The whole of Hollywood is a body of closely related interests. Sometimes, personal interests are just personal interests; but sometimes, personal interests can be leveraged to leverage collective interests. For example, Jim Carrey's "20 million club", such as Johnny Depp's "box-office dividend payment", the beginning of the story is just personal interests, but the development of the story has changed the entire industry pattern.
The same is true of Renly now.
Why does the entire film industry describe Renly as a "phenomenon", not because of egot, nor because of two consecutive 500 million box office films, but because Renly's choices and attitudes are changing the framework of the entire industry, from independent films From art films to commercial films, it can be felt in all aspects.
The internal rumors about "Interstellar" and the cooperation between Renly and Universal Pictures are just sparks, but Hollywood hopes that these sparks will become raging flames, once again leveraging the Wall Street capital in Hollywood, for the sake of Film production teams headed by actors and directors win more profits.
For Thomas, Renly just hit the gun, and he chose to strike in order to protect his own interests; and for Renly, Thomas happened to be a checkpoint in his transformation process, in order to win more freedom and rights choose confrontation. But now the confrontation is getting bigger and bigger!
As I said before, the higher the standing, the greater the responsibility; the stronger the ability, the heavier the responsibility, as an ordinary employee and as a CEO, the power and responsibility will be completely different. Renly was now entering a whole new world, and whether he wanted to or not, there was no turning back.
It is against this background that not long ago, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the nominations for the 71st Golden Globe Awards, and Renly deservedly became the focus of attention once again!
Renly was nominated for Best Actor in the Drama and Musical Comedy categories without any suspense; and the two works "Gravity" and "Drunken Country Ballads" went further into both the Drama and Musical Comedy categories. The battle for the best picture in the category is even more turbulent than the wave created by "Crazy Love" and "Anti-Cancer Me"!
The first is the drama department.
"12 Years a Slave" became the biggest winner, with seven nominations including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Score. The film, which recently won a People's Choice award at the Toronto Film Festival, is emerging as the top seed for this year's awards season.
Fox Searchlight is responsible for the distribution, Brad Pitt as the producer, plus a strong cast of stars, and black-themed movies as escorts, "Twelve Years a Slave" can be said to be in the Oscar proposition composition. Model works, this year's awards season journey can be said to be steady and smooth, and even film critics have sent praises. This year's media comprehensive review is second only to "Gravity" works.
Objectively speaking, "12 Years a Slave" is a well-made production line, and the coldness and sharpness that director Steve McQueen once showed in "Hunger", "Shame" and other works have been worn away. However, he succeeded in creating the work "Twelve Years a Slave" which "everything is just right" with his artistic concept.
Not too sharp, not too gentle, not too flamboyant, not too low-key, not too flamboyant, not too mediocre, everything is smooth; even if you don't like it, you can't be too picky Troubled, even if it doesn't have much discussion significance in terms of artistic value, it perfectly fits Oscar's aesthetic.
Simply put, this is not an artistic creation, this is a propositional composition. Moreover, this is a full-score proposition work, and the Academy has no reason to reject or ignore such a work. "Twelve Years a Slave" almost perfectly interprets the concept of "Oscar works", even better than "The King's Speech", "Artist" "It fits better.
Of course, more boring; but, this is Oscar.
Since the Toronto Film Festival, the momentum of "Twelve Years a Slave" has been rising all the way, easily surpassing all competitors, bursting out a strong stance, rushing towards the Oscars.
The nominations for the Golden Globes were also confirmed.
In addition, "Gravity", "Philomena", "Fast Wind/Flow" and "Captain Phillips" all made it into the final competition for best picture. Among them, "Gravity" and "Captain Phillips" are four nominations, neck and neck.
Relatively speaking, "Captain Phillips" and "Fast Wind/Flow" are both biographical films, which are in line with the aesthetics of the academy, but the former's pseudo-documentary style is not the consistent style of the academy; the overall quality of the latter is not outstanding enough. The script and performance are relatively weak, and the nomination of the Golden Globe Award may not necessarily be able to establish the follow-up strength.
"Philomena" is a warm sketch, somewhat similar to the "beginner" in 2010. If you want to transform into this year's "Juno" or "Little Sunshine Beauty", you will need to continue to work hard in the follow-up.
