsed. He couldn't believe his ears. He actually lost the "Mozart Biography"?
At the same time, applause and cheers erupted around the crew of "Saving Private Ryan", and pairs of eyes stared at Fang Yan and others.
Like Luo Dian, Li Zhi stood up and applauded, her eyes shining with admiration as she watched Fang Yan and Bai Ruoxue come to the stage to accept the award.
Fang Yan and Bai Ruoxue discussed it before awarding the award, and tacitly agreed to hand over the exposure and microphone to Mike.
After all, if his "Blood and Sand" script is to be made into a movie, it must be favored by Hollywood film companies.
But I never expected that Mike would be so nervous that he forgot all the words he had prepared and spoke incoherently.
Fang Yan had no choice but to step forward, face the audience, smooth things over, and speak openly:
"We are fortunate to work with so many great people who have helped us. We really can't thank them all in a short time."
"We want to thank Lucas and Steven, thank you He trusted us to make this movie."
"Of course, again. Thank you Steven, it was his excellent directing ability that made "Saving Private Ryan" such a success."
"..."
"In addition, I would also like to thank Jin. My friends who came specially to be there at night, and my wife, they were there”
The audience on the first floor followed the direction of Fang Yan's finger and turned their eyes to Gong Cie, Zhang Yu and others in the balcony on the second floor.
For a while, applause rang out again. Whether it was true or false, in short, the superficial skills were not lost.
"Whoa, whoa, whoosh."
Under the gaze of everyone, Zhang Yu and Chen Daoming stiffened up and became visibly nervous.
Wu Yigong and Bai Chen, two veteran Jianghus, were calm and unhurried, with joy between their brows.
"Although our "Under the Bridge" didn't even get a nomination for Best Foreign Language Film, at least it was rewarding!"
Bai Chen showed a look of pride.
“His winning this award is a happy event for our Chinese-language films!”
Wu Yi bowed: “The only flaw may be that it is an American story. If it is a Chinese story, it will be great. It couldn’t be better!”
“No, but no matter what, it’s unprecedented!”
Bai Chen said: "This is different from the situation at the West Film Studio. Wu Tianming's "River Without Navigation Beacon" only won the award at the Hawaii International Film Festival, but Yanzi and the others won the Oscar this time, which is equivalent to Hollywood's The Golden Rooster Award!"
Wu Yi bowed and said: "As far as I know, the only Chinese who has won an Oscar before is Huang Zongzhan."
"Yes, he won the most. Best Black and White Photography Award."
Bai Chen sighed, "But that seemed to be more than ten years ago, right?"
In fact, it was more accurately 21 years ago, although Huang Zongzhan won the Oscar for Best Black and White Cinematography for the second time with "The Wild Man", but this was already in 1964. During this long time, no Chinese, even Chinese, won the award again.
Fang Yan won the more important "Best Adapted Screenplay Award" this time, which can be regarded as breaking the "award drought" for Chinese in Hollywood.
As the adopted daughter of Mei Lanfang and the first generation of Chinese actresses to work hard in Hollywood, Lu Yan stood up and clapped her hands.
Seeing the gestures of the seniors, Zunlong also stood up and looked at Fang Yan, Mike and others who had finished their speeches.
On the way back to our seats, the Chinese directors, screenwriters, and actors on both sides of the aisle all applauded enthusiastically.
Especially because screenwriting is just a side job in Dialect, and he is seriously a world-famous writer!
It can be said that dialect is the "light of the Chinese" after Bruce Lee. As for Cheng Long, his second attempt in Hollywood failed again.
But surprisingly, the surprises at this Oscars don’t stop there.
The "Best Supporting Actor" award was unprecedentedly awarded to the Asian actor Wu Hanrun who participated in "The Killing Fields".
Before filming "The Killing Fields", he was originally an overseas Chinese doctor who survived the de-urbanization of the Khmer Rouge. He had neither received any professional acting training nor had he ever made any movies. Thinking that the debut is the peak, he won the Best Supporting Actor Award for his debut film.
Winning two awards in a row has wiped away the years of haze for Chinese-Americans in Hollywood, and the entire music center is boiling.
However, Wu Hanrun was just a sideshow, and his attention soon returned to the dialect.
