The 2005 awards season is in full swing, and at the same time it is turbulent and a little unfazed, saying that it is turbulent, it is because of the accidents, from the "good night, good luck" falling into the plagiarism door, to the absence of "fruit hard candy" from the college public relations, to the sudden rise of "Brokeback Mountain" to tear off the fig leaf of Hollywood, as well as the strange upward curve caused by the "crash", it seems that this year's accidents are particularly frequent. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

It is said that it is not shocking, it is because of the lack of dominating works, almost every work has shortcomings, the strongest "Brokeback Mountain" is subject to gay themes, the strong reputation of the "fruit hard candy" theme is too dull and depressing, and the widely acclaimed "crash" shooting technique is only at the level of TV movies...... The lack of competitiveness, coupled with the generally sluggish box office performance of popular works, and the lack of audience interest, would have been very ugly if it weren't for the topic competition of "fruit hard candy" and "Xinruina".

Even so, when the Oscar nominees were announced, it attracted a lot of attention - not only because of the countless curiosity about the prospects of "Hard Candy" during the awards season, but also because of the openness of the competitive landscape, so that each film seemed to have a chance to work miracles and occupy a place among the nominations.

As the top priority of the previous Oscars, Best Picture is always the award that attracts the most firepower, which is not a reflection of individual honors, but the highest honor of the entire crew, the entire public relations team, and the collective strength of the entire company, which is the ultimate goal of every company planning the awards season, and it is also a microcosm of the awards season melee.

The five works of "Brokeback Mountain", "Hard Candy", "Capote", "Crash", and "Munich Tragedy" became the final candidates for the crown.

The result sparked a wave of surprise in Hollywood, but people were not surprised that "The Immortal Gardener", "Squid and the Whale", "A History of Violence", "The End of the Game" and other works were down, nor were they surprised that "Walking with Song" fell behind at the last minute after leading most of the awards season, after all, this year is already a chaotic situation, and the winners and failures of any work should not be news, not to mention, even the highly anticipated "Walking with Song" has an overall quality that is embarrassing. What really surprised people was the list of nominees themselves.

Among the top five nominees, the only work that swept the awards season was "Brokeback Mountain", and the finalist of this work can be said to be the least suspenseful.

Since the Venice Film Festival, the momentum has been rising, even if it is subject to the gay theme, but the excellent reputation has almost led the entire awards season. Considering this year's melee situation, if there is no "homosexuality" factor, it can almost be said that "Brokeback Mountain" will win the Oscar for Best Picture; Even with the obvious shortcomings, the whole of Hollywood is now discussing what can stop "Brokeback Mountain" from making history other than the narcissism, pride, and arrogance of those old pedants?

Needless to say, "Brokeback Mountain" is still the biggest favorite for this year's Oscars.

Among the other four works, "Capote" presents the experience of the legendary writer Truman-Capote (Truman-Capote) in creating his masterpiece "Cold Blood", wandering between fame and morality deepens the thickness of the work, but the lack of details makes the story incomplete, but it successfully portrays an artistic creator whose soul is struggling, and the overall completion of this work is basically the same as last year's "Soul Singer". But Philip Seymour Hoffman's captivating performance deserves to go down in history. Being nominated for Best Picture is a bit surprising, but it is worth affirming.

Although the "Munich tragedy" came from the hands of Steven Spielberg, the whole pattern was stable, and the spiritual core was not able to go one step closer, and it maintained the usual level, but it really lacked surprises. The publicity of this work in the awards season has also been up and down, sometimes good and sometimes bad, even with the fame of "Spielberg", but still absent from the Golden Globe Award for Best Picture in the Drama category, and finally was able to be shortlisted for the Oscar victory, no surprises, but no controversy, more or Steven's unique appeal in the industry is playing a role.

As for "Crash", it can be called a miracle of the college's public relations, this work is completely filmed using film and television techniques, which is not only immature but also shallow, and the seemingly profound theme can bring shock at the beginning, but it is difficult to leave an afterglow and reflection, and the discussion is also only formal and superficial; But the work focuses on the cultural melting pot of Los Angeles, focusing on the firepower to push racism on the grill, dissecting and critiquing it with a scalpel-like perspective, which is not only the favorite of the college judges, but also the first choice of the Los Angeles judges.

