China Entertainment: I have been a director since 05

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The 2012 Oscars attracted more attention from people across Taiwan, Mainland China and Hong Kong due to Guan Ling's targeted attack on Zhen Zidan on the Internet.

In fact, it is not just that. The attention paid to this cartoon in Japan and South Korea is also increasing.

South Korea has a learning attitude. They urgently need to prove a theorem, that is, Guan Ling belongs to the Republic of Dahan.

To this end, they are even willing to send the 707 Special Mission Brigade to Congress to vote and prove it.

Even if we cannot prove that Guan Ling belongs to Dahan, we must prove that the history in "Even If the Wind Rises" is exactly the same as the Dahan Republic. The Chinese have stolen their history!
All in all, for some Korean people, if Guan Ling won the award, they would also be honored.

But for Japan, there is more fear and worry in their eyes.

Although their country has a national treasure animation master, Hayao Miyazaki, who has walked the path that Guan Ling is walking now.

But if Guan Ling really succeeded.

They don't mind too much if China produces a figure like Hayao Miyazaki, but they do mind very much if this movie steps on the heads of the Japanese.

Whether it is the description of the events of the Japanese army in the plot,

It was this incident that triggered the off-screen controversy that competed with Goro Miyazaki's "The Hill Where Poppy Blooms", and completely killed "Poppy" on the beach.

And Guan Ling’s words: Japanese animations, except for Hayao Miyazaki, are mostly rubbish.

If Guan Ling really pretends to be successful.

Just go straight across.

Everything Guan Ling said seemed to be telling the truth.

Any opinion of Hayao Miyazaki on animation has a huge impact on the Japanese animation industry.

And because their favorite national treasure-level Hayao Miyazaki talked about his views on Guan Ling's films and recognized Guan Ling's abilities.

And if they criticize Guan Ling, it would be tantamount to erasing the only myth they have promoted for so many years.

So for many Japanese animation fans,

If Guan Ling wins the award, it will definitely be a huge blow to them!
What they hoped to wait for was naturally bad news.

The answer is Guan Ling < Hayao Miyazaki.

Smaller is also small.

Otherwise, Japanese animation has basically no skin in the game after decades of development.

Guan Ling is very clear about this, and he also knows that whether he can win the award does not depend entirely on himself.

After all, the Oscars are America’s own awards garden.

The reason why Miyazaki Hayao was able to win this award was mainly because of the Oscar's gratitude to Miyazaki Hayao.

After all, this award was only established in 2001, and as one of the benchmarks and banners of world animated films of that era, Miyazaki Hayao's participation in the competition was already a great honor to the Oscars.

Not to mention the directors and producers of all the Oscar-winning animation companies at the time, who dared to say that they had not seen Hayao Miyazaki?
Their influence lies here.

However, Guan Ling’s current influence is not enough for animated films.

But it doesn’t matter, being shortlisted is enough for many people.

After all, few people can reach this level.

But people always have a little expectation in their hearts, what if?
You have to know that before this, who would have believed that You Benchang could win the Oscar for Best Actor?

If someone told me that Guan Ling could win the Oscar for Best Director, who would believe it?

To Oscar, Guan Ling is like his half-son.

At present, the American film market is in a downturn and is in the process of expanding into external markets. To say that the film "Even if the Wind Rises" ultimately earned over 15 billion at the Chinese box office is not competitive at all is underestimating Guan Ling.

After all, the few films nominated are simply incomparable to those in previous years.

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"From winning the Annie Award to the Berlin Golden Bear, I've become a little numb. If Director Guan can really win the animation award this time, I probably won't feel too much."

“But compared to previous years, we do have good news here because the Best Animated Feature Film award is basically in the 10th category, so it won’t be too far down the list.”

"You're not really expecting this, are you? Miyazaki won it before, and that's awesome. Since then, apart from American films, the only other winners are "Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" from Britain and "Happy Feet" from Australia, and both were five years ago.

