1436.Chapter 1436
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association certainly doesn't want to see a situation where "Death Row Walk" was a huge hit at the Berlin Film Festival, and if it had won an award in Berlin, the Golden Globe would have been a real shame.
Objectively speaking, there are countless award ceremonies in the world, and the preferences of each award ceremony are different, the Golden Globe Award for Best Film may not be able to show its strength in Berlin, and the winner of the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival does not mean that the Oscar for Best Picture will win, just like everyone has their own preferences, the reason why the awards ceremony can bloom is because their aesthetics are completely different.
Generally speaking, the Golden Globe Awards and the Berlin Film Festival are two award ceremonies that are absolutely opposite to each other - the aesthetic orientation of the Berlin Film Festival has always been known for its sword-sidedness, and it is difficult for the Golden Bear Award winners to make a big difference in the Golden Globe Awards and Oscars, for example, in 1994, the Golden Globe Award won the Golden Bear Award at the 44th Berlin Film Festival "In the Name of the Father" was in the Golden Globe Awards and the Oscars - a large number of nominations were won but all returned empty-handed.
In this way, even if "Death Row Walk" topped the Berlin Film Festival, it has nothing to do with the Golden Globe Awards.
But the current situation is more special, Hugo refused the Golden Globe Award to attend the Berlin Film Festival, which originally showed Hugo's artistic taste as an actor, which made the Golden Globe Award quite embarrassing; What's more, the list of winners of the Ballon d'Or is not only "dissatisfied" with Hugo - which is speculated by the media, but also offended by the public - and most of the American media believes that the Golden Globe is a big disappointment this year.
At present, the Golden Globe Awards have been pretending not to know, calmly facing a qiē question, and showing their calmness and atmosphere. But once "Death Row Prisoner Walk" won the award at the Berlin Film Festival, it made the list of winners of the Golden Globe Awards even more convincing. Even if it's not absolute, even if it's just a joke, it will have a huge impact on the future development of the Golden Globes.
The Golden Globes, hoping to get more attention on the business side, could easily become a joke if they put on a hat that is difficult to convince.
The 2014 Golden Globe Awards, even if they were attacked by all the media, even if their authority was questioned again and again, they could still laugh at themselves, still entertain themselves, put aside all authority, and simply enjoy the atmosphere of carnival together.
However, there is a big difference between the Golden Globes and 20 years later, the Golden Globes are just beginning to transform into a commercial path, they don't have enough capital to laugh at themselves, and they still need a broad base to support - this is why they chose to share the cake collectively, and they also gave Hugo a piece, just to maintain face harmony, so that Hollywood's major studios choose to support them, and let the audience choose to follow them.
Therefore, if this time the embarrassment becomes a laughing stock, then the next development of the Golden Globe Awards will be really difficult. The best outcome was that, as in the United States, the "Death Row Walk" received positive reviews, but in the end it was not enough to make an impact on the awards.
American journalists are well aware of this, and this time they are all on Hugo's side, not because of their hatred of the Golden Globes – although undeniably partly because of the rejection of an undefined organization like the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, but more importantly because they want to see the fun.
The award of "Death Row Walk" at the Berlin Film Festival is bound to make the excitement boil over, which also makes reporters heckle.
As a result, before the closing ceremony and award ceremony, the award call of "Death Row Walk" actually surpassed the "reason and emotion" with outstanding reputation, and became the biggest favorite to win the Golden Bear Award. This is also something that the entire "Death Row Walk" crew did not expect before they came to Berlin.
Walking into the banquet hall where the closing ceremony was held, Hugo saw Emma Thompson oncoming her, and she opened her arms enthusiastically, "Finally see you, Hugo Lancaster!" Emma solemnly called Hugo's full name, then wrinkled her nose slightly, and winked playfully, "The shouting of the tsunami outside almost made me think there was an earthquake, and I joked with Hugh that it would be difficult for you to come in under such a scene." ”
Today on the red carpet of the closing ceremony, Hugo finally saw the most surging crowd in the past three days, the earth-shaking shouts made the Berlin Film Festival look like a carnival mecca, the mountain of screams released the enthusiasm that fans had hidden in their hearts for two weeks, and the snowflakes in Berlin in February shone like the bright light of May primroses.
"I think it must be that the weather is so bad, they saw my poor figure shivering, so they mercifully let me in to keep warm." Hugo's tone of voice made Emma laugh out loud, and the hearty laughter was not a ladylike gesture at all, but it made people happy.