The work was released in 2004, but because it was not released in Los Angeles, it was not eligible to participate in last year's Oscars, and after it was released in Los Angeles in 2005, it was able to enter the awards season, but this two-year work has hardly attracted much attention, and the Golden Globe Awards have been ignored, with only two nominations for Best Supporting Actor and Best Screenplay.

However, after the Golden Globes, "Crash" found a good opportunity - the controversy over "Brokeback Mountain" intensified, and the white judges of the academy expressed great disgust and rejection of the work, even refusing to watch the video of the work, believing that it was unseemly to discuss homosexuality in public, which cast a shadow over the prospects of "Brokeback Mountain". As a result, the "crash" took the opportunity to exert force, triggering 60,000 video discs, of which 3,000 were all distributed to the college judges in person, this move can be called the edge ball of the college's public relations, between illegal and legal, but this move successfully seized the judges' refusal to watch the psychology of "Brokeback Mountain" and shifted their attention to the "crash".

As a result, when the Oscar nominations were announced, this "little-known" work sprung up, stealing everyone's attention as a dark horse, and ranking among the top five for best picture, injecting a trace of uncertainty into the chaos of the awards season.

The last "fruit hard candy", almost every Hollywood industry insider clearly knows that this work is too dark, too negative and too small in terms of subject matter, and it is not the value orientation of the Oscars, but no one can deny the excellence of this work, especially in the eleven-minute long shot, there is no trace of showing off skills, but the sense of space between the characters and the depth and thickness of the actors' performances are completely displayed, which is amazing.

From the creator's point of view, this work is completely unpleasant, Lance can almost be said to have offended everyone who can be offended, especially in the form of moral kidnapping to form a public opinion offensive and put pressure on the academy judges, which can be called a big disapproval of the world, but no one can deny that Lance is indeed a victim in the plagiarism, and from the perspective of artistic creation, anyone should be on Lance's side.

So, where exactly does "fruit hard candy" stand? Being excluded from the Oscars is not a surprise; Shortlisted for the nomination lineup, but it is also a matter of course.

In the end, the academy gave the answer, and the 78th Academy Award for Best Picture nominations, "Fruit Hard Candy" was among them. Obviously, the college judges gave the answer and voted their own votes, which also means that "Fruit Hard Candy" officially joined the ranks of "Brokeback Mountain", continuing the word-of-mouth advantage of the entire awards season, in the face of the fatal shortcomings of "Brokeback Mountain", the probability of "Fruit Hard Candy" winning the little golden man is rising little by little, this phenomenal work is unbelievable in this year's awards season.

It is conceivable that when it comes to the Oscars, the battle between "Hard Fruit Candy" and "Brokeback Mountain" will be exciting, and no matter which one wins, it will make history.

In addition, the director department that marks the core energy of a work has also attracted countless focuses, the director is the only one in the entire Hollywood production system who can wrestle with the producer, and the Directors Guild of America Awards are presented every year, although the number of participants is not comparable to the Golden Globe Awards and the Oscars, but high-powered directors and producers will gather together, and the public relations value even exceeds the Golden Globe Awards.

This year's director department continued the melee situation, although Woody Allen and Peter Jackson both have works to join this year's battle, but their works are slightly inferior in strength and withdrew from the competition early, only Steven Spielberg is the leader, and other directors are slightly inferior in terms of qualifications and contributions, and Lee/Ann and Lance, who have won the best foreign language film, are already among the "senior directors".

In the end, Lee/Ann of "Brokeback Mountain", Lance of "Hard Candy", and Steven Spielberg of "Munich Tragedy" were successfully shortlisted for the competition, and the remaining two spots were occupied by Bennett Miller (Bent-Miller) of "Capote" and Paul Haggis (Paul Haggis) of "Crash".

"Crash" is not only his film debut, but he was previously a TV director, which is not favored within the academy, and interestingly, Paul only wrote the script for "Million Dollar Baby" last year, which helped Clint Eastwood win a second Best Director statuette, and this year he sent "Crash" again to the end, and even went one step closer to winning Paul a Best Director nomination, which is definitely an accident of accidents.

However, compared to Paul's debut nomination for Best Director, it was Lance who really detonated the spotlight, after winning the Best Director nomination for "Hard Candy", which also means that Lance has become the first director after William-Wyler (William-Wyler) in half a century to be nominated for Best Director for three consecutive years.

The birth of this record caused an uproar! (To be continued.) )