Chapter 776： Magical journey

There was thunderous applause in the Sarah Grande Theater, and the chairman of the Venice Film Festival Mark Muller stood in the center of the stage and announced the winners of the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Venice Film Festival. The winners are not one person, but a team. , The most powerful animation film production team in the world today. ｀｀

"Please... John Lasseter, Brad Bird, Peter Dougert, Andrew Stanton, and Lee Anchorage!"

Regardless of other people's reactions, Ryan took the lead to stand up and clap his palms. Under his leadership, everyone around him also stood up until the audience stood up.

This is an honor that belongs to Pixar Studios, an honor that belongs to Industrial Light and Magic, and an honor that belongs to Walt Disney. Pixar, who was not cared about or even ridiculed at the beginning, has now become an animation giant envied by the entire world.

The five winners are the All-Star team of Pixar Studios. In the Oriental vocabulary, they are the Five Tigers of Disney Animation.

When the five people walked onto the stage, the award-giving guests from the backstage were obviously also carefully selected by the Venice Film Festival-George Lucas!

He is the true founder of Pixar Animation Studios, even if he later sold this department to Steve Jobs, no one can deny this.

Under the endless applause of the audience, George Lucas briefly talked about the first meeting with John Lasseter in the technical department of his own production company in 1979, and how the latter persuaded him. The whole story of investing and supporting the development of animation creation.

Then, he presented the Golden Lion, which represents the lifetime achievement award, to the Pixar studio team.

"Thank you George. Without his full support at the beginning of the establishment, there would not be the current Pixar studio."

After winning the trophy, John Lasseter took the lead in standing in front of the microphone, "When Mark told me about the lifetime achievement award, I thought he had made a mistake. I was surprised. The achievement of the Golden Lion Award was the first in history. One time to the animation team. Not just one person. We have thousands of people working for Pixar. This is the luck of all of us."

"Special thanks to Ryan, he completely brought the Pixar studio out of the predicament. He gave Pixar the greatest creative freedom. From 1993 to the present, he has given Pixar the greatest support."

"Pixar has always insisted on not only the pictures, but the emotions expressed in the story, so Pixar's animations are not only for children to enjoy."

Others also said a few words one after another, and the central point of the words is naturally the Pixar animation they love. "Technology serves the plot. We find the best director and tell good stories. At Disney we also maintain our own style."

Is Hollywood winning again?

This result was anticipated by many people when "Ratuitouille" participated in the screening session. It is an indisputable fact that this year's film festival is buzzing with Hollywood.

But Ryan found some problems after watching Ratatouille, some problems that Pixar has continuously accumulated successfully, but it's hard to say now. Everything has to be resolved when "Ratuitouille" is released on a large scale.

Success always makes people overlook some problems, and Pixar is no exception.

Those people in Asia and Europe will inevitably have some opinions. Of course, it is not that there are no people who understand. This is a reform made by the Venice Film Festival, or a compromise with the market and the world's mainstream film culture. After all, the increasing lack of attention of the Venice Film Festival is not news.

Prior to this, Brad Pitt of "Death of God" and Cate Blanchett of "I'm Not Present" had taken away the best actor and best actress respectively.

If you can't win back a city in another important award. Hollywood will rule this Venice Film Festival.

Next is the best director, also known as the Silver Lion Award, which is also the award that Ryan is most worried about.

"Don't worry." Natalie suddenly took his hand and consoled her in turn. "As long as we try our best, it will be fine."

"I hope it won't be the Silver Lion Award." Ryan shook her hand back.

The three major film festivals in Europe means that the cake is far more obvious than the Oscar. If "Black Swan" wins the consoling award for Best Director, the Silver Lion, it will inevitably miss the Golden Lion Award.

Having done so much work in advance, the Silver Lion Award was not the result Ryan wanted.

The applause sounded without warning, Ryan quickly recovered and saw Li Ang strode onto the stage and received the trophy representing the Silver Lion Award for Best Director.

He smiled, and the corners of Natalie's mouth curled up beautifully next to him.

She also knows very well that Ang Lee and "Lust Caution" are the biggest opponents, now...

Although it is the Venice Film Festival and not an Oscar, since they have joined the ranks of directors and have come to Venice, how many people don't want to go back with a Golden Lion award?

The applause was accompanied by complaints. Almost all of these sounds came from European filmmakers. If they could express their opinions, they would definitely denounce Mark Taylor and the jury, denounce them for losing the most proud artistry of the film festival. They denounced the compromise they made to their worst enemy, Hollywood.

