Chapter Eighty-Seven: After the Golden Ball

Director Li Da, who is known as the light of Taiwan. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

No, it should be the light of the Chinese.

Ang Lee's status in Hollywood is very high, and he is an absolute first-line director.

Looking at the history of his fame, in 95, he was nominated for 7 Oscars with "Sense and Sensibility" and stepped into the ranks of Hollywood A-level directors.

Later, "Ice Storm" and "Riding with the Devil" still received good reviews, but it did not help Ang Lee's status to improve, because he was just an ordinary director who made English-language movies, so Ang Lee launched "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in 1999

While successfully winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Director and the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" also sold well in North America!

We know that Hollywood is a business-oriented circle, even if you are Frank Darabont and you made "The Shawshank Redemption", there is still no big production looking for you!

Ang Lee relied on "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" to successfully advance to Hollywood's quasi-first-line director.

Let's talk about the public relations inside story of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", first of all, it was planned by Harvey Weinstein's behind-the-scenes public relations, and secondly, it wisely gave up the public relations of the actors, and put all the energy on the director and the film!

Therefore, Fa Ge is not grateful to Ang Lee!

After "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", Ang Lee challenged the big production and filmed "Hulk" at a cost of 130 million!

Not only did the box office fail, but the word-of-mouth was also in shambles, the failure of Chiguoguo!

Hollywood is very realistic, you can't help me make money, so get out!

Then, Ang Lee took a break for two full years.

Until 2005, when he filmed "Brokeback Mountain", he was very shrewd, and he knew that themes such as homosexuality were more favored by film festivals, including the Oscars!

Then, he succeeded, and "Brokeback Mountain" helped him win a series of honors and an Oscar for Best Director!

It stands to reason that for a theme like "Brokeback Mountain", the actors have made such a big sacrifice, even if the actor is counted, the best supporting actor must be given, right?

No, neither Heath Ledger nor Jake Gyllenhaal in the lead role, or even Michelle Williams for Best Supporting Actress did not win!

The reason is simple, as Heath Ledger himself said, 'He didn't help himself in shooting, he left him aside when he won the award, and he was not even mentioned in the final acceptance speech!'

In fact, it is true, throughout the award stage, "Brokeback Mountain" focused all its attention on the two aspects of Best Director and Best Picture.

Ironically, the 2006 Oscar for Best Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman's character Truman Capote was also gay!

Even his acceptance speech said: "Capote showed the nation that not all gay people are cowboys, and some are sissy New York intellectuals." ”

However, Ang Lee has already won the Best Director Golden Man, and he doesn't bother to care about this kind of thing, so he didn't make any response at all, a slap doesn't make a sound, what else can Heath Ledger do?

Soon it was gone.

Including the 2012 movie "Life of Pi", Ang Lee gave up the actor aspect again when he was rushing for the award, and Sura Sharma did not have a nomination for an actor!

Of course, Ang Lee himself must have a level, otherwise no matter how much public relations he has, it is impossible to win the little golden man twice, let alone become the first director in the Chinese world!

For example, "Billy Lynn's Halftime Fight" is also directed by director Ang Lee, and then what?

An investment of nearly $50 million, a publicity cost of $40 million, adding up to a cost of almost 90 million, a box office of more than one million in North America, and a box office of less than $20 million in the world, was rated by the Hollywood professional magazine "Variety" as the worst movie in 2016!

Is it possible for such a film to win an Oscar?

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The result of the Golden Globe Awards is unsurprising, in addition to winning two actor awards for "Dallas Buyers Club", Sun Shan won the name for best picture and best director.

Alfonso Cuarón won the Best Director award for "Gravity", while Best Drama went to "12 Years a Slave".

Although he knew that he didn't have the award, when Johnny Depp announced the best picture, Shen Lin still couldn't suppress his heartbeat, of course, after he announced the best picture as "Twelve Years a Slave", he quickly packed up his mood and applauded with most of the people at the scene.

Regardless of sincerity or hypocrisy, there should still be politeness!

To be honest, Shen Lin's trip to the Golden Globe Awards is still quite hopeful in China, after all, he has just won the People's Choice Award in Toronto, and the reporters who follow the report have come several times.

is very different from when Zhang Ziyi won the title of Best Actress at the Golden Globe Awards, and there were no reporters in China at all!

Several major portals have opened special features to prepare for real-time reporting.

The video broadcast rights were also bought by Painxun, and many Shen Lin's fans sat in front of the computer, ready to watch the boss conquer Lao Mei!

Unfortunately, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment!

It doesn't matter if the best director doesn't have him, after all, the competition is too fierce, and many knowledgeable people understand from the bottom of their hearts that Shen Lin can be nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Director this time, and it is estimated that there is the blessing of race.

There is no him in the best picture, which is very depressing!

Fortunately, Matthew and Jared mentioned him when they won the title of actor and gave their acceptance speeches, which can be regarded as the best consolation!

Shen Lin was very open to the loss of the Golden Globe Awards, but Ying Bao was a little overwhelmed, she thought that Shen Lin attached great importance to this award!

Especially a bunch of domestic reports almost lifted Shen Lin to the sky!

The reality of the situation is very disappointing.

Shen Lin found almost nothing!

When the dinner is over, yes, the Golden Globe Awards scene is a dinner format, the space of the scene is very small, filled by dozens of round tables, even the aisle is very narrow, and the winner has to cross the round table sideways if he wants to go on stage to receive the award.

The stage ahead is even more simple, and it is not as grand as the annual meeting of some companies in our country.

There is even food on the round table, which is really the kind that can be eaten!

Leaving the Hilton Hotel, domestic reporters surrounded him and asked Shen Lin relevant questions, probably asking him how he felt about the loss of the first Golden Globe Awards.

Shen Lin was very 'honest' and said very directly, 'This is all within his expectations' As for the list of Oscar nominees in half a month, he was also very 'cautious' and said that it was estimated that there would be no drama.

The news spread back to China, and many netizens said that he finally understood his strength!

'A young director who thinks that after staying in the United States for a few years, he dares to shoot American stories, and this defeat is a good thing for Shen Lin, which can make him settle down even more...'

"The failure of 'Dallas' reaffirmed my previous point that some directors who have made a halfway transition will show their true form once they lose the support of their fans, and not everyone can do this kind of thing well!"

"Where is Shen Lin better than Guo Xiaosi?" I don't understand!"

Senior filmmakers and film critics in China jumped out one after another, belittling Shen Lin in various ways.

In fact, these commenters have not seen "Dallas Buyers Club" at all, and they don't know that the box office of "Dallas" in North America is close to 100 million US dollars, which is a miracle for a low-budget film with an investment of 8 million US dollars!

Shen Lin has also become a sweet spot in the eyes of many studios.

Completely according to his own subjective assumptions, Shen Lin is no longer good!

The slap in the face came quickly.

On January 16, 2014, the 86th Oscar nominations were announced, and "Dallas Buyers Club" received a total of six nominations, in addition to two actor awards, there were also makeup awards, best editing, and more importantly, nominations for best picture and best original screenplay!

When the news spread to China, a group of seniors were dumbfounded again, and some reporters asked these people with a list of nominations, and some hardliners said that they were not optimistic that "Dallas Buyers Club" would win the best picture, and even said that Shen Lin did not get the nomination for best director was a failure!

According to your divine logic, there is really no director in China who has succeeded!