Chapter 196: Best Actor
Zhang Ran's calmness made Zhang Zhiliang very unhappy, making him feel like his fist was hitting the cotton, and his previous performances were all in vain. But Zhang Zhiliang reacted immediately, I won the award, why should it be his reaction!
Zhang Zhiliang took a breath, walked on the stage with an incomparably bright smile, and walked on the stage in high spirits. He shook hands with the award presenters, took the trophy, and began to deliver his acceptance speech: "Thank you to the film festival for awarding this award to me, this film has encountered a lot of difficulties from the beginning of creation to the end of shooting." Fortunately, we persevered and finished filming this movie. This award proves that we made the right choice and that all our hard work is worth it!"
Speaking of this, Zhang Zhiliang paused, looked straight at Zhang Ran in the audience, and said proudly: "Here I want to thank many people, Yu Minghai, the general manager of Tianhong Pictures, the leading actors of the movie, Nicholas Tse, Wang Zhiwen, Cecilia Cheung, and all the cast and crew! Without your support, there would be no movie! In addition, I want to thank Director Zhang Ran, without your advice, there would be no "Bloody Note"! Thank you!"
After speaking, Zhang Zhiliang bowed and walked off the stage with warm applause.
The domestic and Xiangjiang media heard what Zhang Zhiliang said and knew that he was provoking Zhang Ran. However, they didn't know the details of what happened, and they couldn't fully understand what Zhang Zhiliang meant.
Zhang Jingchu and the three of them, including Feng Yuanyi, all turned extremely ugly. Zhang Zhiliang couldn't rob "Bursting Drummer", so he made "Bloody Notes" in the basic field of "Bursting Drummer", and he actually said that he listened to Zhang Ran's advice! I've seen shameless, I've never seen such shameless!
This is a blatant provocation!
Zhang Ran also frowned, Zhang Zhiliang was so annoying, but he didn't take Zhang Zhiliang in his eyes. Zhang Zhiliang has been in the entertainment industry for many years, but he does not have a city government that the old rivers and lakes should have. This impulsive person is easy to deal with and is not to be a cause for concern. What is really terrifying is Yu Minghai, who looks harmless to humans and animals, and once he makes a move, it may be a fatal move!
Next up is the Audience Choice Awards, which are voted for by the audience in the evening, and the Audience Choice Awards signify the recognition of the audience. Up to now. The most popular audiences in the entire festival are "City of God" and "Burst Drummer". Therefore, the Audience Choice Award is a contest between "City of God" and "Burst Drummer".
The Audience Choice Award is only a small award, and the European and American media are not interested in it, and reporters are chatting quietly, waiting for the arrival of the main competition unit awards. However, the domestic and Xiangjiang media are more concerned about this, they know that Zhang Ran has little hope of winning the award in the main competition unit, and the audience choice award is the most promising award for "Burst Drummer".
The guest of honor for the Audience Choice Award is director Xing Dingxun, who was previously an assistant director of Shunji Iwai, and changed his career to become a director in the past two years. Last year, he won the Japan Academy Award for "GO! Zhang Ran watched his "Calling for Love in the Center of the World" in his last life, and knew that Liu Shishi starred in his "Five Minutes Before Midnight".
Xing Dingxun said a few words about his opinion on this award, and then opened the envelope and announced the results of the Audience Choice Award: "The film that won the Audience Choice Award at this year's film festival is ......"
Like many award presenters, Xing Dingxun stopped, looked at the audience with a smile, and whetted everyone's appetite.
Zhang Ran kept a smile on his face, and the three of them were a little nervous. His eyes looked directly at the envelope in Xing Dingxun's hand. Although Zhang Zhiliang next to him had a mocking smile on his face, he was obviously a little impatient when he looked at Xing Dingxun.
Xing Dingxun smiled. Leaned over to the microphone and loudly announced: "The Brazilian movie "City of God"!"
At the moment when the award presenters announced the results, Zhang Zhiliang and the others all stood up, cheering and applauding, only Yu Minghai sat quietly. The whole person is very indifferent, as if everything has nothing to do with him.
The crew next to me felt inexplicable, and it wasn't you who won the award, why were you so excited?
Zhang Ran, who heard the result, was not too disappointed, and "City of God" was filmed very well. Losing to "City of God" he has nothing to say. However, he still has some regrets, and in the next few months, he and Yu Minghai have a lot of open and secret battles, and if they can win awards at the film festival, there will be one more publicity point.
In the United States, if a film can be nominated for an Oscar, it can increase the box office by an average of 10 million, and if it can win an award, it can increase the box office by 30 million. Many movies, including "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Juno", relied on the Oscars to achieve box office success.
There are also such examples in China, there is a movie "Fireworks in the Day" in later generations, the actors are ordinary, the director is ordinary, and the pace of the movie is slow, which is not a type sought after by the market. But "Fireworks in the Day" won Best Picture and Best Actor at the Berlin International Film Festival. After returning to China, under the operation of the filmmaker, the box office successfully exceeded 100 million, setting a new record for literary films and making a lot of money, which is the power of awards!
Of course, the Tokyo Film Festival can't be compared to the Berlin Film Festival, but with awards, there is a marketing point.
In the applause of the audience, Meryls, the director of "City of God", raised the trophy high, and the whole person was in high spirits.
After the Audience Choice Award was awarded, the highlight of the entire award ceremony was the 7 awards in the main competition unit. Journalists in Europe and the United States predict that the Golden Kirin Award should be produced in the three films "City of God", "Bursting Drummer" and "Folding Wings". But domestic reporters are secretly shaking their heads, they know that "Burst Drummer" has little hope of winning the award.
