La La Land, released in 2016, is undoubtedly one of Renly's favorite movies.
This work tells the love story between two dreamers, Sebastian and Mia.
One dreamed of revival of jazz, the other dreamed of becoming an actor, and accidentally sparked a spark and fell in love. Later, due to the pressure of life, one chose to compromise and the other chose painful persistence. They still support each other and love each other deeply, but because of the definition of dreams. The differences gradually drifted away, and the beauty of the past gradually disappeared under the bright starlight, and the two people who loved each other regrettably passed by.
Although in the end, both of them realized their dreams, they were already different.
This is a story about dreams, about Damien Chazelle's own memories, about Renly's experience, about every dreamer, those struggles and pains, those persistence and obsession, those compromises and giving up, Looking back suddenly, I can't help but think, if I didn't bow to life, could dream and happiness be the same? Can the rosy life of fairy tales come true
In the movie, Damien Chazelle gave the story a "Casablanca" ending, Sebastian kept playing the piano in his jazz bar, and then Mia stopped with a look back and smiled, and finally accompanied him. Turning around and walking away, she drew the final conclusion to their story, "There are so many cities in the world, and there are so many pubs in the city, but she just walked into my room."
The heartbreak of that moment is filled with all of Damien's unrealistic and beautiful romance, but also embellished with Damien's heartache from real life.
The flowing narration, the splendid pictures, the beautiful and moving emotions, and Damien's consistent rhythm control, scheduling the shots and controlling the editing like a melody, the coherent beauty sprinkled in the corners and corners of the film, not only telling the story The most important thing is to once again make people feel the charm of musical and dance films in the golden age. That kind of rhythm, that kind of dashing, that kind of graceful, has become less and less in the contemporary film market where interests come first, and is even disappearing. Hidden in the picture is a deep love for movies.
It's like a dream so beautiful that you don't want to wake up.
Renly personally liked it very, very much, even more so than "Blitzkrieg"—not about the movie itself, but about the dreams Damien weaved.
"La La Land" is about the dream itself, about the movie, and about the reality of life. It contains too many real feelings belonging to Damien himself, and that emotion is sincere and sincere, just like "love" Like crazy", every frame, every line, every moment, can make people feel the same way.
In September 2016, after the "La La Land" was released at the Venice Film Festival, it not only won the best actress trophy for the heroine Emma Stone, but also became the number one seed of the awards season, and was praised everywhere. Amidst the cheers, they marched forward at full speed towards the Oscar statuette.
Like "The Artist", "Birdman" and other works, "La La Land" focuses on Hollywood itself, and presents the beauty and splendor of the golden age, which is tantamount to the best for Oscar Academy judges It is also the most touching existence. Their "narcissism" makes them hopelessly like this work. With the deepening of the awards season, the voice of the work has not declined but has risen, and they are striving for a new record in history. sprinting.
The same is true.
Fourteen Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Original Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Original Song, etc., tied for the most Oscar nominations in film history The record, deservedly become the most successful Oscar work since the "Titanic", even if it is placed in the long history, it can still be in the forefront, and the unstoppable momentum has really reached its peak.
How powerful is this momentum
In the battle for the best actress in the awards season, "First Lady"'s Natalie - Portman and "her" Isabelle - Huppert (Isabelle-Huppert) have always been ahead, Emma - Stone is only only It can only be ranked the third seed, and the gap is very obvious. In the odds of the major authoritative lists, the clear gap can be seen from the data, until the Golden Globe Award.
However, after entering the second stage, the awards season changed dramatically. Emma counterattacked, soared, and overtook all the way. With the powerful momentum of "La La Land", she overtook two powerful competitors in a row. With a strong voice, he finally succeeded in reaching the top of the Oscar in one fell swoop, and without any suspense, he became the third award winner in history for the actress born after 1980.
If there is no accident, "La La Land" will also complete the sweep - the best director, the best actress, the best cinematography, the best original song, the best original soundtrack, the best art director and other six golden statues. The night of the awards ceremony was far ahead. Except for the Best Editing Award, which was accidentally intercepted by "Blood Battle Hacksaw Ridge", there were basically no other awards. The audience was waiting to witness the moment when "La La Land" was crowned king. .
