Chapter 488 Director
Monica and others were about to chime in when they heard Matt Damon laugh and say: "But if you can win the grand prize, then none of this will matter."
Hearing this, Monica, Christine, Sister Shitou and others were startled, and then suddenly realized.
The Screenplay Award is the highest and most relevant honor for screenwriters.
Ke Wang Shu is the director.
If you can win the director award, relatively speaking, the screenplay award will be less important.
This is because, as long as he can win the director award, even if he cannot win the screenplay award, for Hollywood actors, Wang Shu is a great director who has the ability to write and direct movies and win Oscars.
But if there is no director award, even if he wins the original screenplay award, he is not a great director in the eyes of many Hollywood actors, let alone a great director who has the ability to write and direct.
Of course, Wang Shu is the winner of the Best Director Award at the Venice Film Festival.
However, the winning film is a Chinese film.
For Hollywood actors, not being able to make award-winning Hollywood movies is ultimately a bit boring.
Not to mention, the Cannes Palme d'Or director from the East has never come to Hollywood before.
Wong Jiawei, the winner of Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival, also made a splash two or three years ago.
All this shows that a Chinese-language film director may be able to win awards in the three major European countries if he makes a Chinese-language film, but if he makes a European and American film, he is either on the road to success or on the road to success.
Even though Wang Shu did not rush into the market after coming to Hollywood, there is a clear status difference between Oscar-winning best director and non-Oscar-winning director in Hollywood.
"I hope I can win the grand prize." Wang Shu responded with a smile.
After all, this is the scene of the Academy Awards ceremony, and he is sitting in the front row. Wang Shu doesn’t want to be photographed with his face broken, so he has been maintaining his facial expressions. His smile never stopped.
"Don't worry, "The Wolf of Wall Street" is the most popular, and the grand prize will definitely be yours." Monica said firmly.
Hearing this, Wang Shu shrugged his shoulders in response.
At this time, there were changes on the stage, and the awards ceremony for the Best Animated Feature Film and the Best Animated Short Film began.
After a lot of tossing, the awards were given.
Then, there will be awards for the best art direction, best costume design and best makeup.
Natalie Portman and Ben Stiller took to the stage to present the Oscar for Best Cinematography.
As in the original timeline, this award was won by the cinematographer of the movie "Slumdog Millionaire".
When Wang Shu saw this, he thought to himself, are the old men at the American Film Academy really going to risk the world to reveal their secrets?
At the Academy Awards ceremony, many times, the film that wins the award will be a sweeping gesture.
Not only will you win the grand prize, but you will also pocket some small prizes.
Although the Best Adapted Screenplay Award was awarded to him before, it was awarded to "The Tuner", not "The Wolf of Wall Street".
Especially now, "Slumdog Millionaire" is starting to win awards.
Compared with "The Wolf of Wall Street", Wang Shu doesn't have to think about it to know that the old men at the American Film Academy prefer "Slumdog" "The Millionaire" is a movie in which a first-world country looks at a third-world country from a curious perspective.
Whether "The Wolf of Wall Street" can win awards depends entirely on "the general trend."
If the old men of the American Film Academy really dare not to take the reputation of the Academy Awards seriously, then they may really overturn.
After all, "Slumdog Millionaire" satisfies the sense of superiority of a big country among the old men of the American Film Academy. In other places, this movie has nothing to say, but here it is really a god who kills a god, and a Buddha who blocks a Buddha.
It’s so fierce!
After several awards sessions, it was time to award the awards for Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Effects, Best Editing, and Best Visual Effects.
Among them, the Best Editing Award was won by "Slumdog Millionaire" as in the original timeline.
It can be seen that the old men at the American Film Institute really like this movie, so much so that Wang Shu cursed more and more in his heart.
This Oscar is the year he has the best chance of winning.
If you win the prize this time, winning the prize in the future will not be abrupt and the difficulty will be reduced.
But if you fail to win the award this time, you will have to spend at least ten or eight years in Hollywood before you can qualify.
“Those old men have really lost their minds, have they?”
“Do you understand the overall situation?”
“You can’t destroy Oscar’s 80-year reputation just for personal preferences! "
"You can't be so selfish, you have to take the overall situation into consideration, do you understand?"
Wang Shu sat with a smile on the surface, but in fact he was already cursing in his heart.
This time at the Oscars, he has the highest demand for winning the award. I am really worried that he will only win the Best Picture Award in the end, and the other awards will have nothing to do with him.
The Best Picture Award is the biggest award, and there is no reason to criticize it even if you win it.
But Wang Shu is a director, not a producer or investor of the film. For him, the Best Director Award is the most important award.