The first award was the Best Artistic Contribution Award, and the award presenters stood in the center of the stage and announced loudly: "The winner of the Best Artistic Contribution Award is the Chinese film "Lovers in the Sky"!"
Jiang Qinmin jumped up directly when he heard "Lovers in the Sky", raised his arms and cheered, and then hugged Liu Ye and Dong Jie to celebrate the victory.
Zhang Ran and the others all stood up and congratulated them with applause, and Yu Minghai and the others also stood up and applauded warmly. After all, they are all Chinese films, they are all Chinese filmmakers, and everyone will not hesitate to applaud when there is no grudge.
In the warm applause, Jiang Qinmin walked onto the stage with a smile on his face.
In the following period, the South African film "Land of Hope" won the award for Best Screenplay, and Catalia actor Dona Tira Fennocharo won the Best Actress award for her performance in the film "Angel".
The next award is the Best Actor Award!
There are no nominations for the awards at the festival, and the same is true for the Best Actor and Actress awards. The honor column of many domestic actors often reads nominations for the Berlin Film Festival, or nominations for the actresses of a certain film festival. In fact, it is to put gold on his face, which is not something at all.
In addition, the Best Actor and Actress Award at the Film Festival does not distinguish between leading and supporting roles, as long as the judges think that the performance is good enough and there are few scenes, they can also win the award. Cannes in 1994. Adjani, the heroine of "Queen Margot", was a big favorite for actresses, but she eventually lost to Verna Lis, a supporting role in the same movie as herself.
For Zhang Ran and them, the Best Actor Award is an award that still has a glimmer of hope. Feng Yuanyi's performance in "Bursting Drummer" is so good, as dazzling as the sun.
In "Don't Talk to Strangers", Feng Yuanyi took the domestic violence man to the extreme, using a lot of psychological and physical skills. If "Don't Talk to Strangers" allows him to interpret rage as a criminal, then "Burst Drummer" allows him to use grace and talent to find another layer of shadow and sin.
Chen Wei's role has not only been praised by the media, but also strongly sought after by Japanese audiences. On a certain level, Chen Wei has similarities with the comic "GTO", which has been particularly popular in Japan in recent years. Because it is especially popular. Some fanatical fans even opened Feng Yuanyi's BBS, and hundreds of people registered in a very short period of time.
The only person who can wrestle with Feng Yuanyi in performance is "Skin" actor Graham Green, he is a veteran actor, very strong, in 1992 for his outstanding performance in "Dances with Wolves" was nominated for the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, this time in "Skin" he touched countless audiences with his real and delicate performance, which made people applaud.
It doesn't matter if it's a film festival or an Oscar. It has always been the male guests who present awards to the actresses, and the female guests who present awards to the male actors. This time the award for Best Actor was American actress Jennifer Jason Lee. She was the actress of the 2000 Tokyo Film Festival.
At the moment when Jennifer Jason Lee took the stage, Feng Yuan sat up straight and pulled his tie again. Zhang Ran knew that Feng Yuanyi was nervous, he was a little surprised, thinking that an old Jianghu like Feng Yuanyi would not be nervous: "I didn't expect you to be nervous too?"
The smile on Feng Yuanyi's face was still calm, and he said lightly: "It's a little nervous." I don't really care about the award itself. An actor can make the audience remember the role, not the award. I am very lucky to be able to meet this play and play Chen Wei. I just want to have a trophy like this to prove that I made the right choice!"
Zhang Ran was slightly stunned: "Why do you say that?"
Feng Yuan sighed in surprise: "You also learn from Grotowsky." Knowing that Grotowski training places a special emphasis on inheritance, my teacher wanted me to carry on her mantle. But I couldn't be an actor in Germany, I could only teach. I still wanted to be an actor, so I insisted on returning to China. My teacher was so angry that I broke her heart. If I can win an award at the film festival, maybe she can see it and know that I haven't wasted all these years!"
Zhang Ran especially understands Feng Yuanyi, and his teacher Mary Hill is also very angry because he transferred to director, and has been ignoring him, until last year's National Day knew that Zhang Ran was also a teacher, and he was teaching acting before he became angry. He patted Feng Yuanyi's shoulder and comforted: "In the future, let's make a movie, go to the Berlin Film Festival, and invite her to the premiere when the time comes!"
Feng Yuan was stunned, and a flash of gratitude flashed in his eyes: "Then let's make up our minds, don't you forget!"
Zhang Ran smiled and said, "It's decided!"
Zhang Jingchu looked at Zhang Ran, her eyes flickered, and she said seriously: "And me, if you go to the Berlin Film Festival, you have to take me!"
Feng Yuan smiled and said, "Do you still need to say, the two people who live together, where will Zhang Ran go without you?"
Zhang Jingchu's face flushed, and she protested in a low voice: "Brother Yuanyi, what nonsense are you talking about! I didn't live with him!" As she spoke, she glanced at Zhang Ran faintly, not to mention living together, even if they had very little time to meet.
At this moment, Jennifer Jason Lee opened the envelope, glanced at the list of winners, and announced with a smile: "At the 15th Tokyo Film Festival, the winner of the best actor is ......"
At this moment, the whole hall was silent, everyone was holding their breath, and a strong sense of tension wafted out of everyone's body, making the air tense and making it difficult to breathe.
Jennifer Jason Lee looked at the audience and paused for two seconds before announcing the final answer with a smile: "The Chinese movie "Bursting Drummer", Feng Yuan was stunned!" (To be continued.) )