My Hong Kong Island Filmmaker

Chapter 1335 Oscar Awards, consecutive missed awards

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Wu Xiaozu, Gong Li, Harvey, Bruce Willis, Nicolas Cage, Zhou Runfa, Li Guohao, Samuel Jackson, Uma Thurman, Quentin, Xiao Li and others were all arranged in the The second row is near the center aisle.

If you look at it from the perspective of future generations, this lineup is simply exaggerated!
The little plum with oily head and flour noodles is sitting on the edge like a minion, and he can't even get a straight face~~~
Sitting on the other side of the aisle is the crew of "The Silence of the Lambs", and Anthony Hopkins, the most popular candidate for the best actor, is sitting next to the aisle.

It is customary for the Oscars to arrange the nominees in the first row and second row.

As the band walked to the side of the stage, the scene gradually quieted down.

Beep, beep, beep, beep, under the sound of music and announcers, the awards ceremony officially kicked off.

"The host of the 54th Academy Awards, Mr. Billy Crystal—"

The cameraman moved horizontally to capture the first and second rows of applauding star guests into the camera lens, and transmitted them to thousands of households through the OB van.

At the same time, an episode from "The Silence of the Lambs" sounded.

In front of the stage, two doors with great stage effects opened left and right, under the expectant eyes of countless people.Propelled by two nurses, host Billy Crystal, wearing a suit, bow tie and Dr. Hannibal's 'fasting mask' on his face, was pushed onto the stage on a moving execution chair.

This classic opening also made the scene couldn't help but give enthusiastic applause, and many fans in the back row also burst into laughter.

Wu Xiaozu in the audience couldn't help but laugh too.

Especially the untrusted chin, a classic movement that pays tribute to the late movie star Jack Benny, raised the applause to a higher level.

This kind of humor rooted in localization is difficult to get in other regions...

Then he repeated the action of "pressing the key" to close the car door in the previous two sessions.Last year, he used the meme when he appeared on horseback.

Therefore, for this action, Wu Xiaozu naturally got it.

Immediately afterwards, I saw this strange woman slowly stepping off the stage, walking towards Anthony Hopkins who covered his mouth and smiling, and shook hands with him.

Many people at the scene laughed out loud.

"I'm going to eat some statuettes for dinner." The curly-haired genius Billy Crystal said seriously to the other party.

The audience roared with laughter.

After all, Hannibal's classic terrier was popular in North America last year.

"Welcome to the Oscar Awards Ceremony, also known as Horror Night at the Cape!" Billy opened calmly, laughing in unison.

The crew of "Cape Cry" who was named by him also smiled at the camera, Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro both smiled and saluted.

This guy is worthy of being one of the best hosts in the history of the Oscars. He can mobilize the atmosphere of the scene very well every time, and attract the attention of the audience with his calm talk show-like eloquence.

And his teasing doesn't make people feel offended.

"Today we have the first animated film to win the Oscar for best picture... NO no need to count down--" Billy said several best films nominated in the way he is good at, "Of course it is "Beauty and the Beast"

And John Singleton, the youngest Best Director and Best Screenplay nominee..."

John Singleton, the black director of "Boys on the Block", broke the Oscar record. He was born in 1968 and is only 24 years old this year.

He is the director of the second part of "Vegetarian Chicken", and directed the well-known TV series "American Crime Story" in later generations.

Immediately afterwards, he introduced and ridiculed Oliver Stone, the director of "Assassination of Kennedy", and "Bugsy" and Ben Kingsley, who was nominated for a male supporting role and played the role of "The Mandarin" in his later generations. Home of Mahatma Gandhi.

At the same time, Orion Films, which has been the most popular in the past few years and has won multiple Oscars, teased that "Platoon", "Mozart", "Dancing with Wolves" and this year's "Silence of the Lambs" were all produced by them. make.

Such an opening kept the atmosphere of the audience at a very high level.

Oscar routinely strings nominated films into a song for singing, and Billy Crystal is even better at it.

Of course, the most famous song of the Oscars in later generations is "The Song of Mimi", but unfortunately... if the female boxing is no longer possible.

In his songs, "Beauty and the Beast" is mentioned first, and then he sings "The Waves of Time", "Bugsy", "Thelma and Louise"... and each lyrics contains characters from the movie Or stories.

The copywriting is pretty good.

"This movie has seven nominations, and the director is the first Chinese nominee~~~Yo, we also want to thank Jules for his contribution to the Bible, and...I love Vincent and Mia's dance...Of course , if Butch was the first to be pulled into the house, I think we could all see—”

When Billy Crystal sang here, he looked down at the "Pulp Fiction" crew, and the cameras were all on them.

"I'll see Willis... mua~~" He kissed deliberately.

Hahahahaha!
After singing here, many people who have watched "Pulp Fiction" couldn't help laughing.

Although the others were puzzled, they couldn't help applauding and laughing as they watched Bruce Willis shaking his head and smiling wryly on the big screen, probably knowing that he was being teased.

