China Entertainment: I have been a director since 05

Chapter 290: Oscar Controversy, Ten Years of Chinese Films
"To be honest, this opening ceremony is a bit boring."

With the opening ceremony after the red carpet, Liu Yifei couldn't bear it anymore and followed Guan Ling to chat with the host on the stage.

The hosting team selected for the Oscars this time is very boring. 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 just stated that they would communicate at a later party or in private later.

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 here and there 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."

But online, the discussion about this Oscar has definitely reached its climax.

At this moment, it is nine o'clock in the morning on March 3, Beijing time in China.

A small number of reviewers evaluate a large number of non-English films.

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.

Generally speaking, when someone asks you, where are the best movies in the world?
If we talk about Oscar! It seems about right.

The discussion in the domestic media is so hot, but for these two people, they are actually quite nervous.

In private, he pinched Guan Ling's palm hard.

As a participant, if this movie can win, it will really update history.

Therefore, the foreign language film awards are different from other awards in the popular vote, as they are selected by a small number of judges.

It can be seen that the Oscar for best foreign language film is definitely a combination of strength and luck.

The ones with the most awards, first of all, are Italy and France, both with more than ten films, far more than other countries.

Although it has not surpassed "Taken" and "2012", the total number has exceeded the "Let the Bullets Fly" and "Detective Detective" series.

"Breaking down the history of Oscar nominations for Best Foreign Language Film, there are seven nominations. Zhang Yimou and Ang Lee each have three seats, and Chen Kaige won one seat. But there is only one real winner. It is far away from the four Japanese films. Can the director help the Chinese film industry? Is the movie going to win again?”

He really doesn't know.

At this time, Chen Guofu became excited.

It's a very ordinary working day.

Whether Guan Ling can stand up or not, everyone will be shocked to see this.

And it's Women's Day.

It can be said that it shocked everyone's eyes.

Guan Ling deliberately strengthened Liu Yifei today, which made Liu Yifei's face turn green.

Women have to smooth things over, but if they do the opposite, who knows what will happen?
……

"News from CCTV Movie Channel, the 82nd Academy Awards ceremony is about to officially begin. Guan Ling, Liu Yifei, and Zhou Xun will appear on the red carpet, but Huang Bo did not show up."

You may not even be able to understand it.

"Guan Ling stepped onto the red carpet in the United States for the first time in several months and was warmly welcomed by people from all walks of life at the scene."

Guan Ling didn't take it seriously. The other party just asked 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?

Liu Yifei and Zhou Xun are both using domestic news software.

However, 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.

So the people Guan Ling is familiar with are Nolan, Leonardo, Quentin and others.

……

"I think it's pretty good."

Everyone in the industry is very nervous.

But the real fact is: Most of the time, the Oscar for best foreign language film is better than the best picture.

"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 5 million, directly breaking through the current ceiling of domestic movies.

But as the awards ceremony officially began, several people returned to their seats.

But Guan Ling was sitting upright.

Ang Lee did not appear at the Oscars. He had recently started filming a new movie and declined this time.

Because the best film is selected for global English-language films, that is, the language in the film must be mainly English; and the best foreign language film is selected for global non-English films, the comparison can be seen from the amount of this base, and the film There is not just one Hollywood, each country and region can select a film to be nominated for the best foreign language film every year.

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.

The reason why Japan has so many award-winning movies stems from Japanese samurai movies in the early years. At that time, Japanese samurai movies were in their glory days, but for many years after that, Japan never produced another one.

"As the only Oscar winner this year, "Shoplifters" was nominated for two Oscars for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Score. This is the first time since "Ju Dou", "Raise the Red Lantern", "Farewell My Concubine", " The eighth time after "The Wedding Banquet", "Eat Drink Man and Woman", "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Heroes"!

The final selection for the Best Foreign Language Film award is different from other Oscar awards.

Is the movie "Shoplifters" any good?

Of course it's good, but this movie didn't win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film that year.

The reason is that the opponent is too strong.

That year, "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 film that talks about family and blood relationships, has no advantage at all in the selection.

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 and public relations.

Money to spend.

Gai Nao Te also spent.

The rest is just up to 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 chances are high, but actually being nominated is already a big achievement."

