Chapter 2334

So far, just in terms of the number of awards, the "pop drummer" is about to catch up with the "Budapest Hotel". The former has three trophies, while the latter has four. "Birdman" and "Youth" have been left behind. Although this does not mean the trend of the best film, there is no doubt that the judges of the Academy love this work, and the competition pattern is not perfect, All round opening up!

Onlookers are bound to wonder, is a best editing award so heavy?

The real significance is not in the "Best Editing Award" itself, but in the fact that every strong competitor naturally wins in his most powerful project, continuing the momentum of the second stage of the award season. If there is no unpopular, there will be no left behind, and the stable pattern has been continued all the way.

Throughout the awarding season, "Youth" and "Budapest Hotel" took the lead hand in hand, followed by "pop drummer" and "imitation game", while "Birdman", who failed to win too much momentum in the first half of the season, started to rise at the end of the first stage; Then "imitation game" and "Budapest Hotel" fell behind one after another, and "Birdman" made a strong comeback, keeping pace with "Youth" and sprinting towards the Oscars.

Before the opening of the Academy Awards ceremony, "Youth" and "Birdman" are inseparable, followed by "pop drummer", while "Budapest Hotel" is gradually weakening, but still ahead of other competitors. The four seeded players of the whole first group join hands to attack for the best picture.

"Youth" is light and concise. It presents the power of time in the way of real record. It completely gets rid of the technological innovation of contemporary films and returns to the skills of the film itself, just like Richard linclair's trilogy "before sunrise", "before sunset" and "before midnight", It's amazing that Daqiao does not show the most wonderful and moving skills of the film.

At present, the commercialization of films is becoming more and more serious, and the return of "Youth" is absolutely an alternative in the industry. Who can not like it?

In contrast, Birdman is complex and heavy, and the iconic long lens is full of intricate sense of design, showing the skills of the film in another way; At the same time, in sharp contrast to the de dramatization of "Youth", Birdman highlights drama with a sense of ups and downs.

But what really moved Hollywood was its story, just like the "artists" who recalled the golden age.

On the surface, it tells the story of an old actor trying to revive, but it is a real pain for the film industry practitioners who are in danger

Every employee may be faced with such a dilemma. The last second is boundless, and the next second no one cares. That sense of insecurity is a nightmare for everyone. Unless it reaches the level of Langley or Meryl Streep, everyone needs to face the crisis of possible unemployment all the time.

In the story of Birdman, the hero tries to find a chance to make a comeback from Broadway. In reality, this is also the mainstream choice of Hollywood. For example, Glen cross once starred in the musical version of Sunset Boulevard at the bottom of his career in the 1990s and won the chance to return to Hollywood, However, the famous actor Fei donnavi, who also competed for the role, completely retired because she didn't get the role.

Compared with Broadway, some people have to choose TV series, but compared with the influence of movies and Broadway, the road of TV series actors is narrower, so many actors have to disappear on the screen, either choose the regional drama company, or go far to Las Vegas to perform, And miss Gaga also made the same choice in the low period of her career.

It can be understood that the more actors have experienced the peak, the more they can't put down their burden and face. The constraints brought by the glory of the past make them at a loss. This is also the origin of the curse of Oscar winners. They often use all unrealistic requirements to limit their choices.

In the end, they are in trouble.

In fact, the story of "Birdman" can be seen as Hollywood's self darkness and self motivation. In the eyes of the college, it is undoubtedly a high-level gesture - facing up to its shortcomings and weaknesses, but refusing to give up. It is even more brilliant than "artists". It is light and easy to win the hearts of the college judges.

In the second stage of college public relations, Fox Searchlight reminds Hollywood practitioners over and over again: "Birdman" is everyone in Hollywood, and it tells everyone's past, present and future difficulties.

If we say that the return of "Youth" is in fact the unremitting pursuit of film development for a century, after repeated discussions, there will be no new ideas. It seems that it is just a test of the creator's patience; The worry and fear of "Birdman" is everywhere, like the nightmare of reincarnation, which is constantly staged in every era and everyone, and will continue to be staged.

