Text: Chapter 1081
With the arrival of the final climax of today's awards ceremony, everyone on the scene also cheered up, and everyone was looking forward to the next big drama that will open.
The encounter between James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow, the former couple, naturally shifted people's minds to the direction of "gossip", trying to create a new "grievance" between the two through the contrast in the proportion of awards.
However, for the two parties, the showdown between "ex-wife and ex-husband" is nothing more than wishful thinking on the part of the media, in fact, they are a pair of friends who "have a better relationship after divorce".
Before the awards ceremony began, Cameron and Bigelow had a good conversation, Kashen's heartfelt smile and gentlemanly gesture are not something that can be pretended, and a short marriage of two years has spawned a lasting friendship, and they can be described as fellow film travelers who cherish each other.
Bigelow is Cameron's third wife, and their marriage lasted only two years, and one of Cameron's biographers believes that Bigelow is a copy of Cameron, "In addition to the different genders, the two have too many similarities, Catherine is Cameron's soul mate, and therefore, Catherine and Cameron quickly got married soon after they met." ”
When the two were still husband and wife, they often discussed their views on filmmaking and exchanged each other's technical experiences. Therefore, some people say that Bigelow's filming style is influenced by Cameron a lot, for example, she likes to take on challenges and is very demanding when making films.
You must know that Cameron's "devil training" for co-actors is very painful, and even Kate Winslet, who played "Titanic", said that if it weren't for a particularly high salary, she would not consider working with Cameron again.
The actor of "Bomb Disposal Unit" lamented that he usually pays attention to fitness and has good physical fitness, but during filming, he still can't keep up with Bigelow's rhythm, but Bigelow, who is close to his sixtieth birthday, is always in high spirits, ignoring their pain and striving to achieve perfect results.
There is also a tidbit that may allow people to do some "snooping" into the relationship between the two, not long ago, the two did a TV show together, and when asked what Bigelow wanted to say to Cameron after the show, Bigelow's answer was: "Why did you leave me without saying a word?"
The true meaning of this sentence may only be known to the parties concerned, but the early married life of the two ended so helplessly.
It was in 1991, and the two collaborated on "Hot Point", with Cameron as the producer and Bigelow as the director. The film was a great success, but both had to say it on set.
Cameron has always been dictatorial and hot-tempered on the set, while Bigelow is very calm and has a strong self-esteem, and the relationship between the two has a rift, and in the end, Linda Hamilton, who played the heroine in "Terminator 1" and "Terminator 2", became the reason for the final collapse of their marriage.
Both are too strong in personality and too independent, and both are too focused on their own relationships and their respective jobs.
Cameron once regarded Bigelow as "priceless", "because we speak the same thing, and we can know each other and appreciate each other", but because they are both strong, they have to break up.
Hamilton became Cameron's fourth wife, however, Cameron and Hamilton did not go to the end, Cameron's current wife is Susie Amis, who played Rose's granddaughter in "Titanic", and Bigelow has not yet reorganized the family.
After Catherine and Cameron divorced, they did not turn against each other or die of old age. When Catherine's career is at a low point and she is uncertain about her future, Cameron is her friend to confide in, and he will give her some wise advice.
In 1995, with Cameron's assistance, Catherine directed "The Last Century Storm" to great acclaim, and her career began to reach its peak.
Her relationship with Cameron is far more tacit than that of a husband and wife, and the two will talk on the phone for hours about the film and which actor to hire.
Every Christmas, Cameron insists on inviting Catherine to his home in Sweetwater Canyon, Malibu, much to the displeasure of his current wife, Susie.
Divorced and still friends, this very magical proposition has been magically confirmed in Cameron and Bigelow.
Perhaps it is the arrangement of fate, today's Oscars are at the end, or it can be said that it is time for the decisive battle, and the two sides of the duel are the former couple and current confidants.
The development of things did not deviate at this time, with Catherine Bigelow twice on the podium, "Bomb Disposal Unit" and herself had the last laugh, although Cameron could not hide his loss, but still very graceful to send his blessings to his ex-wife.
Looking at Bigelow, who was standing on the stage and enjoying this glory, Song Zheng couldn't help but stand up and gave heartfelt applause.
At this point, the 82nd Academy Awards has come to an end, but with Bigelow and her "Bomb Disposal Unit" reaching the top, the ensuing controversy is naturally indispensable.
