Chapter 290 Oscar Controversy, Ten Years of Chinese Films
“To be honest, this opening ceremony is a bit boring.”
With the opening after the red carpet, Liu Yifei really couldn’t bear it Unable to stand still, he followed Guan Ling and chatted with the host on the stage.
The hosting team chosen for the Oscars this time is very dull. If I have to use one word to describe it, it is like an old-fashioned vaudeville show.
Everything on the red carpet has come to an end.
Although many people extended an olive branch to Guan Ling, Guan Ling did not reply on the spot. He only stated that they would communicate at a later party or in private afterwards.
Although the hosts Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin were very attentive and efficient in promoting the ceremony, they did not ignite the atmosphere at all.
The whole party seemed very mediocre.
Only a few showgirls caught Guan Ling's eyes. The other party flirted with her and almost turned into a stripper.
And this also reminded the scene of some whistles.
"Fortunately, I have changed my nationality back to China." Liu Yifei stuck out her tongue, "Although this all seems very open, it is indeed a bit embarrassing. If it were spread back to China, it would not necessarily cause any controversy."
"I think it's pretty good."
Guan Ling deliberately strengthened Liu Yifei today, which made Liu Yifei's face turn green.
Pinch Guan Ling's palm hard in private.
Guan Ling didn't take it seriously. The other party had just done something to him, asking him whether he liked black hair or blond hair. He only allowed the state officials to set fires, but not the people to light lamps?
Besides, who is the state official!
Guan Ling wanted to shout into Liu Yifei's ear: Not only did I light a lamp, I also lit a dozen lamps for you!
But reason still rejected Guan Ling’s act of raising fire.
Every woman has to smooth her hair down, but if she does it the other way around, who knows what will happen?
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At this moment, it is nine o'clock in the morning on March 8, Beijing time in China.
This is a very ordinary working day.
And it’s Women’s Day.
But on the Internet, the discussion about this Oscar has definitely reached its climax.
"CCTV Movie Channel News, the 82nd Academy Awards ceremony is about to officially begin. Guan Ling, Liu Yifei, Zhou Xun appeared on the red carpet, but Huang Bo did not show up."
"Guan Ling stepped onto the American red carpet for the first time in several months and was warmly welcomed by people from all walks of life."
"As the only Oscar winner this year, "Shoplifters" won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, the most Oscar-winning film. This is the first nomination after "Ju Dou", "Raise the Red Lantern", "Farewell My Concubine", "The Wedding Banquet", "Eat Drink Couple", "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Hero". Eight times!"
"Breaking down the history of Oscar nominations for Best Foreign Language Film, Zhang Yimou and Ang Lee each had three nominations, and Chen Kaige won one, but there was only one winner and four from Japan. Far from it. Can Director Guan help Chinese-language films achieve another success?”
The reason why Japan has so many award-winning films is due to the Japanese samurai films in the early years. It was a glorious period, but for many years, Japan never produced another one.
The ones with the most awards are, first of all, Italy and France, with more than ten films each, far exceeding other countries.
Generally speaking, when someone asks you, where are the best movies in the world?
If we talk about Oscar! It seems about right.
But the real fact is: Most of the time, the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film is better than the Best Picture.
Because the best film selection is global English-language films, that is, the language in the movie must be mainly English; and the best foreign language film selection is global non-English-language films, based on this base number, we can You can see the contrast, and there is more than one Hollywood movie. Each country and region can select a movie to be nominated for the best foreign language film every year.
The final selection for the Best Foreign Language Film award is different from other Oscar awards.
Generally speaking, for Oscar awards, professional committees (such as the Actors Committee and the Directors Committee) vote to select the shortlist, and finally all members vote to select the winner.
But for foreign language films, a separate selection committee is established, with a smaller number of judges selecting the shortlist, and then members who have participated in foreign language film screenings select the winning films.
Therefore, the foreign language film awards are different from other awards in the popular vote. They are selected by a small number of judges.
A small number of reviewers evaluate a large number of non-English films.
You may not be able to understand it.
It can be seen that the Oscar for best foreign language film is definitely a combination of strength and luck.
Everyone in the industry is very nervous.
"The Wind" came all the way from the Lunar New Year festival with a crushing attitude. In the end, the box office was only a hair away from 500 million, directly breaking through the current ceiling of domestic movies.
Although it has not surpassed "Tornado" and "2012", the total number has exceeded the "Let the Bullets Fly" and "Detective Detective" series.
It can be said that it shocked everyone's attention.
At this time, Chen Guofu became nervous.
Whether Guan Ling can stand up or not, everyone will be watching this.
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Ang Lee did not appear at the Oscars. He has recently started filming a new movie and declined this time.
So the people Guan Ling is familiar with are Nolan, Leonardo, Quentin and others.
