Chapter 985: Winning Again and Again
The news of Robert De Niro's winning Best Supporting Actor quickly spread around the world through television and the Internet. In front of the TV and in front of the computer, hundreds of millions of fans and spiritual shareholders of "Future Apocalypse" are cheering. #古上校获得奥斯卡#迅速登上了Fly热搜榜首位;#未来启示录获得奥斯卡#也迅速登上微博热搜榜首位.
A fan said on Fly: "Gu's winning of Best Supporting Actor is just the beginning, and "Future Apocalypse" has the strength to win all the awards!"
This undoubtedly sounds exaggerated, but it has been supported by many fans, and has received more than 10,000 likes in a very short period of time. Everyone believes that this night belongs to the Future Apocalypse, to the creators of the Future Apocalypse!
The next awards are the Best Animated Short Film and the Best Animated Feature, which have nothing to do with Zhang Ran. And after these two awards is the award for best cinematography, and "Future Apocalypse" has a good chance of winning.
The guest who presented the award for best cinematography was the ultra-popular group, the Avengers, led by Robert Downey Jr. Their presence was won by a full house, with screams and cheers.
After a simple cross-talk, there were clips on the big screen of five films nominated for Best Cinematography, Zhao Fei in "Future Apocalypse", Claudio Miranda in "Life of Pi", Roger Deakins in "007: Skyfall", Januz Kaminsky in "Lincoln", and Robert Richardson in "Django Saved".
"The winner of the Best Cinematography Award is ......" Everyone in the audience looked at Robert Downey Jr. on the stage, only to see him open the envelope, look up at the packed audience, and read with a smile, "Future Apocalypse, Zhao Fei!"
"Future Apocalypse" continues the aesthetic concept of Zhao Fei leaving white space and Liu Liu's black color, and at the same time, it also has a breakthrough in technique, not only reproducing Bondarchuk's see-sawing long shot, but also using drones to achieve ultra-low-altitude cruise shooting, presenting an incredible picture. There was almost no suspense that "Future Apocalypse" won the Best Cinematography Award, but the cheers of the guests were not light at all, and they soared into the sky.
This is the second time Zhao Fei has won the Oscar for Best Cinematography, and in the history of the Oscars, Chinese photographer Huang Zongzhan has won the Best Cinematography Award twice, and he has also been selected by the International Association of Cinematographers as one of the top ten most influential cinematographers in the history of cinema. Zhao Fei's achievements must not be comparable to Huang Zong, but everyone knows that Zhao Fei and Zhang Ran are very perfect partners, and they have been working together for 11 years now. There is no possibility for them to part ways, they will definitely continue to cooperate, and it is not impossible for Zhao Fei to surpass Huang Zongzan.
Zhao Fei walked onto the stage, took the trophy, controlled his excitement, and said with a smile: "I really can't believe it, I don't know what to say." I didn't expect to be able to stand here again, it was like a dream!"
Zhao Fei took a deep breath, calmed down the excitement in his heart, looked at Zhang Ran in the audience, and said slowly: "It really took a lot of effort to shoot this movie, and we finally succeeded. We have a great captain, and Zhang Ran's genius idea is the source of our creation, and it is he who leads us to the other side of success. I would like to thank everyone who helped make this film a success, thank you to the Oscar organizing committee, thank you to Summit Entertainment, and finally I want to thank my family, and thank you to all the audience who supported this film!
The Dolby Theater burst into thunderous applause, cheers in front of the TV, and fans and spiritual shareholders on the Internet frantically refreshed the page: "Two awards! It seems that today's "Future Apocalypse" is really going to sweep the Oscars!", "Zhang Ran is awesome, "Future Apocalypse" is awesome!", "The more awards, the better, I hope to win all the awards I can win!"......
The awards ceremony continued, and "Future Apocalypse" quickly won its third award, Best Visual Effects. This award is the most unsuspenseful award, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the visual effects of the other four films are not on the same level as "Future Apocalypse".
When the film's special effects supervisor Dennis Mullen took the stage, the audience and the audience collectively stood up and applauded him, which was also the tenth time that the veteran god of industrial light and magic has won an Oscar.
Immediately afterwards, "Future Apocalypse" won the Best Sound Editing Award and won the fourth trophy.
After several technical awards in a row, the awards party finally ushered in a heavyweight award, the Best Editing Award. All fans and audiences who care about the Oscars know that Best Editing is known as the Little Best Picture, and winning this award will probably be 70% sure of the Best Picture.
The organizers also know the importance of the Editing Award, and invited Oscar-winning actress Sandra Bullock. On the stage of the Dolby Theater, Sandra Bullock, dressed in a fleshy evening gown, stands in the center of the stage, speaking a series of words about the importance of editing to the film. Immediately on the big screen, there were clips from five films, and each movie clip was met with applause and cheers, with "Future Apocalypse" and "Escape from Tehran" being the loudest cheers.
The award is a contest between "Future Apocalypse" and "Escape from Tehran", "Future Apocalypse" won the best editing in the Editors Guild and Anglo-Austrian, and the industry is more recognized, but "Escape from Tehran" is not to be underestimated. Ben Affleck's unexpected failure to win the Oscar for Best Director caused huge doubts and angered the actor group, who believed that this was the discrimination of old directors against actors-turned-directors, so many actors voted directly for "Escape from Tehran" when voting.
