director of the millennium

On January 2020, 1, the 13nd Academy Awards officially announced the final list of nominees.

As expected, the biographical film "Bruce Lee" produced by Disney and directed by Wu Yuan received six nominations including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Cinematography!
But Wu Yuan was not very happy when he saw the final list of nominees.

After all, although this year's Oscars was not a big year, it was still one that attracted many outstanding performers.

At least much stronger than any session in the next few years.

In a different genre but set in the same era, another film, "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood," also received these nominations.

In addition to "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood", "Parasite" is competing with him for the two most important awards: Best Picture and Best Director.

At the same time, "Joker", the best R-rated film in history, is also the biggest dark horse of this year's Oscars.

Moreover, the capital behind these three works should not be underestimated.

Behind "Parasite" is the well-known Korean chaebol CJ Group, and behind "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" stands Sony Columbia, and even China's Bona provides financial support.

Behind "Joker" also stands Warner, one of the largest companies in Hollywood.

With Disney, Warner, and Sony working together behind the scenes, even Wu Yuan wouldn't dare to say that he was sure to win.

To be honest, the quality of "Bruce Lee" itself is no longer the most important thing in this year's Oscar selection.

"Once Upon a Time in Hollywood", "Joker" and "Bruce Lee" can all be considered movies of similar quality. It is not to say that one is necessarily better than the other. The three movies currently have similar public reputation and public evaluation.

Even "Bruce Lee" was at a disadvantage, because until February, it had only been shown in more than 2 art theaters in North America and had not yet been released on a large scale.

Both "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" and "Joker" were released on a large scale.

Putting "Parasite" aside, Wu Yuan also felt the pressure of competing with these two films and the war film "1917".

Although this year is not a big year, our competitors should not be underestimated.

Jovan keeps saying that the Best Director award has already gone to Bruce Lee. Is this statement really credible?
In any case, Wu Yuan couldn't help but become worried.

He could accept that "Bruce Lee" did not win the Best Picture, but if it didn't even win the Best Director award, then it would be a waste of time!

From the beginning to the end, he did not participate in the Oscars for the so-called "dream-chasing". He had no dreams about the Oscar awards at all, unlike the fifth-generation directors who were once obsessed with winning the Oscars.

He did make "Bruce Lee" to fulfill his dream, but he took this movie to the Oscars purely to maintain his fame.

But if he doesn't win the Best Director award, then the idea of ​​maintaining his fame will become nonsense.

"Remember that in the original time and space, the film that won the Best Director award this year was "Parasite"?" Alone in his mansion in Los Angeles, Wu Yuan carefully recalled the situation of this year's Oscars.

As time went by since his "rebirth", his memories of the 20 years that seemed like a dream became more and more vague.

It’s not that he forgot, but the new life brought more and more memories, making him recall less and less the "future" that now seems like a dream.

But these memories are still firmly in his mind, which is his biggest golden finger. After trying hard to recall, he not only remembered who the best director was, but also remembered all the winners.

There's no other way. I've been working as a director for both of my lives. It's impossible for me not to pay attention to the Oscars every year. I may not have the time to watch the award ceremony every year, but I will definitely watch the final list of winners.

"Best Picture and Best Director went to Parasite, Best Actor went to Joaquin Phoenix for Joker, and Best Actress went to Renée Zellweger for Judy."

"Brad Pitt for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood won Best Supporting Actor, and Laura Dern for Marriage Story won Best Supporting Actress."

"It seems that the Best Actress award is the tallest among the short ones."

Most of these important awards are well-deserved and there is nothing wrong with the winners. However, this year is a weak year for Best Actress. The performances of the nominated actresses are actually average. Scarlett Johansson was even nominated for "Marriage Story".

"Unfortunately, Emma Stone doesn't have many scenes, so forcing her into the Best Actress race probably won't help her."

Speaking of acting skills, Emma Stone from the "Bruce Lee" crew is definitely one of the most outstanding actresses nominated this year.

Unfortunately, a good cook cannot cook without rice. The heroine does not have many roles in "Bruce Lee". Although she is Bruce Lee's wife, this is a man's movie.

So Disney finally gave Emma Stone the Best Supporting Actress award, allowing her to bully those supporting actresses as the leading actress.

“Speaking of which, as a Korean film, even with CJ’s full support behind the scenes, ‘Parasite’ could only be nominated for a group award.”

Wu Yuan thought about it carefully and found that the Oscars are indeed an award that Europe has always considered to be "closed" and "played behind closed doors."

Even a movie like "Parasite", which is highly recognized worldwide, was only nominated for four awards at the Oscars: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Editing.

The Best Editing award was obviously just for show, which means that at most the Oscars will only give "Parasite" two major awards.

They were not eligible for the equally important Best Actor/Actress and Best Supporting Actor/Actress awards.

To be fair, the performances of several actors in "Parasite" are still very brilliant, and are really not inferior to those of the nominated actors.

At least in Wu Yuan's opinion, if Chen Guokun can be nominated for Best Actor, there is no reason why Song Kanghao from "Parasite" cannot be nominated. He just won the Best Actor Award at Cannes for this movie.

All I can say is that the Oscars are worthy of being controlled by Hollywood. Giving "Parasite" two major awards is already very respectful.

But this is a good thing for Wu Yuan, after all, his "Bruce Lee" is produced by Disney.
If the Oscars were really as "fair" as the three major European organizations, he would have no room for maneuver long ago.

After figuring it out, Wu Yuan felt a little more relaxed.

After all, it is impossible for the Oscars to give "Parasite" too many awards. He still has great hope of winning the Best Director Award. After all, Wu Yuan has made a lot of money for Hollywood and is a true insider.

"Hey, let's get ready to attend the nomination luncheon." Wu Yuan said, smacking his lips.

From the moment the shortlist is announced, the Oscar journey for all the film crews nominated for this year's Oscars has officially begun.

Let's start from the nomination luncheon! (End of this chapter)