The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 361 Oscar Weather Vane
Almost since December, Hollywood has officially entered the awards season. Awards, large and small, are staged in turn. It is the harvest season for Hollywood filmmakers.

In this plane, the three most influential commercial awards are the Oscars, the Golden Globe Awards, and the Orlando Fantastic Film Festival where Chen Jingxing won the gold award for "Fatal Identity".

Among them, Orlando is equivalent to a film fair. As the world's largest film trading market, the Orlando Film Festival has a great reputation, but the weight of the awards is not large.

In addition to the fact that the history is not long enough, the most important reason is that Orlando is a commercial film festival. As the name suggests, the finalists 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 too commercial.

In terms of the importance of film art, Orlando is actually not as good as the Golden Rooster in China.

So Orlando is more of a mega commercial.

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 added effect on him.

If Chen Jingxing wanted to gain achievement points, he could only go for the Golden Globes or the Oscars.

Of course, as a foreign director, if he wants to win these two extremely influential awards, it is not enough to rely on the quality of the film itself, and he must 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.

Not surprisingly, after the two companies set their goals, they have been busy since November. Universal held a variety of dinner parties under various names. Contacting a PR firm has its own skills.

So after Chen Jingxing had the excitement of setting his goal just two months ago, now that the nomination list for the Golden Globe Awards has been released, he seems to be calm.

Maybe it's because he knows too much about the PR process, so the little sanctity that remains of these glorious awards fades away.

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

It can be seen from the domestic reaction.

The last time a Chinese-language film was shortlisted for the Golden Globe Awards was "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" in 12. For Chinese-language movies, the Golden Globes and Oscars are usually tied together, but "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" failed to make it to the Olympics.

But "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" was only shortlisted for the best foreign language film, while Chen Jingxing's breakthrough this time was rarely achieved by Chinese films before, and even completely surpassed his predecessors.

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

"The nomination list for the 74th session is announced, and both "Matrix" and "Gravity" are shortlisted!"

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

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

"Shocked! Chen Jingxing's two films were shortlisted for the Golden Globe Awards at the same time, unprecedented!"

"'Gravity' is the number one favorite at the Golden Globes!"

"Chen Jingxing created the history of mainland directors!"

Marketing accounts and the media reacted quite strongly. "Gravity" and "Matrix" are big hits in themselves, and with the blessing of the American Golden Globe Awards, they are simply too newsworthy.

Netizens' reactions were divided into three groups.

One faction is to join in the fun, and they don't quite understand what the Golden Globe Award is.

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

The last group was shocked and puzzled.

[Isn't "Gravity" a domestic movie?Why is it nominated for best director?And the best soundtrack? 】

Of course, Chen Jingxing's fans naturally explained afterwards that all films released in the US market are theoretically eligible to participate in the Golden Globe and Oscar competitions.

Jingying, in a dormitory.

"Damn! Look at the news, both "Gravity" and "Matrix" have been shortlisted for the Golden Globe Awards, and Chen Jingxing has also been shortlisted for Best Director?!"

"Gravity" can be nominated for the best director? This is a sci-fi blockbuster, it's too magical."

Xu Jiahao was editing the video. Hearing the sighs of his classmates, he didn't turn his head: "It's true that it's a fake finalist. The media often make jokes. It's not once or twice that the primary selection list is regarded as a finalist."

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

In fact, those are just the primary selection list, ranging from more than 40 to as many as [-] or [-].

Films such as "Let the Bullets Fly", "Return", "One Step Away", and "The Taoist Down the Mountain" have all been shortlisted from hundreds of applications for the primary selection list.

It can be said that almost every director, no matter whether it is the fifth or sixth generation, or a newcomer of the younger generation, as long as they make a film that seems to have a bit of artistic flavor, they will apply for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

A country or region can only apply for one Oscar for the best foreign language, and the decision is made by the government.

The "prestige" of these two Hollywood awards on the Chinese film industry is really inherited from the fifth generation of directors, and from the most beautiful era of Chinese-language films in Europe and the United States more than ten years ago.

Regardless of the disdain on the lips, the body is very honest.

Even now, once a domestic director or a domestic film achieves a breakthrough in these two awards, there will still be ripples, even if it is just a nomination, although this kind of "admiration" engraved in memory is fading-due to the national A boost in confidence and a change in the two awards themselves, but still warm.

And Xu Jiahao's first reaction to the so-called "Gravity" being shortlisted for the Golden Globe Award was that he didn't believe it. Although the Golden Globe Award and the Oscars are considered very commercial, it depends on who you compare with. Comparing with the three major European awards is naturally commercial. Incredible, but compared with domestic awards, it is very artistic.

It was no surprise to him that the best film of this year's Hundred Flowers Awards was awarded to "Gravity". In his opinion, if "Gravity" did not exist, it might have been awarded to "Operation Mekong".

Do you think everyone is the same as in China?Hollywood's authoritative awards are all ethical, right?

"It's true! It's not the primary list, it's the nomination. I just went online, and it's all discussed on Twitter."

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

"Creating history! "Gravity" and "Matrix" were shortlisted for four Golden Globe Awards! Chen Jingxing nominated Best Director!"

Several classmates looked at Xu Jiahao's dumbfounded expression and looked at each other. They all knew that Xu Jiahao was a hardcore "Jinghei". dream powder.

Even the last time Chen Jingxing gave a speech at Beijing Film and Television, during the question and answer session, Xu Jiahao questioned Chen Jingxing's lack of artistic pursuits, which almost made him unable to come down from the stage.

Xu Jiahao was stunned for a while, and then said in a somewhat complicated tone: "I didn't expect the Golden Globes to become like this. Is it because of the ratings?"

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

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

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

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

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

Even every year, many netizens call on Golden Globe and Oscar to cancel the discrimination against superhero movies, and they are down-to-earth one after another.

Therefore, "Gravity" and "Matrix" were shortlisted for the Golden Globe nominations, and there is a lot of enthusiasm on the Internet, and the magic is that they are all positive enthusiasm-of course, some racist voices must be removed, basically young and active of netizens expressed their excitement and approval for the Golden Globe nomination list.

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

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

Ironically, in China, the media and netizens were surprised and cheered that "Gravity" was shortlisted for the Golden Globes, while across the ocean, many young people became famous because of the nominations of "Gravity" and "Matrix". Start following the Golden Globes.

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

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

From this point of view, Xu Jiahao's sour reason for "increasing the ratings" is not nonsense. Young Americans really rarely watch award shows like the Golden Globes and Oscars—unless they have their favorite stars and The film was shortlisted.

"I looked at the Internet, and there are a lot of people excitedly tagging the Academy to nominate "Gravity" and "Matrix" for the Oscars." This student continued to stimulate Xu Jiahao's nerves.

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

Xu Jiahao also seemed to be even more discouraged. The Golden Globe Award is known as the wind vane of the Oscars.

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

More than two months of gestation and foreshadowing finally ushered in the climax of the Oscars.

"Gravity" and "Matrix" can receive multiple Golden Globe nominations, which is definitely indicative.

Thinking of this, Xu Jiahao no longer had any interest in surfing the Internet, because he was sure that at this moment, the Internet must be dominated by Chen Jingxing's brainless fans.

And he did not guess wrong.

Chen Jingxing's movie fans and the so-called "Meng Chui" are "singing and dancing" on the Internet, celebrating enthusiastically.

(End of this chapter)