"The winner of the Best Editing award was ......" Sandra Bullock had the envelope in her hand tightly sealed, and it took her a lot of effort to open it, then looked down at the list of winners in her hand.
The whole scene was filled with tension, and the air seemed to freeze, so quiet that you could hear everyone's accelerating heartbeat. The smiles on the faces of the five nominated crew members have also disappeared, and their brows seem to be tightly locked by an iron lock.
The Best Editing award is so important, whoever wins the best editing will be in the lead in the race for Best Picture!
The audience in front of the TV held their breath and glued their eyes to the TV screen, and in front of the computer, countless netizens also stopped swiping the screen and stared at the live video. Everyone is waiting for the final result, and everyone wants to hear the good news.
After a short pause, Sandra Bullock looked up and read out the result with a smile: "William Goldenberg, Escape from Tehran!"
The audience applauded thunderously, and the supporters of "Escape from Tehran" let out earth-shattering screams, as if they were thrilled to win the best picture. William Goldenberg was slightly stunned, a little unable to believe his ears, and then he stood up and hugged his wife. Ben Affleck, the director of "Escape from Tehran", also stood up and hugged the crew members happily. Winning the Best Editing award means that "Escape from Tehran" is only one step away from Best Picture.
The crew members of "Future Apocalypse" looked disappointed, and everyone was more confident in this award, because the film had just won the Anglo-Austrian Best Editing and Editors Guild Award before the Oscars. But the Oscars are like this, the best works may not be able to win, and there are too many off-court factors that can affect the final result. Everyone knows that there is a truth about winning and losing, but the Best Editing Award is very heavy, which has a great impact on the attribution of the Best Picture, and if you lose the Best Editing, the possibility of "Future Apocalypse" hitting the Best Film Award is small!
However, the crew members quickly cheered up, losing the best editing does not necessarily miss the best picture, and there is another award that can have a significant impact on the best picture, the Best Adapted Screenplay award. As long as "Apocalypse of the Future" can beat "Escape from Tehran" in the race for best adapted screenplay, then anything is possible.
On Fly and Facebook, many fans are complaining about "Future Apocalypse", saying that they don't understand how "Discussing Tehran" can win "Future Apocalypse", and how the editing of "Escape from Tehran" can be better than "Future Apocalypse".
In China, on Weibo and many online communities, fans and spiritual shareholders angrily refreshed the screen, shouting: "Shady, naked shady!", "Where is the broken film of "Escape from Tehran" better than "Future Apocalypse"!", "The editing union thinks that "Future Apocalypse" is better, but it turned out to be lost, this is too nonsense!"......
Amid the condemnation of netizens, the presenters of the Best Adapted Screenplay Award were Charles Theron and Dustin Hoffman who took the stage. After a short cross-talk, the narration sounds: ""Future Apocalypse" Aziva Gosman and Zhang Ran, the film is adapted from Han Wenxuan's sci-fi "The Colonel's Saber". At the same time, a black and white poster of "Future Apocalypse" appeared on the big screen, with the names of the two screenwriters on it in addition to the names of the films.
The Dolby Theatre erupted in applause, in addition to the frantic screams of the female guests. Future Apocalypse supporters showed their support for the film by showing their presence with applause and screams.
The narrator sounded again: ""Escape from Tehran" Chris Trio, adapted from Antonio Mendes's autobiography "Escape from Tehran"!" The poster on the screen was replaced by a poster of "Escape from Tehran", and the scene was also filled with applause and cheers, no less enthusiastic than "Apocalypse of the Future". Among the 3,300 guests and judges at the scene, there were no fewer supporters of "Escape from Tehran" than "Future Apocalypse".
But when it was the turn of "Life of Pi", "The Happiness Line Behind the Clouds", and "Lincoln", the applause was much weaker, and the guests seemed to have become civilized people, applauding very politely, and no one screamed loudly. It can be seen from the reactions of the guests at the scene that this award is the contest between "Future Apocalypse" and "Escape from Tehran".
Chris Trio, the screenwriter of "Escape from Tehran", was the first to be nominated for an Oscar, and the opponent was the behemoth of "Future Apocalypse", and the whole person looked very nervous. His right hand clenched and then released, clenched again, and released again, and so on.
The two nominees for "Future Apocalypse" are much more relaxed, Aziva Gossman has already won "A Beautiful Mind" once 11 years ago, so he is naturally not so nervous, and Zhang Ran, who has already won several Oscars, is naturally more relaxed, with an indifferent smile on his face.
"The winner of the Best Adapted Screenplay award was ......" Charlize Theron smiled as she opened the envelope and handed the list of winners to Dustin Hoffman. Dustin Hoffman made a gesture of please, signaling that it would be you to read it.
The scene was dead silent, and all eyes were on the letter in Charlize Theron's hand. If "Escape from Tehran" wins, then there is no suspense for Best Picture, and if "Future Apocalypse" wins, then anything is possible.
The hearts of the main creators of the two crews were tightened, and all the guests in the audience held their breath; in front of the TV and on the computer, countless fans and spiritual shareholders of "Future Apocalypse" silently prayed in their hearts: "Future Apocalypse! Future Apocalypse!"