Chapter 2085: 2085 Nomination List
Looking back from the perspective of twenty years later, in November and December of 1998, countless art films were bombarded. Although the entire market was in chaos, there was almost no strategy at all, and they just swarmed forward. People in the film industry have seen more excellent works, and at the same time buried many excellent works. However, this kind of melee is considered to be the first year of the "awards season" and "academic public relations". Since then, the awards season has officially entered people's attention, which has further improved the commercialization of the film industry.
The seventy-first Oscars are the signature awards ceremony of the first year of the awards season.
In the nomination stage, "Shakespeare in Love" did not cause enough sensation at the beginning of its release, and the reputation and depth of the work were far from outstanding , Let everyone in North America take a breath of cold air - when did the world change without knowing it?
"Shakespeare in Love" leads the list of nominations with thirteen nominations. A film history classic like "Loyal Soul" is tied for the second most nominated work in Oscar history.
"Shakespeare in Love" is not only as simple as surpassing "Saving Private Ryan" and "The Truman Show" to become the biggest winner in the nomination stage, but also ranks among the best in film history, showing a destructive attitude, which directly Everyone was stunned.
Could it be that..."Shakespeare in Love" has reached the height of "Titanic" and "Gone with the Wind"? But why does no one feel this way? Almost everyone is happily discussing the magnificence of the war scenes in "Saving Private Ryan" and the humanity behind the war, as well as the bloody entertainment to death and the urgency to pursue freedom in "The Truman Show", but no one can say The historical weight of the work "Shakespeare in Love". Since when did the Oscars become so "commercial"?
It can be said that after the Oscar nomination list came out, the world has been in chaos!
"Shakespeare in Love" dominated the nomination list with an absolutely strong attitude. The six major awards including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Original Screenplay were all shortlisted for the final In addition to technical awards such as Best Film Editing, Best Soundtrack, Best Costume Design, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Sound, Best Makeup, etc., there are a total of 13 nominations, and they even showed a strong performance. Last year, the momentum of "Titanic" was even stronger - after all, the advantages of "Titanic" are in the technical department, and the main department is still slightly inferior.
It can be said that, except for the best actor, "Shakespeare in Love" has been shortlisted in almost all major departments, and the huge momentum reminds people of the treatment received by many film history classics. Astonishing, but even more puzzling, is Oscar going to change again? And still without anyone noticing it.
Following closely behind "Shakespeare in Love" is "Saving Private Ryan", which is considered to have surpassed "Schindler's List". Steven Spielberg's Super Myth. In the end, "Saving Private Ryan" received eleven nominations and is still one of the most champion-looking works on the Oscars.
"Saving Private Ryan" is obviously not competitive in the main department due to the overall theme. The four nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Original Screenplay failed to keep up with "Shakespeare in Love" However, the technical department is not inferior, seven nominations including Best Film Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Sound, Best Sound Editing, Best Art Direction, Best Soundtrack, and Best Makeup will be exhausted. Do your best to compete for each award.
Another big hit at the end of the year, "The Truman Show", followed closely with ten nominations, and did not show much decline. Compared with "Saving Private Ryan", "The Truman Show" almost Every award has a head-on collision with "Shakespeare in Love".
In the main awards department, "The Truman Show" included all six nominations including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Original Screenplay. Correspondingly, "The Truman Show" lacked the best actress competition, but Nicole Kidman still won the first Oscar nomination in her life with her outstanding performance, and won The voice of the award is definitely not small.
In addition, "The Truman Show" also received nominations in four technical departments including best film editing, best soundtrack, best photography, and best sound. However, these departments all need to face the strong performance of "Saving Private Ryan", and obviously "The Truman Show" is the weak side.
It is foreseeable that the competition between "The Truman Show" and "Shakespeare in Love" will be extremely fierce-from the Golden Globe Awards all the way to the Oscars. On the Golden Globes, the two are evenly divided on the surface, but those who really know the inside know that "Shakespeare in Love" has the upper hand - and it is still the absolute upper hand, so what about the Oscars? At least in the nomination stage, "Shakespeare in Love" once again took the lead, and "The Truman Show" is now placed in the position of the attacker. It is definitely not that simple to achieve a counterattack .
