Standing at a particular point in time and looking back at what happened in the past period of time, there is always something special to learn.

Halfway through the first quarter of 1996, if you look back at the events of the past six months and connect the heavy news in Hollywood during this period, you can build a grand blueprint in your mind, and then it is not difficult to find that in the past six months, all the movements in Hollywood seem to have originated from an incident in August, a seemingly ordinary event that seems to be staged in Hollywood every day: the August Rebellion.

This revolution was set off by young volcanoes. For the first time in history, the uncrowned king's authoritative image and status have been severely challenged, and the development of the news industry has taken a drastic turn. Not only for Hollywood, but also for the whole society has had an immeasurable impact, and the subsequent "Seven Deadly Sins" and "Apologize" have pushed this topic to the top.

The source of this vigorous August rebellion is the "Death Row Walk", which originated from the strict situation that Hugo experienced during the filming, and then lost control and became out of control.

Therefore, when "Death Row Walk" was released, all audiences in North America interpreted what it means to be "highly anticipated" with practical actions, and almost everyone was curious about Hugo's appearance in "Death Row Walk". Sure enough, both the audience and the critics gave Hugo's performance the highest attention, and Hugo's performance in this work was strongly praised by everyone, which also pushed Hugo's momentum to an unprecedented peak.

In this context, the Golden Globe Awards kicked off, and the four nominations for Best Actor in a Drama, Best Actor in a Musical Comedy, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Screenplay clearly showed people that Hugo is now invincible and powerful, and also reflects the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's affirmation of Hugo. But the ending was beyond everyone's expectations, and "Walking on Death Row" was directly drowned in the impact of countless works, which almost made everyone in an uproar, and even attracted criticism from the media.

A month has passed, and although the story of the Golden Globes and Hugo is still the focus of the conversation, it has gradually cooled down, and if it continues, by the time the Oscars come at the end of March, the negative impact will be almost negligible. But the reality is so cruel and so interesting, at this juncture, the 46th Berlin Film Festival is here.

This year's Berlin Film Festival has attracted almost global attention, and under the combined effect of many factors, the attribution of the Golden Bear Award has received unprecedented attention, and finally the curtain has fallen, and "Sense and Sensibility" won the Golden Bear Award, which is also the fourth important title won by this work after the Golden Globe Award, the North American Broadcast Film Critics Association Award, and the National Board of Review Award.

Judging from the current trend of major award ceremonies, it is obvious that "Pig Baby" and "Sense and Sensibility" are in the leading position in the competition for best picture, and this is precisely the winner of the Golden Globe Award for best picture in the drama and musical comedy categories, which is undoubtedly an important affirmation of the authority of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

But the problem is not "reason and emotion", it is never "reason and emotion".

What does the Hollywood Foreign Press Club say about Hugo's four nominations? illustrates their recognition of Hugo's strength; The Golden Globes then awarded Best Picture to "Baby Pig" and "Sense and Sensibility" respectively, in line with other important award ceremonies, what does this mean? It shows that they are not dizzy, and they still have similar aesthetic standards to everyone else.

So, in such a situation, what does the Golden Globe Award mean by ignoring Hugo's wonderful performance in "Death Row Walk", and instead commending "Before Sunrise"? The piece of cake that was just decorated with strawberries did not belong to Hugo, and the Hollywood Reporter Association just gave Hugo a cake without cream in order to block the crowd.

Of course, everyone knows that the aesthetics of major award ceremonies are inherently different, and "Death Row Walk" is not a big kill at other award ceremonies, and Nicolas Cage's performance in "Away from Las Vegas" is also worthy of recognition. If that's all there is to it, then people are talking about it, and they can't make the Golden Globes break their bones at all – as they have been in the past month.

Now, the Berlin Film Festival has expressed its praise for Hugo with a Silver Bear Award for Best Actor, especially when the Golden Bear Award belongs to "reason and emotion", which makes the position of the Golden Globe Award more and more embarrassing, and the Silver Bear Award is like a resounding slap in the face, slamming on the face of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, and the pain and shame go deep into the bone marrow.

People can't help but ask: Nicholas is indeed good, but is he really good enough to beat Hugo? Even the performances in "Far from the Las Vegas" may not be able to surpass "Death Row Walk", not to mention that in the previous performance history, Nicholas is far inferior to Hugo. So, how did this game come to be?

