Chapter 1440 1440 Double Strike

Standing at a special time node and looking back on what happened in the past, there will always be some special gains.

Halfway through the first quarter of 1996, if you look back at what happened in the past six months, and connect the big news in Hollywood during this period, you can build a grand picture in your mind. Then, it is not difficult to find that in the past six months, all the trends in Hollywood seem to have originated from an event in August, a seemingly bland and ordinary event that seems to be staged in Hollywood every day: eight Month of Rebellion.

This is a revolution set off by young volcanoes. The fate of the king has continued to the present, the authoritative image and status of the uncrowned king have been severely challenged for the first time in history, and the development of the news industry has undergone an earth-shaking turn. Not only for Hollywood, but also for the entire society has had an immeasurable impact. After that, the "Seven Deadly Sins" and "Apologize" have pushed this topic to the top.

The raging August defiance had its origins in the "Death Ramble", which originated from the serious conditions Hugo experienced during filming, and then got out of control and got out of hand.

Therefore, when "Death Ramble" was released, all the audiences in North America interpreted what is called "all eyes" with practical actions, and almost everyone was curious about Hugo's performance in "Death Ramble". Sure enough, both the audience and film critics paid the highest attention to Hugo's performance, and Hugo's performance in this work was strongly praised by everyone, which also pushed Hugo's momentum to the an unprecedented peak.

Against this background, the Golden Globe Awards kicked off, and the four nominations for Best Actor in a Drama Series, Best Actor in a Musical Comedy, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Screenplay clearly showed people Hugo's unparalleled momentum now also reflects the affirmation of Hugo by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. But the ending was beyond everyone's expectations, and "Death Convict Walk" was directly submerged in the impact of countless works, which almost made everyone in an uproar, and even attracted criticism from the media.

A month has passed, and although the story of the Golden Globes and Hugo is still the focus of the topic, it has gradually cooled down. If this continues, when the Oscars arrive at the end of March, the negative impact will be almost negligible. But the reality is so cruel and so interesting, at this juncture, the 46th Berlin Film Festival is coming.

This year's Berlin Film Festival has almost attracted attention from all over the world. Under the combined effect of many factors, the attribution of the Golden Bear Award has received unprecedented attention. In the end, the curtain fell and "Sense and Sensibility" won the Golden Bear. Award, which is also the fourth major title that this work has won after the Golden Globe Award, the North American Broadcasting Film Critics Association Award, and the National Critics Association Award.

Judging from the current trend of the major awards ceremonies, it is clear that "Baby Pig" and "Sense and Sensibility" are in the leading position in the competition for the best picture, and this is precisely the most popular drama and musical comedy in the Golden Globe Awards. The winner of the best film is undoubtedly an important affirmation of the authority of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

But the problem is not "reason and emotion," and it has never been "reason and emotion."

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association gave Hugo four nominations, so what does that mean? It shows their recognition of Hugo's strength; then the Golden Globes awarded the best picture to "Baby Pig" and "Sense and Sensibility" respectively, which is consistent with the trend of other important awards ceremonies. What does this show? It shows that they are not dizzy, and they still have the same aesthetic standards as everyone else.

So, under such circumstances, the Golden Globes ignored Hugo's splendid performance in "Death Ramble", and instead praised "Before Sunrise", what does this mean? Divide the cake, but the piece decorated with strawberries does not belong to Hugo. The Hollywood Reporter Association just gave Hugo a piece of cake without cream in order to stop the crowd.

Of course, everyone knows that the aesthetics of the major awards ceremonies are different. "Death Ramble" is not a big kill at other awards ceremonies. Nicolas Cage's performance in "Away from Casino" is also worthwhile. definitely. If that's all, then people are talking and talking, and they can't hurt the Ballon d'Or at all - just like the past month.

Now, the Berlin Film Festival has used a Silver Bear Award for Best Actor to honor Hugo, especially when the Golden Bear Award belongs to "reason and emotion", which makes the position of the Golden Globe Award more embarrassing. , that Silver Bear Award was like a loud slap in the face, slammed into the face of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, and the pain and shame went deep into the bone marrow.

