Chapter 1971: 1971 Standard Ending

Hugo couldn't help holding his breath. At this moment, he also inevitably became nervous, even more nervous than the two individual awards of Best Original Screenplay and Best Actor, because Hugo knew exactly what the end of the night would be. mean something. Especially after receiving the best original screenplay statuette, Hugo has a new understanding of the weight of this history.

According to the development direction of the wheel of history, or according to the development direction of the film industry, Wall Street's invasion of Hollywood is an inevitable result, which has nothing to do with computer special effects, because as early as thirty years ago, the film industry was accompanied by the "Jaws" After Kong was born, it really became an important link in the economic industry chain. The upsurge of movies, theme parks, and peripheral products led by Disney has entered a new era because of the prosperity of "Star Wars".

All this makes Hollywood's "interests" more and more important. With the acquisition of MGM by Sony Corporation for nearly US$5 billion in 2005, the last independent studio in the long history of Hollywood has completely disappeared, and Wall Street has truly become the master of Hollywood.

This process has spread mightily for decades, just like the development process of the market economy, it is inevitable for social development.

The success of "Independence Day" and the brilliance of "Titanic" only pushed the film industry to a new level and further catalyzed this process. The real value of these two works lies in making people realize the impact of computer special effects on important role in the film industry. This has also accelerated the progress of the "commercialization" of the film industry-after "Spider-Man" achieved a big box office success in 2002, it really entered the era of blockbuster visual effects.

So, even if it wasn't "Independence Day," it wasn't "Titanic," there would be something else that would be the catalyst for that. Maybe it's "Water World", maybe it's "Tornado", maybe it's "Jurassic Park". This is a historical inevitability, the irresistible development direction of the torrent of the times, and this is the wheel track that cannot be changed by human factors.

But after visual special effects became an important factor for the success of movies, Wall Street forces began to permeate all aspects of the film industry, and the credo of "profit first" made visual effects blockbusters the protagonists of the market. Correspondingly, script-based plot works are gradually becoming popular, and even developed to the point where they have been completely reduced to "award season works".

It is difficult for these feature films to get the attention of major film companies, which directly leads to a sharp decline in excellent works, which in turn makes audiences lose interest in going to the cinema to watch, the box office declines and profits decrease, and the film companies are even more discouraged, forming a vicious circle. bad. The resulting additional effect is: the number of truly excellent original scripts has decreased rapidly, and screenwriters who are willing to concentrate on writing scripts often have no way to succeed, and have to compromise with the market in order to make a living, which further reduces excellent works. This is the worst dilemma for the entire market.

The clue can be seen from the most direct example. After 2010, the best Oscar films are "The. King's. Speech", "The Artist (The. Artist)", "Escape from Tehran (Argo). )", "Twelve Years a Slave (12. Years. A. Slave)", "Birdman (Birdman)".

Objectively speaking, these five works are not the best works of the year. The script is not the best, the scheduling is not the most perfect, the theme is not the deepest, the art is not the most outstanding, and the combination is not the most outstanding. One thing these five works have in common is: political correctness—except for "Bird" "People" truly rewards the innovative spirit of Hollywood and the self-deprecation of entertainment industry insiders. The other four works are very similar, with a steady rhythm, a well-regulated narrative, a calm perspective, and an eternal theme.

It's not that such works are bad, they are indeed excellent, but they are far from excellent, let alone classic.

In the same horizontal comparison, the five best movies in the first five years of the 1990s were: "Dances with Wolves", "The Silence of the Lambs", "Unforgiven", "Schindler's List" and "Forrest Gump". "Biography"——except for "Dances with Wolves" that won the award over "Goodfellas" and could not fully convince the audience, other works can be said to be well-deserved, and there is no doubt that these five works are all It has become a masterpiece of film history and left an important mark in the annals of history.

This is the embarrassment of the blockbuster era after entering the 20th century. It is also Hugo's confusion and hesitation after winning the best original screenplay. He knows that he has no ability to change this history, and he also knows that he has no obligation to bear this burden. This is the weight of the entire industry and the entire history.

