Chapter 180: Golden Horse Victory Night!
"Thank you, thank you Golden Horse Award for giving me this award."
On the podium, You Benchang held his Golden Horse trophy tightly and said in a calm tone: "I really didn't expect that I could win the honor of Best Actor at this age." β
"The last time I won the Best Actor Award was in 1986 when I won the 4th Golden Eagle Award for "Jigong".
"At that time, I was still young."
Speaking of this, You Benchang smiled mischievously.
For him now, fifty-three years old should be considered young.
"Actually, I haven't acted in a few movies in my life."
You Benchang showed a look of reminiscence.
In addition to "Love", he has only acted in one fairy tale movie ""Next Sail" Harbor Travel".
Even TV series are very rare, except for "Jigong", only a few works have been acted.
You Benchang's main business has been drama from beginning to end, and after graduating from drama in 1956, he has acted in dramas for nearly 50 years.
"It's an honor to be able to participate in such an excellent and touching movie as Love."
"When Director Wu Yuan invited me to act in this movie, I was very surprised, I didn't expect that someone would ask me as an old man to act in a movie."
"Fortunately, I lived up to the director's trust and completed a decent performance."
In the audience, Wu Yuan applauded Teacher You Benchang vigorously, with a smile on his face.
To be honest, it is also a great honor for Wu Yuan to be able to cooperate with such an excellent veteran actor who has acted in dramas all his life.
It can be said that the success of the movie "Love" is indispensable for the script, actors, and directors, but it is impossible to make this movie if one party drops the chain.
"Of course, this trophy for Best Actor, although it was awarded to me personally, is an honor for the whole crew."
"Without the perfect cooperation between Ms. Wu Yanshu and Miss Gong Li, I would not have been able to play the role of Lao Zhang."
"They made this movie and made me who I am."
"Thank you again to everyone on the crew, thank you to the Golden Horse Awards!"
After that, You Benchang held the Golden Horse Trophy on his chest, kissed the cold cup sincerely, and walked off the podium with the trophy in his hand.
"Well deserved!"
"Congratulations!"
"Congratulations!"
Along the way, whether they knew or didn't know the guests, they all stood up to congratulate You Benchang on winning this award.
His performance in the movie "Love" is really impeccable, and he fully deserves the trophy for Best Actor.
It can be said that this is the expected and expected result.
At last night's Golden Rooster Awards, You Benchang lost to Cheng Long and passed by the Golden Rooster Best Actor.
And tonight, he received his own glory and recognition.
Don't comment on whether Cheng Long's acting skills in "New Police Story" are better than You Benchang in "Love".
Wu Yuan only knew that the applause at the Golden Horse scene today was much louder than when the Best Actor was awarded last night.
Standing up and welcoming You Benchang back to his seat, Wu Yuan said with a smile: "Teacher You, this overnight trip is worth it." β
"yes, it's worth it." You Benchang held the Golden Horse trophy tightly and smiled very heartily.
After the award for Best Actor was awarded, the award went on.
Between heavyweight awards, there are always a few general awards interspersed.
"Won the 42nd Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards, and the best adapted screenplay isββ"
"There are no thieves in the world!"
ββ¦β¦β
"Won the 42nd Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards, and the best cinematography is-"
"Pan Yaoming, "Three Forks"!"
ββ¦β¦β
"Won the 42nd Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards, and the best new actor is-"
"Jay Chou, "Initial D"!"
One award after another was given out again.
Wu Yuan also met Jay Chou, the little king of the music world who recently started to cross over to become an actor.
He likes Jay Chou's music very much, after all, this is a superstar who has dominated the music industry for an era.
But if you want him to say with a clear conscience how well Jay Chou acted, it is indeed too much.
From Wu Yuan's point of view, Jay Chou's acting skills can be summed up in four words as "no acting skills".
His pinnacle film work "The Secret That Can't Be Said" focuses on acting in his true colors, playing himself in high school, which is his highest level of acting skills.
As for other movies, it's really unwatchable.
It can only be said that in this period, it is the star of popular film and television songs, acting and singing, singing and acting is the norm in the entertainment industry now.
I remember that Jay Chou later invested in the TV series "Panda Man" by himself, and went to Haolaiwu to play "The Green Hornet".
I don't know what Colombia thinks, it's really a dare to shoot and a dare to act.
"The winner of the 42nd Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards, the best original screenplay is-"
On stage, the award ceremony continued.
Finally, another award related to Wu Yuan is about to be drawn.
