Chapter 327: The First Oscar
There is no doubt that Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a film of Oriental color that not only has artistic value, but also social value.
can make the Oriental martial arts stand on the Oscars, in a way, An Lee's contribution to the promotion and realm of Chinese films is far greater than that of Bruce Lee and Jack Chen.
The relationship between literati and people may also have something to do with An Lee's background, as an elite Asian director, his Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon has been ridiculed by many industry insiders on the other side.
An oriental art shot with Western techniques is simply flattering Hollywood!
Many fifth-generation directors are dissatisfied, on the one hand, they complain about Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and on the other hand, they also learn Hollywood shooting techniques, and have successively made many nondescript movies such as Heroes, Wuji, and Night Banquets, which have resulted in frequent jokes.
Whether it is the feelings of the West or the skills of the East, gold will not be dusted!
Hollywood is the vane of world films, even if it is a Japanese film with frequent masters, commercial films are also moving closer to Hollywood, and it is not shameful to learn, but it is shameful that he has clearly learned, and he is ashamed to say that he sticks to himself.
Aren't films like the Return of the Great Sage, Wolf Warrior, and Operation Red Sea that make Chinese people scream again and again, imitating Hollywood's filming techniques?
There's no need to cling to the inadequate, don't talk about the country's censorship system being too strict, it's nonsense!
Hollywood seems to have a grading system and a relaxed environment, but is this the truth?
Miss by a mile!
Hollywood's industry scrutiny is even harsher than that of the other side!
According to the modern social theory of the West, individuals have full power of expression, so the expression of art should not be censored by political power and its dissemination should not be restricted. In the United States, there is no systematic social censorship in place for the expression and dissemination of all other art forms, with the exception of film.
On November 4, 1907, the city of Chicago passed the Film Censorship Act, which gave the governor the right to ban films that were immoral, racially, religious, and other in question
The 1915 case of Mutual Motion Pictures v. Ohio Industrial Commission, after a Supreme Court ruling, recognized that motion picture as an entertainment industry is not subject to the freedom of expression clause of the First Amendment, affirming the federal and industry enforcement and legal recognition of film censorship in one fell swoop.
Later, promoted by the American Society of Film Producers and Distributors, the moral requirements written by a Catholic and put forward from the perspective of the church eventually evolved into a self-regulatory standard for producers and distributors to control a series of behaviors of directors.
This is the famous "Hays Code"!
As an industry self-discipline, then there will be some specific and public regulations, so that directors and producers can have rules to follow and prevent deviations.
This is not an official censorship, and the results of the censorship are not legally enforceable, but all member distributors of the association will not distribute films that have not been censored. As all the important publishers are members of the association. If a film does not pass the censorship, it basically loses hope of commercial success.
This has led to this operating system, which can exist within the Hollywood system for a long time!
In the 21st century, there are more and more such rules and regulations, and when Donn first filmed the Titanic, his producer gave him a list of restrictions, which required more than 300 expressions to be avoided!
Basically, as long as it does not conform to the values of Catholics, it is prohibited.
Of course, the other side of the strait is mainly constrained by national policies, and Hollywood is constrained by industry norms in the industry, but the restrictions on censorship are certain.
If a film director doesn't accept these complex, redundant censors, then he can't make it into the mainstream film industry, that's the rule.
No film director can overturn the universal values led by Catholic thinking that Hollywood has been operating for nearly a hundred years!
This is no different from the socialist values on the other side, both of which are restrictive and stifle freedom, but the former has a wide audience, has been operating on a global scale for a hundred years, and is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, while the latter is a small niche.
It is shameless for some and many literati on the other side of the strait to blame the official for the bad movie, and to sneer at Director An Lee, who has made great achievements overseas!
Don's attitude towards Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is not sour, not praised, not jealous, not hateful, he only knows that such a film with oriental color has won 10 nominations in the Oscars, and it is also the first Chinese pronunciation film that has attracted the attention of American society with various cultures! The United States has released two versions, English and Chinese.
This year's Oscars presented another grand event with blockbusters.
In addition to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, which received 10 nominations, there are also gladiators with 11 nominations, Soul Shifters with 9 nominations, and of course, excellent films such as Uncompromising, Poison Net, and Almost Fame.
Donn sits with the cast of the Soul Shifter, with Natalie on the left and Nicole Kidman on the right.
Natalie is nominated for an Oscar for the first time, but she has a much easier time than Nicole.
She was nominated for an Oscar for supporting actress, which is almost the most suspenseful award at this year's Oscars.
Kate Hudson, Frances McDomon, Julie Walters, and Marcia Guy Harden, who were co-nominees, have no rivalry with her in terms of fame and influence.
Relatively speaking, Nicole Kidman's Oscar nomination for Actress is too competitive!
Julia Roberts who never gives up, Juliette Binoche who loves chocolate, Alan Bosteen who dreams of Requiem, Laura Lini, please get closer to me, everyone has great competitiveness.
Don didn't want to be captured by B Radio and Television to catch an inopportune shot, so he was very regular in his movements, covered his mouth, and whispered to Nicole next to him: "It doesn't matter if you don't win the award, don't forget, there is still a beautiful soul! I promised you, I will definitely give you a Best Actress!"
Nicole Kidman smiled reluctantly, a little stiff, "Thank you, you're really worried, I'm fine." ”
Don shook his head helplessly.
Yes, this is Oscar, who can let go?
However, this year's Oscar organizing committee obviously wants to move the suspense backwards, and it is not like in the past, the first award is awarded to Best Supporting Actress, starting with the technical award.
As the three most popular films of this year's Oscars, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Gladiator, and Soul Shifter, they appeared one after another, winning the first three awards for Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, and Best Makeup.
After the three painless awards moved out, the first highlight of tonight is finally here.
Robert Downey and Kate Winslet joined hands to present the awards.
"Have you seen the poison net?" Robert Downey is somewhat similar to his son, with a very powerful mouth.
Kate Winslet said elegantly: "Look, director Soderbergh has done a good job." ”
Robert Downey frowned, "Is Britain really that messy?"
Kate Winslet was a little helpless, "No. ”
Robert Downey looked her up and down deeply, and teased her, "I think this is certain, because there are beautiful women in troubled times!"
Kate Winslet pursed her lips, "Thanks, it's a pity you're not Clark Gable!"
In the sacred auditorium, there was laughter.
After a simple joke, Robert Downey got serious, "Okay, next, please see the nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay!"
Soon, a set of quick-cut short films appeared on the big screen in the back, and the five films nominated were Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Poison Net, Love Chocolate, Soul Transfer Girl, Brother, Where Are You?.
Offstage, Natalie and Nicole Kidman reached out to hold Donn's hand, one left and one right.
At this time, I can't care about B's broadcast footage.
It's time for the thrill!
Donn was nominated for an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for Soul Shifting Girl!
Compared with Titanica's nomination for Best Director a few years ago, this is the closest he has come to an Oscar.
This is likely to be Donne's first-ever Oscar trophy!
Robert Downey opened the envelope, glanced at the names on the list, showed a smile that suddenly dawned, and handed the list to Kate Winslet beside him very gentlemanly.
Kate Winslet took the list, took a look, and immediately bloomed with a rare bright smile on her face, like a spring flower blooming, this moment is amazing, and it can even be written into the history of the Oscars!
And her voice also had an unconcealed excitement: "Soul Shifter, Don Walker!"