But as the award ceremony officially began, several people returned to their seats.
Liu Yifei and Zhou Xun are both using domestic news software.
The discussion in the domestic media is so hot, but for these two people, they are actually quite nervous.
As a participant, if this movie can win, it will really update history.
But Guan Ling was sitting upright.
He really doesn’t know.
Is the movie "Shoplifters" any good?
Of course it is good, but this movie did not win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film that year.
The reason is that the opponent is too strong.
At that time, "Shoplifters" was the second favorite for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, and the first place was "Roma", which was nominated for both Best Picture and Best Foreign Language Film. This film was also the Golden Lion Award-winning film that year.
At that time, there were only two hottest topics in the world.
It is also the most important topic in the United States.
One is racial discrimination.
One is a female epic.
Shoplifters, a show that talks about family and blood relationships, has no advantage in the selection process.
After racial discrimination helped "Green Book" win the best picture, there is actually nothing to say about the best foreign language film. "Roma" is bound to win.
Only the regret of "Shoplifters" remains.
Time is also destiny.
This time, it was more than ten years ahead of schedule.
Guan Ling doesn’t know if there is a chance for this movie. It’s time for him to do public relations, public relations.
Money to spend.
Gainaote also spent.
The rest is just a matter of fate.
So he himself is an old god.
But this scene was broadcast back to China, and the mainland audiences were all convinced.
“Don’t worry about whether Director Guan can win the award or not, at least this tone is right.”
“I don’t think the chance is great, but actually being nominated is already a big achievement. ."
"First he won the Palme d'Or, and he was nominated for an Oscar. I have seen this episode, and Brother Chen Kai failed."
"It seems that Director Chen really failed. That’s right, Director Chen said that he and Director Guan are evenly matched, but this time Director Guan failed, the two of them can be regarded as equals in terms of the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.”
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"You said Guan Ling can't really win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, right?"
At Chen Kai's house, the couple were watching TV.
Looking at the calm and composed Guan Ling in the TV camera, Chen Hong asked in confusion.
Brother Chen Kai saw the comments on the Internet. Although according to his bad temper, he had already retorted. After all, competing for the Olympics has always been a pain for him.
If it is not "Shoplifters" this time, the one who can go there will most likely be "Mei Lanfang". Being shortlisted and nominated, Chen Kai is still confident.
But I saw the comment saying that I was indeed the same as Guan Ling.
Brother Chen Kai suddenly became beautiful.
The thought of criticizing others is gone.
"How is it possible to win?" Brother Chen Kai looked at his wife, "If a Chinese-language film could win, it would have won it long ago. A nomination would be good. Then the reason why "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" could win is not just because of its production The film crew and director are all in the United States, and the core is still there, but it has deteriorated.”
“What if”
"There is no such thing as a chance." Brother Chen Kai is quite confident about this, "It's not like we haven't watched "Shoplifters" before. There are still too many oriental elements in it."
Chen Hong nodded and didn't refute anything.
She believed in Chen Kaige's knowledge of movies.
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As the host's opening ceremony on stage gradually came to an end, the Oscars finally began to award various awards.
In this year’s Oscars, the stories presented are actually quite interesting.
The increase in hosts and the list of candidates for the best film are the opening points that have aroused hot public opinion.
But the style of the award ceremony is as lacking in novelty as ever.
Quentin was sitting not far from Guan Ling. After Guan Ling and Zhou Xun changed seats, he happened to be next to Quentin.
"This time the Oscars have expanded to 10 Best Picture nominees. In fact, it is essentially a show for ratings. Now we are listening to the introduction of these movies one by one, but it makes everyone wait longer. "
Quentin said with a smile.
"Understandable." Guan Ling nodded. "After all, the awards ceremony also needs advertising revenue, and many people in the academy are looking forward to operating funds for this event. The higher the ratings and the higher the selling price, the more effective it will be."
"So, you Think about it, does the Oscar require a Chinese-language film?”
Quentin’s point is over.
Guan Ling was thoughtful.
When the camera found Guan Ling, Guan Ling’s eyes were instantly enlarged on Weibo, and then it became a hot search.
"What gossip did Quentin tell Director Guan? Why did it feel like Director Guan laughed all of a sudden."
"He must have said something awesome!"
Below, the picture that Quentin said was awesome was queued up and posted.
In fact, during this award ceremony, many people were very concerned about what kind of awards "Avatar" would win. In the scenes, Guan Ling was just a minor interlude.
More time, the camera still looked at Cameron.
The Oscars have been undergoing reforms over the years, but there are also conflicts among the academy and members.
In the past, many people said that the Oscars were too commercial. Nowadays, the academy’s pursuit of entertainment, popularity, and commerce has been cooling down. Previously, after the “last Oscar masterpiece” “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,” the Oscars We will take a clear-cut stand towards the artistic aesthetic itself, open the door to nominations more globally, and embrace the independent film industry more boldly.