Even the finalists were only "Crazy Date with Belleville", "The Secret of Kells" and "The Magician" from France, and "Howl's Moving Castle" from Japan.

You should know that starting from the 82nd session, the final shortlist increased from 3 to 5.

In 12, there were only a few American films among the more than nominated films. It is so difficult to win an award."

"But this year is the best time. Puss in Boots was basically eliminated early on because its content was too cliché. The French film A Cat in Paris lost to director Guan at the Annie Awards. The Spanish film Chico et Rita was also selected for the first time and was on par with The Wind Rises. It has no obvious advantage.

The two most threatening films, Kung Fu Panda 2, had director Kwan’s influence on their scripts, while Rango, although it paid homage to westerns and looked very interesting, the entire film almost flopped at the global box office.

If it were any other year, I would say that Even If the Wind Rises would definitely not be competitive.

But this year, I can’t say that there won’t be that possibility.

What if?”

Some netizens made a very detailed analysis online, which gave people confidence.

"The common points of Oscar-nominated animated feature films have always been clear narrative lines, distinct love and hate, and obvious personal heroism. Among the five films this year, no one can surpass "The Wind Rises" in terms of the meaning of the entanglement of love and hate, or the description of human nature."

Some people have also evaluated the films that have been nominated and won the Oscars, from all dimensions.

"Even If the Wind Rises" is not bad. In fact, the most important thing is to see the mood of the judges.

From the box office point of view, the best is "Kung Fu Panda 2", followed by "The Wind Rises". In terms of beauty and complexity, "The Wind Rises" obviously has more meaning. Moreover, although this play contains the rise of China, in essence, isn't it the Americans who caused the ending of two high-altitude objects thrown from Japan?
This is also an apparent endorsement of America's capabilities.

So...why must you be eliminated?

Many people still have expectations.

In life, there is always a chance of something happening.

Director Guan has always been a pioneer, and he is very good at creating unexpected things.

Who could have imagined the Annie Award and the Berlin Golden Bear?

But he just did it.

Then why must he not be able to do it this time?

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Whether the industry evaluates it or not is no longer important at this moment.

"We can see that Director Guan's current seat at the Kodak Theater is still in the middle of the second row, but compared to last year, many Hollywood actors are willing to come over to say hello to Director Guan. Fan Bingbing sits next to her. The Chinese face next to Guan Ling should be Director Guan's right-hand man in Hollywood, James Wan. The superhero movie Aquaman, written by Director Guan and directed by him, is basically scheduled to be introduced to the mainland during the summer vacation."

"And the white face next to Director Guan should be Guy Naut. He is now the chief steward of Skyrim, responsible for Skyrim's production work in Hollywood."

Guo Yi's voice came slowly,
“Looking at their expressions, none of them seemed nervous. But regardless of whether Director Guan wins the Best Animated Feature Film award at this year’s Oscars, his film has already become a legend.

We also believe that Director Guan’s contribution to the animation film industry may inspire more Chinese animation producers and stimulate the future development of Chinese animation.”

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The Oscars ceremony.

In fact, the first few awards were too insignificant and no one was in the mood to pay attention to them.

Most of them are technical awards.

Things like Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup, etc., basically no one cares.

But "Hugo" directly hits two out of four, which is a bit awesome.

When it came to the Best Foreign Language Film award, the camera was given to Guan Ling several times.

After all, Guan Ling has won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film twice before, so to the Oscars, she is already half a member of the family.

The person who went on stage to present the award was Sandra Bullock, who was very popular in the past and later switched to being a producer and did quite well. The most familiar movie to Chinese people should be "The Invisible Lover", which she co-starred with Keanu Reeves, and "Gravity", which has not yet been released.

However, based on the meaning of that shot, it seemed to be asking why Guan Ling did not go on stage to present the award.

After Sandra's prolonged speech, the Best Foreign Language Film was finally awarded to the Iranian film "The Farewell".
This film, which won the Silver Bear Award for Best Actor and Best Actress and the final Golden Bear Award at the Berlin International Film Festival last year, also won his honor at the Oscars.

