Chapter 63: The Ceremony Begins (2/4)
Speaking of this, Shen Xudong paused: "I didn't mention Taiwanese movies... The reason is very simple, Taiwan's box office revenue is maintained at a market size of 300 million+ US dollars, and the box office proportion of Taiwan's local films is maintained within 10%, of which Hollywood movies account for 70%, and Japanese and Korean films account for 20%..."
"I don't think there's any film industry in this place... Even if my favorite Yang Dechang is a Taiwanese filmmaker..."
The scene was quiet and silent.
are all looking at Shen Xudong...
Shen Xudong looked at the people sitting on the stage, well, not to mention that they are all here, but 80% of the superstars and directors in the Chinese entertainment industry definitely have them!
"Okay, let's talk about the current situation..."
"I know a lot of people don't like to talk about data, but I think it's ridiculous to talk about development without data... Last year, the total box office in the mainland was 28.4 billion, of which Chinese films accounted for more than 65%, and the top ten grossing films of the year, Hollywood movies only accounted for two seats, namely "Iron Man 3" and "Pacific Rim"... What does this mean? ”
"It shows that our audience is willing to support Chinese films!"
"The reform of mainland cinema chains began in 2001, with the first batch of 30 cinema chains, 872 cinemas, and 1,581 screens. With an average of 1.8 per house, it was outrageously shabby, and by last year, we had 45 cinemas, more than 6,000 theaters, and nearly 20,000 screens! ”
"It's an amazing market, and what's even more surprising is that it's just getting started..."
"From the perspective of the global film market, only the Chinese market can compete with Hollywood, and can establish a mature whole industry chain and all-genre film industry... In the future, we can make films that cost more than $100 million and be profitable in the domestic market alone... You let Korean movies try..."
"Only the Chinese-speaking region in the world has such a separate huge market based on the same culture and the same context!"
"But Hollywood is menacing, and it's conquering cities around the world, because we can't make blockbuster movies... Some people may ask, what do you say all this has to do with me? ”
"We are all Chinese filmmakers, if we don't improve and insist on quality, it is equivalent to giving the market to others!"
After talking so much in one breath, it's time to wrap up, Shen Xudong paused for a moment, and then said: "Come on, colleagues!"
I've seen a lot of media say 'this is the best era of Chinese films, and it may be the worst era...', but I believe that this is the best era..."
After saying that, the audience fell silent.
A few seconds later, there was a wave of applause.
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Shen Xudong went to the media interview area after speaking, and the award ceremony was none of his business...
"Why do you want to do the Golden Sycamore Award... I don't think our Chinese films are missing a weighty and inclusive award..."
"The Academy Awards... From the very beginning, its positioning is to be awarded to people who have contributed to Hong Kong films, not for Chinese-language films, you can see the regional qualification policy of the Academy Awards for yourself; ”
"Golden Horse Awards... is a very amateur award, a filmmaker like Yang Dechang has never won the Golden Horse Award... More than half of the films nominated every year are Taiwanese films, and such film awards actually represent Chinese films? ”
"So, I'm going to make a relatively fair film award!"
"I didn't mention the Golden Rooster Award..."
Shen Xudong smiled and asked, "What do you say?" ”
"Then does the Golden Sycamore Award belong to the industry award or the art award?"
"I always insist on one point: movies are first and foremost commercial products for the public, the film industry has always been business is king, box office first, art films are like cherries on the cake, although beautiful but can only be an embellishment, if the art film that is out of the public is regarded as the main development direction of Chinese films at this stage, then Chinese films are at most like in the 90s, when the fifth-generation directors won the International Film Festival Award in a row, and domestic films were beaten to the ground by Hong Kong commercial films..."
"Today's Chinese film market is the world's second largest film market coveted by Hollywood, and it is destined to be the world's largest film market in the future! Of course we can make an association award like the Oscars..."
"Then do you think this year's best director is Wong Kar-wai or Zhang Yimou..."
Shen Xudong shook his head: "I don't know..."
He really didn't know, although he participated in the final vote, but the result of the vote was only known to a third-party auditor.
At this moment, there was a burst of cheers in the audience, okay, the Best Supporting Actress was awarded to Hui Yinghong, who won the award for the movie "The Sun Shines"...
Acceptance Speech... Very polite, all kinds of thanks...
After all, the first session has no special emotions, and the etiquette is over.
followed by a small program, and then the clip of "Love" was played on the big screen, and by the way, the award information of "Love" was disclosed: it won 43 awards large and small around the world, and by the way, "Love", because of its cold and true expression, full of moral and conscience choices and torture, has received global praise...
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The ceremony continues...
Generally speaking, the technical awards in the film awards do not pay much attention to outsiders.
It's like the best costume design, the best art design, the best soundtrack, the best sound effects, etc., so the EXO show was invited in the middle...
After that, the Best Supporting Actor is expected to be regarded as Fan Wei's award in "Big Buddha"!
Then Best Actress, the first hot spot in the absolute sense.
As soon as the award presenters appeared, all kinds of inhalations in the venue: Zhang Manyu...
"They gave me the award speech, and it was really well written, and I read it: the great film critic Roger Ebert once said: When a movie character is successfully portrayed, the audience can really feel the character's heart..."
"Actually, I've watched all five nominees' films, and they're outstanding..."
Speaking of this, she put down the teleprompter card in her hand: "These five nominees are the unanimous opinion of our jury, and they are definitely qualified to represent the peak of the acting skills of Chinese film actresses last year!" ”
The nominations are lit up on the big screen, and the competition is fierce.
Zhang Ziyi's "The Grandmaster", Chen Hao's "Dear", Gong Li's "Love", Yan Bingyan's "Ten Thousand Arrows Pierce the Heart" and Ye Lan's "Sister Beauty"...
Well, it's all mainland actresses...
How to say it, last year's Hong Kong films did not give birth to female characters worth mentioning...
Not to mention Taiwanese movies!
Golden Horse Award nominees Gui Lunmei, Zheng Xiuwen, Shu Qi and Yan Zhuoling did not even enter the primary election...
After speaking, Zhang Manyu opened the envelope, and then: "Congratulations to Yan Bingyan!" ”
The whole audience was surprised at first, and then applauded...
seems to be unpopular, but Yan Bingyan won the Berlin Film Festival with "Ten Thousand Arrows Through the Heart", which is actually not unpopular.
Yan Bingyan herself was surprised, not pretending...
Look at the nominations, Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi, Chen Hao, which one is good?
And then the Best Actor...
The guest of honor is Cheng Long.
This award is not very competitive, and Chen Daoming is expected...
After that, it came the two most important awards, Best Director and Best Picture...
It can basically be seen as Wang Jiawei PK Zhang Yimou!
(End of chapter)