Roger's praise for "City of God" is not surprising, but the choice to do so at a time when awards season is in full swing is intriguing. Not only Roger, but Lawrence Topman of The New Yorker also wrote a special film review again, and the magazine generously gave Lawrence a full two pages of layout, allowing him to dissect and discuss the movie "City of God" in depth.

Lawrence's admiration for the "City of God" is also undeniable, and he not only gives it a perfect score of 100, but also firmly believes that the work deserves more respectful treatment. Not only because the work itself is so good, but also because it tells a story that no one can ignore: around us, in our lives, there is a group of people who are guarding the torment and torment of poverty.

"From the idea to the depth, from the characters to the thoughts, 'City of God' ticks all the boxes we could have for a film. At this point, it's better than 'Gangs of New York', reaching the heights of 'good guys'. Martin Scorsese is behind rookie director Lancelot Strello in this contest. ”

"Gangs of New York" was a big hit last year's awards season, winning several nominations including Oscars for Best Picture and Best Director, but critics generally agreed that the work did not live up to Martin's average.

The in-depth commentary of the Chicago Sun and The New Yorker once again brought the "City of God" into the spotlight. People suddenly recalled that in the first half of this year, there was a Portuguese production that was so beautiful that it took almost all the advantages, and even achieved good results at the box office.

Over the next month, the second round of screenings of "City of God" gradually and steadily rose to about $10,000 at the box office.

However, by the time Roger and Lawrence's comments were published, 2004 was barely a few days away, and the craze did not seem to have caught the last train of the Golden Globe nomination stage, December 18, 2003. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has announced the nominees for the 61st Golden Globe Awards.

Some people once called the Oscars, Grammys, Tony Awards and Emmy Awards the four major art awards in the United States, and their status is unmatched, but the commercial achievements and influence of these four awards ceremonies cannot be compared with the Golden Globes. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, made up of less than 100 people, has been developing for 60 years. The Golden Globe Awards will be the year-end party with the most lace news, the most controversial topics, the most attendees, and the most attention in the United States.

Perhaps the Oscars are the most authoritative, but the Golden Globes are a little less strict and a little more banter, and more than a third of Hollywood practitioners will join in the event. This makes the Golden Globes not just an Oscar bellwether, but also the best place for in-circle transactions every year.

You can not like the Golden Globes. But you can't ignore the Golden Globe Awards, even if it's teasing, banter, and ridicule, people's eyes still involuntarily gather towards the Golden Globes.

After a low-key 60th birthday in the midst of war, this year's Golden Globes ushered in an explosive year. The war epic blockbuster "Cold Mountain" and the finale of the magical epic masterpiece "The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: The Return of the King" detonated the topic and became the biggest winners in the nomination stage.

"Cold Mountain", as the object of the Weinstein brothers of Miramax Films this year, has attracted much attention from the preparation stage to the screening stage, from the film festival journey to the awards season, and is known as this year's "British patient", and finally lived up to expectations at the Golden Globe Awards. won eight nominations, including Best Drama Film, Best Actor in Drama, Best Actress in Drama, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, and Best Screenwriter.

Compared with "Cold Mountain", "The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: Return of the King" is the real long-awaited, and the Middle-earth world opened up by the "Lord of the Rings" series has created a miracle in the history of cinema in the past few years, not only becoming one of the highest-grossing trilogies in film history, but also detonating the craziest fan craze since "Star Wars", and "Harry Potter" has become the most sensational work in the 21st century.

The two previous works of "The Lord of the Rings" have won word-of-mouth and nominations, but there has never been a way to actually win awards. Now that the trilogy has come to an end, the enthusiasm of fans cannot be underestimated. As the double champion of the North American and global box office at the end of 2003, whether this year's "Lord of the Rings Trilogy: Return of the King" can replicate the miracle of the "Titanic" has become the biggest attraction. Since the start of the awards season, it has become a national topic of conversation early on.

On top of the Golden Globes, "The Lord of the Rings: Homecoming" won four nominations for Best Picture in a Drama, Best Director, Best Original Song, and Best Score due to the lack of technical support.

