The Best Actor in the Vase of Meiyu

Chapter 2098 Radiant Light
The world spun around, and everyone was mesmerized. Anson's screen charm reached its peak at this moment, shining brightly and instantly silencing all breaths.

At that moment, Roger Ebert knew that the film was a success.

The key to the success or failure of a biographical film lies in the charisma of its characters. Rather than simply recounting a person's life story, the real challenge lies in extracting the beliefs and unique qualities of the real person. This is also the key to moving beyond a formulaic narrative and truly giving the character life and evoking resonance. However, this is a challenge for all biographical films.

The real spark that allows films like "A Beautiful Mind," "Forrest Gump," and "Amadeus" to achieve both box office success and awards lies in this.

And right now, you can truly see sparks in the eyes of the figure on this big screen.

Beyond the performance and the singer's singing, in an unexpected scene, or even in a shot that might not have been the director's intention, Roger saw the soul and life of the character, felt the power of dreams, and a pure and simple sense of happiness burst forth.

wonderful!

The camera then shifts to Vivian, who is almost moved to tears.

Roger: Oh.

He almost felt sorry for Ginnifer, whose exaggerated and thin performance was completely unable to keep up with Anson's radiant and charismatic performance. The tension of the whole scene collapsed instantly. Mangold—and Anson himself probably did not expect that Anson's performance energy would be so strong, completely breaking the balance of the scene.

Ginnifer is simply... a terrible sight.

Vivian, standing in front of Johnny, appeared hypocritical and completely out of place in the scene.

Roger had no idea that the day would come so soon to witness Anson's acting skills crush his opponent.

However, Johnny still hugged Vivian tightly, using all his strength, as if he wanted to meld Vivian into his body. He could no longer control his excitement and was as helpless as a child.

“We recorded it six times. I had to sing it repeatedly, and play it too. Haha, you should see how Marshall was back then. He was so nervous. But we got a record. It was my own song.”

Excitement, elation, happiness.

Johnny scooped Vivian up and spun her around, making the whole world spin. His joyful and exhilarating feelings surged forth, and the entire Lumière Hall spun along with him.

Everything is so simple and so pure.

Niles felt a lump in his throat, unable to resist joining Johnny in a whirlpool of happiness, swirling and soaring, before finally dissolving and crumbling away.

It is so beautiful that it is intoxicating, and so dazzling that it is desirable.

With eyes completely focused on Anson, Niles was able to ignore Ginnifer's presence and forgive her pale, weak, and perfunctory performance, because the camera was completely focused on Anson, and the entire Lumière Hall witnessed the moment when Anson's screen charm was in full bloom.

incredible!

Although Niles couldn't believe his own judgment, Jamie Foxx was the first name that came to mind at that moment.

Last year, Jamie McDormand swept the Oscars with his performance in the Ray Charles biopic "Ray," leading the pack to win the Best Actor award. Little did he expect that another actor would soon be playing a great singer, bursting into the public eye.

Even more unexpectedly, Anson actually succeeded. In Niles's opinion, Anson was even better than Jamie.

Indeed, Jamie's portrayal of Ray Charles was superb, but it was just an "acting." To put it nicely, it was a lifelike imitation; to put it bluntly, it was a simple imitation. Comedians on "Saturday Night Live" do imitations every week, so should they all get an Oscar?
Anson did more than just imitate; he truly breathed life into the character. From his very first appearance, he was Johnny Cash, but he was more than just Johnny Cash. He was a vibrant life, a brand new journey, a real life.

I couldn't take my eyes off it.

Niles has always disliked biographical films because he firmly believes that the focus of a biography is on the life story, while the focus of a film is on a person, an experience, and a way of life. For him, a biography is best read in books, while a film should be a truly vibrant story.

"The King of Soul"—Niles didn't actually like that much; it was just a assigned topic.

But right now, "Walking with Song" is a real story, and the protagonist just happens to be named Johnny Cash. He doesn't care what Johnny Cash has achieved in the real world; he's just curious about how the Johnny Cash in the movie pursues his dreams and how he gets rid of his shadows.

For a moment, all the thoughts in his mind came to a standstill; Niles simply wanted to continue this journey with Johnny Cash.

Johnny took his vinyl record to the radio station to promote it, hoping they would play his songs. However, he accidentally broke the record, leaving him flustered like a child, almost in tears. He looked at Sam Phillips with a blank expression and impatiently tried to re-record it.

Sam was both amused and exasperated. He had to repeatedly calm Johnny down and tell him not to worry, the broken record was just a test disc, and he had already made another thousand.

Johnny was stunned when he saw those records.

At home, Vivian felt a mix of happiness and unease. She was happy that Johnny's music career seemed to be finally picking up, with his songs playing constantly on the radio and even in the neighborhood; she was uneasy because Johnny was about to embark on a tour, potentially spending three weeks a month on the road.
However, Johnny, immersed in the breakthrough in his career, was completely unaware of this and embarked on the tour with great excitement.

Reality, however, is a bit more complicated.

Once Johnny truly left Memphis and entered the dazzling entertainment industry, he realized that there were countless talented people, and everyone had their own unique abilities. The insecurity he had lacked since childhood began to resurface, and Johnny was unsure whether he could perform in front of an audience.

Unexpectedly, Johnny saw her, Joan Carter, a member of the Carter family, who had been performing since she was ten and whom he had heard perform countless times on the radio.

Johnny awkwardly tried to go over and say hello, but ended up getting tangled up with Joan Carter, his guitar getting tangled in the lace trim of Joan Carter's dress.

Johnny was there, utterly dejected and at a loss, but Joan Carter remained calm and composed. Even as the host and audience were calling for her to come on stage, she continued to banter and joke with the host from the sidelines, keeping the audience laughing hysterically. Johnny was practically dying.

Finally, Joan Carter decisively tore off the lace trim, getting rid of it, and looked at Johnny, saying, "By the way, I really like your song 'Crying'."

She gracefully stepped onto the stage.

Despite being distracted and disoriented, Johnny managed to stay on track amidst Joan Carter's barrage of jokes and deliver a stellar performance tonight.

He excitedly called Vivian to share the good news, but Vivian and the children were only curious about when he would come home, which made his joy subside and he feel slightly disappointed.

Unexpectedly, he turned around and saw Joan Carter. Once again.

Joan Carter sped past like a lark, turned around, and said, "Dad, he wrote the song 'Crying, crying, crying'."

(End of this chapter)