However, Hugo couldn't help thinking: What if...just if, the trajectory of history has changed like this? "LA Confidential" beat "Titanic" to win the Oscar statuette, so the course of history may not be completely changed, but at least it can deviate slightly from the track, so will the future be different?

Just like the historical trajectory of rock and roll, when rock and roll has gradually declined, when faith has gradually disappeared, the brilliance of grunge rock and new metal rock in the 1990s became the last light in the night sky, and disappeared completely after blooming with brilliance; but Now, although Hugo cannot be said to have completely changed history, history has indeed deviated. The development track of new metal rock has changed, and the seeds of rock belief have sprouted again, and the future has once again become full of infinite possibilities.

Rock accomplished this feat, why not movies? Glory carried that banner until death, why not "L.A. Confidential"?

Now, this possibility is not impossible. On the contrary, "LA Confidential", which has won three trophies, is fully qualified to overthrow the "Titanic"-you only need to win the best director in front of you Award, everything is full of possibilities.

This little possibility made Hugo's muscles tense up, and he felt unprecedented enthusiasm, the excitement and pleasure of overturning the "Titanic" by himself jumped in his sight, and evolved into With a thin layer of mist, all the lights in front of the eyes are blurred into beautiful spots, as if the whole world is shining with brilliance.

Everyone focused their attention on the five nominees for best director, and no one noticed Hugo's tension at the moment, except Leonardo. Leonardo looked at Hugo's tense jaw line, and seemed a little confused, but he vaguely caught some clues—what kind of turbulent waves will the confrontation between the traditionalists and the reformers bring? Leonardo couldn't foresee the future, but he could feel the approaching pace of history.

Inexplicably, Leonardo's restless mood completely calmed down, replaced by a little excitement. He didn't know whether he was excited about the history that the "Titanic" might create, or excited that he finally touched his acting dream once again. The original intention, or the excitement that he is standing at the crossroads of history at this moment.

All the viewers held their breath. Across the United States, more than 59 million viewers turned on the TV at the same time, paying attention to this most important moment; " and "Titanic" have been bombarded for two consecutive years. At this time, the number of viewers has approached one billion, which may be the second largest among all TV programs in the world. The program of the National Spring Festival Gala!

The nearly 6,000 media workers in the media center held their breath, all the noise disappeared in an instant, and all eyes were focused on the TV screen, waiting for the result, success, failure, and glory ...waiting for the making of history.

The pervasive tension caused time and space to pause for a moment. Even Anthony Minghella, who was standing on the stage, was infected. His hands trembled slightly. He tried to open the envelope for the first time, but failed. . The weight of history made the envelope, which was light in hand, heavy.

The attention of nearly one billion people around the world, and the nearly century-old historical process of the entire film industry, seem to have all been condensed on this one envelope. That kind of weight is simply beyond the control of ordinary people. As long as you relax a little bit, you will I was completely overwhelmed by the overwhelming pressure.

Anthony didn't joke about his mistake, because the tension on the scene had made his breathing hot. Anthony could only try again, opened the envelope, took out the card inside, and carefully read it three times. After making sure that he was not dazzled, he let out a long breath.

"The winner of the 70th Oscar for Best Director is..." Anthony looked at the card in his hand again, and it seemed that his brain had become blank, like a goldfish, forgetting that he had just seen it a few seconds ago The answer, and then he said into the microphone, "James Cameron, 'Titanic'."

There was a deadly silence in the audience, and no one could react; the whole world seemed to have fallen into a dead silence at this moment, and even the slight sound of breathing disappeared. Then, all the emotions were released heartily in an instant, and the earth-shaking cheers made the entire sacred auditorium start to shake—truly shaking, the wheel of history turned once again.

Hugo's heart stopped beating at that moment, and then completely froze, but then he let out a long breath, because he knew that it was over, everything was over. History continues to move forward according to the original track, which is a process that no one can change. The victory of the "Titanic" is not only the victory of James, but also the victory of the entire Wall Street.

The 70th Oscar finally ended with a standard ending. James Cameron won the Best Director Award for the first time with "Titanic", and then the ultimate award was also won by "Titanic". This night of remembering history came to an end in James' arrogant and arrogant roar:

I am the king of the world!