In addition to these troikas, "The Thin Red Line" and "Life is Beautiful" received seven nominations respectively, and "Elizabeth" received six nominations, and became the most shining works in the nomination stage.
Surprisingly, "Central Station", which shined brilliantly at the Golden Globes, was completely left out. It only received two nominations for Best Actress and Best Foreign Language Film, and was replaced by the Italian work "Life is Beautiful". ". This work received zero nominations at the Golden Globe Awards, but it turned out at the Oscars, and the overall momentum can even be compared with "Shakespeare in Love".
"Life is Beautiful" was not only nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, but also nominated for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Soundtrack, Best Film Editing, Best Original Screenplay and other major awards. With strong competitiveness, it is very likely to become the biggest spoiler at this year's Oscars.
It is also worth mentioning that "The Thin Red Line" only had two nominations at the Golden Globe Awards, but it has attracted countless attention with seven nominations in the Oscar stage. At least from the current distribution of nominations, the deviation between the Golden Globes and the Oscars has far exceeded expectations. Perhaps, the name of the weathervane needs to be reconsidered.
In fact, although "Life is Beautiful" and "The Thin Red Line" did not receive enough attention at the Golden Globe Awards, both works were highly rated in the industry. The European Film Awards and BAFTAs are all highly acclaimed; the latter won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival and received unanimous praise from the academics. object of research.
The emergence of the two cannot even be called a "dark horse", but it should be said to be a matter of course.
This is the overall situation on the nomination list, but when it is broken down to each award, more interesting details are revealed.
Among the five works competing for the best picture, "Shakespeare in Love" and "The Truman Show" are tit-for-tat, "Saving Private Ryan" and "The Thin Red Line" are sharp, and "Life is Beautiful" is very good. Hope to be the player who can change the whole game.
Originally, people's attention was mainly focused on "Saving Private Ryan" and "The Truman Show". The outstanding performance of the two works in the summer file made people lock the Oscar competition between the two early on, but at the end of the year In the upsurge of the awards season, the situation has changed suddenly. First, "Shakespeare in Love" suddenly emerged, and even came from behind to achieve an overtake, and now it has become the leader; Strike hard — and no one should forget that Walk of Death Row broke through just like that three years ago.
As a result, the pattern has become extremely chaotic, not to mention there is a highly acclaimed "Life is Beautiful", a representative of this European film has captured the hearts of almost all European professional filmmakers - the power of foreigners in Hollywood is absolutely Can not be ignored.
"Life is Beautiful" is a very interesting work. Its theme is locked in the story during World War II like "Saving Private Ryan" and "The Thin Red Line", but its style is not the same as "Shakespeare in Love". ", "The Truman Show" are also divided into the comedy department, the story shows the profound theme in a humorous way, and is more bold and absurd than "The Truman Show", almost reminiscent of Charlie Zhuo at his peak. Belin.
It can be seen that the competition of the five works is completely entangled together, and the five nominees for the best director are precisely the photographers of these five works, and the five candidates for the best film editing are also the filmmakers of the five works. Works, it can be seen that the momentum of the five works can already keep pace with each other, and there is no distinction in terms of overall quality, word-of-mouth, and attention.
On the 67th Academy Awards Ceremony, the trio of "Forrest Gump", "Pulp Fiction" and "The Shawshank Redemption" was hailed as the most competitive awards ceremony in the past ten years. Ten years later, people are still talking about this awards ceremony. But in fact, this is just a three-legged confrontation. The overall momentum of the other two works "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and "Behind the Scenes Lies" are slightly inferior, and they cannot form a frontal confrontation.
But now, in the competition for the best picture, there are five works that can keep pace with each other. The momentum of the five works has not shown any weakness, showing an absolutely strong posture. The Second True Group of Death!