After all, this is the first time that the Oscars have awarded Best Director to a female director.
In male-dominated Hollywood, and even in the global film industry, Kathryn Bigelow's name undoubtedly means a "gender bomb". It's just that no one can be sure that the honor of the Oscar statuette, the breakthrough of "the Best Director Award is awarded to a woman for the first time", means that the gender bomb that lies on the set, Vanity Fair, and power field has been defused.
When people talk about Kathryn Bigelow, they can't do without gender, and it seems that her gender has magnified her achievements infinitely, but don't forget, she also has a wonderful life of her own.
There is "movie madness" Cameron poking in the Oscar ring, and Catherine Bigelow's victory as a woman is indeed eye-catching.
Although she has an elegant temperament and dignified appearance, if you only rely on the masculinity in many of her works, you can completely imagine a picture - she knocked down the "King of the World" Cameron with a big back in the gladiatorial arena.
Bigelow is obviously a ruthless character in the film industry, making "fierce movies", and his voice is also masculine: "I can do better when making men's films!"
With such momentum, Bigelow made the Oscar change "Jiangshan" and became the first female director in history to win the Best Director Award.
This seems to be a happy thing for everyone, and the Oscars have also "sublimated" themselves with this - daring to disappoint the commercial blockbuster "Avatar", which created a whirlwind at the global box office, and daring to face the controversy of global fans, which shows how courage and perseverance it is.
And for Bigelow, this is almost a kind of "new life", before the 82nd Oscars, she was dubbed "Cameron's ex-wife", and since then, Catherine Bigelow has become an independent figure, a myth that can stand alone.
Viewers who have watched "Bomb Disposal Unit" can realize that Kathryn Bigelow's lens is flowing with male hormones, and she uses documentary-style shooting techniques to calmly and objectively reproduce the daily form of the US bomb disposal unit with images close to reality, expressing a reflection on the war.
The fragile heads of the bomb disposal soldiers have been tortured to the extreme in the face of the coercion of death or life, they are sometimes fanatical, sometimes addicted, sometimes sober, and under the glory of seeming justice, they have a "poison" dependence on the war, and they cannot extricate themselves, no matter in terms of form or content, "Bomb Disposal Unit" really does not look like the work of a female director.
Of course, Bigelow has also made a film about women, and in 1990, she made "Thunderbolt Blue Angel," about how a male killer seduces a suspended female police officer who is under investigation.
Although the woman becomes the protagonist, Bigelow only replaces the positions of men and women, and the film is still "full of masculinity".
The maverick style also set up many obstacles for her lifelong pursuit of film art, unlike Cameron's road to directing, which was basically smooth, Catherine Bigelow had a much more difficult journey.
She was not a prolific director, and her films were not blockbusters, with several films such as "Bloody Night", "Apocalyptic Rush", and "Devil's Game" all mediocre at the box office, and then she made the $100 million "K-19: The Widow Maker", which had a good reputation but only recouped $65 million at the global box office.
Some critics have ridiculed that her films may never be comparable to her art of painting in terms of artistic achievement.
In 2003, a book about her came out, called "Kathryn Bigelow's Film: Hollywood Sinners", and considered her to be an alternative to Hollywood, a woman who made male directorial themes and broke the rules of the film industry.
And Bigelow also encountered a lot of twists and turns in the filming of "Bomb Disposal Unit" this time, her films are almost all outside the Hollywood system, and most of the films are distributed through large film companies, but all of them are funded by independent film companies.
As a result, she was considered a "person who has never seen the world" in the eyes of film companies, and investors were not interested in her films, and she later found a French film company to shoot "Bomb Disposal Unit" with a budget of only $11 million, and finally could not find a distributor.
After the release of "Bomb Disposal Unit", although the global box office was only $16 million, less than a fraction of the $2.75 billion box office of "Avatar", it was well received in the industry, won numerous awards, and finally ended perfectly at the Oscars.
Now standing at the top of the Oscars, Bigelow did not leave people with the kind of formulaic acceptance speech: "I am not proud that I am the first female director to win the award, I prefer people to say that I am a filmmaker, but if my success can inspire female directors and young directors, that is the thing I am most happy about, I want to say to them, at any time, do not give up your dreams because of external interference." ”