Yes, in their eyes, Ang Lee is still an authentic Hollywood director even with a Chinese-language film in the competition.

Will the Golden Lion Award be taken away by Hollywood?

Many people have come up with this idea. As long as Europe and Asia can keep the golden lion, the awards won in front of Hollywood will not matter at all, and the Venice Film Festival will still maintain its own sex...

just……

These people unconsciously looked at the positions of Ryan and Natalie. No matter how they concealed them, it was impossible to hide some of the publicity, marketing and public relations from these people in the industry. After all, as long as they participated in the competition unit, they wanted to share To the cakes, light or dark off-disk means are essential.

Even if the art advertised by the film festival is used as a measure, "Black Swan" has enough qualifications to win the prize.

When Sophia Roland, the most famous Italian actress in Hollywood, stood on stage, many people had stopped whispering and guessing.

After listening to Sophia Roland briefly said a few words, Ryan felt that Natalie was slightly nervous, and when he looked over, she gave him a smile...

"The winner of the Golden Lion Award for Best Picture..." Sophia Roland barely paused, and quickly read the answer, "Black Swan, Natalie Portman!"

"Congratulations, Nat."

Ryan immediately congratulated him. After Natalie stood up, she gave him a strong hug, and then Gail Gado on the other side hugged and celebrated. Only then did she slightly lifted the mopping long dress and turned towards Walk on the stage.

The applause sounded like a tide, no matter what kind of discussion there will be later, Natalie has become the biggest winner of this Venice Film Festival.

Besides, after the press conference later, Ryan will return to North America with Natalie. How do European filmmakers and European media comment? Who cares about them.

"Thank you!"

After receiving the Golden Lion, Natalie stood in front of the microphone, "This is an incredible journey. I was surprised that I was able to get this award. Thank you Mark Muller for showing up and thank the jury."

"This is my first Golden Lion Award and the first heavyweight award I won as a director. This is a magical experience. Here, I want to thank Scarlett Johansson, Gail Gado, etc. All those who participated in the filming of the film, thank all the members of the crew, thank Disney for their full support, and..."

She looked this way, "Thanks Ryan Jenkins for the script."

Natalie raised the Golden Lion, "This prize belongs to all of them, thank you!"

Before the film festival, it’s like European films are not entertained in North America. Not many European filmmakers are optimistic about Hollywood films. They will always say sourly that Hollywood films are just vain names, but they are just catching stars to serve as "big men", but the truth is But it proved one thing, Hollywood films, from quality to commercial operation to public relations marketing, can explode more than a dozen streets of European films.

Generally speaking, Hollywood films have won two awards for best actor and best actress. It is no longer possible to make a big difference. However, like the Oscars, the quality of the film is only the basic condition to guarantee the award. compromise.

For example, Ryan had secretly promised the new picture that he would guarantee an Oscar nomination for best foreign language film under the premise of the quality of the film.

Any time winning a prize is the result of a combination of many factors.

After the award ceremony, both Ryan and Natalie attended the press conference, and he also accepted an interview with reporters.

"Miss Portman will be an excellent director. She is smart, calm and talented."

When asked by reporters about Natalie’s identity as a director, Ryan did not hesitate to praise, “The most important thing is that no matter what results she achieves, she has always kept a clear head and knows what she wants. What is it, and what effort must be made for it, the success of "Black Swan" is the result of her over ten years of study and accumulation."

If it were not for long-term learning accumulation and practice, even with the script of "Black Swan", Natalie would not be able to make this film.

The Venice Film Festival came to an endGal Gado wanted to go back to Israel with Natalie, but she politely refused, and got on a private jet with Ryan and returned to their home base, Hollywood. .

"How do you want me to thank you?"

In the main bedroom of the cabin, Natalie straddled Ryan and pressed him firmly underneath, "A passionate kiss, or a fierce release?"

Before Ryan could answer, Natalie covered his mouth, her brown eyes narrowed into long thin lines, and she swayed her waist and said, "I feel it, honey, don't move, just lie down. Just enjoy it."

After she finished speaking, she reached under her body with the other hand, rubbed it to find the position, and then lowered her waist.

Strictly speaking, the Golden Lion Award of the Venice Film Festival does not weigh too much in the mainstream Hollywood film circle. It can't even match the Palme d’Or in Cannes, but it is always a heavyweight award. After returning to Los Angeles, Ryan and Natalie still invited many friends and partners to hold a special celebration party. (To be continued...)

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