There is no shortage of genius in the halls of art, and even more so in the world of cinema.

Francois-Truffaut's first feature film, Four Hundred Blows, was not only the cornerstone of the French New Wave, but also one of the world's greatest films about childhood, at the age of twenty-seven; Jean-Luc-Godard made his first feature film at the age of twenty-nine, also as a choreographer, and amazed the entire film industry with his "exhaustion", which became a watershed in the history of cinema by the "film manual".

Orson-Welles' debut film, "Citizen Kane," written and directed by Orson-Welles, has gone down in history and is still at the top of countless film lists; Kevin Costner's directorial debut "Dances with Wolves" swept the seven Oscars, beating Martin Scorsese's "Goodfellas" and making the latter's dream come true more than a decade later; Warren-Beatty's first feature film, "Heaven Can Wait," which he wrote, directed, and starred in, won eight Oscar nominations; Jerome-Robbins' directorial debut came with "West Side Story"; Paul Thomas Anderson was only twenty-seven years old when he directed the stunning film "Unruly Nights......

Sam Mendes relied on "American Beauty" to become a blockbuster, not only winning the world's attention with his first directorial work, winning the Oscar, but also becoming the second youngest winner of Best Director in film history - he was only 34 years old at the time.

At the 76th Academy Awards, the world witnessed Peter Jackson's ascent to the top, the world witnessed Sean Penn's Grand Slam, and the world witnessed the birth of Lancelot Strello.

Perhaps, compared to those genius masters who have received countless flowers and praise, "City of God" has only won the best foreign language film, the best adapted screenplay and the best cinematography, which seems to be not as wonderful as imagined; But considering the significance of the "City of God" for the entire South American continent, considering the absolute strength of the "Return of the King". Considering the low profile of "City of God" throughout the awards season, and considering the achievements of a foreign-language film on American soil, this is undoubtedly the most direct and important affirmation for Lance.

There is no doubt that when the Oscars are over. All the media focused on Lance, and gave Lance the title of "genius", and the "New York Times" even expressed praise for Lance with the comment that "his talent is enviable". From foreign language films to Hollywood, from Sundance to the Oscars, a "City of God" has brought a new director to the forefront. Lance made his debut in an unusual way. Starting a director's career in this way is undoubtedly everyone's dream way.

After the awards ceremony, the screening of "City of God" in art theaters lasted until the third week of April, with the help of the strong effect of the Oscars, the second round of screenings won a total of 15 million US dollars at the box office, which made the cumulative box office of the film rise to 60 million US dollars in one fell swoop, not only became the second foreign language work in North American film history to box office more than 60 million, but also achieved the "Beautiful Life" surpass, ranking second on the North American box office list of foreign language films, only behind "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". ”！

What's even more commendable is that. "City of God" has also shown positive development in the videotape rental market, which has made Paramount Pictures completely happy.

The temple of genius, Lance Shun lì occupies a place; But the hall of masters, Lance's journey has just begun.

Lance stood in the backstage of the Kodak Theater, looking at the small fountain on the crystal clear table in front of him, the delicate and delicate craftsmanship of the craftsman carved English letters on the base of the trophy, and the clear water beads crossed the golden trophy, leaving a faint silver color, refracted in the light of the water droplets.

"Man! Buddy...... Congratulations! Congratulations! A voice came from his side, and when he looked up, he saw Sean Penn's wrinkled face. With a light joy between his eyebrows, he gave a thumbs up with admiration, "Wonderful!" It's really exciting! I have to say that your acceptance speech was much bolder than mine. ”

Sean was clearly more fond of Lance's move to bring up the war from the side. Lance shrugged, "Hopefully I won't be blacklisted from the Academy, it's not what I wanted." "That's the truth.

But Sean thought it was a joke and laughed, "I think you've come into the eyes of quite a few people and marked you." Sean patted Lance's arm familiarly. Ready for a drink or two on Oscar night? ”

"Of course. I've never had any resistance to alcohol. Lance's teasing made Sean chuckle again, and after saying hello, he turned over to say hello to Peter Weir.

Oscar Night, a celebration hosted by Vanity Fair magazine, is also the biggest annual carnival in Hollywood, even larger than the Oscars themselves, and the specifications are even grander than the Golden Globes, and the guests who can enter and exit are all the top of all walks of life.

