Huayu Zhihao

Chapter 362
"The Hangover" has aroused doubts in the national media, and has attracted more attention because of racism.

Although it is not a good thing to question, the popularity of "The Hangover" suddenly reached the national level, and many people declared that they would go to the theater to support "The Hangover" because of their opposition to racial discrimination!
Especially blacks, Chinese and other ethnic minorities in North America who have suffered from racial discrimination have expressed their support for Chen Hao and "The Hangover".

Naturally, Sony Columbia also has the credit for it. There is no doubt that they successfully seized a racial controversy in North America to maximize the publicity for "The Hangover".

Don't say that Sony Columbia is shameless and immoral. In the face of real money, these are really nothing to mention.

Sony Columbia did this not only to show favor to Chen Hao, but of course it was more optimistic about "The Hangover".

After watching the finished film, Sony Columbia believes that with Chen Hao's blessing and proper publicity, this film has the potential to become a hit.

There is no doubt that Sony Columbia has succeeded, and "The Hangover" is definitely one of the most well-known and most anticipated movies at the moment!

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At the same time, another of Chen Hao's films, "The Man Without a Surname" was also in trouble.

The trouble is that Haotian Film and Television applied to let "No Surname" enter the Oscar competition for the best foreign language film, but met a competitor!
The Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film is an award awarded to the best non-English-language film of the year in the Academy Awards. The nominated films should be screened in the region from October to September of the following year.

The award is given only to the director of the film, but is considered a reward for the country in which the film was produced.

The establishment of the best foreign language film award began in 1947. In the past few years, it was awarded to some excellent foreign films in the form of Oscar honorary awards, so as to increase the attention of audiences around the world to Oscar.

However, since 1956, the best foreign language film has become a competition unit, and the evaluation method has been formally formulated.

And the final selection for Best Foreign Language Film is different from other Oscars.

Generally speaking, Oscar awards are shortlisted by professional committees (such as actor committees and director committees) to vote for the shortlist, and finally all members vote for the winners.

However, for foreign language films, a separate selection committee is set up, and the shortlist is selected by a small number of judges, and then the award-winning films are selected by members who have participated in foreign language film screenings.

Therefore, the awards for foreign language films are quite different from other awards for general elections, as they are selected by a small number of judges.

In addition, the Oscar for the best foreign language film is selected by government agencies of various countries and regions, and there is only one place. This decision is quite controversial.

Film powerhouses such as Italy, France, and Spain think that their films alone can win most of the nominations. In the end, they can only select one film, which is unreasonable and will also reduce the overall film quality.

But countries with small productions such as Georgia, Nepal and South Africa argue that the system protects smaller countries from competing with the more prolific ones.

At the same time, the film festivals of various countries are also quite opposed, because it is difficult to guarantee that the best films in the country will be submitted for review by government agencies, and the selection results will be affected by politics to some extent.

However, these disputes were shelved and have been used for many years.

The first time Huaxia signed up was "Avanti" in 1979, and then also participated in 83 and 84, and there was a vacancy in 85. Since 1986, it has participated in the election every year.

Huaxia's first film to be nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film is "Ju Dou" by Guoshi!
So far, Huaxia has been nominated for a total of 7 Oscars for Best Foreign Language Film, including 3 times for Chinese Teacher, 3 times for Li Press, and 1 time for Chen Kaige.

Among these 7 times, only Li An's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" finally won the award.

The last time a Huaxia film was nominated was in 2002, and it is now being screened in North America, Guoshi's "Hero"!
In 2003, "Heaven and Earth Heroes" was submitted for selection, but was not nominated.

And this year in 2004, there were also many films registered, but they were hesitant when submitting the selection. Which film should I choose between "House of Flying Daggers" and "Man with No Surname"?
These two films are better than other films, and the box office has exceeded 1.5 million yuan, making great contributions to Huaying!

"Man with No Surname" has a bigger advantage, not only at the box office, but also with a better reputation than "House of Flying Daggers".

It’s just that the reputation of the domestic media seems to be different from that of foreign countries. Just like "Hero", which was criticized by the domestic media and film critics, it is now praised by the North American media as the best film since 2004!
In addition, "The Man Without a Surname" has the most powerful advantage. It won the jury award at the Venice International Film Festival. This is one of the top three in Europe, with absolute hard power!
There are also many people who support "House of Flying Daggers", because "House of Flying Daggers" is more Chinese cultural than "Man with No Surname", and people can tell it is a Chinese movie at a glance.

In addition, what has to be considered is the influence of Guoshi. He has been nominated for Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film three times before.

The presence of his name may affect the result.

After all, as Hollywood has conquered the world, Oscar's influence has also radiated to most countries and regions, resulting in more than a hundred films participating in the election every year.

It is not easy to stand out from the hundreds of titles.

In particular, Asian films are far behind European films in this aspect. If they are not well selected, they may not be able to be shortlisted for the top 9 Oscars for Best Foreign Language Film!
The Oscar for best foreign language film will generally announce the top 12 nominees in the middle and late December of each year, and then announce the final nomination list together with other Oscar awards. The final awards ceremony will determine the winning films. There are three elections in total!
Chen Hao is indeed inferior to the National Teacher in terms of nomination, but Chen Hao's popularity in North America is no less than that of the National Teacher, and even better.

As for which movie mainland China will submit to the Olympics this year, it has also become the focus of media attention for a while!

""Man with No Surname" VS "House of Flying Daggers", who can represent the mainland to compete for this year's Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film?" --- Reported by Sohu Entertainment
""A Man Without a Surname"? Or "Ambush from Ten Daggers?"? Chen Hao? Or a national teacher?"--Netease Entertainment
"The continuation of the competition between Chen Hao and Guoshi, the competition for the Oscar for the best foreign language film qualification!" --- New Wolf Entertainment
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The competition between "A Man With No Surname" and "House of Flying Daggers" was seen by the media as a continuation of the confrontation between Chen Hao and the National Teacher!
In terms of box office, "House of Flying Daggers" has obviously lost. "House of Flying Daggers" ended up with a box office of 1.56 million yuan in the mainland, temporarily ranking second in the box office list of mainland movies!

The final box office of "Man Without a Surname" in the mainland reached 1.69 million yuan, making it the current box office champion in the mainland in 2004!
"House of Flying Daggers" lost to "Man with No Surname" at the box office, so what about the qualifications for the Olympics?
Soon, while Chen Hao was promoting "The Hangover", he received the final result!
(End of this chapter)