"First he won the Palme d'Or, and he was nominated for an Oscar. I've seen this episode, and Chen Kai returned home in vain."

"It seems that Director Chen is really right. Director Chen said that he and Director Guan are evenly matched. This time Director Guan failed to win. The two of them can be considered equal 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 Guan Ling in the TV camera, Chen Hong asked in confusion.

Brother Chen Kai saw the comments on the Internet. Although he had a bad temper, he had already responded. After all, competing for the Olympics has always been a pain for him.

If it's not "Shoplifters" this time, the one that can go there will most likely be "Mei Lanfang". As a finalist, Chen Kai is still confident.

But I saw the comment saying that I was indeed on par with Guan Ling.

Brother Chen Kai suddenly became beautiful.

The thought of blaming others is gone.

"How is it possible to win?" Brother Chen Kai looked at his wife, "If Chinese-language films could win, they would have won it long ago. A nomination would be good. Then the reason why "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" could win is not because the producer and director both In the United States, 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.

……

As the host's opening ceremony on stage gradually came to an end, the Oscars finally began to award various awards.

In this Oscars, the stories presented are actually quite interesting.

The increase in hosts and the list of candidates for Best Picture are the opening points that have aroused public opinion.

But the style of the awards ceremony was as lacking in novelty as ever.

Quentin was sitting not far from Guan Ling. After Guan Ling and Zhou Xun changed seats, they 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 smiled.

"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, think about it, does the Oscar require a Chinese-language film?"

Quentin points to that.

Guan Ling was thoughtful.

When the camera found Guan Ling, Guan Ling's eyes were instantly magnified on Weibo, and it became a hot search.

"What kind of gossip did Quentin tell Director Guan? Why did it feel like Director Guan laughed all of a sudden."

"You 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.

For 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 academic party’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 have clearly moved towards artistic aesthetics. itself, opening the door to nominations more globally and embracing 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 predicted.

When the Oscar's best picture was announced, it instantly aroused controversy across the Internet.

"The Hurt Locker", which grossed less than 2000 million U.S. dollars at the box office, defeated "Avatar," which made more than 20 billion U.S. dollars globally, causing commercial rumors about the Oscars to be shattered for a while.

Oscar clearly extended an olive branch to the public.

"Fellow producers, fellow filmmakers, Oscar has always been in the trenches with you."

When the award was 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 a daze as the scene descended into crazy howls, and then heard Quentin's questioning voice.

"Don't you like watching the fun?"

"what?"

"I heard Jiang Wen say before that Chinese people are born to watch the excitement." Quentin said,
“The story of an independent woman defeating her ex-husband to win the Oscar for Best Director and Best Picture 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 is simply hilarious. "

"Have these two people been married?"

Guan Ling opened his mouth.

"Three years of short marriage, first female best director in 82 years."

Quentin enjoyed watching the fun and kept laughing.

Guan Ling suddenly realized.

Kathryn Bigelow beats ex-husband James Cameron
Became 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 shine that night.

Moreover, "The Hurt Locker" is the 12th "Best Picture" in Oscar history that did not win any acting awards.

Guan Ling had been doing internal combustion engine sports with Liu Yifei the past two days, so he still didn't know much about the news.

At this moment, even he felt that Oscar was too caught up in this situation.

It's simply full of drama.

Various awards will be awarded one by one in the following time.

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 didn't have any psychological fluctuations.

Seems to be used to it.

Bridges, who had been denied the Best Actor award several times, won it with 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 were no major upsets.

It's just that "Avatar" is indeed somewhat unsatisfactory. In addition to the best photography, best art direction and best visual effects, "Avatar" has no success in terms of plot and acting.

Oscar time 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 have fun again, and they 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 want to watch it, right?"

"What happened to the award presenter? Didn't the award presenter only know who the movie is by holding the envelope?"

As soon as the host finished speaking.

Guan Ling watched Quentin walk onto the stage.

After hearing 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 flowing.

At this moment, in the Chinese film industry, countless people are looking forward to something just like Guan Ling.

It's been ten years.

Ten years ago. "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" set off Oscars and also set off Chinese-language films.

Then "Heroes" was continued, but it became the final finale of the Oscar.

Later, 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, Hanik, the crew of "The Prophet", Zhou Xun, and finally Quentin's face.

(End of this chapter)