The whole of Hollywood is a closely related entanglement of interests, sometimes, individual interests are just personal interests, but sometimes, personal interests can become a lever to leverage collective interests, such as Jim Carrey's "20 million club", such as Johnny Depp's "box office dividends", the beginning of the story is only personal interests, but the development of the story has changed the entire industry pattern.

The same is true of the current Blue Rite.

Why the entire film industry describes Lan Li as a "phenomenal figure" is not because of EGOT, nor because of the box office of two consecutive films of 500 million, but because Lan Li's choice and attitude are changing the framework structure of the entire industry, from independent films to art films to commercial films, it can be felt in all directions.

The rumors within the crew about "Interstellar" and the cooperation between Lanli and Universal Pictures are just sparks, but Hollywood hopes that these sparks can become raging fires, once again leverage Wall Street capital in Hollywood, and win more benefits for the film production team led by actors and directors.

For Thomas, Lan Li just hit the muzzle of the gun, and he chose to attack in order to protect his interests, and for Lan Li, Thomas happened to be a level in his transformation process, and he chose to fight in order to win more freedom and rights. But now this confrontation is getting bigger and bigger!

As I said before, the higher you stand, the greater the responsibility, and the more competent, the heavier the responsibility, and the power and responsibility of an ordinary employee and a CEO will be very different. Now Lan Li is entering a new world, whether he wants to or not, there is no turning back.

It is against this background that not long ago, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the list of nominees for the 71st Golden Globe Awards, and Lan Li deservedly became the focus of attention again!

Lan Li was nominated for Best Actor in both the Drama and Musical Comedy categories, and the two works "Gravity" and "Drunken Country Folk" have further entered the competition for Best Picture in the Drama and Musical Comedy categories, which is even more fierce than the trend created by "Love Crazy" and "Fighting Cancer" back then!

The first is the drama department.

"12 Years a Slave" became the biggest winner, with seven nominations including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Score.

Fox Searchlight is in charge of distribution, Brad Pitt is the producer, coupled with a star-studded strong cast, and there are black films to escort, "12 Years a Slave" can be said to be an exemplary work in the Oscar proposition essay, and the journey of this year's awards season can be described as steady and smooth sailing, and even film critics have praised this is the second best work in this year's media comprehensive evaluation after "gravity".

Objectively speaking, "12 Years a Slave" is a well-made assembly line work, director Steve McQueen once showed in "Hunger", "Shame" and other works have been exhausted, but he has successfully created "12 Years of Slavery" with his artistic concept, "everything is just right" work

It's not too sharp or too gentle, it's not too flamboyant or too low-key, it's not too flashy or too mediocre, everything is even, even if you don't like it, you can't find fault with it, even if it doesn't have much discussion from the perspective of artistic value, it fits the Oscar aesthetic perfectly.

To put it simply, this is not an artistic creation, this is a propositional composition. Moreover, this is still a full-score proposition work, and there is no reason for the Academy to reject or ignore such a work, "Twelve Years a Slave" almost perfectly interprets the concept of what is called an "Oscar work", and it is even more suitable than "The King's Speech" and "The Artist".

Of course, it's more boring, but that's the Oscars.

Since the Toronto Film Festival, the momentum of "12 Years a Slave" has been soaring, easily surpassing all competitors, and bursting out into a strong posture to rush to the Oscars.

The list of nominees for the Golden Globes was also confirmed.

In addition, "Gravity", "Philomena", "Extreme Wind/Current", and "Captain Phillips" all made it to the final competition for Best Picture. Among them, "Gravity" and "Captain Phillips" are both four nominations, and they are neck and neck.

Relatively speaking, "Captain Phillips" and "Extreme Wind/Stream" are both biographical films, which are in line with the aesthetics of the academy, but the pseudo-documentary style of the former is not the consistent style of the academy;

"Philomena" is a warm sketch, a bit similar to the "beginner" in 2010, if you want to transform into this year's "Juno" or "Little Sunshine Beauty", you need to continue to make efforts in the future.

