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The 67th Oscar came to an end, but the controversy surrounding this feast has just begun.

In this battle without gunpowder, "Forrest Gump" had the last laugh, including five figurines, becoming the biggest winner tonight; "Pulp Fiction" battled to the end, and finally won the best editing and best original screenplay The award has been correspondingly affirmed and made history; and the "Shawshank's Redemption" who came from behind in the nomination stage ultimately fell short and returned empty-handed.

In addition, "The Lion King", "Life and Death", and "Wood Ed" have all won two statuettes, which are tied with "Pulp Fiction".

Compared with the news of Tom Hanks's re-election as the actor, "Forrest Gump" defeated "Pulp Fiction" and "Shawshank's Redemption" and finally became the king. This became the biggest topic of the 67th Oscar. The second day of the ceremony aroused lively discussions in all the media, and continued to arouse persistent controversy in the next two decades.

It is generally believed that the strengths of these three works are close, and their wins and losses are very normal. It is too strange and abnormal to achieve a complete victory from one work like this. Because no matter who these three works are, they have not shown absolute dominance. This year is not like last year's "Schindler's List". The three works are almost close in strength in every award, and every victory is difficult. Predictably, let alone a complete sweep of a work?

This kind of doubt has also become the biggest hot topic after the awards ceremony.

But in fact, people have overlooked one point. Although the Oscar is authoritative, it is an award selected by an independent organization, which means that the Oscar has institutional attributes, and it is determined by the taste, orientation and hobbies of the institution. . This institution is the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. This is also the most important point.

If you look back at the forty-eighth Oscars, you will find that the fierce competition that year ended with the sweep of "flying over the lunatic asylum". This work won the best picture, best director, There are five heavyweight awards for best actor, best actress, and best adapted screenplay. The only heavyweight award that regrets to be missed for best editing was cut off by "Jaws".

This is Oscar. The taste of the college is always the same. After their orientation makes a judgment and decision, the trend of the award will naturally be inclined and preferred. "Forrest Gump" conforms to the college's preferences and won the hearts of the judges, thus achieving a complete victory. , Just like "flying over the lunatic asylum" back then.

Just as the social aesthetic orientation reflected by the movie box office data, "Forrest Gump" received good praise and was enthusiastically sought after by the audience. The United States collected 329 million U.S. dollars, even overwhelming the "Lion." "Pulp Fiction" is hailed as a rare classic that changes the times and history. Public opinion has reached the peak. The box office in the United States has repeatedly created miracles and won 172 million US dollars at the box office. "Gan Zheng Chuan" still has a huge gap that is hard to reverse.

And the "Shawshank's Redemption" that lags far behind in the box office stage, in terms of influence and profoundness, has fallen far behind the two competitors at the starting stage, with a North American box office of only 28 million, even if word of mouth No matter how good it is, the influence is far too poor after all.

Although there is no direct connection between Oscars and the North American box office, after all, many commercial popcorn movies can achieve super high box office, but their artistic value cannot withstand in-depth discussion; but they have profound artistic value like "Forrest Gump" and "Pulp Fiction" Works that have market potential at the same time can often win the Oscars.

In other words, to take a step back, even if the artistic value of "Shawshank's Redemption" is really outstanding, it is ultimately impossible to fail in the face of "Forrest Gump" and "Pulp Fiction" that perfectly combine art and commerce. Avoided. Because how to achieve the elegant combination of business and art, this is the ultimate goal of the film industry's tireless pursuit.

At the same time, the pattern reflected by the box office is also the situation of "Pulp Fiction" and "Forrest Gump". The sword of "Pulp Fiction" is slanted and full of personality. Even though it has set off a frenzy in the whole society, it still can't match the main theme of singing. "Forrest Gump is going."

Therefore, "Pulp Fiction" won the best original script with absolute strength, and then grabbed the best editing award from "Forrest Gump", showing the firm determination and fierce impact to change the dynasty. I am limited to this, because this is already the best affirmation of this non-mainstream work by the mainstream society-and at the same time the ultimate affirmation.

Quentin's failure in the director department can be regarded as an upset. Among the five director nominees, from an academic point of view, Quentin is the most praiseworthy object. But it is a pity that he is an outsider, a spoiler, and a rebel. With his loss to the representative of the academic mainstream, Robert Zemigis, the road of "Pulp Fiction" rebellion has come to an end. And Hugo's failure to break through in the competition for the best actor is the last signal and extinguishes the last glimmer of hope.

However, compared with the failure of "Pulp Fiction," people seem to remember the "Shawshank's Redemption" who left empty-handed. Many years later, countless netizens put "Shawshank's Redemption" as a masterpiece. This work, like "Citizen Kane", is a classic forgotten by the Oscars, and countless people complain about this work.

This is really ironic.

