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Published at 3rd of November 2021 09:16:21 AM


Chapter 2074: 2074

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Los Angeles, Venice, Toronto, New York, London. In just half a month, Lan Li’s figure was running back and forth over the Atlantic Ocean, and the continuous long-distance flight officially opened the 2014 awards season. But obviously, for Lan Li now, There are more important things to deal with than the awards season.

During the period when the Blue Ceremony continued to cross the Atlantic, the two film festivals in Venice and Toronto came to an end. Then the Telluride Film Festival, the New York Film Festival, the London Film Festival, etc. will all make their debut, and awards are presented in another year. The ups and downs of the season have been tumbling-of course, although the awards are not the most important, they are still worthy of attention, because these works are likely to become the first wave of seed players in the awards season.

The first is the Venice Film Festival.

The Swedish film "Hard Branches and Quiet" won the Golden Lion Award, and the Indonesian documentary "The Silent Image" won the Jury Prize; at the same time, the latter also became the highest award of the film critic's Fabicy Award. It became clear.

However, Weiwei was a little surprised that after Venice’s popularity, "Silent Image" was not able to find a distributor, which also prevented the work from being released in North America, and unfortunately missed the 87th Oscar registration. Deadline; going around and around successfully released in the coming year, was archived in the 2015 awards season lineup, and finally won the 88th Oscar nomination for best documentary feature.

The details about the "silent image" are the later tidbits, and the side also proves one thing again: After all, Venice's ability to sell films is still weak, not to mention Cannes, even compared to Berlin, it also appears weak, which also means As a result, Venice’s situation is more difficult than imagined.

Looking back to Venice, the best director, best screenwriter and other awards have also found their respective winners. The most watched actress and queen awards are slightly surprised. Italy and the United States are co-produced and selected by Italy. "Hungry Heart" won two trophies for best actor and best actress.

The famous Italian actress Alba-Rohrwacher won Venice’s queen trophy for the third time. The previous two were non-main competition units, but this is the first time that he has reached the top of the main competition unit. An important breakthrough.

American actor Adam Driver defeated the popular candidate Jack Gyllenhaal to win the actor's trophy. He previously performed "Drunk Country Ballad" with Renly, and later played in "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" "The villain has become one of the mainstream popular actors in one fell swoop.

This is also considered to be the Venice Film Festival’s “again” support for local films. Otherwise, Jack Gyllenhaal would have a higher chance of winning.

The Horizon Unit, which almost no one paid attention to, attracted a lot of attention this year because of the existence of Lanli, and several excellent works finally emerged——

Two works, "God Knows" and "Hebb", which were also ranked in the Horizon Unit, later both broke a blood path. The former reached the top at the Tokyo Film Festival two months later and won the final award and the best director award. After going round and round, the latter landed on the North American market the following year and was highly acclaimed. It entered the year-end awards season in one fell swoop, and finally ranked among the top five nominations for the 88th Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. The development trajectory of "Silent Image" is almost the same.

This also illustrates a problem. Leaving aside the awards season and Oscars for the time being, Venice can also find excellent works. In the vast film soil of the world, Cannes cannot catch it all. Berlin and Venice are the world's top film festivals. , Still has a strong attraction, excellent works still exist; the question is, how should Venice be positioned? How should the main competition unit choose works? This is the core focus.

In addition to "God Knows" and "Hibb", "Burst Drummer" is undoubtedly the best and hottest work in this year's Horizon Unit. It finally succeeded in winning the highest award in the Horizon Unit. After all, it did not return empty-handed.

Then came the Toronto Film Festival.

Among the People’s Choice Awards, the biographical film "Simulation Game" promoted by Weinstein Pictures became the biggest winner, and reached the top of Toronto amidst the applause. It became the number one work of the People’s Choice Award. The movie’s Oscar journey adds the most important weight; at the same time, the actor Benedict Cumberbatch has also become the Oscar winner’s number one seed player.

The Weinstein brothers, who fought hard, once again accurately grasped the lifeblood of the awards season and won the first battle.

The anonymous independent director Theodore-Melfi (Theodore-Melfi) is a producer and has been in the industry for more than ten years. This time his directorial debut "Saint Vincent" has successfully harvested A lot of praise, broke a world at the Toronto Film Festival.

