Throughout the long awards season of 2oo3, "Cold Mountain" and "The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King" have been neck and neck, and "Clash of the Seas", "Mystic River" and "Galloping Age" have always prevailed, making up the first group in this year's Oscar race. Huoran? Wen???? ｗ?ｗ?ｗ?．? However, on the whole, the advantages of "Cold Mountain" and "Return of the King" are relatively obvious, especially the latter, from the release stage to the awards season stage, the topic has never cooled down, and it has vaguely made great strides towards the final throne of this year's Oscars.

However, in the second half of the awards season, "Lost in Translation" has risen strongly, gaining momentum, and has a strong posture to catch up, especially the big win at the Golden Globe Awards. As a small-scale literary film, whether "Lost in Translation" can take a step closer at the Oscars has also become one of the biggest highlights in the nomination stage.

On January 27, 2oo4, Michelle Pfeiffer, accompanied by Dean Frank-pierson, announced the nominees for this year's Oscars.

In the much-anticipated race for Best Picture, "The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King", "Clash of the Seas", "Mystic River", "Lost in Translation" and "City of God" made it to the top five.

As soon as the list of nominees came out, everyone was in an uproar, and the absolute favorite "Cold Mountain" was actually upset, and the "Pentium Era", which was highly praised by First Lady Laura Bush during the awards season, also fell on the one-yard line after accompanying the entire long awards season, and fell short. In its place, there are two independent films: "Lost in Tokyo" and "City of God".

It's not just an upset, it's a game-changer for the entire awards season.

Although "Lost in Translation" has received rave reviews, as an independent film, a literary film, and a small-scale film, it once again replicates the feat of "Unruly Love" two years ago, and ranks among the top five nominees for Best Picture, continuing the gradual rise of independent films since the 21st century, which is really a huge surprise. What's more. Sofia Coppola, as a rookie female director, became a blockbuster and made people applaud.

Comparatively speaking, the final counterattack of the "City of God" made everyone cry out in surprise. In the history of the Oscars. The last time there was a competition for the best picture of a foreign-language film was "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" three years ago, and the previous time was "Beautiful Life" in the 71st edition. This time, the "City of God" once again replicated such a feat, and it was in a situation where everyone was not optimistic. won strongly as an absolute dark horse, which reminded people of the 68th "Postman" and the 71st "Beautiful Life".

"Postman" and "Life is Beautiful" were both unnoticed by everyone, and did not even win any nominations at the Golden Globes, and finally achieved a counterattack at the Oscars, receiving multiple nominations - including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Screenplay and other heavyweight awards.

Among them, "Beautiful Life" has written a myth, and after winning seven nominations, it won the best actor, the best foreign language film and the best soundtrack!

Obviously, this time the dark horse is the turn of the "City of God".

Although there is an uproar about the upset entry of the "City of God", in fact, there are already signs in the circle. After entering 2oo4 years. The small-scale release of "City of God" has continued unabated, earning nearly $3 million at the box office in the space of 10 weeks, which makes the film's cumulative box office by May climb further from $45 million to close to the threshold of 50 million.

At the same time, the influence of Roger Ebert and Lawrence Topman, two top film critics, has gradually taken effect, and more and more professionals in the circle have begun to enter the cinema to watch or watch "City of God" for a second time. Surprisingly, New York's literary and artistic people, driven by the "New Yorker", reciprocated a great enthusiasm for the "City of God". It is even rumored that Woody Allen is quite optimistic about this movie.

As a leading figure in the New York art scene, Woody's influence is undeniable. So, after the Golden Globe nominations were released. In fact, the reputation of "City of God" has been climbing in an orderly manner, even if it missed the Golden Globe Awards ceremony, but in the minds of the academy members, the film has quietly become a top five contender.

Interestingly, the New York Times refers to the "City of God" as the Ocean Cookie - the old horse that inspired countless people in the "Galloping Age" is called the Ocean Cookie. And the "City of God" in the final list of nominees, it is obviously the position of the "Pentium Age".

"Ocean cookies have joined the race for this year's Oscars in another form. Let's wait and see where the Oscar journey of Ocean Biscuits will end! Javier Ulliel said.

Among the nominees for Best Picture, "Cold Mountain", which led the entire awards season, and "Pentium Age", which accompanied the entire awards season, both fell off, and the two masterpieces of independent films, "Lost in Tokyo" and "City of God", were among the final competitions, which made the watchability of the 76th Oscars rise to a new level for a while.