The camera turned to Guan Ling again.

I won the Berlin Golden Bear last year, what about this year?
But to be honest, the fact that this movie beat out a number of Oscar nominees for Best Foreign Language Film is entirely due to its true capabilities.

The Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film has always been a very prestigious award and rarely goes wrong.

The Chinese people may still feel regretful that "The Flowers of War" was not included in the final nomination list, but with one film invested 600 million RMB and the other invested 300,000 US dollars, there is no comparison between the two films.

It’s not unfair to lose!
Then the Best Supporting Actress award was given to Octavia Spencer in the movie "The Help". When Guan Ling looked over, she just happened to throw a wink at Guan Ling, which made Guan Ling sick. How should I put it, this person looks a bit like a black version of Yang Li or Fu Shouer.

After that, there were technical awards such as Best Editing, Best Sound Editing, and Best Sound Effects. "Hugo" almost won a grand slam.

As people were looking forward to it, the Oscars first announced a Cirque du Soleil performance, which could be regarded as an advertisement.

The award for Best Documentary Feature was then presented, but for many Chinese audiences, this award has lost its significance.

Everyone knows that after this movie, the Oscar-winning animated film blind box will be released.

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"I'm already getting nervous."

"Watching the live broadcast, Director Guan looked calm, and I suddenly thought of a saying, 'The emperor is not anxious, but the eunuch is.'"

"Can you hurry up! I've been in the bathroom for half an hour, and the people outside are calling me an idiot!"

"The guy above laughed. Director Guan won the Oscar for "The Wind Rises", and you were scolded and criticized in the company! You both have a bright future."

By the time the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film began, it was around 2:27 a.m. on February th, Beijing time.

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People have long returned from their Spring Festival holidays and returned to their work rhythm.

The highlight of this year's Oscars for the Chinese has just begun!
Faced with the commentary content of the movie channel, people can't help but have more expectations in their hearts.

"The Oscars are about to present the award for Best Animated Feature Film. Can Director Guan create a miracle? Click to get there!"

"Guan Ling's "Even If the Wind Rises" faces the final test!"

"Directly targeting the Oscars, can Guan Ling create the greatest miracle for domestic animated films?!"

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In the filming crew of "Big Fish and Begonia", Liang Xuan stared at the screen intently. In his heart, there was anticipation, but more of it was gratitude.

In 2004, he had a wonderful dream, and the idea of ​​"Big Fish and Begonia" came from it. In May of the same year, Liang Xuan and his friend Zhang Chun made a seven-minute animation short film and posted it online, which quickly attracted attention.

The following year, the two founded the Bi'an Tian Company and began to produce commercial animation projects to support themselves. They also put a lot of effort into "Big Fish and Begonia" in an attempt to raise funds to shoot their own animated film.

In 2007, they shot the animated short film "Swallowtail Butterfly" and got the first funding, but the production of "Big Fish and Begonia" was not smooth. Although all the preliminary work and the script had been completed in mid-2009, the follow-up was not smooth.

After Zhang Chun left, Liang Xuan tried every possible means to get financing, but it has been two and a half years now.

If Wang Changtian hadn't been the one to pull them together, if Director Guan hadn't been so courageous, they might have dispersed long ago...

Looking at Guan Ling's calm figure on the TV screen, Liang Xuan knew very well how much significance it would have for investment in the Chinese film market if Director Guan could win an animation award.

It’s a pity that the past two and a half years they spent together have just gone with the wind.

At a certain moment, Liang Xuan clenched his fists.

……

Tian Xiaopeng was also staring at the screen closely.

Since he started working on his own in 2006, he had one and only one goal: he wanted to make something for his son to see.

But the market is here.

During these six years.

As a well-known domestic animation director, he is also a director with some achievements before.

Tian Xiaopeng still encounters obstacles everywhere.