Objectively speaking, "Shawshank's Redemption" is at most only works on the same level as "Forrest Gump" and "Pulp Fiction", and if you really want to compare the overall completion and historical status of the works, the ranking of the three should be "vulgar." "Fiction", "Forrest Gump", "Shawshank's Redemption". What really embarrassed people should be the failure of "Pulp Fiction". Quentin shot an unprecedented "Pulp Fiction", but because of its bold style and alternative form, it was abandoned by conservative and traditional college judges.

"Forrest Gump" is the work most in line with Oscar's aesthetics. It is a biographical, light-handed, positive-minded, grand and inspiring work. Although this work is quite satisfactory, the director's skills are no better than "Pulp Fiction", and the core idea is no better than "Shawshank's Redemption", but the overall strength is the best, and most importantly, it is completely in line with the taste of the college judges.

Therefore, even if history repeats itself, even if "Pulp Fiction" can win the best editing award, the ultimate winner is "Forrest Gump".

The reason why "Shawshank's Redemption" is hailed as a masterpiece is that, on the one hand, the thoughts conveyed by the film are inspiring, and the yearning for freedom and persistence in dreams make the film exude infinite charm; on the other hand, it is because of the film. The bumpy journey: from being ignored by countless people and becoming unknown, to the final moment of reversal and becoming an Oscar-nominated seat, and finally all the credit is given. The regretful beauty brought by this imperfect ending makes people over-exaggerate the wonderful work. degree.

As a result, twenty years later, "Shawshank's Redemption" defeated the "Godfather", an absolute classic masterpiece, and remained the two hundred and fifty imdb champions for ten years.

But relatively speaking, the overall pattern of "Shawshank's Redemption" is not as good as "Forrest Gump", and the narrative is ingenious and not as good as "Pulp Fiction." The most important thing is that although the mentality and spirit are positive, the United States was in a recovery after the economic crisis. Relatively speaking, "Forrest Gump" is the optimistic factor that society needs, and "Pulp Fiction" is the innovation that Oscar needs to encourage. It is not surprising that "Shawshank's Redemption" has no results.

This is indeed a very ironic fact, making people dumbfounded.

Because those fans who pursue "Shawshank's Redemption" on the one hand question Oscars and disdain Oscars; but on the other hand, because Oscar did not give "Shawshank's Redemption", they are fighting injustice. This paradoxical approach is undoubtedly blind. .

"Pulp Fiction" missed the Oscars is a historical necessity, because independent films have not yet ushered in the best time to break through, and Quentin’s maverick is too avant-garde for the 1995 Oscars; "The Shawshank’s Redemption" Missing the Oscars is inevitable for the academy's aesthetics, because the academy's style orientation has always been fond of "Forrest Gump" adult fairy tales.

If this result is questioned, it is actually unnecessary. Because firstly "Forrest Gump" is an excellent work, and secondly, it is a work that conforms to the Oscar orientation, and again this is a "game" belonging to the academy, and the rules of the game are set by them.

Questioning the victory of "Forrest Gump" is actually questioning Oscar itself-and even disdain of Oscar, so why should "Shawshank's Redemption" rely on a little golden man who everyone disdains to prove itself? In this way, it is only natural for "Shawshank's Redemption" to miss the Oscar, so why bother to regret it?

The so-called doctrine of the mean has been perfected in "Forrest Gump", and he was unwilling to break through and innovate and choose the Oscar of "Pulp Fiction", and at the same time, he was unwilling to conservatively and steadily choose the Oscar of "Shawshank's Redemption", and finally chose "Forrest Gump is going."

However, "Pulp Fiction" can still raise their heads triumphantly, because they have opened up a whole new piece of land in the conflict with conservative, regular, and academic college judges ~www.readwn.com~ Tiandi, this is even bigger and more difficult than last year's "Piano Love"'s great achievement in creating history; because they are fighting against the masterpiece "Forrest Gump", which is the representative of the aesthetics of the college, and they grab food from their mouths and edit the best. Reward into the arms.

This is the greatest victory!

"Pulp Fiction" and "Forrest Gump" dedicated a great duel, and "Pulp Fiction" persisted till the very last moment, which also made "Forrest Gump" always trembling, extending the suspense to the end. But unfortunately, "Forrest Gump" still had the last laugh and shot the final prey.

Perhaps history should give a proof of "Shawshank's salvation". This is indeed a masterpiece, but it is not a masterpiece; perhaps, history should also give a proof of "Pulp Fiction", which is indeed a masterpiece and even more a classic. .

Fortunately, Hugo's butterfly wings gave "Pulp Fiction" one of the best original scripts and another award for best editing.

Maybe "Forrest Gump" won the 67th Oscar, but the Oscars are only part of the film industry. History will eventually give "Forrest Gump", "Pulp Fiction", and "Shawshank's Salvation". The status of this work.