Chapter 2086: 2086 Group of Death
In 1975, the situation in Hollywood was changing, and the birth of "Jaws" completely changed the pattern of commercial films. The term "summer file" was officially born, including the shooting techniques, packaging methods, publicity methods, etc. of commercial films. The earth-shaking changes made Hollywood start to accelerate in an all-round way like a high-speed train. And this year has also become the most memorable one in the long years of Oscars!
On the 48th Oscar, "Jaws" was shortlisted for the best picture with the power to shake the entire history; (Barry. Lyndon)" was a strong finalist for the final competition, and there was a lot of clamor for the award; Robert Altman, who has won countless awards in the film industry for decades but has never had an Oscar, satirizes the pinnacle of the world's situation "Nashville ( Nashville)" has been frantically sought after by the academy; Sidney Lumet and Al Pacino's "Hot Afternoon", a master of comic conflict, has already entered the history books and successfully occupied a seat; Milos Faure Mann's "Flying Over the Cuckoo's Nest" showed a perfect level, profound thoughts, and an absolute classic in film history.
From "Nashville" to "Hot Afternoon", from "Girls of Troubled Times" to "Jaws" to "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest". Whenever people mention the forty-eighth Oscars, their first reaction is: Blinded!
Faced with such an ultra-luxury lineup of nominations, almost everyone cannot make an easy decision. The duel between Stanley Kubrick and Robert Altman is enough to go down in history; "Push commercial films to the extreme and truly opened the golden age of Hollywood, which is far more historically important than the box office wave that "Titanic" set off last year; "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" has been regarded as a classic by countless people The classic, the film perfectly combines the script, characters and the core of thought, allowing the charm of film art to be brought to the extreme.
"Any movie is eligible to win", this sentence is the most appropriate and appropriate description for the 48th Oscar. This is an Oscar with no winners and no losers. Even if "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" won the Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay in the end, there is no controversy.
It's not that people think other works are not good enough, but the victory of any one work is the regret of the other four works. After many years, "Jaws", "Children of Troubled Times", "Hot Afternoon" and "Nashville" are still talked about by people, and the precipitation of time makes these works still shine in the long river of history. An Oscar statuette can't define their success or failure, but it makes the 48th Oscar showdown famous in history.
Whenever people want to describe the fierce competition of this year's Oscars, they always use the forty-eighth Oscar as a benchmark, such as "Driving Miss Daisy", "Born on the Fourth of July", "Dead Poets Society", etc. The same goes for the 62nd against "My Left Foot," the 67th against "Forrest Gump," "Pulp Fiction," and "The Shawshank Redemption."
But in fact, whether it is the 62nd or 67th session, the intensity of competition is far from being comparable to that of the 48th session. The 48th is the group of death in Oscar history, the real group of death, and the only group of death so far.
However, all that is about to change this year. The second real group of death in film history appeared!
With no certainty ahead of the nominations for the Oscars, "Saving Private Ryan" and "The Truman Show" going head-to-head won't be enough to create a group of death: they'll need three other strong contenders By.
Immediately afterwards, "Shakespeare in Love" suddenly emerged with almost a strange development track. Before people realized what was going on, it surpassed the two direct competitors and became the most popular Oscar. It has become a tripartite confrontation.
Not long after, "The Thin Red Line" and "Life is Beautiful" came from behind, ranked among the final five with unanimous excellent reputation, and joined forces to form the death group.
These five works have formed a high degree of agreement in the main awards: Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Film Editing. These three awards represent the overall level of the film, and the candidates for the five nomination seats have maintained a perfect agreement. At the same time, all five works were also nominated for scripts. Except for "The Thin Red Line" which won the nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay, the other four works were all nominated for Best Original Screenplay. The fierce competition was jaw-dropping.
It is no exaggeration to say that the competition among these five works reminds people of the forty-eighth Oscars again.
Whether it is "The Thin Red Line" or "Saving Private Ryan", the two war works have reached a new height; whether it is "Shakespeare in Love" or "The Truman Show", the quality of the two musical comedy works is extraordinary; " "Life is Beautiful" has both the profoundness of war and the lightheartedness of comedy. Is it really going to achieve a counterattack?
