China Entertainment King of Science Fiction

Chapter 361 Oscar Weather Vane

Almost since December, Hollywood has officially entered the awards season. Awards of all sizes are presented in turn. It is a harvest season for Hollywood filmmakers.

At this level, the three major awards with the greatest commercial influence are the Oscars, the Golden Globes, and the Orlando Fantasy Film Festival, where Chen Jingxing won the gold medal for "Fatal Identity."

Among them, Orlando is equivalent to a film fair. As the world's largest film trading market, the Orlando Film Festival is very famous, but the awards are not very important.

In addition to not having a long history, the most important reason is that Orlando is a commercial film festival. As the name suggests, the films shortlisted for the main competition unit of the film festival are basically fantasy, horror and science fiction works. It cannot be said that these types of films are not artistic, but

Overall, it's still too commercial.

If we really talk about the weight of film art, Orlando is actually not as good as the golden rooster statue in China.

So Orlando is more like a big advertisement.

If Chen Jingxing was a young director, this would be considered an important achievement, but with Chen Jingxing's current status, Orlando actually has no additional effect on him.

If Chen Jingxing wants to gain achievement points, he can only go to the Golden Globe or Oscar.

Of course, as a foreign director, if he wants to win these two very influential awards, it is not enough to rely on the quality of the film itself, he must also have the support of Hollywood giants.

It can be said that Universal's suggestion two months ago not only surprised the top management of DreamWorks, but also scratched Chen Jingxing's itch.

"I saw on the Internet that there are many people excitedly tagging the Academy to nominate "Gravity" and "The Matrix" for Oscars." This classmate continued to stimulate Xu Jiahao's nerves.

This can be seen from the domestic reaction.

The reason is that the Golden Globes nominated "Gravity" and "The Matrix."

Of course, fans of Chen Jingxing naturally explained later that all films released in the US market are theoretically eligible to compete for the Golden Globe Awards and Oscars.

"Fuck! Look at the news, "Gravity" and "The Matrix" are both nominated for the Golden Globe Awards, and Chen Jingxing is also nominated for the Best Director?!"

"Shocked! Chen Jingxing's two films were nominated for the Golden Globe Award at the same time, which is unprecedented!"

Not surprisingly, after the two companies set their goals, they have been busy since November. Universal held a dazzling dinner party under various names. DreamWorks is not a company short of money. It is not stingy to spend a lot of money and cooperate with Universal.

Contact public relations companies to show their talents.

The last time a Chinese-language film was shortlisted for the Golden Globe Awards was "The Golden Globe" in 2012. For Chinese-language films, the Golden Globe Awards and the Oscars are usually tied together, but "The Golden Globe" failed to win the Oscars.

In fact, those are just preliminary lists, ranging from more than forty to as many as fifty or sixty.

Xu Jiahao was stunned for a long time, and then said in a complicated tone: "I didn't expect that the Golden Globe Awards would become like this. Is it just for ratings?"

"'Gravity' can be nominated for best director? This is a science fiction blockbuster, it's too magical."

"It's true! It's not a preliminary list, it's a nomination. I just went online and it's being discussed on Twitter."

Even now, once a domestic director or domestic film achieves a breakthrough in these two awards, there will still be ripples, even if it is just a nomination, although this "respect" engraved in the memory is fading - due to the national

The improvement in self-confidence and the changes in the two awards themselves, but there is still a lingering warmth.

A country or region can only submit one nomination for the Best Foreign Language Oscar, and the decision is made by the government. It cannot be done by anyone. There is too much luck involved, so major directors can only focus on the Golden Globe Awards.

"After 15 years, a Chinese director is nominated again! "Gravity" is nominated for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Director!"

In fact, Americans criticize the two major awards and ridicule the poor box office of the award-winning films every year.

Xu Jiahao's expression froze when he heard this, and he snorted: "The appreciation level of the American people is getting lower and lower, no wonder."

"The nomination list for the Golden Globe Awards is out, and Chen Jingxing is nominated for Best Director!"

In other words, the entire Hollywood awards season can be regarded as a set of trends set for the Oscars.

In fact, this is one of the main reasons why Universal believes that this year's awards season is very operational.

[Isn’t “Gravity” a domestic film? Why was it nominated for Best Director? And Best Score?]

The response from marketing accounts and the media was quite strong. "Gravity" and "The Matrix" themselves are popular films, and with the support of the American Golden Globe Awards, they are simply too newsworthy.

Just after answering Xu Jiahao's question, his roommate curled his lips when he heard this: "I see on Twitter that the netizens there are quite supportive."

There is a very paradoxical situation that many people in China praise the two major Hollywood awards for "upholding integrity", but in the United States, most people criticize them for being "old-fashioned".

Even when Chen Jingxing gave a speech at Beijing Film Academy last time, during the question and answer session, Xu Jiahao questioned Chen Jingxing's lack of artistic pursuits, which almost made people unable to get off the stage.

Xu Jiahao seemed to be even more discouraged. The Golden Globe Awards are known as the weathervane of the Oscars.

It was no surprise to him that this year's Hundred Flowers Award for Best Film was awarded to "Gravity". In his opinion, if "Gravity" had not been available, it might have been awarded to "Operation Mekong".