"Gravity" entered the final battle circle as a commercial film, but it was an unexpected surprise. Although it received rave reviews, its strong commercial attributes may be like "Avatar", but it has become a stumbling block to prevent the film from achieving great results at the Oscars. The weak script is the common denominator of the two commercial films, but the brilliant performance has become the unknown factor of "gravity".
Now on the whole, "12 Years a Slave" has almost no rivals. "Gravity" and "Captain Phillips" need to be a shocking upset to make a comeback; and the real opponent of "12 Years a Slave" comes from another A work that has been classified as a work in the musical comedy category above the Golden Globe Awards.
Next is the musical comedy category.
"American Hustle" is one of the best, with seven nominations including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, and Best Screenplay. Twelve Years a Slave" goes hand in hand, and this work, which was only officially released in December, is becoming the third seed of this year's awards season, disrupting the situation.
Columbia Pictures is responsible for the distribution, directed by David-o-Russell, and the cast is as star-studded, continuing the style of the director's past two works "The Fighter" and "The Line of Happiness behind the Dark Cloud", which is also typical of the Oscar season. Healing works have been climbing steadily since their release, and they have already pre-booked the seed seats for this year's Oscars.
Every aspect of "American Hustle" is reminiscent of last year's "Happiness Line Behind the Dark Clouds", which looks like a comedy sketch, but in fact, it is a small, well-made, playful attitude and a return of light weight, all of which make "American Hustle" became the best representative of the Oscar series of comedy.
David-o-Russell is like a sunshine version of the Coen brothers, or a positive version of Alexander Payne. But this is also the most regrettable part. The Coen brothers are dark enough to reveal the dark side of society, Alexander Payne is petty enough to analyze the problems of the middle class sharply and deeply, and David-o-Lassey What about Er? The core idea has always been like scratching the itch, and the last round of going around is still the American Dream-style chicken soup for the soul.
From "The Fighter" to "The Line of Happiness Behind the Dark Cloud" to "American Hustle", David-o-Russell's works have always been like this, easily reaping the love of the academics, but after all, they still shine in the actors. The work as a whole and the director himself still lack the attacking power of a real punch.
From a certain perspective, "American Hustle" and "12 Years a Slave" are the same kind of works, round, smooth, harmonious and delicate, but less sharp; but the difference is that "Ten Years a Slave" The black theme of "Two Years" gave the work a natural aggressiveness, which also made the latter slightly ahead of "American Hustle" in the competition of the awards season.
It can be seen from the Golden Globe nomination list that "12 Years a Slave" and "American Hustle" both have seven nominations, but the latter's awards are more concentrated in the performance part, while the former also has a technical nomination . If nothing else, the "12 Years a Slave" awards season prospect should still prevail.
In addition, "Nebraska," "Drunken Country Ballad," "The Wolf of Wall Street," and "Her" have also won Best Picture nominations.
The "Wolf of Wall Street", who has continued to create topics throughout the awards season, appeared on the Golden Globes nomination list amid scolding, which is also a signal.
There are countless topics about the "Wolf of Wall Street", and it can't be said enough, but it can be summed up simply: the values promoted by this film just hit the sore spot in Hollywood.
"I Have a Scroll of Ghosts and Gods"
The movie's protagonist, Jordan-Belfort, is a real character. In real life, he is an existence that stings the nerves of countless Americans. His accumulated wealth is as famous as his crimes. The history of prosperity also represents the dark history of many capitalists; but the film does not criticize Jordan, but shows the whole character in a comedy situation.
This absurd and easy way of handling makes the audience feel the "infringement" of money and status, and trampling on morality and law. Although everyone knows that this is the social reality, it is really seen on the big screen. Values and outlook on life have been severely challenged.
The industry's authoritative magazine "Variety" commented that, "The Wolf of Wall Street" actor Jordan looks like a powerful star, and in real life, the real Jordan Belfort has never tasted "justice". Sanctioned, he was released after only 22 months in prison. After that, he made a fortune again through his autobiography. Everywhere he went, a large number of fans flocked to ask for autographs.
Such a value is truly irresistible.
All of this made the "Wolf of Wall Street" controversial, and the academy judges showed strong dissatisfaction.
In a way, the "Wolf of Wall Street" and Renly are in the same situation. They are both fighting against Wall Street capital. The former even uncovers the filth and darkness under the bright surface of Wall Street, but why Hollywood's attitude is not? Are there subtle differences
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