The market has a standard answer: the market is flooded with Japanese and American animations, and domestic animations are childish and poorly made, so audiences regard original Chinese animations as a laughing stock.

So, why should I invest at all?

There is even a precedent that the animated film "Mobius Ring" cost more than 1.3 million yuan, but the box office was only 400 million yuan - let me ask, who would invest money in an animated film?

In addition to money laundering,
Money launderers don’t do this. 1.3 million in exchange for 400 million, what a fool!
He started working on "The Return of the Great Sage" last year. After working on it for half a year, he only completed one shot, and then Tian Xiaopeng collapsed.

He contacted Lingyun Media hoping for cooperation and received positive feedback.

But at least for now, he is extremely looking forward to Guan Ling winning back a brief breathing space for Chinese animation.

The Berlin Golden Bear and the Annie Award are certainly great awards, but what if I could also win an Oscar?

The development pattern of domestic animation will surely undergo earth-shaking changes.

Before this, people thought that animated films like Kung Fu Panda 2 were already untouchable rivals for Chinese animators, but the box office gave everyone the answer.

The total box office of "Even if the Wind Rises" reached two and a half times that of "Kung Fu Panda 2".

This is of course related to Ling himself. He is a symbol and icon of Chinese films.

The publicity competition with Japanese films also maximized the film's impact and increased people's purchasing power.

But it also proves that animated films are not a shortcoming.

The failure of previous animated films was not due to the word "animation".

At a certain moment, Tian Xiaopeng turned his head and looked at the draft of the Monkey King that he had created, and suddenly thought of the Monkey King who made a big fuss in the Heavenly Palace.

That figure, Guan Ling who was playing animation with Oscar, was slowly overlapping.

……

Han Sanpin was holding the script that Guan Ling gave him.

The above is a story about the dead.

In Chinese, it is the world of ghosts.

A person will die three times in his life: the first is when he stops breathing, which means he is dead from a biological point of view; the second is when your funeral is held, at which point your identity will be erased from this world; the third is when the last person in this world who remembers you dies, which is the moment of true death, and from then on no one will know that you have ever been in this world...

Han Sanpin has a very clear idea of ​​this, but his starting point is,

This is clearly contrary to current mainstream values. You are not allowed to tell a ghost story, but you insist on making one.

But if this script is not allowed to be filmed in China, and Guan Ling takes it to Hollywood to film, Han Sanpin would feel a little unwilling.

The content of the script is actually very good, but Han Sanpin doesn’t know how the final animation will be presented if he takes this script to ask for policy at this time.

He will bear a lot of pressure.

So, he needed an excuse.

He looked up at the movie channel. Guan Ling needed to fight for this excuse.

If he couldn't get it, he could only swing his arms and rush up.

But for Chinese animation directors, is it really possible to do something that has never been done before and will never be done again?
If you count the whole world, Hayao Miyazaki is the only one in Asia who has such power.

At a certain moment, Han Sanpin held his breath.

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The scene of the award ceremony.

"The winner of the 84th Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature Film is..."

The award presenter Chris Rock drew out a long note on the stage, and it was obvious that he was deliberately keeping everyone in suspense, as if they were very aware that as long as they said this name, their global ratings would drop by one-fifth.

All the animation participants at the scene also looked upwards with burning eyes.

Guan Ling cracked his finger joints. To say that he had no emotion at this moment would be too deliberate.

But Guan Ling was indeed a little nervous.

And the voice from the stage finally came slowly.

"Even if the wind blows..."

Suddenly, there was a buzzing sound.

At the award ceremony, a huge wave suddenly arose!
Han Sanpin watched the scene on the TV screen.

He sighed secretly.

"There was only one Hayao Miyazaki before, and maybe there won't be anyone like him in the future."

At this moment, there was no hysterical emotion, only a long sigh.

Is Chinese animation finally turning around?

Han Sanpin himself didn't expect that at this moment, he was not thinking about his political achievements.

But the future. (End of this chapter)