Except for one invitation that all Oscar nominees can win each year, all other invitations must be reviewed and published by Vanity Fair, and the criteria are unimaginably strict. In the black market, an invitation has reached a sky-high price of $20,000, and it is still priceless.

Lance naturally won't miss the Oscar night, and with the three golden men in hand, the situation is completely different from the Ballon d'Or, and tonight will be exciting and worth looking forward to.

Now that the awards ceremony has not been completely dissolved, Lance has already felt the huge centripetal force of Vanity Fair, just within ten minutes of waiting for the engraving here, the number of people who came to greet him has easily reached double digits, and even Clint Eastwood has come over to leave a "congratulations", such a scene and before the awards ceremony begins, it must be completely different. What's more, it's the upcoming Oscar night?

"Hey, Lance." A charming/seductive voice came from behind him, Lance turned his head and saw Diana Lasborne's fluttering figure, she wore a floor-to-ceiling mermaid dress today, with a golden bandeau upper body design with a blue skirt, elegant with a touch of sexiness, taking the advantage of her long legs to the extreme, even on the red carpet with beautiful women, it is worth eyeing people.

Lance was a little surprised to meet Diana here, and if it was Oscar night, it was not unusual for Diana to be eligible to attend, and with the attention of "Troy" in Hollywood right now, it was only natural that Diana would get an invitation, and tonight was bound to be a great time for "Troy" to launch a promotion. However, it was quite unexpected to appear directly at the Oscars.

Lance raised an eyebrow and looked Diana up and down with interest, but did not reply immediately.

Diana didn't notice Lance's eyes, but seriously admired the man in front of her, and couldn't help but start to marvel in her heart, it was hard to believe that someone could wear black with such an outstanding temperament, and people couldn't help but sketch the scenery in their minds after unbuttoning the black shirt one by one.

Diana realized that her eyes seemed to be a little presumptuous, and quickly retracted it, hiding her panic, "I've called you a few times before, and you're busy, haven't you received my message?" Why didn't you call me back? Diana winked at Lance with silky eyes, but Lance didn't reply, just looked at her playfully with a shallow smile on the corner of her mouth, which made Diana a little shy, and the fire in her lower abdomen began to move slowly.

"It must be the phone company's fault, they always lose messages, I've already appeared three times this month, and I'm almost about to delay the big thing." Diana found a reason to talk to herself, Lance's eyebrows raised slightly, the surprise in her eyes was fleeting, Diana's gaze stayed on Lance's black bow tie, and she couldn't move away at all, "We haven't seen each other for more than half a year in the blink of an eye, right?" What do you think? We're here for Oscar night tonight, what do you think? Perhaps, we can have a few drinks and catch up in the evening. ”

Since the dust settled on the "Troy" project, Lance cut off contact with Diana, and received several phone calls before and after, all of which Lance simply ignored. For him, Diana no longer has any use value, so naturally there is no need to be polite.

Attending Oscar night together? It was the funniest joke he'd ever heard in a year.

He had expected Diana to understand, as if her relationship with Barry Meyer, was pure exploitation. But now it seems that Diana is still wishful thinking, which makes Lance find very interesting - how the hell did she make Barry swoon?

Diana raised her right hand and traced it to the cut of Lance's suit. Lance raised his eyes and saw Barry not far away - Barry was talking to Peter Jackson at this time, Lance did not retreat, but took a small half step forward, which immediately made Diana's muscles tense up, feeling the fog and excitement surrounded by Lance's charming aroma.

Lance's eyes were fixed on Barry, and the two men's eyes made slight contact in the air, and then Lance whispered in Diana's ear, "I thought you were smart." Then he looked at Barry, the corners of his mouth slightly outlined to the right, and the evil provocation directly stung Barry's eyes.

Diana only felt an itch in her ears, which immediately made the roots of her ears red. But before she could react, Lance directly took half a step back, quickly widening the distance between the two people, and the surging cold wind made Diana stunned. Immediately afterward, Diana saw the back of Lance resolutely turning away.

Standing in place, Diana was a little overwhelmed, she didn't understand what was going on, and subconsciously she wanted to reach out and grab the black shadow that remained in the air, but she just pounced. Then, Diana felt a scorching heat source coming from behind her, turned around reflexively, and then saw Barry standing in front of her with a gloomy face. (To be continued.) )

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