Although "Saving Private Ryan" lost to "Mozart" in terms of Best Actor, "Saving Private Ryan" won both Best Director and Best Picture. "Saving Private Ryan" became the biggest winner of the entire Academy Awards, bar none.
8 out of 11! Set a very shocking record of awards for a single film!
Looking at Dialect who took the stage with Steven Spielberg, Jason Epstein was already smiling from ear to ear.
Now, "Saving Private Ryan" is not only going to be a hit, but it is also 200% likely to return to the major bestseller lists.
And a series of novels in dialect such as "Artificial Intelligence" and "Midnight Ring" have also benefited from it without exception.
After thinking about this, my heart was filled with excitement, and I couldn’t wait to call the publishing department of Random House. The plan has changed! Ready to print!
………………
As soon as the awards ceremony ended, the attendees attended the celebration party hosted by Vanity Fair, also called "Oscar Night".
Almost all Oscar nominees will be in attendance, and both winners and losers will appear on stage to show off their faces.
On the surface it is to reward myself for all the hard work in the past year, but in essence I am taking this opportunity. Looking for the next good opportunity to gain both fame and fortune, to gain a sense of presence in front of producers, directors, and film company executives, and get close to each other, and come up with a PY transaction.
There is also a dedicated service window to engrave their names on the statuette trophies received by each Oscar winner.
Wu Yigong, Zhang Yu and others appeared together in the Sunset Tower Hotel through the light of dialect.
Steven Spielberg lowered his voice and said, "Fang, I'm going to make a movie next, and I may need your help."
Fang Yan said, "If I can help Those who are busy will definitely help me to the end, and those who can’t help will definitely understand my difficulties.”
Steven Spielberg admired his cheerfulness very much and said bluntly that he wanted to shoot his movie on the Bund of Shanghai.
Fang Yan raised his eyebrows: "The Bund?!"
"Is it difficult?" Steven Spielberg asked. "What a coincidence!"
Fang Yan invited Wu Yigong over, "Steven, let me introduce to you solemnly, this is the director of Shanghai Film Studio …”
Steven Spielberg was shocked. He had no idea that he wanted a blank invitation letter for such a group of friends.
Wu Yigong was also surprised, but when he learned that the newly nominated Oscar-winning director was going to the Bund to scout locations, he suddenly became interested:
"Please tell him, in principle, we He is very welcome to come to Shanghai to make movies, but there is a prerequisite, that is, the Film Bureau The relevant scripts must be reviewed. As long as there is nothing sensitive or wrong in the content, we will definitely approve and support it.”
Bai Ruoxue translated it to Steven Spielberg, and later. The author tells the story of "Empire of the Sun" concisely and comprehensively.
Fang Yan wisely left for the time being, leaving enough space for Wu Yigong and Steven Spielberg to chat alone.
In his sight, he noticed that Gong Zhen, Zhang Yu, Li Zhi, Mike and others were gathered together, talking and laughing.
At this moment, Jason Epstein enthusiastically led a tall and thin man who suddenly stood in front of him.
"Let me introduce, this is Christopher Vogler, Disney's script director and a visiting professor at the University of Southern California."
"Nice to meet you."< br>
Fang Yan shook hands with Christopher and said some polite words.
After Christopher said "congratulations", he didn't mind watching the excitement and revealed that Peter Shafer left as soon as the award ceremony was over.
Before leaving, I dropped a bunch of grumbling words, such as ""Mozart" did not lose to "Saving Private Ryan" in terms of art, but lost to political correctness", and such as "Dangtang Mozart is not as good as an American Qiu Ba", etc.
“This is the unique arrogance of British gentlemen.”
Jason Epstein curled his lips: “Don’t they know that the main force in the Normandy landing was the US military, not the British army!”
As soon as he said this, he won the support and approval of the Oscar judges and guests around him, and the arrogance could be seen between his eyebrows.
Fang Yan secretly snickered in his heart, "Saving Private Ryan" is an American war movie with the main theme, just like "Oppenheimer". How could the Oscar balance not be tilted, unless it hits a naked movie like "Shakespeare in Love" outside the shady and obscura.
“Not bad!”
Christopher said: “I really appreciate the spirit of heroism and the portrayal of the heroic image in “Saving Private Ryan”.”
"Thank you."
