810 Important Steps
Excitement and joy are still running rampant in my mind, my brain is a little blank, it seems that there are many, many things to say, but I can't seem to sort out a thought, take a deep breath, and pull out an important message in the chaotic thread, "Just now, Rachel Mawazan from Congo received the award, and here, I want to express my respect to her, as well as to the director Kim Noguyi and the children who are still living in difficulty." ”
Before the words could continue, the warm applause from the scene interrupted Lan Li's speech. He smiled and looked at where Rachel was and said in French, "Rachel, you are a girl of courage, I hope you can continue to walk with determination." The little girl still didn't understand what was happening, but smiled shyly, and her eyes shone brightly.
That smile is enough to light up the whole world.
Lan Li couldn't help but chuckle lowly, "The movie 'Detachment' tells a story about children, a story about education, and a story about life. But the most important point of the whole story is that when you save someone, you save a world. We are not that great, but we are not so small either. ”
Again, Lan Li raised the Silver Bear Award in his hand and gestured slightly, indicating that his acceptance speech was over.
Applause, once again, the audience burst into applause, and the surging and powerful momentum even surpassed the moment when he took the stage to accept the award just now. Once again, the audience spontaneously stood up, and the tsunami-like applause reverberated throughout the space, as if the world could be shaken by these deafening applause alone.
Tony stirred his hands vigorously, teary eyes and embarrassed, but the smile on the corner of his mouth bloomed wantonly.
Unprecedentedly, Tony was glad that he had chosen Lan Li to play "Detachment", a young man who was not only a great actor, but also an outstanding artist. The creative concept and core meaning of the work "Detachment" have been carried forward under the interpretation of Lan Li, and for Tony, this is the happiest thing in the world.
After finishing the acceptance speech, Lan Li took a half step back and was about to leave. Then I saw the second standing ovation of the audience, which was full of excitement and might, and I didn't expect it at all, and after being shocked, my footsteps stopped, and I was a little distracted, so that I forgot what I wanted to do.
He blinked, came back to his senses, looked left and right, but lost his way: should he walk to the side stage and leave the stage? Or should he go straight down from the steps next to the stage and return to his seat?
Jack, who was standing on the side, didn't expect such a scene at all, he was supposed to step forward to guide Lan Li, but he was a little stunned at the first time, and hesitated for a moment, then he hurriedly stepped forward and invited Lan Li to leave from the side stairs together, without going back to the backstage, he could go back to his seat directly.
This small episode made the audience laugh and added a little relaxation to the solemn atmosphere.
After the Best Actor and Best Actress awards were completed, it was announced that the awards ceremony had entered the final high/climax: the Golden Bear Award.
Mike Lee, the president of the jury of this year's Berlin Film Festival, took to the stage himself, and the British director has always been good at hiding his edge in solid scripts, whether humorous or bitter, sad or sweet. Today was no exception, "I was expecting Jack to stay on stage with me on this task, but obviously, Lan Li needed him even more. ”
With a simple sentence, the laughter of the scene rang out again, and then naturally cut to the final theme of the evening. Mike didn't deliberately create suspense, and simply announced the last award of the night.
"Caesar Must Die", an Italian film directed by Paolo and Victorio Taviani, topped the 62nd Berlin Film Festival and won the Golden Bear.
Interestingly, the Taviani brothers received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Venice Film Festival back in 1986, and now, twenty-six years later, the two brothers have won the first Golden Bear trophy of their directorial career.
Another year of the Berlin Film Festival has come to an end, different from last year's "one-time separation" of a dominant family and swept thousands of troops, this year's Berlin is unpopular, but more is still unstable.
"Caesar Must Die" won the Golden Bear Award as a work that explores the boundaries and depths of art, which once again proves the Berlinale is firm and resolute on the road of art, and in addition, "Caesar Must Die", "War Wizard", "Detachment" and other works all use documentary or pseudo-documentary shooting techniques, blurring the boundaries between reality and art, which also reflects the artistic concept that Mike Lee, the chairman of the jury, has always adhered to: art comes from life, is higher than life, and finally returns to life.