As one of today's most talented women, Emma's career trajectory also rose from 1992, when a "Howard Manor" made her win the Oscar, and in the following years, she achieved unattainable glory. It can be said that Emma and Hugo are sympathetic to each other, and this year Emma personally participated in the adaptation of "Sense and Sensibility", confirming her reputation as a talented woman at Cambridge University, and there are too many similarities with Hugo.
But this is the first time that the two have officially met, which is really unexpected.
"Let me introduce you, this is Kate, Kate, this is ......" Emma was halfway through her sentence when a young girl from behind stepped forward and answered, "Hugo, I know, Mr. Lancaster." ”
"Nice to meet you, ma'am." Hugo smiled and made a gentleman's salute, then looked at Emma, "Does my accent question sound funny?" Hugo was speaking in English, not London, which made him look a little weird, and caused the two ladies standing in front of him to laugh.
Standing in front of Hugo is Kate Winslet, the actress who relied on the "Titanic" to become famous all over the world, and at this time she was still a young girl who was just twenty years old. In fact, before "Titanic", Kate already had a certain fame, and it was the work "Sense and Emotion" that brought her into the public eye.
Now Kate still has obvious baby fat, and her plump cheeks make her more childish and less childish after growing up. The fledgling Kate was obviously very excited to see Hugo, and even her lips were trembling slightly, and her eyes were firmly locked on Hugo, and she could clearly read the surging in her heart.
Although such a scene was not unfamiliar to Hugo, he still found it quite interesting, and looked politely with a smile on his face, Kate seemed to have a lot to say to Hugo, but before he could speak, he was approached by Lee. Ann interrupted, "I think we should take our seats." ”
Standing in front of Hugo is one of the greatest Chinese directors in film history, Li. Quiet.
Plum. Ann's greatest achievement is to combine the subtlety of the Oriental and the delicate feelings of the Westerners, and has achieved achievements in the English-language film world that others have to look up to, and in each of his works you can read the poetry and painting that belongs to the Oriental culture, which is really rare.
"Sense and Sensibility" as Lee. Ann's first English-language film was an instant success, winning the attention of the entire Western world, even winning the Golden Globe for Best Drama Film and the Berlin Film Festival.
Looking at Lee in front of him. Ann, Hugo couldn't help but take a few more looks, not only because of his future achievements, but also because the depths of their souls came from the same land, Li at this time. At just forty-one years old, Ancai looks very young, and the crow's feet at the corners of his eyes can vaguely outline his nervousness - although this is not his first time participating in an international film festival, it is still inevitable.
"Mr. Li, it's a pleasure to meet you, I've been looking forward to meeting you." Hugo took the initiative to extend his friendly right hand.
Hugo's accurate Chinese pronunciation, as well as accurately understanding his surname, made Li. Ann was surprised, and he hesitated and stretched out his right hand, "Mr. Lancaster, why do you say that?" ”
"I've seen a few of your directs, 'Pushing Hands', 'Wedding Banquet' and 'Eating Men and Women'. And, of course, there's this 'Sense and Sensibility'. The last sentence was said by looking at Emma, and Hugo's words made Emma smile, but Lee. Ann looked shocked. Because Hugo accurately named each of his works, which is almost impossible among Hollywood actors. What's more, this object is Hugo.
Hugo saw Lee. Ann's expression immediately understood--he was still a little too excited, in fact, he was very interested in Lee. Ann's closeness is not only because he has watched the classics of the future, but also because of the secret in his soul that can never be said. Plum. Ann seemed to be standing in this plane and connecting with the place where he was rooted in the depths of his soul.
This made Hugo smile, "If I have the opportunity, I hope to get the opportunity to work with you, and I mean it." Hugo looked at Lee. Ann's eyes said sincerely, which made Lee. Ann nodded ignorantly, and then Hugo turned to look at Emma, "I think I should go and find my companion, otherwise I will be embarrassed when the closing ceremony begins." After saying that, Hugo politely said to Emma, Kate, and Lee. Ann greeted them one by one, then turned to leave.
But Lee. Ann stood there but couldn't come back to his senses, not because he had too little experience, on the contrary, because he had enough experience, so he could clearly feel Hugo's kindness to him, which was really too unbelievable - the first person in the United States to know himself, a young director who had just made his English feature film debut? It's almost like a joke. But the facts are telling Lee. Ann, this is reality, not a dream.
Also unable to come back to her senses was Kate, who reluctantly looked at Hugo's back as he left, unwilling to look away.
Seeing this scene, Emma laughed dumbly and had to wake up the two of them with a loud voice, "Hey, guys, we should be seated." ”