On the big screen, the pictures of the four movies "Love", "Dragon City Years", "The Best Time" and "The Princess's Revenge" are constantly switching.
The award presenters, Fan Wenfang and Li Mingshun from Malaysia, solemnly opened the envelope.
These two actors once played Yang Guo and Xiaolongnu in the 1998 Singapore version of "The Condor Heroes".
The 1998 version of "The Condor Heroes" is one of the classic TV series in Singapore and Malaysia, and Fan Wenfang also successfully entered the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and came to Hong Kong, Taiwan and the mainland for development with the role of Little Dragon Girl.
Fan Wenfang smiled and took out a card with the name of the award-winning film from the envelope and showed it in front of the camera.
"The winner isβ"
"Wu Yuan, Love!"
"Congratulations to Director Wu, congratulations to the crew of "Love"!"
Wu Yuan curled the corners of his mouth, stood up calmly, and accepted the applause of the audience.
Winning this award is a thing to be expected.
This is an original screenplay that can be judged for the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes, and several other films that have also been nominated for the same cannes are only shortlisted for the main competition unit of Cannes, how can they compete with "Love"?
With the congratulatory voice all the way off, Wu Yuan walked onto the podium and received the trophy from Fan Wenfang.
"Thank you."
Standing on the podium, Wu Yuan was a little speechless for a while, and he didn't know what to say.
He didn't prepare for his acceptance speech in advance, and he didn't have the habit of doing so.
After saying thank you dryly, Wu Yuan pursed his lips and was silent for a few seconds before holding back another sentence.
"Thank you to the Golden Horse Awards jury for awarding me this award."
"Many people wonder why I, a young man in my early twenties, can write "Love" to describe the love and marriage of the elderly."
"Here, I respond with one sentence."
"Art comes from life, and so does film."
"Maybe I haven't experienced it, but I have a good eye for discovery and insight."
"As long as you feel and understand what is happening around you with your heart, you will find that there are stories and inspiration everywhere around you."
After the release of "Love", there are actually many people who wonder why Wu Yuan was able to write such a script.
The story of an elderly couple in their seventies and eighties about love, illness, and death.
This is simply too inconsistent with Wu Yuan's image.
Wu Yuan also took this opportunity and the stage to respond to these voices.
As for whether those who want to engage in conspiracy theories believe it or not, that's not for him to decide.
"Finally, thank you again to the jury for awarding me this award, thank you."
Holding the trophy, Wu Yuan walked back to the guest seat in a chic manner, without any souvenirs.
"Director Wu, your script is really well written." As soon as Wu Yuan returned to his seat, Feng Xiaogang from the crew of "No Thieves in the World" next door came up.
Feng Xiaogang, who doesn't know how to write scripts and relies on other screenwriters for almost all movies, looked at the trophy in Wu Yuan's hand with envy.
If nothing else, he should have missed the award of Best Screenplay in his life.
Even the chance of winning the actor is better than the chance of winning the best screenwriter.
On stage, the award ceremony continued.
Several more awards were awarded, as well as an important award for Best Actress.
The Best Actress Award was won by Shu Qi of "The Best Time".
As the face of Taiwan Island movies this year, "The Best Time" still deserves a Best Actress Award.
The main reason is that no matter how fair the Golden Horse is, it will not concentrate the four awards on one or two films, which is unfair.
Just as Cannes defaulted to the fact that a film can only win one award, the Golden Horse also tries to distribute the most important Best Actor and Actress, Best Picture and Best Director separately.
"Love" won the best actor, so it is unlikely to win the best female lead.
Wu Yanshu accepted the result indifferently, and applauded Shu Qi with a smile.
So far, only the two most important awards have not been awarded at this year's Golden Horse Awards.
Best Feature Film and Best Director.
The biggest favorites in these two awards are "Kung Fu", which represents the king of commercial films this year, and "Love", the most outstanding in the field of art films.
Both films have their own strengths.
One won this year's Chinese film box office champion, and the other won the Cannes Grand Jury Prize.
Who will win the award, to be honest, all the guests and audiences at the scene are not sure.
It can only be said that the award will definitely be produced in these two films, and no matter who wins the award, it is well deserved.
On the big screen, the crew of "Kung Fu" and the crew of "Love" are constantly favored by on-site cameramen.
It's a pity that Xing Ye himself was not present, and it was the "charter wife" Yuan Qiu who came to attend the award ceremony on behalf of the "Kung Fu" crew, and Wu Yuan had no chance to meet Xing Ye.
