China Entertainment: Indulge in Vanity Fair

Chapter 390 The last Oscars I attended
It was around 40:[-] in the evening, and the Oscar red carpet was finally over. After all the guests entered the theater, it was like a trading market, noisy.

After several reminders from the announcer, everyone slowly calmed down, and finally the awards ceremony officially started at eight o'clock.

The host of the Oscars this year is Neil Patrick Harris. He is a comedian, but he is not very successful, but he has hosted the Emmy Awards, and of course he can also host the Oscars now.

"This is the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, where the 87th Academy Awards are being held. Here's the host, Neil Patrick Harris."

Neil Patrick Harris came on stage to speak for a few minutes, followed by the opening song and dance "Moving Pictures"...

This is the established procedure of the Oscars. How many years has it not changed?No one remembers.

It is said that the United States is an innovative country, but in fact they are very conservative, especially regarding certain processes and systems.An Oscar awards show is always like this. The host comes on stage, starts singing and dancing, and then starts the host's talk show, which he thinks is a humorous review of the shortlisted movies.

Then it starts with the awarding of Best Supporting Actor. Anyone who often watches the Oscars knows this routine, which has not changed for many years.

He Fang followed the process. He had been here several times and knew when to applaud and when to smile. After all, he was sitting in the front and the camera would often catch him.

By the way, are there any outstanding movies at this Oscars?Strictly speaking, "Birdman" can only be considered half of the film. In fact, "Birdman" is just a Hollywood shell of a European literary film. It is actually a literary film.

Therefore, the audio-visual language of "Birdman" contains many elements of European literary and artistic films, such as pseudo-long shots, very clever camera positions, irony of magical reality, fierce and violent performances, and an audio-visual language that focuses on the author's expression. For ordinary audiences, I don’t understand... many of the elements are in the style of European literary films.

This Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu is really a director who is good at making art films. Who knew that he would be the winner of two consecutive Oscars for Best Director more than 60 years later.

Because "The Revenant" he filmed with Leonardo DiCaprio will allow him to continue to win awards next year, but he is a director who cannot grow into a commercial film. He has been dominated by the critical language of films in his thinking.

Take a look at some of his masterpieces from that year, such as "The Mistake", "Birdman", and "The Revenant". Their cores are criticism or satire, but he is already considered a relatively successful literary director.

At least he brought literature and art to Hollywood. Many literary and artistic directors cannot make it to Hollywood and can only hang out at the three major film festivals.

Of course, having said that, if a literary and artistic film like "Birdman" wins an Oscar, it really does not meet the requirements of the Oscar. The previous Oscar movies were not so artistic, but American positive energy mixed with a touch of literature and art.

Even "The Hurt Locker", which was a critic of the Iraq War, was not a literary film, and the People's Democratic Party criticized the Communist Party's "The Hurt Locker" film.

Therefore, only a very small number of Oscar-winning blockbusters are purely literary films, because the Oscars will not allow criticism of the United States to become a mainstream film ideology, which is inconsistent with the image of the United States.

He Fang was thinking idly while watching the awards. It seems that the Oscars have become more and more deformed in the past two years, and then they will be completely distorted after 2023.

When Eddie Murphy announced that the four writers of "Birdman" would win the Best Original Screenplay award, it was basically true that "Birdman" would be the biggest winner.

Next, Oprah Winfrey presented the Best Adapted Screenplay Award. "Room" was shortlisted for this award. Then Emma Donoghue became nervous, although the concept she could win was very low. , but being nominated for an Oscar for the first time, who doesn’t want to be lucky enough to win?
"The winner of the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay is..." Oprah Winfrey paused deliberately, and then slowly read: "Graham Moore's "The Imitation Game," congratulations."

He Fang could clearly see Emma's whole body tremble, and then she forced herself to control her emotions, smiled awkwardly, and clapped her hands.

After all, it was my first time here and I had no professional performance training, so it was normal for me to have poor control.

"It's okay. Come back next time. I believe you will succeed next time." He Fang comforted softly.

"Well, thanks, I'm fine."

……

After the screenplay award was presented, the best director award was presented. He Fang knew that he had no chance, so he was very relaxed.

The guest of honor was Ben Affleck. This guy is the director and star of "Escape from Tehran". He likes to direct and act himself.

After Ben Affleck came on stage, he slowly introduced several shortlisted directors, namely Alejandro González Iñárritu’s “Birdman” and Richard Linklater’s “Birdman.” Boyhood", He Fang's "Room", Wes Anderson's "The Grand Budapest Hotel", Morten Tyldum's "The Imitation Game".

At the same time as the introduction, several directors were also given separate shots. He Fang was quite relaxed and waved to the camera.

