Section 148 The classics cannot be ignored
Levy's confident declaration in front of Winona makes sense.xstxt.org not only is he convinced that his film is a classic, but the whole of America is now enthusiastically promoting Amelie.
After winning the Golden Globe Award, Winona soon won the Screen Actors Guild Award and the North American Film Critics Award, and immediately after, both the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the New York Film Critics Association also presented awards to her. There is no doubt that Angel Amelie is indeed a better film than Shakespeare's love history.
Winona also became the darling of the mass media and the whole of America at this time, because the movie itself is a story in New York, and New Yorkers now have great respect for Winona. Compared with the English classical background shaped by Shakespeare's love history, the blur of modern New York is more popular with Americans.
Even, their love for Winona makes some of Winona's small flaws no longer unbearable. For example, Winona's sarcastic words about Gwyneth, and the media are also making excuses for Winona.
Winona's speech also brought a lot of trouble, and it was still rare in Hollywood to openly tear her face. However, after this incident, the media also quickly commented, they believed that it was normal for Winona to be angry, and even an angel like Emily would go and play a prank on the bullying rice shop owner. Gwyneth herself betrayed her friend, and she should have had this realization.
Moreover, when many media are discussing, there is even another issue: if the film is not made by Gwyneth, but by Winona. Wouldn't it be better? After all, Gwyneth's men's clothes are really not good-looking, and Winona's past movies prove that her men's clothes are very good.
A classic. It can make a person's life's work. Winona really understands this now. After she photographed Angel Amelie, she did the right thing because in the eyes of the media, she was the embodiment of Emily, and how could Emily be wrong?
Levy is right: after the classic triumphs over the shower, people will not complain, only shout. The flattering film was not originally made for the public. How can you expect the masses to speak for you?
If before the Golden Globes were awarded, Shakespeare's love history still had some resistance, then. After the Golden Globe Awards were presented, Winona's award was even more secure.
At this time, Levy also became the focus of attention. Although on the awards of the Directors Guild and the Screenwriters Guild. Levy lost both. However, people were also shocked to find that this young director, for two consecutive years, has been a strong contender for these awards.
"Nicholas Levy has been nominated twice in two consecutive years. For the first time, the man who defeated him was James. Cameron, second time. He had the misfortune to meet Spielberg. His jade qin is obviously very bad, but even bad luck. It is impossible to hide his outstanding strength. The first time failed, the second time failed, then, what about the third time? By next year, who will stop him? Do we really want to welcome a big-name director under the age of 30? Such a director is definitely a great genius, so, how many good movies will such a genius bring us? Levy is a hard-working man, he is not a director like Kubrick, a young, prolific, high-level director, how many good films will he bring? Let's wait and see! ”
Levy's age is a disadvantage for the awards, but it's a good thing for his future. At this time, Levy's reputation has been established through two movies, and he is now considered to be a great director with pursuits, ideals, and strength, and such a director is also worth the audience's expectations.
And in the midst of the discussion, the Oscar luncheon has arrived, and the list of Oscar nominees has been announced.
Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Costume Design, Best Original Screenplay, Best Score, Best Art Direction, and Surprisingly Best Visual Effects - Angel Amelie received ten nominations, which can be said to be a great success, and at this Oscars, it can only be compared with two films to save Private Ryan and Shakespeare's love history.
Obviously, such a number of nominations puts Angel Amelie in a very special position: if this film does not win the best film, it can be said to be a failure.
Fortunately, this year's angel Emily will certainly not be a tragedy like last year's eavesdropping storm. Although Saving Private Ryan simply said that the level of filming was higher than last year's big ship, the anti-war sentiment in the United States has intensified, and Hollywood is also the first place to bear the brunt of this anti-war voice. As a war movie, no matter how much it emphasizes that its films are anti-war, it can't change the fact that the selling point of his movies is war, so now this movie, from the Oscar favorite, has suddenly become confusing - who will sing the praises of war films in an anti-war voice?