He's sure the show will take his career further -- though, for the entire film, Nicolas Cage nominated Best Actor, Samuel L Jackson nominated Best Supporting Actor, Gong Li nominated Best Supporting Actress , while he was empty-handed, I have to say, it was somewhat embarrassing.

This can also show the judges' prejudice against action stars.

no way.

Not just him.

This is true of Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger and others, who are not welcomed by Oscar at all.

They are the traffic stars at this time, and they are paranoid that their acting skills are not good.

Wu Xiaozu couldn't do anything about it.

They also helped the action star to sign up, but unfortunately...in the end, he still didn't get nominated.

But in fact, it is also excusable.

The director and Cage are undoubtedly better in this movie, compared to Willis' deadpan performance, which still doesn't escape his routine action star acting skills.

These days, action stars like them are already synonymous with 'bad acting skills'.

The entire opening show took more than ten minutes, but the people on the scene and in front of the TV did not feel bored.

It's also a testament to what Billy Crystal is capable of.

"Hey Miss Oscar, I'm here and I'm leaving soon...today is Oscar night—"

At the end of the solo show, screams and applause continued.

This montage-style personal show was also praised by many people as the most exciting opening show at the Oscars in later generations.

At the end of the opening show, Karl Malden, chairman of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, also made an opening speech to welcome the guests to the awards ceremony.

The speech ended, and the host officially kicked off the awards ceremony.

"Next, we invite the first award presenter, Whoopi Goldberg—she brings the Best Supporting Actor award!"

Amid the applause, the black actress walked onto the stage with a smile.

Like many film festivals in later generations, the reason for her to present awards is not only her own qualifications, but also the operation of the company behind her. The award presenter is also a way to increase her exposure.

Because "Crazy Nuns" starring her is about to be released.She is the black aunt who hid in the monastery.

After moaning for a long time, she also opened the card in her hand.

"The actor who won the 46th Oscar for Best Supporting Actor is - "Urban Hillbilly" Jack Palance!"

It is a pity that the first award, "Pulp Fiction", was unfortunately missed.

Samuel Jackson, who was sitting under the stage, put out a simple and honest smile, and took the initiative to applaud his competitors.

Wu Xiaozu was also quite regretful.

Samuel Jackson's performance in this life is actually better than in previous lives.This was originally a very competitive nomination for "Pulp Fiction", but I didn't expect it to stumble when it came up.

At the same time, many people in the audience were also very surprised.

The Best Supporting Actor was an upset when it came up.

Unexpectedly, the judges were willing to award this award to a comedy.

Katherine Turner was next on stage to introduce Best Picture "Bugsy," and then Best Makeup went to "Terminator 2," which received six nominations.

Looking at the truck driver sitting in the first row, Wu Xiaozu smiled.

These days, although truck drivers are promoted to first-line directors, they are extremely unpopular with the Oscars.

In other words, a purely commercial film director like him will not win Oscar's favor at all.

More is to award some technical awards to them.Such as best make-up, best visual effects, best sound, etc...

Yes, "Terminator 2" won three technical awards in a row.

"The next award will be the Best Supporting Actress Award, please present Mr. Joe Pesci—"

With the introduction, Joe Pesci, the supporting actor in Martin Scorsese's film, took to the stage.

"Nervous?"

At the same time, Wu Xiaozu felt Gong Li's body stiffen, subconsciously sat up straight, his plump thighs were clamped tightly, and Wu Xiaozu's fingers were pinched.

"A little bit." Gong Li replied nervously.

It's impossible to say she wasn't nervous.

This is the Oscars after all!
When she was in school, Hollywood was a particularly dreamy place.

Now that I have come to this step in person, I am naturally looking forward to it.

She's not the only one looking forward to it.

In fact, at the same time, many Asians in North America are somewhat looking forward to it.

Even though they couldn't watch it in the mainland, many people still knew that Gong Li was competing for the Oscars...

When the nomination list was announced, the mainland newspapers reported it immediately!Much of the official media outlets have played up the hype.

In this era, we especially need foreign recognition. Gong Li's Oscar nomination is definitely an honor worth mentioning!
For this day and age, an Oscar nomination is a triumph!

The result was indeed as Harvey judged...

"Congratulations to Mercedes Reuille for winning Best Supporting Actress in "The End of the World"!"

applause.

Gong Li was a little disappointed, but he felt a hand on his leg.

Turned.

Seeing the beautiful Wu Xiaozu in spring.

"It's okay, sooner or later I will send you up..." Wu Xiaozu comforted with a smile.

Although Gong Li regretted it, he could accept it and nodded at Wu Xiaozu.

Actively applaud and congratulate.

Losing awards in a row, the atmosphere of the crew of "Pulp Fiction" is also a little gloomy.

Then, the Art Direction Award went to Bagsey.

Immediately afterwards, Spielberg also presented the 'Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award' as the presenter.

The Academy Awards ceremony, not only the Oscars, but also other awards from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will be presented together.

This is an award issued by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences specifically for "producers who have produced multiple high-quality films".

Then, the best short film award, the best animated short film award, the best costume design award, the best foreign language film award...

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