In addition to these two hits, the remaining three seats for Best Picture in the Drama category were divided between "Clash of the Furious Seas", "Mystic River" and "Pentium Age". These works are also highly competitive in other awards, especially the strength of "Mystic River" in the acting department is generally optimistic.

In the musical comedy category, the biggest highlight is Keira Knightley, although the rising British Rose was not able to win any nominations, but her performances of "Love Actually" and "I Love Beckham" actually joined the competition for Best Picture in the Musical Comedy category, and her role as one of the members of the Iron Triangle "Pirates of the Caribbean" brought Johnny Depp a nomination for Best Actor in a Musical Comedy, and the three works went hand in hand, even if she was not nominated herself, still became the most shining new generation actress in 2003.

In addition, a movie called "Lost in Translation" quietly rose to prominence, bringing Diorama Pictures to everyone once again.

Strictly speaking, "Lost in Translation" is not a "quiet" rise, and the film received praise from the media after its premiere at the Telluride Film Festival; Later, after winning the Human Rights Film Network Award and the New Best Actress Award, he returned to North America with a strong momentum and landed at the Toronto Film Festival; In Toronto, Sofia Coppola stood in front of everyone for the first time as a director – not the youngest daughter of the Coppola family – and the media did everything they could to give all the praise to the 33-year-old young director.

At the same time, this independent art film with an investment of only 4 million US dollars, after landing in theaters in September, also captured the hearts of the audience, before the end of 2003, the cumulative box office of "Lost in Translation" has slowly crossed the threshold of 30 million US dollars, although the box office explosiveness and endurance are not as good as "City of God", but it is undoubtedly another acclaimed and popular independent film this year.

It can be said that "Lost in Translation" has been praised all the way, supported all the way, and amazed all the way, and the media comprehensive evaluation of up to 89 points easily surpassed the "City of God", coupled with the strong connections of the Coppola family in Hollywood for nearly 30 years, this qiē has made it the biggest dark horse after the opening of the awards season.

On top of this year's Golden Globe Awards, "Lost in Translation" dominated the musical comedy category, with five nominations, including Best Picture in a Musical Comedy, Best Actor in a Musical Comedy, Best Actress in a Musical Comedy, Best Screenplay, and Best Director, and even surpassed "The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King" in terms of quantity.

It is worth mentioning that Sophia won a nomination for Best Director, competing with Peter Jackson for "The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King", Anthony-Minghella for "Cold Mountain", Peter Weir for "The Raging Sea", and Clint-Eastwood for "Mystic River".

It can be seen that except for Sophia's "Lost in Translation", the other four works are all nominated for Best Picture in the Drama category, and "Lost in Translation" has won a place as a musical comedy work at the Golden Globe Awards, which is really valuable; What's more, Sophia is a female director, and a super young female director who is under the age of thirty-five, which is even more rare.

At present, the opinions in the circle believe that Sophia is likely to win the Oscar nomination for Best Director, and once successful, she will become the third female director in film history to be nominated for an Oscar.

"Lost in Translation" can definitely be called a beautiful scenery since the start of the awards season, even compared to "The Lord of the Rings" and "Cold Mountain".

Standing behind "Lost in Translation", Focus Pictures and Diorama Pictures were born overnight, compared with the "Cold Mountain" Miramax Films, the "Lord of the Rings" New Line Film Company, and the long-established Focus Pictures, Diorama Pictures, as a second-tier film production company that has risen strongly since entering the 21st century, has once again continued its upward momentum.

If you add the "elephant" who won the Palme d'Or and the Best Director award at the Cannes Film Festival in May this year, this year's Diorama Film can be said to have ushered in its peak, and even many first-line film studios are dwarfed. At this time, people suddenly discovered that in the high-profile "Troy" production list, Diorama Pictures stood side by side with Warner Bros. and Plan B Pictures, which indicated that Diorama Pictures was about to usher in a leap forward.

For a while, Ryan Kavarag was hot in Hollywood!

Under the absolute popularity and reputation of "Lost in Translation", the table of "City of God" has been left far behind: this work, as a Brazilian film selected for the competition, has undoubtedly occupied a place in the top five of the best foreign language films! (To be continued.) )

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