This has also become a turning point in the second stage of the college's public relations. The strategic abandonment of the Fox Searchlight of the "Budapest Hotel" has easily gained the upper hand, successfully paved the way for the "Birdman" to catch up with its competitors, and has now stood at the same height as the "youth generation".

What about the "pop drummer"?

Compared with the "Youth", the "pop drummer" is undoubtedly novel. Damien chazere uses the drums to create rhythm and series editing, and makes movies by composing music scores. The final product presents a kind of melodic fluency, allowing the audience to see another way to open the movie.

Compared with the "Birdman", the "pop drummer" is undoubtedly bold. It challenges people's understanding of art with a "patricide" attitude, penetrates from the physical level to the spiritual level in a bloody way, and truly shows the ultimate experience of pursuing perfection in the field of art, which can be called being possessed.

It's all about art. "Birdman" stays in the stage of self memory and self moving, but "pop drummer" goes deeper and further on the road of challenging and breaking through himself. With a kind of crushing hostility, he collides all the way irrationally and has the power of destruction.

It can be said that both "Youth" and "Birdman" are returning to tradition. The former is conservative, while the latter returns to the artistic pursuit of the film industry in a novel way. One is shooting skills, the other is practitioners; The "pop drummer" is to break the tradition, or even challenge the bottom line of the college tradition. From two aspects of shooting skills and practitioners, the audience can feel the pain of artistic breakthrough——

The double suffering of body and spirit.

If technological innovation should be rewarded, then "pop drummer" is more commendable than "Birdman"; If the pursuit of art should be rewarded, "pop drummer" is more noteworthy than "Youth"; If we should give awards to break the shackles, then "pop drummer" should be more worthy of recognition than "Youth" and "Birdman".

This is also the reason why the Sundance Film Festival chose "pop drummer" instead of "Youth". What they appreciate is the ferocity that Langley and Damien injected into the film, breaking the existing constraints with a tough and tough attitude, showing the most real face of artistic pursuit.

It's like the scene shown in "Birdman": the former superhero actor tried to turn over, but failed to do so, and his career was in a desperate situation; As a result, he got lost in the street naked and became popular on the social network unexpectedly. Nowadays, artistic standards are no longer the criteria for judging movies. More and more gossip news and commercial hype are becoming the focus. How many works are willing to focus on artistic creation like "Youth" and "pop drummer"?

"Birdman" comes from behind and surpasses "Youth" and "pop drummer", which is the biggest irony of the film itself and the reality itself.

But Oscar is not Sundance. The academy does not have the courage and courage of Robert Redford. The "pop drummer" is always challenging the audience's nerve bottom line. In the final analysis, it is also challenging the bottom line of the Academy judges. That kind of red fruit irony is like a slap in the face——

When Andrew overthrows Fletcher, is it not that the "pop drummer" is overthrowing the authority of the college judges?

As a result, the second stage of the award season is full of ups and downs

"Youth" is advancing steadily, "Birdman" is attacking strongly, "burst drummer" is eyeing, "Budapest Hotel" is waiting for the opportunity.

Four works, including "Budapest Hotel", which was delayed by Scott Rudin, did not completely withdraw from the competition, which added more variables to the Oscar.

Tonight, after the awarding ceremony, the four major competitive works of the first group all won the best editing award——

The award of "pop drummer" is expected by all. Once again, the "strong posture" has been successfully extended. There is no unpopular or dark horse to subvert the pattern of the second stage. The first group still has the favor of the college judges. No one breaks through and no one falls behind. This is the pattern at this time.

It is precisely because of this that the "pop drummer" won the best editing award, which is considered that the suspense of the best film is more and more mysterious. No one can accurately judge what impact the second stage of college public relations left in the minds of the judges, and what waves were finally projected on the votes.

At this time, the award season has entered the last third stage, but still no one can accurately interpret it.

The suspense of the final prize is becoming more and more interesting, which can be compared with the best actor, which also means that the award ceremony is more and more worth looking forward to - perhaps, the song and dance performance and the acceptance speech are still tedious and boring, but the presentation of each award may subtly change the pattern, expectation and tension Curiosity and exultation permeated the Dolby theater, and even Neil could feel it.