The film has gathered a series of big-name actors such as Bill Murray, Melissa McCarthy, Naomi Watts, etc. You can see Tealdo’s excellent contacts in the industry. The final work won the Toronto People’s Choice Award. Second, it has also become an important seed player in this year’s awards season, just like the “Juneo” and “Little Sunshine Beauty” of the year. This kind of light comedy can always find the market, depending on how it works next. .

By the way, "Saint Vincent" is a work produced by Weinstein Pictures, and "Imitation Game" is produced by a small independent film company. Weinstein Pictures purchased the North American distribution rights. The brothers again started buying heavily before the awards season kicked off.

Then, the third place of the People's Choice Award was awarded-or the "Burst Drummer" was chosen.

This controversial work succeeded in breaking a blood path and won the love of many audiences. At the same time, Lan Li's performance also received countless praises again, basically continuing the momentum of the Sundance Film Festival at the beginning of the year. I am even more convinced that this movie should have a place in the awards season.

But there are still uncertainties behind the joy.

"Imitation Game" is Oscar's favorite biography of celebrities, "Saint Vincent" and "Little Sunshine" are both light comedies that complete self-salvation in depression, seemingly sad but convey positive energy, and it is also the award season. The darling of "Burst Drummer" appears extreme and dark, not only does not madness, does not survive the artistic pursuit gesture, but also criticizes the mainstream lifestyle, which is undoubtedly not the fanatical style and type of the college judges.

From Sundance at the beginning of the year, to Venice not long ago, and then to Toronto, which just ended, the "Burst Drummer" has reaped one after another of praise, but the overall trend has not erupted. The influence of the theme and style has always been It's unclear whether it can be completely lively during the awards season or not.

Even in Toronto, the "Burst Drummer" only won the third place in the end-many people in the industry believe that this is the popular vote of Lanli. After all, this is the People's Choice Award, and Lanli's influence is not tolerated. Ignore, if it is not because of Lan Li, then the third place should be the music biographical film "Love and Compassion."

What's more, the weather vane works of the Toronto Film Festival are more concentrated in the People's Choice Award, only limited to the first place; although the official film festival also lists the second and third places, the influence of the award season is indeed It is minimal, which further adds uncertainty to the prospects for the awards season of "Burst Drummer".

But no matter what, it is certain that the name of "Burst Drummer" has successfully appeared in the first seed list of the 2014 awards season, and the next awards season will be lively.

It is worth mentioning that "Interstellar", which is still being released, has also been included in the scope of the awards season discussion. It is not the best film but the best actor——

Isn't Lan Li's brilliant performance worthy of a name?

The "Chicago Sun" even mentioned earlier that Lanly’s two scenes in "Interstellar Crossing" were the best of the year. One scene was Cooper bid farewell to Murphy’s decision to go to the bridge section of the space mission. The deep performance left a deep impression; one scene is the look at the end of the whole movie, which has raised the quality of the movie by a level, comparable to the last scene of "Crazy Love" that year, and deserves a standing applause.

Not only the "Chicago Sun", but also authoritative magazines such as "The New Yorker", "Hollywood Reporter", and "Empire" have expressed similar views. They also believe that "Interstellar" is a Commercial films, but Lan Li’s performances are indeed worthy of being included in the top ten of the year.

So, whether "Interstellar" is worthy of the Oscar nomination is not to say, but at least it should have a place in the awards season.

It is only the beginning of the awards season, and the seed players have not yet completed their debut. However, the attention that "Interstellar Crossing" has won has faintly reached the forefront ~www.novelhall.com~ plus the reputation of "Burst Drummer", this is also Many film critics lamented that after experiencing the chaos and turbulence of the awards season at the beginning of the year, Lanli has now fully established itself in the industry, and even further entered a higher field——

"Isn't Lan Li another Meryl Streep?"

Many people in the industry have murmured and sighed, not Tom Hanks, nor Marlon Brando, but Meryl Streep.

Because Meryl is one of the few actors who can occupy a place in the awards season by virtue of the strength of commercial films and continue to break records.

Just after the millennium, commercial films such as "Queen Wearing Prada", "Mamma Mia", "Love Is Complex", "Big Hope Hot Springs", and "Magic Black Forest" all occupied her place in the awards season. It can even enter the Oscar stage, win nominations, and write history.

This ability is one of the few in Hollywood. When Meryl has such a reputation, as long as the works she starred in, her acting skills are guaranteed and there will be no mistakes. This is also the reason why she is called a "cancer". Now , Lan Li also faintly has such a momentum!




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