The last time two independent films were nominated for the Oscar for Best Picture was the 69th, when "Ice Storm" and "Shining Style" were both shortlisted, and saw "The British Patient" reach the top. The cycle of history is always marked by astonishing déjà vu.

The nominations of "Lost in Translation" and "City of God" can be said to be unpopular, but they cannot be called unpopular, because in the Best Director category, they also won nominations, which is the fourth time in the history of the Oscars after 1957, 1964 and 1981 that the five nominations for Best Picture and Best Director are completely consistent, which is also the best affirmation of the strength of five works and five directors.

Peter Jackson for "Return of the King", Peter Weir for "The Raging Sea", Clint Eastwood for "Mystic River", Sofia Coppola for "Lost in Tokyo", and Lancelot Strello for "City of God" are five directors who make up the competitive landscape for this year's Oscar for Best Director, which is a very interesting situation.

Peter Weir and Clint represent the older generation of directors, Peter Jackson can be regarded as a Mesozoic director, and Sophia and Lancelot are undoubtedly the new generation of directors. The most amazing thing is that the youngest of them, Lance, just celebrated his 31st birthday not long ago - this age is like winning an actor nomination at the age of 20 for a director, and in the long history of the Oscars, there are only five people who have won the Best Director Award under the age of 35!

Of course, Sophia became the third female director to win an Oscar nomination after Lina-ertmu11er and Jane. And at the low age of thirty-two, it is even more appalling.

It is no exaggeration to say that among the nominees, "Lost in Tokyo" and "City of God" are among the nominees. Sophia and Lance, who have stolen almost everyone's attention, have become the brightest stars of this awards season. After all, accidents are always more eye-catching than the rightfully shortlisted "Return of the King", "Clash of the Furious Seas", and "Mystic River".

Especially Lance, who is inconspicuous at the Golden Globes. It can almost be said to be a surprise, falling through everyone's glasses.

Obviously, though, this is not the end of it. Looking at the entire list of nominees, "Return of the King" undoubtedly leads the way with twelve nominations, reminiscent of the thirteen nominations for the first film in the series that year; "Angry Sea" followed with ten nominations, replacing "Cold Mountain" as the strongest competitor to challenge "The Return of the King" at the 76th Oscars.

"Return of the King" clearly has its strength in the technical department, which received three nominations for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay in the main categories, while the technical department unexpectedly missed the Best Cinematography award, and all other categories were nominated. Including the most important award for Best Film Editing, it is deservedly the biggest winner in the nomination stage and the strongest contender for this year's Oscars.

The 10 nominations for "The Return of the King" were almost completely suppressed by "The Return of the King", except for the Best Cinematography award, the other nine departments all formed a head-on confrontation with "The Return of the King", and missed the decisive nomination for the best original screenplay, which is not a happy thing for "The Angry Sea".

In addition to these two works, "Cold Mountain", "Pentium Age", and "Mystic River" all received six nominations, tied for third place.

After missing out on Best Picture and Best Director, both "Cold Mountain" and "Pentium Age" seem to be a bit sluggish. The nominations for "Cold Mountain" came from Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Score and Best Original Song. However, "Cold Mountain" occupied two nominations in the Best Original Song category, which can be regarded as a surprise surprise.

The most important nomination for "Pentium Age" is undoubtedly Best Adapted Screenplay, in addition to that. The five nominations for Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Film Editing all came from the technical department, and the outlook is not optimistic under the pressure of "The Return of the King" and "The Battle of the Furious Seas".

Relatively speaking, although "Mystic River" also received only six nominations, the nominations are very solid, Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay. In addition to the Best Actress award that was missed because of the plot setting, the decisive award in the main department, "Mystic River" was nominated. Such a gesture is jaw-dropping, and even after the "Return of the King" and the "Angry Sea Battle", it has become the biggest winner in the main department.

Even if it missed out on the Best Film Editing award, weakening the possibility of "Mystic River" hitting Best Picture, no one can deny that this work is comparable to "The Return of the King" in the nomination stage. Perhaps, in addition to this, there is one:

"City of God".

Also receiving six nominations, there is also a work, "City of God"! This also makes it an out-and-out dark horse at this year's Oscars! This "ocean biscuit", the strength group, all eyes on it! (To be continued.) )

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