Entertainment: Start with Succubus and play Hollywood

Meryl Streep had it right.

Many Hollywood bosses who were present or watching TV have already included Nicole Kidman in their"not to be messed with" list.

The Oscar awards are still going on, but almost no one is paying attention to the awards anymore. Except for the winners, everyone is a little absent-minded.

Soon, as the unimportant awards passed one by one, another more important award of the night was about to be awarded - the Best Foreign Language Film Award.

Two years ago, Li Bian made his debut with a Chinese martial arts film——《"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Not only did it gain countless prestige, but also a lot of money and the opportunity to direct a Hollywood blockbuster.

This also stimulated the directors on the opposite side, and they began to attack Oscar.

Tonight, another Chinese director also appeared at this year's Oscars with a big-budget martial arts film, trying to win the best foreign language film.

That's right, it's Zhang Laomou's"Hero"》

《Heroes is distributed in the United States by Miramax.

For the sake of the film's box office, Harvey Weinstein also helped"Heroes" with some public relations, and only then did he receive this nomination.

It is a pity that Harvey spent more energy and resources on"Best Picture" and"Best Director". After all,"Chicago" is his biological son.

The Chinese team of"Heroes" was exposed to the Hollywood ecosystem for the first time. They didn't understand public relations at all. They thought the Oscars were really a fair and just award, so they just waited for the awards.

There was no public relations and no media announcements were bought, which resulted in the lack of influence of"Hero". Even before the Oscars,"Hero" had not been released in the United States.

Those Americans who like Chinese martial arts films have no chance to see everything presented in"Heroes" before the Oscars.

The lack of social influence and widespread support makes it difficult for"Hero" to regain the glory of the"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" era.

At Zhang Laomou's table, several people stopped discussing the"confession incident" just now and looked nervously at the stage.

It was only after Zhang Laomou came to the United States that he learned about Oscars and PR, but by then it was too late.

He was feeling uneasy at this time. He imagined that the judges could select him without sufficient public relations, but he also had a clear understanding that this possibility was unlikely and extremely contradictory.

Zhang Weiping whispered to Lao Mouzi:"Don't be nervous. It doesn't matter if you don't get it. At least we have been nominated. This is already a huge honor."

This was the"honeymoon period" for Zhang Weiping and Zhang Laomou. One is in charge of filming and the other is in charge of marketing. The two work very happily together.

The award presenter for the Best Foreign Language Film, Salma Hayek (Mexican actress, starring in the action film"The Last Day"), read the list of nominees on the stage:"The nominees for the Best Foreign Language Film are,"The Crime of Padre Amaro", Mexico;"Hero", China;"The Man Without a Past", Finland;"Nowhere at Home", Germany;"Hotel Paradis", the Netherlands"

"These are all excellent films that represent film and television styles from different places. Unfortunately, there can only be one winner. She lowered her head and opened the envelope, looked at it and said,"Congratulations to director Caroline Link for"Nowhere at Home"!"

Compared to before the Oscars, the North American media's implicit evaluation of"Heroes":"This is a beautiful film."

The media in North America were generally optimistic that Caroline Link's"No Home" would win the award.

No way, this film is too politically correct -

African black brothers help Jews, England People helped the Jews, and finally the grateful Jews gave up their good jobs in Europe and chose to return to Africa, ready to help build this poor place.

Almost every point tickled the itch of the Oscar judges.

You know, most of the old men in the academy are Jews!

Martin glanced at the crew of"Heroes" and felt a little regretful.

Compared with Li Bian's"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", Zhang Laomou's"Hero" still has too much oriental cultural flavor.

Although in some aspects,"Hero" has traces of imitating"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", after all, Lao Mouzi is a true Chinese and cannot be compared to Li Yi That kind of understanding of Westerners. (To read Baoshuang novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

Although Li Bian was born in Wanwan, he has lived in the United States for nearly twenty years and has long been Westernized, which is commonly known as""Banana Man".

Even the script of"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was written by Li Yin first in English and then translated into Chinese, so some of the lines in it may make Chinese audiences feel a bit stiff and a bit like a stage play.

Later, a certain director named Feng also imitated this form and made a nondescript"The Night Banquet", turning a good Chinese film into a Shakespeare play. Not only was it not liked by Easterners, it was also disliked by Westerners. It’s true that painting a tiger is not the opposite of a dog.

To put it bluntly, Li Yin shot"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" with Western audiences in mind, and did not consider Eastern audiences at all. As for many expression techniques and details in the film, they were all designed to cater to Western audiences. People's taste.

In fact, the box office of"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in China was not good at all in the beginning. It was not until after it won the Oscar and the crazy praise of the Chinese media that the box office rose.

Although I don't want to admit it, at that time Some Chinese people are indeed a bit fond of foreigners.

Even so, the Chinese box office of"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is only 15 million.

Judging from the Chinese box office situation,"Hero" should actually far exceed"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon""Dragon". Although the film and Lao Mouzi were criticized in China at the time, it is undeniable that"Hero" opened a new era of Chinese movies.

Steve Martin continued to make jokes on the stage and talked about two After Martin made a joke that was not funny, Sean Connery walked onto the stage.

The seventy-three-year-old Sean Connery is still graceful and has the demeanor of an English gentleman in his every move.

But most of the people here are senior insiders and know that The image of this so-called"gentleman" is all marketed.

Privately, this old white man is rude, swears, domestically violent, and beats servants. He is a complete old scumbag!

This man is about to present the Best Director Award[]

Harvey became nervous. Although he spent more resources on the best picture, it did not mean that he gave up the best director.

"The Oscar nominees for Best Director this year are: Martin Scorsese,"Gangs of New York"; Peter Jackson,"The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers"; Stephen Daldry,"The Hours"; Roman Polanski,"The Piano""The Division"; Rob Marshall"Chicago"》"

In the original timeline, Peter Jackson was not nominated for Best Director this year.

But this time, with Martin in charge, the nomination went smoothly.

In Martin's view, as the most classic of the"Lord of the Rings" trilogy, it would be inappropriate not to win an important award.

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