In addition, the Best Actor and Best Actress were both awarded to young actors, the first of its kind in Europe's three major film festivals, and Berlin was once again at the forefront of artistic innovation and looking to the future.
Among the three major European film festivals, Cannes is mainly commercial, and the level of artistic pursuit is always fluctuating like the casualness and romance of the French, while Venice has been struggling to define itself as a historical film, and the balance between awarding Italian films and attracting attention through Hollywood films has never been able to find a balance, and artistic considerations have been fluctuating and unstable.
Accordingly, Berlin's attention and popularity are being severely tested and becoming more and more difficult, but the artistic persistence has not changed, and with the official support of the government, it is gradually forging its own path, and it is foreseeable that German cinema is slowly recovering and the future is promising.
For Lan Li, it is not only as simple as the second youngest actor in history to win the Silver Bear Award, but more importantly, the artistic value and pursuit of "detachment" from this work have sparked discussions in Berlin, and Lan Li's persistence and research as an actor have been recognized. It was a beginning, but an important one, and on the continent of Europe, the debut of the Blue Rite successfully won a full house.
In North America, the Oscar is an award with obvious "regional discrimination", and the chance of winning an English actor is more than 99% - at present, in history, there are only three actors or actresses who have won the actor or actress with foreign language acting skills; The actors of the class have been recognized many times, and the proportion even far exceeds that of English actors.
From this perspective, we can also see the attitudes and perspectives of the two regions towards art and culture.
Of course, it is precisely because of this that it is extremely difficult for any actor to gain a foothold in Europe. Not only is the competition more fierce among peers, but also the critics and audiences are more discerning.
"Detachment", as the first time Blue Rite landed in Europe – or returned to Europe – and the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival was a tribute to the Berlin Film Festival, which is much more than just the award itself.
After experiencing the proofs of works such as "Buried Alive", "Love is Crazy", and "Me Who Fights Cancer", "Detachment" has truly become the transformation and turning point of Lan Li as an actor on the road of artistic pursuit, and occupies a place in the world film industry!
Of course, this is just the beginning, just like Rachel Mavazan or Lou Taylor Pucci, there are not a few actors who have won the three major European film festivals, and whether the follow-up works can continue to be strong, or continue to make breakthroughs, this is the key.
But at least, the awards and recognition of four art film works have made Lan Li gradually begin to accumulate advantages among the younger generation of actors of Generation Y - even compared to Natalie Portman, Lan Li is not lagging behind now.
As the leader of Generation Y's acting, Natalie first opened up the situation in Europe with "stealing hearts", and then relied on "black swan" to prove herself. But so far, Natalie has not won anything from the three major European film festivals - at the Venice Film Festival that year, the jury honored Mira Kunis, not Natalie.
Before he knew it, Lan Li had come from behind with a fierce voice. The momentum of Generation Y actors is finally no longer weak, but has gradually formed a group advantage, and for the major media, they are naturally cheering and welcoming the younger generation to seize power with open arms.
Perhaps, there is hope that Blue Gift will go further: in this year's North American awards season mayhem, every nominee has a chance, and Blue Gift is no exception.
Although the influence of the Berlin Film Festival on the Oscars is really limited, in the past ten years, there has only been one overlap between the Berlin actor and the Oscar, Charlize Theron, the "female devil";
In the face of the malicious hype and slander in the industry, a Silver Bear Award once again pulled people's attention back: in the final analysis, Lan Li once again proved his absolute strength, not only talent, not only hard work, but also always down-to-earth polishing his acting skills.
The most direct proof of this is this: during the busy awards season, everyone is busy with the college's public relations, but Lan Li hides on the other side of the Atlantic, devotes himself to the film, and won the title of best actor at the Berlin Film Festival with an experimental work of art.
Facts speak louder than words, and even more so than sophistry. This seems to be the best evidence.
In the midst of a cloud of attention and a lot of noise, the hero of the incident finally took a flight back to North America to join this bayonet college PR war.