"Gravity" entered the final battle circle as a commercial film, but it was an unexpected surprise, although it received rave reviews, but the strong commercial attributes may be like "Avatar", but it has become a stumbling block to prevent the film from creating a good performance at the Oscars, and the weak script is the common denominator of the two commercial films, but the wonderful performance has become an unknown factor of "gravity".

Now overall, "12 Years a Slave" has few opponents, "Gravity" and "Captain Phillips" need to be shocking to turn around, and the real opponent of "12 Years a Slave" comes from another production, which is classified in the musical comedy category above the Golden Globes.

This is followed by the musical comedy category.

"American Hustle" is a standout, with seven nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, and Best Screenplay, alongside "12 Years a Slave", which was officially released in December, is becoming the No. 3 seed in this year's awards season, disrupting the situation.

Columbia Pictures is responsible for the distribution, directed by David O. Russell, and the cast is as star-studded, continuing the style of the director's past two works "The Fighter" and "The Happiness Line Behind the Clouds", and it is a typical healing work of the Oscar season.

Every aspect of "American Hustle" is reminiscent of last year's "Happiness Line Behind the Dark Clouds", which seems to be a comedy sketch, but in fact it is small and big, with excellent production, playful attitude and light-hearted return, all of which make "American Hustle" the best representative of Oscar-winning comedy.

David O. Russell is like the sunny version of the Coen brothers, or the positive version of Alexander Payne. But that's also the most regrettable part, the Coen brothers are dark enough to uncover the dark side of society, Alexander Payne is petty enough to dissect the problems of the middle class sharply and profoundly, and David O. Russell?

From "The Fighter" to "The Happiness Line Behind the Clouds" to "The American Hustle", David O. Russell's works are always like this, easily gaining the love of the academy, but after all, they still shine in terms of actors, and the work as a whole and the director himself still lack the attack power of a real heavy punch.

In a way, "American Hustle" and "12 Years a Slave" are the same kind of works, rounded, smooth, harmonious, and delicate, but with a little less sharpness, but the difference is that the black theme of "12 Years a Slave" gives the work an innate aggression, which also makes the latter slightly ahead of "American Hustle" in the awards season competition.

As can be seen from the list of Golden Globe nominations, "12 Years a Slave" and "American Hustle" are both seven nominations, but the latter's awards are still more focused on acting, while the former also has a technical nomination. If nothing else, the prospect of an awards season of 12 years as a slave should remain dominant.

In addition, "Nebraska", "Drunken Country Folk", "The Wolf of Wall Street" and "She" have also been nominated for Best Picture.

The "Wolf of Wall Street", who has been creating buzz throughout the awards season, appeared on the list of Golden Globe nominees amid a lot of scolding, which is also a signal.

There are countless topics about the "Wolf of Wall Street", but the simple summary is: the values promoted by this film hit the sore spot of Hollywood.

The film's protagonist, Jordan Belfort, is a real character, a person who has stabbed the nerves of countless Americans in real life, whose wealth is as famous as the crimes he committed, and whose history is representative of the black history of many capitalists, but the film does not criticize Jordan, but shows the whole character in a comic situation in detail.

This absurd and light-hearted treatment makes the audience feel that the "infringement" flaunts money and status, tramples on morality and law, and although everyone knows that this is a social reality, the real fruit is seen on the big screen, and the values and outlook on life are severely challenged.

The authoritative magazine "Variety" in the industry commented that Jordan, the actor of "The Wolf of Wall Street", looks like a big star, and in real life, the real Jordan Belfort has not tasted the sanctions of "justice", he was released after only 22 months in prison, and then made a lot of money again through his autobiography, and a large number of fans flocked to ask for autographs everywhere he went.

Such values are indeed indisagreeable.

All of this made the "Wolf of Wall Street" controversial, and the academy judges showed strong dissatisfaction.

In a way, the situation of the "Wolf of Wall Street" and Lan Li is the same, they are both fighting against Wall Street capital, and the former has even uncovered the squalor and darkness beneath the glossy surface of Wall Street, but why is there a subtle difference in Hollywood's attitude?

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