"The next award is the Best Director Award, and we welcome the award presenters Li Yu and Kim Sung-mo!"
Li Yu and Jin Chengwu, who were in suits and leather shoes, and had a tacit understanding without ties, walked up from the backstage together.
"I'm glad to meet you here, it's all screaming."
"No, no, I'm honored to be on the same stage with Director Li to present the award."
After the two award presenters took the stage, the routine warm-up began.
Some lucky spectators at the scene screamed one after another.
The popularity of the handsome guy Kim is really not ordinarily high, and the title of the most beautiful man in Asia is no joke.
"I think a good director is really the soul of a movie."
On the stage, Jin Chengwu was still talking: "Then, I also started to participate in the showbiz from Taiwan Island, started filming, and gradually got some foreign jobs to try." β
"I also hope to get some good results outside and come back to Taiwan to share with you."
"Then I also hope to learn good things outside, and I can come back and make better movies for foreigners."
"Yes, I went to study abroad." Li Yu took over the conversation with a smile.
"Yes." Jin Chengwu also nodded and smiled: "I still hope that the director can come back, and then call on all filmmakers to make more good Taiwan movies for foreigners." β
"Yes, it's like Director Wu sitting in the audience." Li Yu shrugged his shoulders and pointed out Wu Yuan, and the camera also gave Wu Yuan.
If you want to talk about directors who go abroad to "study" and then return to China for development, it is definitely impossible not to mention Wu Yuan.
He is making movies in Hollywood on the one hand, and Chinese commercial films and literary films on the other, and he can be said to be a director who has made great contributions to Chinese films.
It is no wonder that Kim Sung-wu will call on Li Yu to return to Taiwan Island to make some Taiwan movies.
In the face of Wu Yuan, the director of Hollywood, the local director on Taiwan Island really can't stand it!
It's just that Ang Lee didn't answer this at all, and after leading the topic to Wu Yuan, he said with a smile: "Then we are shortlisted for the Golden Horse Award for Best Director this yearββ"
Shortlisted short films began to appear on the big screen.
Stephen Chow's "Kung Fu", Hou Hsiao-hsien's "The Best Time", Johnny To's "Dragon City Years", and Wu Yuan's "Love" appeared on the big screen.
With the background introduction, the audience at the scene and in front of the TV, whether they have watched these four movies or not, have met again.
"The winner isβ"
Li Yu opened the envelope, and the background sound began to sound a dense drum beat.
"Zhou Xingchi!"
"Congratulations to Zhou Xingchi for winning this year's Best Director Award."
Yuan Qiu applauded, stood up with a smile on his face and walked onto the stage to accept the award.
Offstage, here in the "Love" crew on the other side, all the members breathed a sigh of relief and gave sincere applause.
Since the best director has been awarded to Zhou Xingchi and the crew of "Kung Fu", it is obvious that the final and most important award for best feature film should be "Love".
It doesn't make sense that this award is also given to "Kung Fu", right?
Sure enough, Berry O'Spong, the producer of the "Lord of the Rings" series, and Taiwanese director Chen Yaoqi came to the stage as award presenters to present the best feature film.
As soon as he took the stage, Berry Ospen touted a wave of Chinese-language movies and a wave of Chinese-language filmmakers in English.
I don't know how many connections it took Jin Ma to invite him, anyway, he is really face-saving, and Chinese movies are better than Laiwu in his mouth.
Of course, Berry Ospen's mouth is inseparable from Wu Yuan, after all, among so many directors from across the Taiwan Strait and three places on the scene, he is most familiar with Wu Yuan.
"Daniel is a very, very good director, whether it's in China, in Hollywood, or in Europe, he's one of the best directors."
"It's an honor for me to award the Best Feature Film award this time, and he was also shortlisted."
"Hopefully I can give him the award in person!"
It stands to reason that Berry Ospen's words, as an award presenter, must be out of place, and there is no neutrality of the award presenter at all.
But as the producer of Hollywood, the members of the organizing committee had no way to stop him, so he had to keep urging him to present the award.
"So!"
Chen Yaoqi opened the envelope, took a look at it first, and said with a smile: "Let's let our Berry Ospen read this award-winning movie, okay?" β
Berry Ospen took the envelope, read it carefully, and after making sure that he was not mistaken, he looked at Wu Yuan and said in English:
"The winner of the award for Best Feature Film was Love!"
"Daniel, congratulations! This is what you deserve! β
(End of chapter)