Chapter 2175 Chapter 2175
"The 72nd Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement, let us welcome Mr. Ernst Lehmann!"
Although the award had been announced before the award ceremony, when Jane Fonda announced the answer, all the audience stood up collectively and greeted Ernst with thunderous applause. Different from the controversy when Ilya Kazan took the stage last year, generally speaking, those who can win the lifetime achievement award are highly respected existences in the industry, and they are bound to welcome the support of the audience. Like tonight.
Wearing a black suit with a white shirt, Ernst stepped onto the stage with firm steps and took his trophy from Jane.
Ernst stood there, looking at the little golden man for a long time. Once upon a time, he spent his whole life chasing this trophy tirelessly, but it was always so close and so far away. He had given up and completely Giving up, just staying in his side of the world complaining and complaining, this almost became a demon in his heart, making him into an appearance that he couldn't recognize.
But today, this little golden man is so real and heavy in his hands. He originally thought that the weight would be heavier. —Almost carried the weight of his lifelong pursuit—but he was disappointed, because it was far from enough, far from enough.
Standing in front of the microphone, Ernst looked at the dense crowd standing up under the stage. Most of them he didn't recognize. Today's Hollywood is no longer what he was familiar with twenty years ago. Until he saw Hugo and Charlize, that was a figure he was familiar with. His eyes lingered on those two people for a moment, then retracted.
"I used to think that I would never have the chance to stand here and say these words in my life, but fate is really an interesting thing, isn't it?" Ernst smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth, his rough and impatient voice remained the same. Nothing has changed, "But I never thought that two years ago, a young man would say those words instead of me, and today I have the opportunity to stand here in person again."
The young man from two years ago... everyone knew who Ernst was talking about.
"I want to say that the script is always the foundation of a good movie. A good story in the hands of any director, even if it is completely destroyed, can still reach above the standard; but a good director encounters a bad story. No matter how good he is, there is no room for him to develop such a terrible script." Ernst said earnestly, these words have been hidden in his heart for many years, but they have never been taken seriously by Hollywood, "But today we are really standing here. , When I said these words, I felt that everything is no longer important, because I am not the only smart person in Hollywood."
Ernst's self-deprecating words made the scene burst into chuckles, and he looked again at the surging crowd and the bright and dazzling lights. He had fantasized about standing on this stage countless times, but after actually standing here, he discovered that the scripts he had written were more important than the little golden man in his hand. , what he loves is the script, always... not this trophy.
Thinking of this, Ernst was relieved, and the knot that had entangled him all his life was finally relieved, "Thank you, thank you for the affirmation from the academy." After speaking, Ernst turned around and left the stage without any pause.
When he returned to the side stage, Ernst felt that his eyes were a little warm. He had to stand in the shadows, closed his eyes slightly, and quietly felt the sound of his heart beating, the slightly unsteady beat. The sound is so beautiful and moving.
This year's Lifetime Achievement Award was won by Ernst Lehmann, which is obviously of special significance. This also marks that after the commercial film headed by "Titanic", the Academy is still focusing on the script, hoping that there will be more Most of the works are similar to "The Truman Show", "As Good as It Gets", and "The Sixth Sense".
After Ernst left the stage, two important trophies for the screenwriting department will be announced soon, and this arrangement also seems meaningful.
Compared with the original screenplay department that gathered strong players in the previous two years, although the competition for the best original screenplay this year is still very fierce, the overall structure is relatively small, and ghosts are more in charge. Charlie Kaufman of "Puppet Life" and The two rookies Paul Thomas Anderson of "Magnolia" occupy the main attention of the people. Although M-Nate Shyamalan's performance of "The Sixth Sense" is not bad, it is still slightly inferior. The two old men, Mike Lee of "Sweet and Lowly" and Woody Allen of "Sweet and Lowly", should be spectators this year.
The result also proved the previous speculation of the award ceremony. "Puppet Life" and "Magnolia" launched a bayonet competition. In the end, Paul won the championship with "Magnolia" which surprised everyone, and once again reproduced Quentin's past. - Tarantino's demeanor has pushed the powerful momentum of independent films to a higher peak.
