Chapter 193: Best Foreign Language Film Award!
"Let me see which of the biggest stars have come to the Kodak Theater."
"Wow, Tom Hanks, you're still so handsome!"
Tom Hanks, who starred in movies such as "Forrest Gump", "Cat and Mouse Game", and "Happiness Terminal", sat in the audience and waved politely at the camera.
He is here today to present the Best Director Award, but he did not participate in the competition for this year's Oscars.
"Wow, I've seen a lot of new faces." The host embarrassed Situ mischievously pointed to the table of the crew of "Pride and Prejudice", he knew very well what the audience in front of the TV wanted to see.
The live camera is given to Keira Knightley, and Kayla's beauty in "Pride and Prejudice" is indeed impressive.
She was also nominated for Best Actress for this film.
Kayla pinched her skirt and gracefully got up and curtsy to the camera.
English Rose is at the peak of her appearance, and at the age of 21, she has indeed grown up in the aesthetics of most Westerners.
This face alone can make countless fans in front of the TV drool.
Situ couldn't help but admire: "What a great beauty!" β
"At this time, I have to thank Daniel Wu for bringing this British rose to the eyes of global audiences."
"Let's give a round of applause to Daniel wu, without him, without the movie Pirates of the Caribbean, we wouldn't have had the opportunity to meet this beautiful British rose."
The on-site camera immediately found Wu Yuan, who was sitting in the middle of the crew of "Love".
Wu Yuan, who was suddenly Q, was a little dazed, can this also be related to me?
However, he still adjusted his expression in an instant, and nodded at the camera with a faint smile.
In other words, the casting of "Pirates of the Caribbean" seems to have nothing to do with him, and it was completely Jerry, the producer, who was in charge at that time.
On stage, Yi Situ continued to use gags to introduce the guests to the audience in front of the TV.
In fact, many superstars don't need to be introduced by him at all, as long as they are skipped in the live camera, it will cause countless screams from fans on the scene and in front of the TV.
But his gag jokes are really funny.
"The theme of tonight's awards show is 'Return to Glamour,' and thankfully, Hollywood has lost it for a long time. β
"Let's face it, this year is not the best year for Hollywood, the box office has dropped a bit, and piracy still exists."
"So I want to say, if anyone outside the venue is involved in illegal movie piracy, please stop it!"
"Take a good look at these people on the scene."
Yu Situ stretched out his finger and pointed at all the guests sitting in the audience, "You steal from these people, look at them!" β
"Some beautiful ladies can only afford to buy a dress that just covers their breasts!"
The laughter immediately rang out, and Wu Yuan couldn't help but shake his head.
Embarrassed Situ is known as the most daring Oscar host, he really dares to talk about any topic, and before that, he also ridiculed the voting in the general election in the United States.
In this way, after more than ten minutes of gags on the podium, the first award of the night began.
Beautiful Nicole Kidman took the envelope to the center of the stage and began to introduce the nominees.
The first award to be presented is the Best Supporting Actor award, an award that is neither light nor heavy.
The award went to George Clooney, who won the award for his political thriller film "Cinrena."
However, Wu Yuan is more impressed by George Clooney that he is the actor of "Gravity".
It's a pity that this time he may not be able to have anything to do with the movie "Gravity".
Compared with the three major in Europe, the Oscars are undoubtedly a humorous and brisk, whether it is the presenter or the winner, they will deliberately make a lot of laughs to enliven the atmosphere, and there is a live band to create the atmosphere.
has participated in so many award ceremonies, Wu Yuan has to admit that the Oscars are indeed the most interesting.
At least he won't feel bored at the Oscars, and he won't just think about giving out his own awards quickly, but watching other winners joke with relish.
Of course, there are some awards that also make Wu Yuan feel funny.
For example, this year's Best Animated Feature Film Award, when "Howl's Moving Castle" was also shortlisted, this award was actually awarded to another film called "Super Invincible Boss Dog".
Please, "Howl's Moving Castle" is higher than the head dog in terms of box office results and word-of-mouth around the world, right?
Even "Howl's Moving Castle" was shortlisted for the Golden Lion in 2004 as an animated film.