Even Yangliu host Guo Wei said that He Fang said at the red carpet ceremony that defending the title was too difficult and he probably gave up, so he was so relaxed and casual.

This made the audience in front of the TV understand that it was so.

When Ben Affleck began to promote the results, several real-time shots of the director were shown on the screen, and everyone had different expressions.

"The winner of the Oscar for Best Director is...Sandro González Iñárritu for Birdman. Congratulations to Sandro."

Then the audience burst into applause, and there were even a lot of cheerers and whistlers.

Sandro Gonzalez Iñárritu excitedly waved the trophy after taking the stage, and then left the stage after saying a lot of speeches.So far, the crew of "Room" has not received anything, and now they are looking forward to the Best Actress Award. As for the Best Picture Award?This is no longer expected.

It just so happens that after the Best Director Award is presented, it's time for the Best Actor Award.

This year's Best Actor Award winner is Eddie Redmayne in "The Theory of Everything". This actor has acted in many literary films and is pretty good. He also starred in "Les Misérables" with Anne.

He is also a person who is often seen at major parties. He Fang is relatively familiar with him and his connections are really good.

After the Best Actor Award was awarded, the Best Actress Award was presented.

Anne turned to look at He Fang, and He Fang saw her nervousness, and then he nodded to Anne, indicating that everything was fine, so Anne took a deep breath, and then pretended to be calm.

The guest who presented the Best Actress Award was Leonardo DiCaprio. The previous Best Actor presented the Best Actress Award this time. That was the rule.

Leonardo is very popular. As soon as he came on stage, the whole theater burst into applause and cheers, as if fans had met their idol.

After he nodded to everyone with his charming smile, he began to speak: "Good evening, everyone. Well, the famous film critic Roger Ebert once said, 'When a movie's character is successfully created, the audience will feel it from the heart. Become this character', these five extremely talented actresses not only touched us, but also made us feel the heartbreak, escape, loss, resurrection, determination... and finally, find themselves. Here are the best actresses Protagonist nomination..."

After Leonardo said a lot, he began to introduce the nominees, five actresses, and then gave each of them a shot.

Although Annie smiled sweetly, it was obvious that she was still a little nervous.In fact, she is a woman who is not very good at hiding her emotions and is relatively straightforward.

It was precisely because of this that she was attacked by thoughtful people as hypocritical, pretentious, selfish, etc. In the past two years, she had begun to cover up her shortcomings that were attacked, but how could she possibly change them?

After Leonardo's introduction, he made an expression, creating a pause where the suspense was about to be revealed.

After three seconds, he slowly picked up the paper in his hand and opened it.

"The Oscar winner for Best Actress is...Anne Hathaway, 'Room.' Congratulations."

When Leonardo read out the name, Anne suddenly felt a wave of heat rush into her mind from the root of her tail, and her eyes felt like they were filled with blood, no, tears?
But she tried her best to hold back, telling herself in her mind to calm down, calm down, and she stood up slowly.

I only felt my companion's voice ringing in my ears: "Congratulations, Annie."

"Congratulations, Annie..."

She didn't know how she hugged them all and then walked onto the stage. It wasn't until she took the trophy from Leonardo and stood in front of the microphone that she felt she was freed from numbness.

It was as if the previous paragraph was all a program she forcibly set for her brain. When her brain failed, her body would execute those instructions on its own.

And now her brain has recovered and has taken over her body again.

Suddenly, I felt a little excited and nervous.

"I, I, don't know what to say. I thought of thousands of words before, but when I stood here, I forgot them all. I'm sorry." After Annie finished speaking, she covered her mouth and adjusted her mood.

The audience burst into thunderous applause, cheers, and encouragement.

"Thank you, thank you." She adjusted her emotions and finally remembered what she wanted to say, "First of all, thank you to the Oscar judges, thank you for voting for the 'princess' you once liked, although she was later There were so many rumors, but you still chose to believe her, thank you."

Bang bang bang... Anne showed her true feelings in this passage, and she received applause for it.

"Of course, I don't need to say it. Everyone knows who I want to thank the most, right? Yes, it's the director He Fang. Without him, it would be impossible for me to stand on the stage and receive this award. I can't express my gratitude to him in just a few words. Express, but still say thank you.”

clap clap clap...

"Next I want to thank my husband. Yes, he has always encouraged me and supported me and been my strong backing during my most difficult times. Thank you, Adam, I love you.

Also, I want to thank my parents..."

Anne, who had recovered her emotions, thanked her gushingly. After thanking her at the end, she and Leonardo came off the stage and took her to the back to take a photo with the background wall to win the award.

Needless to say about the last award, "Birdman" became the biggest winner in the end... At this point, the 87th Oscars officially ended.

This may also be the last Oscar that He Fang will participate in. He will build a podium of his own ideas.

(End of this chapter)