The entire "Magnolia" crew was arranged in a corner, except for Tom Cruise and his wife who were still sitting in the first row, everyone else hid in the corner. In order for Paul to come on stage to accept the award, everyone in the crew left He came out and stood on the aisle, which allowed Paul to go on stage smoothly, and the chaotic battle made people laugh and cry.
Compared with the excitement and excitement of the entire "Magnolia" crew, Paul himself seems relatively calm, but this talented director has always been arrogant and unruly, so it is not surprising that the little golden man has a normal heart.
"The Sixth Sense"'s loss in the Best Original Screenplay category was reminiscent of last year's "The Thin Red Line," which also outshone Best Adapted Screenplay to "Gods and Beasts." , and finally the entire awards ceremony came away empty-handed. This time, "The Sixth Sense of Spirituality" is the only work in the original department that has entered the competition for the best picture. If this award cannot be won, it can basically be announced that it will be out early.
And that's it. However, for a horror movie, the defeat of "The Sixth Sense" did not cause too much surprise. People seem to have been mentally prepared for this result. At least "The Sixth Sense" was better than "The Thin Red Line" and won a Best Supporting Actress award. However, it is not known whether the trend of the award ceremony will be as expected.
Immediately afterwards, Kevin Spacey took the stage to present the Best Adapted Screenplay Award. Different from the Best Original Screenplay department, this award can almost be said to be the key to the trend of the entire awards ceremony. Because, if "A Beautiful Mind" wins the award, then the follow-up suspense will basically disappear-the two awards in the leading role department, the best picture nominees are not the most powerful contenders, which means that the three statuettes The "Beautiful Mind" in hand will be the best.
But if it is not "A Beautiful Mind", any other work won the award-even if "The Talented Ripley" won the award, this means that everyone in the protagonist department and director department will still have a chance. If a work can win two statuettes, the trend of the best picture is still unknown.
More importantly, in the competition for the best adapted screenplay, Hugo became the strongest contender with "A Beautiful Mind". The excellent quality of the work was unanimously affirmed, and Hugo even won Nominated for Best Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay.
However, the double nomination will further push the vote-sharing crisis to its peak, especially the influence of "Hollywood Cancer" cannot be underestimated. In the previous American Writers Guild Awards, "Puppet Life" and "Election" won respectively. From this, it can be seen that the Writers Guild's affirmation of "A Beautiful Mind" has not yet reached a high enough level, further weakening the rain. Odds of winning the prize.
But now that "Puppet Life" lost to "Magnolia" at the Oscars, and "Campus" didn't win any nominations at all, the results of the Writers Guild of America's awards cannot be used as reference objects. Above the Golden Globe Awards, "Puppet Life" is the last laugh, but it does not belong to the adaptation department at all, which makes the results of the Golden Globe Awards worthless.
Therefore, when Kevin Spacey stepped onto the stage, he could clearly feel that all the eyes of the audience were on him, as if it was a heavy burden, which made him a little out of breath. "I didn't expect that the award presenters would be so nervous, which I didn't expect." Kevin made the atmosphere a little easier with a teasing way.
But this was only a momentary relief, and the tense atmosphere soon gathered again. "The battle of the five works is about to reveal a result, which is likely to be the key to the victory tonight.
At this time, Hugo was not so nervous, not only because after several consecutive experiences in recent years, his experience has become richer, and his mentality has gradually stabilized; but also because Hugo knows that he is not the favorite to win awards, regardless of the "Hollywood cancer" How serious the trend is, but what is certain is that he has already won all the awards he should have won, and his mood is naturally relatively calm.
Charlize, who was sitting next to Hugo, seemed even more nervous. She clenched her fists tightly and stared intently at the envelope in Kevin's hand. Her heartbeat had almost slowed to a standstill, and she just waited for the result with bated breath. published. Even if Hugo held her cold left hand, she didn't notice it. Because Charlize knows exactly how much Hugo has put in in writing the script of "A Beautiful Mind", and how much Hugo's painstaking efforts have been condensed in this work, she hopes that Hugo can get his affirmation—even if it is Even she herself teased that Hugo had already won the prize and got soft, but she still stood firmly by Hugo's side.
Kevin looked at the crowd under the stands, took a deep breath, and opened the envelope. The red envelope seemed to be on fire at any time, and the blazing flame was beating in Kevin's palm. The winner of Best Adapted Screenplay is..."