As a result, on the stage of the Oscars, he was defeated by "Super Invincible Boss Dog".
It's nothing more than that "Hal's Moving Castle" did not do any public relations at Hollywood, and "Super Invincible Head Dog", a film produced by the British and released by DreamWorks, has put a lot of public relations efforts into Hollywood.
The Japanese still don't know as much about Hollywood as the British, or Miyazaki doesn't care about the Best Animated Feature Award.
In other words, it seems that Japan does not attach much importance to the Oscars, and it also attaches more importance to the three major European ones.
Every year, many Japanese filmmakers go to the Big Three in Europe, but few pay attention to the Oscars.
Japan's film industry is still relatively independent and self-contained.
One by one, the awards were handed out.
The Best Costume Design was awarded to Memoirs of a Geisha.
Best Supporting Actress was awarded to Rachel Weisz.
Best Visual Effects was awarded to King Kong.
Best Art Direction and Best Cinematography were also won by Memoirs of a Geisha.
Although there are a lot of funny baggage interspersed between the awarding of each award, the singing of star singers, and the reminiscence of outstanding filmmakers and movies in the past.
But the atmosphere at the scene was still getting more and more tense and more solemn.
Because as the award ceremony comes to the second half, the more it is awarded, the more heavyweight awards will be drawn.
After another short film in memory of the outstanding actor (deceased) of Hollywood, Will Smith took the envelope and walked onto the stage.
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He stared at the main camera and said, "What I'm going to present here is the award for Best Foreign Language Film." β
"I think it's probably a good time to say hello to all the viewers around the world who are watching."
"So, here I go."
The guests in the audience were a little puzzled, what was he going to start?
Only the corners of Wu Yuan's mouth turned up, with a lively expression.
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βBonjourοΌ je suis Will Smith.β
It turns out that Will Smith has learned a lot of languages to greet and introduce himself from various countries, and he is showing his multi-Chinese skills.
Naturally, Will, who had worked with Wu Yuan, also learned Chinese from him.
I saw that after introducing himself in Japanese, French, German, and Italian, he finally spoke broken Chinese,
"Mud, I'm like Will Smith."
The black homie's characteristic rap accent gives his Chinese a full sense of joy.
The creators of the "Love" crew laughed heartily, and Wu Yuan took the lead in applauding vigorously, while still slamming his head.
In the domestic broadcast room, Chen Kaige and Tian Zhuangzhuang also laughed happily.
Even in 2020, if a foreigner speaks Mandarin, it can make many people feel novel, let alone now?
"Will Smith should be learning Chinese with Wu Dao, right?" Chen Kaige explained to the audience in front of the TV: "Will Smith and Director Wu collaborated on "Rush Hour 3". β
"It's the series that Cheng Long starred in Hollywood."
The start-up shooting of "Rush Hour 3" has been reported several times in Hollywood, and it has also been filmed by Entertainment on the set.
However, in China, this news is still not very well-known, and only Cheng Long's fans will pay attention.
"I heard that "Rush Hour 3" has been filmed, it is the final work of this series, and it should be able to meet the global audience next year."
"When the time comes, domestic audiences can also enter the cinema to see the story of Will Smith and Cheng Long's adventure."
Tian Zhuangzhuang also echoed and introduced to the audience, "This movie was shot by Director Wu, and I believe that the Hollywood movie he made is more in line with the aesthetics of our Asian audiences." β
Turn your gaze back to the Oscars.
After introducing himself in various Chinese languages, Will Smith finally got down to business.
"Well, now it's the award for Best Foreign Language Film."
"The nominees areβ"
"Don't Say It from Italy"
"Merry Christmas from France"
"Heaven at this time" from ****"
"Hope and Rebellion from Germany"
"And "Love" from Huaxia"
Will Smith was very attentive, he memorized the title of each movie in his native language, and when introducing the title, he first read the title in English, and then read the title in the native language of the film.
When he read "Love", he read the Chinese word "ai" out loud.
"So, who will be the Oscar winner?"
Without the slightest intention of selling off, Will Smith opened the envelope directly.
"Wow, congratulations on Love!"
"The winner is my good friend, director Wu Yuan!"