People can't help but ask: Nicholas is really good, but is he really good enough to beat Hugo? Even the performances in "Far From Las Vegas" may not be able to surpass "Death Ramble", not to mention the previous performance history, Nicholas is far inferior to Hugo. So how did this game come to be like this?

Maybe the personal aesthetic orientation of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is so, it is understandable; but maybe... maybe it is because Nicholas belongs to the International Creative Artists Company, Hugo belongs to the Endeavour Elite Agency - the former won the Golden Globes this year. , the latter did not win a prize; perhaps because Nicholas was a member of the Coppola family and Hugo's father was an old cowboy who shot a reporter; perhaps because of Hugo's refusal to attend the Golden Globes made some people unhappy...

It was just a "maybe", but countless possibilities were born. This time, there was no need for major media to fan the flames, and the audience began to murmur in their hearts.

This game of dividing the cake has really become interesting.

The audience is not a professional film critic, they will not seriously discuss the performances of Hugo and Nicholas, and they will not seriously analyze whether Hugo and Nicholas' acting methods are methodological or expressive like academy professors. , they care about their own viewing experience.

After the high expectations brought about by the rebellion in August, the audience set a benchmark: how good Hugo's performance was, he actually fell into the dilemma of split personality. And when "Death Convict Walk" was released, Hugo's splendid performance reached - or even exceeded this benchmark, the stormy waves in the audience's heart were uncontrollable, even if Hugo achieved the sweep of awards at major awards ceremonies, It is also natural to them.

Simply put, the audience recognized Hugo. Relatively speaking, even though film critics have repeatedly emphasized that Nicholas' performance is not inferior to Hugo's, the audience's inner sense of identity cannot reach the same height. After the Golden Globes, the audience has been quite critical, and now that the Berlin Film Festival is catalyzed again, they are even more scornful of the Golden Globes.

Faced with such a situation, the news media gloated over the misfortune one by one. Obviously, this is what they most want to see, and this time, they don't even need to fan the flames, the audience's inner ruler has already given the answer.

"Hugo-Lancaster Berlin braves bear!" This is the headline of the "Los Angeles Times", without mentioning the Golden Globes, without deliberately provocative, just simply stating the facts, in the article, they believe that Hugo The outstanding performance was unanimously recognized by the jury.

"The unanimous choice of the nine judges: Hugo Lancaster." This is the behind-the-scenes story of the award selection as the official publication of "The Screening" after the Berlin Film Festival. In the article, they quoted In the words of the chairman of the jury, Nikita, "This is the only award that all our jury members agreed upon without discussion and a show of hands. As long as the audience who have watched this movie carefully, close your eyes and savor the movie. With a deep, mixed look, they'll know we made the right choice."

"After Cannes, Berlin climbs to the top!" This is the headline of the New York Times. It does not deliberately mention the importance of this award, but instead emphasizes the brilliance created by Hugo in the past few years. They are also full of praise for the actor who is under 30 years old.

In fact, this is basically the attitude of the major media. After all, there are still a few media that report with a radical headline, "Questioning the Golden Globes with the Silver Bear Award". However, the media's affirmation of Hugo and the "Death Ramble" is beyond doubt. They unanimously said that Hugo's award was fully deserved, which just gave the Hollywood Foreign Press Association a heavy burden. one strike! It was a double whammy for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in the wake of the turmoil that many criticized after the Golden Globes.

On the surface, the debate this time is not as noisy and noisy as the thousands of husbands pointed out a month ago. It can almost be said to be calm and peaceful, but on the contrary, the discussions and disputes hidden under this calmness, However, it has dealt a heavy blow to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The authority of the Golden Globe Awards has been questioned as never before. Some people even began to doubt the fact that the members of the association were corrupt. Compared with the condemnation of the media or the economic loss, the loss of audience support, This is the most deadly.

In this competition hidden under the calm sea level, every time he punches and counterattacks, he is silent, and the side who is hit can only be the dumb one who eats Huanglian. The Endeavour Elite Agency ate Huanglian once, and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association also ate Huanglian once, but now the duel has quietly escalated, and the Golden Globe Award was directly injured. You also have to swallow the plasma hard, and then think about what to do next?

At this moment, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association was suddenly isolated and helpless. What should Marjana do? What will Michael do?