Seeing Dialects Just smiling slightly, Jason Epstein hurriedly added: "The reason why he can write so well is entirely because he not only has unparalleled talent in literature, but also has deep understanding and unique ideas in script creation. Ideas.”
Christopher was very interested: "Really! For example?"
Jason Epstein obviously took a fancy to his status as a visiting professor at the University of Southern California. If Dialect's "Creation Standards for Movie Scripts", If books like "A Guide to Using the Hero with a Thousand Faces" impress him, he can easily be recommended to the reading list of the University of Southern California.
So, as an old acquaintance, I mentioned "The Hero with a Thousand Faces" and the "Usage Guide of the "Hero with a Thousand Faces"".
“The Hero with a Thousand Faces!”
Christopher’s eyes instantly lit up, “You also like the Hero with a Thousand Faces?”
Fang Yan couldn't help but wonder: "Are you too?"
"Of course!"
Christopher said excitedly that he was fascinated by "A Thousand Faces" when he was studying at the University of Southern California. With the book "Hero", I have been trying to crack the code behind the ancient skill of "storytelling". I often organize academic seminars on "The Hero with a Thousand Faces" with my classmates.
Even Campbell was specially invited to give a lecture at the University of Southern California.
Fang Yan and Jason Epstein looked at each other. It was obvious that he was brought to know him because he was Campbell's little fan.
"After listening to his speech, I am even more convinced that "The Hero with a Thousand Faces" is the screenwriting code I have been looking for."
Christopher's face was full of admiration.
Jason Epstein looked at Fang Yan with a smile: "He thinks so too. That's why "Saving Private Ryan" can be written with such heroic feelings. That's why it can be summarized from "The Hero with a Thousand Faces" A set of user guides, a set of 'Hero's Journey' story models..."
"What kind of story model!"
Christopher was emotional.
"Wait a moment."
Fang Yan waved to Mike. At this time, a professional translator had to step forward.
Mike came over and told everything he had learned in the "Hero with a Thousand Faces" User Guide:
"Teacher Fang noticed that Campbell's core point is that mythology The various heroes in the novel are actually different shapes transformed by one hero. The same face, so from the Eastern and Western fairy tales, myths and religious stories listed in the whole book, a relatively stable story model is summarized."
"It's called 'monomyth', simply put. Departure, enlightenment, test, return'
.
"That is, the hero starts from the daily world, risks all kinds of dangers, and enters a supernatural and magical realm. In that magical realm, he encounters all kinds of incredibly powerful supernatural entities and wins a decisive victory. After completing his mysterious adventure, the hero returns with the power to benefit his kind."
" This 'Hero's Journey' storyline is just one of countless variations on the 'Monomyth' model."
"Whether the storyline is deleted, added to, or reimagined, the 'mono-myth' is never lost. Myth's original charm."
"......"
"Oh buy it!"
Christopher's eyes widened, "Did you really structure Campbell's ideas? Did you really do it?"
Fang Yan waved his hand, "I just learned from "The Hero with a Thousand Faces" Summarize a set of heroic narrative models that are applicable to the field of screenwriting, so that the narrative steps and theories are more suitable for script writing and film creation." Then he said that the usage guide is only a few pages.
“That’s amazing!”
Christopher was surprised and delighted: “This is the first structuralist screenwriting work in the true sense!”
Mike's heart was pounding. Just as he expected, what Teacher Fang passed on to him was a unique secret in the world of screenwriting!
Christopher couldn't wait to ask again: "When will this user guide be published?"
Fang Yan looked at Jason Epstein. Although Jason Epstein had not watched "The Hero with a Thousand Faces" "Instruction Manual", but due to the excited look of my old friend, the value of this instruction manual in my mind immediately increased by two levels, with a bit of confusion in his tone. Secretary:
“In the past few days, we are going to print some sample books and disseminate them on a small scale among producers, directors, and screenwriters.”
“Solicit opinions and opinions from all parties. Evaluation, and then publish these people’s comments and recommendations in the newspaper when it is officially published.”
“Yes!”
Without a word, Christopher asked for 10 copies and planned to circulate them within Disney so that everyone could take a look.
Seeing that Disney is like this, Warner, Universal, MGM, Paramount and other film companies are not far behind, how can such a good thing be without me! (End of this chapter)