Therefore, even if he gives up the Best Picture Award, he is still willing to win the Best Director Award.
After winning this award, I will invest in making movies in the future. When the time comes, my pursuit will naturally become the Best Picture Award.
But that will be in the future. What is more beneficial to him at this stage is the Best Director Award. This award is closely related to him.
Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Effects, Best Editing, and Best Visual Effects were awarded, followed closely by the Joan Hersholt Humanitarian Award.
After this award, the Best Original Score Award and the Best Original Song Award will be awarded.
As expected, they were both won by "Slumdog Millionaire" again.
Seeing this, not to mention Wang Shu, Matt Damon, Monica, and many filmmakers at the scene felt that something was wrong.
Usually, films that win big awards also win some minor awards.
"Slumdog Millionaire" currently has four awards for Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Original Score, and Best Original Song.
Looking back at "The Wolf of Wall Street", there is currently no harvest.
Wang Shu only won the Best Adapted Screenplay Award for "The Tuner".
Although many filmmakers in the theater could not see anything on the surface, they were all surprised.
It stands to reason that the most popular "The Wolf of Wall Street" has won one or two small awards at the moment, but it has not won any.
Next, there are only five awards for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor, and Best Picture that have not yet been awarded. There are no minor awards at all for " The Wolf of Wall Street"!
So, many people are wondering.
"Is it possible that "The Wolf of Wall Street" will fail miserably?"
Many filmmakers in the theater looked at Wang Shu in unison. "The Wolf of Wall Street" didn't win a single minor award, which made them begin to think that the situation had changed.
Also guessing, maybe the biggest winner will be "Slumdog Millionaire"?
Not to mention the many filmmakers in the theater, even Wang Shu himself felt that something was wrong.
It is true that "The Wolf of Wall Street" has the highest reputation, but since the awards ceremony began, it has not won a single minor award, and it does not look like it will win a big one at all.
On the contrary, "Slumdog Millionaire" was so impressive that it won one award after another.
It feels like "Slumdog Millionaire" will be the biggest winner.
Although Wang Shu kept smiling calmly on the surface, in fact, he was already thinking about MMP in his heart.
Looking at the previous Oscars, which one was not the biggest winner? In addition to taking home the grand prize, he also received a bunch of small prizes.
There are many, and there are at least one or two guarantees for the few.
The small prize is nothing compared to the grand prize.
But the problem is that movies that can win big awards usually have the ability to win minor awards as well.
In other words, a film that can’t even win a small award, let alone a big one.
This is the case today with The Wolf of Wall Street.
The film with the highest demand for awards did not win a single minor award.
In other words, if a film can’t even win a small award, how can it win a big one?
In 2005, "Brokeback Mountain" directed by Li Eu competed for the Oscar.
In addition to winning the Academy Award for Best Director, this film also won the Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Score awards.
I won a grand prize and two small prizes.
Precisely because films that win big awards naturally have the potential to win minor awards.
Compared to Wang Shu, Matt Damon is worried about gains and losses at the moment.
At this moment, he also wavered and believed that "The Wolf of Wall Street" did not win a minor award, so it would probably miss out on Best Director and Best Picture.
However, if you are not destined for these awards, it usually means that you are destined for the Actor Award.
As the producer of "The Wolf of Wall Street", he may not be able to win the Best Picture Award for this film
But... maybe he has a better chance of winning the Best Actor Award? !
Thinking of this, Matt Damon was both excited and a little disappointed.
He wants to win Best Actor, Best Picture, whatever is relevant to him.
However, the situation is not right at the moment. It seems that "The Wolf of Wall Street" will have difficulty winning the Best Picture Award. Even the Best Director Award nominated by Wang Shu is also on the line.
He is in I felt relieved for Wang Shu in my heart, but then I thought that Wang Shu was only in his early 20s, and he had already been nominated for the Oscar for Best Director at such a young age. There seemed to be nothing to be relieved about.
On the contrary, he has been in Hollywood for so many years.
He deserves to win the Best Actor Award at the 81st Academy Awards!
On stage, after the special performance, the award for Best Foreign Language Film will be awarded.
Obtained by the Japanese movie "Autopsy".
After the Best Foreign Language Film Award is over, it is the presentation of the Best Director Award.
Yes, the Best Director Award is presented before the Best Actress, Best Actor, and Best Picture awards.
Reese Witherspoon, wearing a blue chest-length floor-length evening gown, walked onto the stage. She first took a deep breath, and then said loudly: "So far, we have witnessed All the artistic elements that make up a movie.”
"However, there is one person who has not been mentioned yet."
"Director!"
(End of this chapter)