This time "Avatar" is a touchstone, because the industry also wants to know.
Are you academics just bragging, or are you really leaning towards artistic aesthetics?
Are you a commercial film show award, or a real film critic award?
As expected.
When the Best Picture Oscar was announced, it instantly aroused controversy across the Internet.
"The Hurt Locker", which grossed less than 20 million U.S. dollars at the box office, defeated "Avatar", which made more than 2 billion U.S. dollars globally, causing the commercial rumors of the Oscars to be shattered for a while.
Oscar clearly extended an olive branch to the public.
"Dear producers, fellow filmmakers, Oscar has always been in the same trenches with you."
When the awards were announced, Cameron's face almost turned green.
The director of "The Hurt Locker" also won the Oscar for Best Director.
In fact, losing once is nothing.
Guan Ling looked at the scene in confusion and howled like crazy, and then heard Quentin's questioning voice.
“Don’t you like to watch the excitement?”
“Huh?”
“I heard Jiang Wen say before that Chinese people are born to watch the excitement.” Quentin said,
“The independent woman defeated her ex-husband and won the Oscar for Best Director and the Oscar for Best Picture. This story will definitely become a classic in the history of the Oscars.
Coupled with the fact that "Avatar" topped the global box office, the producers of "The Bomb Disposer" were recently exposed for their illegal vote-seeking behavior.
This series of stories makes people laugh. "
"Have these two people ever been married? "
Guan Ling has a big mouth.
"Three years of short marriage, the first female best director in 82 years. ”
Quentin was enjoying watching the excitement and kept laughing.
Guan Ling suddenly understood.
Katherine Bigelow defeated her ex-husband James Cameron. ,
Becoming the first female winner of the Best Director Award in Oscar history,
This night is destined to be extraordinary
"The Hurt Locker", a drama about the Iraq War, became the biggest winner at the Kodak Theater that night.
Six awards including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Editing made the Kodak Theater that night The theater sparkled.
And "The Hurt Locker" is the 12th "Best Picture" in Oscar history that "did not win any acting award."
Guan Ling spent the past two days doing internal combustion engine sports with Liu Yifei, so he still didn’t know much about the news.
At this moment, even he felt that Oscar was too caught off guard this time.
It’s so dramatic.
In the following time, various awards will be awarded one by one.
Quentin Quentin's "Inglourious Basterds" won the role of Best Supporting Actor. This supporting actor who won the Best Actor Award at Cannes for his supporting role finally won a real supporting actor award at the Oscars.
Everything else has nothing to do with Quentin.
But Quentin has no psychological fluctuations.
Seems to be used to it.
Bridges, who had been rejected for Best Actor several times, won the award for his role as a country singer. "Wild at Heart" allowed him to get what he wanted and reached the pinnacle of his acting career.
As for the other awards, there was no big upset.
It's just that "Avatar" is indeed somewhat unsatisfactory. Except for the best photography, best art direction and best visual effects, "Avatar" has no success in terms of plot and acting.
When the Oscars are awarded for Best Original Score.
Zhou Xun, Liu Yifei and others all held their breath.
But what is quite disappointing is that this award was won by "Up".
When the awards that all Chinese people were looking forward to began to be handed out, the two hosts above started to laugh again and filled up the rhythm.
This moment caused curses from the scene and the Chinese audience.
“This is what annoys me the most, the anticipation. They must know this about China, and the ratings must be very high.”
"I just watched Quentin chatting with Director Guan. Director Guan's expression revealed a lot of information. Is there really something going on?"
"Why does Quentin know?"
" Is there something wrong with you guys? Quentin and Pedro are the presenters for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar this time. You don’t even watch it, right?”
“What’s wrong with the presenters? Did you also find out who the movie is by holding the envelope?"
As the host finished speaking.
Guan Ling watched Quentin walk onto the stage.
Having heard Quentin’s revelation just now, Guan Ling’s expectations at this moment were really high.
“Is it possible that it’s really me?”
The blood is running high.
At this moment, in the Chinese film industry, countless people are looking forward to something just like Guan Ling.
Ten years.
Ten years ago. "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" set off Oscars and also set off Chinese-language films.
"Heroes" was subsequently followed, but it became the final finale of the Oscars.
Afterwards, Guan Ling was nominated for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay for "Hearing Girl", but this had nothing to do with Chinese films.
Today, Guan Ling once again set foot on the Oscar scene.
On the stage, Pedro introduced the five films nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
The camera found Guan Ling, found Hanik, found the crew of "The Prophet", found Zhou Xun, and finally found Quentin's face.
(End of this chapter)