In terms of Best Picture, Angel Emily can be said to have taken advantage of the home field. Saving Private Ryan was greatly frustrated, and none of the movies such as Life is Beautiful and Shakespeare's love history are stories in the United States, and the embarrassment that Levy faced last year has become Levy's biggest advantage this year.
And for the award for Best Director, Levy didn't expect much at all. He is still a little young, and Spielberg's skills in directing the GI are indeed impressive. Levy wanted to win, but he wasn't so arrogant that he claimed to be better than Spielberg because he wanted to win.
As for the award for Best Screenplay, Levy probably won't award it to himself for two consecutive years: the Oscars also have to be balanced, and it is too difficult to win two consecutive years. The defeat at the Ballon d'Or has shown some problems, and he can accept this.
Photography and editing are two awards, and Levy is now quite interested, even compared to the level of Saving Private Ryan, he is not afraid at all. Although the landing on the beach was dizzying, the various methods of angels who love beauty are also dazzling. These two awards can be said to be the awards that really need to be fought for, and they are also relatively suspenseful.
As for the rest of the awards, the best score is probably already in the bag - the supporting roles of several other films can be heard by even Levy who thinks a layman can hear. As for the awards for costume design and art direction, and best visual effects, it is difficult to say, and in terms of costume design, he probably can't match Shakespeare's love history - classical drama does have an advantage in this regard. And although the art director Angel Amelie is very good, it is difficult to say that it is a steady victory, as for the best visual effects, as an art film, it can be nominated because of Angel Amelie's bold use of stunts, which is not even necessary to think about it.
In this year's film market, there are not many real special effects blockbusters, but there are still works like the peerless catastrophe. In Michael Bay's film, special effects never have to be worried, the oil well worker flew into the universe to blow up a meteorite - he can be said to do anything to explode, I have to say that Michael Bay is a man who explodes with his life, and in this regard, Levy is ashamed of himself.
From this point of view, Angel Aimei can get almost half of the nominations, and Levy can be said to be very satisfied with this result.
Of course, the only regret is that it will inevitably be said that this is the best movie to save Private Ryan - but this is Oscar's mistake, not his own. At least for now, in the eyes of the media, it is normal for angels to love beauty for success. What they complained more about was a Beautiful Life nomination for Best Movie.
"How did Life Belle get nominated for Best Picture?" For this nomination, many people feel quite difficult to accept, "Is the Oscar really crazy?" ”
The reason why people feel so strange is not without reason: the Oscars have always had a not-so-written rule: when a foreign-language film is nominated for Best Picture, then the award for Best Foreign Language Film belongs to him. It can be said that Life is Beautiful has been nominated for Best Picture, and it is already possible to celebrate the Best Foreign Language Film award in advance.
If it were any other year, it wouldn't be anything else - Life is Beautiful is indeed a good movie, and no one can deny it. But in this year's foreign language films, there is a significantly better Central Station, which is very confusing. Grand Central Station has swept many film festivals, how did you lose to Life Beauty?
Could it be that because there are so many Jews in Hollywood, a movie that scolds the Nazis must be better?
This was Oscar's mistake, and the whole world affirmed the greatness of the movie Grand Central Station, but Oscar denied it. It was an unforgivable mistake, and Oscar is now losing credibility more and more. ”
These reviews drew firepower for Angel Amelie to compete for the best film. Although Levy lamented the pity that Central Station was not selected, he was also a little glad that it was selected.
Of this year's five films nominated for Best Money, Saving Private Ryan has basically failed, and Life is Beautiful is an Italian film, and it also involves the theme of war, which is basically a double defeat. And Elizabeth is also a British film, although the biographical film has a plus in the Oscars, but the plot of this movie is not up to the top level - Cate Blanchett is certainly very good, but she can't plug the hole in the plot.
Therefore, in the end, the five nominations this time are still the heads-up of Angel Amelie and Shakespeare's love history - that is, unless Shakespeare's love history becomes an unexpected dark horse, this award will definitely be won by Levy.
However, who can ignore a classic like Angel Amelie? (To be continued......)