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Chapter 786 Oscar is Dead

Cheng Yu'an has always felt that sports-themed movies should be taken seriously, and there is a lot to do.

Sports have their own blood and passion, as well as arduous struggle, which are all good shooting elements.

However, the lack of domestic sports movies is almost deserted. The reason lies in the social soil and not in other things.

The word sports is too far away from the general public, and there is no good sports atmosphere in society.

To put it this way, ten thousand words are impossible.

Generally speaking, one is that there are no good screenwriters and directors who understand sports and can write about sports themes, and the other is that there is no domestic environment for the rise of sports movies.

Yes, Cheng Yu'an is a bit pessimistic about domestic sports movies.

Because according to the creative techniques of commercial movies, the focus of the story must be on the protagonist, highlighting the protagonist's ability.

However, the aura of individual heroism brought by the protagonists of sports movies is contrary to the values ​​of physical education in our country.

Some team sports, like volleyball, can certainly focus on the collective.

Another example is football... let's forget about football.

But for more personal projects, Cheng Yu'an couldn't think of a good way to do it.

Maybe a biopic is a good way to go.

Remotely, two screenwriting teams have begun to touch sports themes, and I believe there will be feedback over time.

Cheng Yu'an did not attend this year's Oscars and did not vote.

"Moonlight" successfully won three awards for Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor.

But the biggest winner of the night was still a major studio.

"La La Land" sent Sister Stone to the throne of actress, and made 32-year-old Damien Chazelle the youngest best director winner in Oscar history.

In addition to thanking Sarah and Cheng Lingfeng for their assistance and his family, Damien Chazelle added another sentence:
"I would also like to thank Cheng who couldn't be here today, for being so trusting of a young man who has only made two films in the past 7 years, and when I first made a film, he had already won Best Director in Venice, The best director in the world, thank you Cheng, thank you, thank you."

"La La Land" also won four awards for best art direction, best photography, best original soundtrack, and best original song.

Of course, that shocking oolong still happened.

After Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway announced on stage that the best picture was "La La Land", the audience gave the crew the warmest applause and cheers. When she was about to ask Cheng Lingfeng to speak a few words, she was told that the staff gave the wrong envelope, and that the winner of the best picture was "Moonlight", not "La La Land".

The award presenter Warren repeatedly explained: "I opened the envelope and it said 'Emma Stone's La La Land', which is why I watched Fei and the staff for so long, I didn't want to be funny." Said Then he showed the correct envelope to the audience, "The best picture is "Moonlight."

On that night, there was a famous scene unprecedented in the history of Oscars, and it is estimated that there will never be another famous scene in the future. Two competing crews appeared on the stage of accepting the best picture at the same time, and delivered acceptance speeches respectively.

Even "Moonlight" director Barry Jenkins said: "I want to say, even if it's a dream, it's too unreal, but fuck the dream, I'm done, because the dream comes true. "

The audience had seen enough excitement, but the celebrities and guests were all stunned with complicated expressions.

Nicole Kidman looked incredible.

Dwayne Johnson frowned, WTF was about to say it.

Matt Damon whistled wildly, and it was no big deal to watch the excitement.

The host Jimmy Kimmel finally gave the closing speech and said: "I knew I would mess up the Oscars." Taking the initiative to take the blame, "I really think so. Thanks for watching, I will go back to my "Chicken Feather Show" tomorrow and do it obediently Live, I promise I will never come again, good night."

This oolong incident made headlines worldwide on the same day.

Some satirized and watched the excitement, some made fun of him, and of course, there were also conspiracy theories.

"The ratings of the Oscars have been declining year after year, and the films in competition are not as good as each year. The organizers have to come up with this method to win the ratings. But Oscar's wish has failed. This year's Oscar live broadcast is the longest in the past ten years, and the number of viewers has hit a record high. lowest in nine years."

"The academy should take note that people are less and less concerned about the Oscars."

Liu Yifei watched the video at home, trembling with joy.

"It's so funny. How could I take the wrong envelope."

"PwC has to apologize to the audience all over the world this time." Cheng Yu'an said while sitting on the ground playing with her daughter.

"This mistake is too big, and it is absolutely unforgivable mistake for a large firm like PwC."

Cheng Yuan was building blocks with her daughter, and said, "I guess the staff of PwC gave the wrong envelope, and gave Warren Beatty the spare envelope for the last Best Actress." Each award has two envelopes, one for the award presenter and one for spare.

"And Warren Beatty didn't do a good job. He found a mistake, but he stood on the stage and said nothing, just looked at the staff. He should have immediately reported the problem to the backstage."

"Faye Dunaway is also too arbitrary. Seeing that Warren didn't read, she read it directly. As a veteran actor, she should have noticed that her partner's expression was abnormal, and she herself didn't read the words on the letter paper carefully."

"Anyway, no matter how the Academy or PricewaterhouseCoopers explain this oolong, it will become a shame in the history of Oscars. Oh, if you can't beat me, you will make trouble." The last sentence was said to her daughter.

After watching the replay, Liu Yifei didn't think it was very interesting: "Is "Moonlight Boy" good?"

Cheng Yu'an shook her head: "The director's skills are average, especially the scheduling ability and narrative rhythm, which is very problematic, and the story is also clichéd. This story actually has nothing to do with black or not. If you change your skin color, this story can still be watched, but it will definitely not enter the Oscar. .But he is right, black + bottom + LGBT, disadvantaged groups have all the elements."

"Harvey hasn't speculated in the past two years, but some people do his tricks." But then again, isn't "La La Land" by a major film company considered speculative?
"But the movie is not useless." Cheng Yu'an didn't like this movie, but he would be lying if he said it was worthless. "It's different from the previous black movies. He showed a rare freshness in black movies, and the actors' performances are also precise and delicate."

Cheng Yu'an was talking like he was giving a class to students. Liu Yifei didn't want to listen to it: "Look, there is a comment here. It said, 'Whether it is "Moonlight" or "La La Land", both It is an Oscar-customized award-winning film, the former caters to political correctness, and the latter caters to the aesthetics of old white men. After this year, Oscar is dead in my heart!'."

Cheng Yu'an didn't care, and said with a smile: "This year may be the best Oscar in the next five years."

"Will it get worse?" Liu Yifei asked.

"Call Me By Your Name, which was released at Sundance last month, also went to Berlin. This is the way to win the award."

"I watched that film, the scene is beautiful." Liu Yifei said.

"Fox has made a movie about the relationship between humans and animals and is going to win awards." Cheng Yu'an laughed.

"This……"

　I hate "The Shape of Water" so much!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)