God, it's so hard to get a black man to pronounce "yuan", and Will Smith really put his mind to it.
Wu Yuan stood up with a smile, hugged everyone in the crew, and walked onto the podium under Liu Yifei's adoring gaze.
"Hey, Director, congratulations." Will also hugged Wu Yuan vigorously to congratulate him.
"This is the second time that Huaxia Film has won this award!"
"It is also the fifth time that a Chinese film has been nominated."
"The last time it was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film was the film 'Hero'."
The behind-the-scenes host at the scene introduced the movie "Love" in a pure broadcast tone.
In China, all the fans who got up early to watch the Oscar broadcast cheered excitedly!
The first Academy Awards in the mainland are finally here!
Since Zhang Yimou's "Hero", it has been hyped and has been being promoted for the Oscars, and now there are finally mainland directors who have really got their hands on it!
"Congratulations to Director Wu, he deserves his name." Chen Kaige said with emotion: "Among all the nominated films, "Love" is the best one and deserves to be awarded. β
Compared with the year when "Hero" was nominated, it is true that the gold content of "Love" this year is much higher.
Even if "Hero" really went to public relations and won the award, it would not be deserved, after all, the film's own domestic critics were not very satisfied, and felt that in addition to piling up big scenes and color aesthetics, it was a complete failure of experimentation.
In comparison, "Love" is indeed full of gold.
Chen Kaige is called an envy, why didn't "Farewell My Concubine" apply for the Academy Awards?
Back then, there were really no directors in China who cared about this award, and everyone's eyes were on the three major Europeans, as long as they could go to the three major European ones, it would be considered a success.
If he had known about the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film back then, and now it would be so high-profile, then "Farewell My Concubine" would have gone to the Oscars a long time ago.
Judging from the global film level of that year, "Farewell My Concubine" can't God block and kill God, and Buddha blocks and kills Buddha?
It's a pity, if you miss it, you miss it.
At the scene, after Wu Yuan hugged Will, he took over an Oscar statuett from Miss Manners.
"Wow, this trophy is a lot heavier than I thought it would." Facing the camera and Limai, Wu Yuan made a little joke first.
"I had an acceptance speech in my pocket, but unfortunately, the organizing committee told me that I could only say 38 seconds."
Wu Yuan shrugged his shoulders: "So this acceptance speech has become a piece of waste paper." β
"Long story short, thank you to the Oscar jury for giving me this award."
"The significance of this best foreign language film to me is not just an ordinary trophy, it also represents Hollywood's recognition of Chinese films and Chinese filmmakers."
"As a large country with a population of 1.2 billion, Huaxia should and must make its own voice in the world film industry."
"Fans of the world should learn to listen to the voice from China."
"It's an honor that we did a good job, my predecessors brought Chinese films to Europe, and showed the Chinese film style in front of European fans."
"And now, I have brought Chinese films to North America on the other side of the ocean, and brought Hollywood."
"Of course, I can't do it alone."
""Love" can win the award, and I have to thank my excellent actors, You Benchang and Wu Yanshu, two excellent old actors, and Gong Li for his excellent performance."
"I would also like to thank Liu Yifei for her cute cameo, which brought a touch of relief to the heavy tone of the movie."
"Okay, the staff is urging me."
"Finally, thank you to everyone who worked hard for the filming of the movie "Love", you are the best in my heart!"
Holding the trophy and holding it high, Wu Yuan waved his hands vigorously.
IN FACT, ORIGINALLY HE WANTED TO SAY THE FAMOUS WORDS OF CAESAR ON THE PODIUM, "VENI VIDI VICI"
I come, I see, I conquer!
But he held back.
This kind of compelling feeling is infinite, comparable to the acceptance speech of "I am the king of the world", and it should be put on a more important occasion.
For example, when you receive the Oscar for Best Director or Best Picture.
This Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film will definitely not be the end of Wu Yuan's Oscar journey, it is just the beginning!
His path to supergodhood has just begun.
It's been a long time in the group today.,The other two are too late.,It's going to be sent again after 12 o'clock.γ
To compensate everyone, this chapter is four thousand words.
(End of chapter)