Perhaps the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's personal aesthetic orientation is so understandable; But perhaps...... Perhaps it's because Nicholas belongs to the International Innovative Artists Company, and Hugo belongs to Endeavour Elite Agency - the former won a big win at this year's Golden Globes, while the latter did not win a prize; Maybe it's because Nicholas is a member of the Coppola family, and Hugo's father is an old cowboy who shoots at reporters; Perhaps it was Hugo's refusal to attend the Ballon d'Or that upset some people......

It's just a "maybe", but countless possibilities have been born, and this time, there is no need for major media to fan the flames, and the audience began to mumble in their hearts.

This game of sharing the cake really became interesting.

The audience is not a professional film critic, they will not seriously discuss the acting skills of Hugo and Nicholas, and they will not seriously analyze whether Hugo and Nicholas's acting methods are methodological or superficial like the professors of the academy, they care about their own viewing experience.

After the high expectations brought by the August rebellion, the audience set a benchmark in their hearts: how good Hugo's performance was, he actually fell into the dilemma of a split personality. And when "Death Row Walk" was released, Hugo's brilliant performance reached - or even exceeded this benchmark - the turmoil in the hearts of the audience was irrepressible, even if Hugo achieved the sweep of the awards at the major award ceremonies, it was taken for them to take it for granted.

To put it simply, the audience recognized Hugo. Relatively speaking, even if critics repeatedly emphasize that Nicholas's performance is not inferior to Hugo's, the audience's inner sense of identity cannot reach the same height. After the Golden Globe Awards, the audience has already complained a lot, and now that the Berlin Film Festival has catalyzed again, they have even more scorned the Golden Globes.

Faced with such a situation, the news media gloated one by one, and they obviously wanted to see this situation the most, and this time, without even fanning the flames, the audience's inner ruler has already given the answer.

"Hugo Lancaster Berlin Brave Bear!" It was the headline of the Los Angeles Times, which did not mention the Golden Globes, did not deliberately sensationalize, but simply stated the facts, and in the article they argued that Hugo's outstanding performance was unanimously recognized by the jury.

"Unanimous choice of nine judges: Hugo Lancaster." This is the behind-the-scenes story of the selection of the awards, which were revealed in the official catalogue of the Berlinale after the end of the Berlin Film Festival, in which they quote Nikita, the president of the jury, as saying, "This is the only award that all our jury members agreed upon without a discussion and a show of hands." As long as the audience who has watched this movie carefully, close their eyes and savor the deep and complicated eyes in the movie, they will know that we have made the most correct choice. ”

"After Cannes, Berlin at the top!" This is the headline of the New York Times, which does not deliberately mention the importance of this award, but rather focuses on the facts, highlighting the brilliance of Hugo's achievements in the past few years, and they are also full of praise for the actor under the age of 30.

In fact, this is basically the attitude of the major media outlets, like the "San Francisco Chronicle" with a radical headline "Silver Bear Award to Question the Golden Globe Award", after all, there are still a minority. However, the media's affirmation of Hugo and the affirmation of the "Death Row Prisoner Walk" are beyond doubt, and they unanimously said that Hugo's award is completely deserved, which just gives the Hollywood Foreign Press Association a heavy blow! This is the double blow that the Hollywood Foreign Press Club has suffered after the chaos that Qianfu referred to after the Golden Globe Awards.

On the surface, this controversy did not have the noise and noise that Qianfu referred to a month ago, and it can almost be said that it was light and calm, but on the contrary, the discussions and controversies hidden under this calm have dealt a heavy blow to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, and the authority of the Golden Globe Awards has been questioned like never before, and some people have even begun to suspect the fact that the members of the association are corrupt, compared to the condemnation of the media or the economic loss, losing the support of the audience, which is the most deadly.

In this competition hidden beneath the calm sea level, every punch and return strike is silent, and the side that suffers the blow can only be dumb and eat coptis. Endeavor Elite Agency ate Coptis once, and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association also ate Coptis once, but now the showdown has quietly escalated, and the Golden Globe Awards have directly suffered internal injuries, full of blood, but they can't reveal it, and they have to swallow the plasma alive, and then think about what to do next?

At this moment, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association suddenly fell into an isolated situation, what should Maganna do? And what will Michael do?