The best work may not be the last one, but the one who has the last laugh must be one of the best works, and this year's five nominated works are equal in momentum, equal in popularity, and equally popular in publicity... Really can The dominant strength factor has been weakened instead. The strength of "The Truman Show" and "Saving Private Ryan" is beyond doubt, surpassing the other three works. However, since the release of the summer file, the publicity has declined. The danger of being forgotten; on the contrary, "Shakespeare in Love", "The Thin Red Line" and "Life is Beautiful", which came from behind, are gaining momentum and have almost become the focus of everyone's heated discussions at the end of the year.
All of these make the 71st Oscar session full of countless suspense, and the momentum of the group of death is enough to cause a heart arrest.
However, if "Shakespeare in Love" really has the last laugh, and this work with the weakest overall strength occupies the commanding heights of the nomination stage, this will definitely become a big joke: the quality of "Shakespeare in Love" is really so good? Not only surpassed "The Thin Red Line" and "Life is Beautiful", two super-standard World War II works, but also surpassed "The Truman Show" and "Saving Private Ryan"? This sounds like a fantasy.
However, this is the group of death. No one can predict the ending. Even if "Shakespeare in Love" and "Life is Beautiful" are called dark horses, they are also dark horses with excellent strength. Any of the five works has the possibility of winning , and the completely unpredictable ending is the biggest charm and attraction of the group of death.
In addition, among the four major awards in the acting department, it can definitely be said that there are a lot of things to watch, and it has the potential to be called the group of death!
In the much-anticipated best actor department, all the suspense is focused on whether "The Truman Show" can win a place for Hugo, allowing this actor who is not yet thirty-two years old to write his history again?
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gave their answer: Yes, Hugo deserves his sixth acting nomination for his brilliant performance in "The Truman Show"!
Hugo will be joined by "Saving Private Ryan" Tom Hanks, "Gods and Beasts" Ian McKellen, "Life is Beautiful" Roberto Benigni, "U.S. Edward Norton of The X Files (American. History. X) competes.
This luxurious lineup also made people excited. Just the duel between Hugo and Tom can be called sparks hitting the earth.
The two most successful actors in the 1990s are currently in the hands of two acting statuettes; and interestingly, they are still the same agent; both of them are currently standing at the top of the Hollywood pyramid The actors, power and influence are second to none, so the two are put together for comparison in almost every way. Unlike the competition between Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt and Hugo, which is more of an entertainment nature, the competition between Hugo and Hanks is completely a strength confrontation.
The two had faced each other once before. At the 67th Oscars, Tom defeated Hugo from "Pulp Fiction" with "Forrest Gump", achieving the reelection of Best Actor and brilliant writing; now, Hugo's development Already fully mature, and even overtaking Tom, the confrontation between the two is naturally full of suspense. Not to mention, "The Truman Show" and "Saving Private Ryan" were originally two contenders for the ultimate showdown.
Ian is about to turn sixty this year, and he is an absolute big-name figure in the UK. Three years ago, "Richard III" has already dedicated a wonderful performance, and now he won his first Oscar nomination for "Gods and Beasts". Undoubtedly, there is no doubt about the voice; and Roberto turned out to rely on "Life is Beautiful", a director, producer, actor and screenwriter in his life, he is a strong contender for any award, especially In the acting department where European actors shine, he has the absolute strength to win.
In addition, Edward Norton is definitely not a good stubble that can be ignored. Although he is only 29 years old this year, he became a blockbuster with his debut film "First Fear" two years ago, and he was nominated for the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. He has won the praise that all new actors can win, and now he has won the Oscar for Best Actor by relying on "American X-Files". His style of mixing literary and cult temperament is unique.
It can be said that although Hugo and Tom are slightly ahead in the competition for the best actor, both of them are too close to the time of winning the award last time, and their voices are weakened instead, which makes them and other competitors return to the competition. On the same starting line, there is no absolute weaker or absolute leader in the final competition of the five people. It can be called another death group, continuing the Oscar tradition of "Suspense of the Best Actor".
The reason why this year's Oscars are called the death group is not only because the competition for best picture, best director, and best actor is fierce, but also because other major awards have not shown any weakness!