So after Chen Jingxing got over the excitement of setting his goal just two months ago, now that the Golden Globe nomination list has been released, he is a little restless.

One group knew the fame of the Golden Globe Awards, so they cheered for Chen Jingxing and the two movies.

"Chen Jingxing creates the history of mainland directors!"

That is to say, public opinion is favorable for "Gravity" and "The Matrix".

Xu Jiahao hurriedly switched to the browser. Before he could search, the news pushed by the search engine was displayed in front of him.

Jingying, inside a dormitory.

Several classmates looked at Xu Jiahao's dumbfounded expression and looked at each other. They all knew that Xu Jiahao was a die-hard "Jing Hei". Whenever there was a discussion on the Internet about the director's status, they would immediately rush to criticize Jing Fan and Jing Hei.

Dream powder.

Xu Jiahao was editing the video. When he heard the sighs of his classmates, he didn't look back: "The real finalists are fake finalists. The media often makes jokes. It's not just once or twice that the preliminary list is regarded as a finalist."

The last group was shocked and confused.

"Making history! "Gravity" and "The Matrix" were nominated for four Golden Globe Awards! Chen Jingxing was nominated for Best Director!"

The reaction of netizens was divided into three groups.

The "powerful power" of these two Hollywood awards over the Chinese film industry is really inherited from the fifth generation of directors, from the era when Chinese-language films were the most prosperous in Europe and the United States more than ten years ago.

It can be said that almost every director, whether he is the fifth or sixth generation, or a rising star of the younger generation, will apply for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film as long as he makes a film that seems to have a touch of artistic flavor.

It is quite ironic that in China, the media and netizens were surprised and cheered that "Gravity" was shortlisted for the Golden Globe. However, across the ocean, there are many young people who were shortlisted for "Gravity" and "The Matrix".

Start paying attention to the Golden Globe Awards.

Films such as "Let the Bullets Fly", "Return", "One Step Away" and "The Taoist Comes Down the Mountain" have all been shortlisted from hundreds of submitted films.

Even though he is on the other side of the world, he knows that the ratings of the Golden Globe Awards are getting worse year by year.

Xu Jiahao's first reaction to the so-called "Gravity" being shortlisted for the Golden Globe Awards was that he didn't believe it. Although the Golden Globe Awards and Oscars are considered very commercial, it depends on who you are competing with. Competing with the three major European awards is naturally commercial.

It's incredible, but compared with domestic awards, it's very artistic.

However, he is no longer a student of the ivory tower, and no matter how much he is disenchanted, it does not mean that it will diminish its weight.

Maybe it's because he knows so much about the public relations process that what little sacred filter he has left about these glittering awards has faded away.

Regardless of whether there is disdain in the mouth, the body is very honest.

As soon as this statement came out, everyone fell into silence. Everyone is familiar with these two heavyweight awards in Hollywood. This is really something that is very likely to happen.

Domestic media often regard the shortlist of the Golden Globe Awards as finalists. Films by directors such as Lao Mouzi, Chen Kaige, and Jiang Wen in recent years are often reported by some media and marketing accounts as being shortlisted for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

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One group is just joining in the fun and doesn’t quite understand what the Golden Globe Award is.

This is no lie. The popularity of this year's Golden Globe Awards not only hit a new high in China because of Chen Jingxing, but also hit a new high in the United States. The announcement of the shortlist was directly trending on Twitter.

“‘Gravity’ becomes the number one favorite for the Golden Globe Awards!”

Even every year, many netizens call on the Golden Globes and Oscars to cancel their discrimination against superhero comic-book movies, one after another.

"The 74th nomination list has been announced, and "The Matrix" and "Gravity" are both shortlisted!"

The last time a Chinese director was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Director was Ang Lee 15 years ago.

From this point of view, Xu Jiahao's somewhat sour reason for "increasing ratings" is not nonsense. Young Americans really rarely watch awards ceremonies like the Golden Globes and Oscars - unless there are celebrities and celebrities they like.

Film shortlisted.

However, "The Thirteen Hairpins" was only shortlisted for Best Foreign Language Film, but Chen Jingxing's breakthrough this time is something that few Chinese films have achieved before, and even completely surpassed his predecessors.

Therefore, the nominations of "Gravity" and "The Matrix" for the Golden Globe nominations are very popular on the external Internet, and the magical thing is that they are all positive - of course, this has to get rid of some racist voices, basically young and active people

Netizens expressed their excitement and recognition of the nomination list for the Golden Globe Awards.

Do you think everyone is the same as in China? The authoritative awards in Hollywood are all about ethics, right?

More than two months of planning and preparation finally ushered in the climax of the Oscars.

"Gravity" and "The Matrix" were able to receive multiple nominations for the Golden Globe Awards, which is definitely an indicator.

When he thought of this, Xu Jiahao no longer had any interest in surfing the Internet, because he was sure that at this time, the Internet must be dominated by Chen Jingxing's brain-dead fans.

And he was indeed right.

Fans of Chen Jingxing and the so-called "Meng Chui" are "singing and dancing" online to celebrate enthusiastically.

(End of chapter)