Indeed, "La La Land" won the Best Picture statuette—in less than three minutes, and then the biggest oolong in Oscars history was born, the presenter announced the wrong answer, and the real Best Picture The winner was "Moonlight Boy", and the audience was in an uproar after the result was revised.
why
The reason why "Moonlight Boy" can be upset is closely related to history, society, situation, etc. The most direct case is the 75th Oscar held in March 2003. The biggest favorite, but the Iraq war that broke out a month ago completely changed the situation—
The Oscars ceremony, which was still held on time, became the target of public criticism and was scolded by the North American fanatical public opinion. All opinions insisted that the Oscars should cancel the award ceremony and express strong protest against the war with practical actions, and "anti-war" is also in the past. It has become the main theme of the awards season in four months.
In the end, "Chicago" defeated a strong opponent, topped the Oscar for best picture, and fell below the glasses of all experts.
The same situation happened again. 2016 was the presidential election year in the United States. Issues about race, about immigration, about refugees, and about vulnerable minorities were running through the whole process. The final election results were shockingly unpopular, even the candidate himself. They were all ready for the speech of "declaring the election defeat", but they completed an incredible reversal and were successfully elected as the new president of the United States.
The whole of Hollywood is fried.
After the Golden Globes ended, the president issued the latest directives, one was to build a wall on the Mexican border, and the other was to prohibit the entry of Iranian passports. The mighty heated discussion could not stop at all.
Awards season is no exception.
Therefore, on the night of the Oscars, in the competition for the best foreign language film, the Iranian work "Salesman" upset the most popular German work "Tony Erdman" to the top; in the competition for the best picture, "Moonlight Boy" At the last moment, it surpassed the absolute popular "La La Land" and became the first gay/sex/love work to top the best picture in Oscar history.
It's complicated, but not too complicated.
Because the Oscars season is a PR war, and "PR" itself covers a wide range of issues. Social issues are closely related to everyone, and no one can make exceptions. Those issues that seem to have nothing to do with them are being dealt with in every aspect every day. affect your life.
Then, Oolong was born.
But from an objective standpoint, after the 89th Oscars ended, behind the controversy and unpopularity, time still proved the significance of this choice.
Just like when "Crash" beat "Brokeback Mountain" to the top, ten years later, no one can remember "Crash", but "Brokeback Mountain" is an indelible classic; similarly, "Moonlight Boy" and "Love" "City of Joy" has also accepted the test of time, and film critics who have calmed down also made objective comments:
These two works are very good and have their own strengths; moreover, "Moonlight" can be among the top three in the Oscar best picture sequence after the millennium, and the grace and beauty of "La La Land" are also the same It can be gradually polished after the precipitation of time, and there is no loser in the two works.
Film critics have also justified the name of "Moonlight Boy". Although it was an upset, the quality was still recognized.
The topic returned to "La La Land".
Undoubtedly, Renly still loves this work very much. When he learned that Damien was preparing the script, his expectations could not help but stir; but Renly was also a little hesitant, not sure whether he should take the script, Because the actor in the last life was Ryan Gosling.
When filming "La La Land", Ryan's career was in a turbulent period, not a low point, but he was indeed exploring.
Ryan's actor career has also reached a new peak since he starred in three outstanding works, "The President's Killing Bureau", "Desperate Driving" and "Crazy Stupid Love" in 2011. He has no shortage of work invitations, but unfortunately, five In the past 20 years, all the works he has starred in are thunder and rain, and the quality of the finished products is far lower than expected. .
"La La Land" became a turning point in his career and reached the top again.
Ryan is Renly's best friend. He doesn't want to take Ryan's performance opportunity away, but he really loves "La La Land" in his heart, which also puts Renly in a dilemma, and it is always difficult to give up; However, now the problem is solved, Renly is in the adjustment and recovery, he does not think he is the best choice for the movie - choose Ryan to get the movie back on the right track.
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Because Renly knew that Ryan's performance would make La La Land complete, that it was his character, and it was his movie.
He didn't "come" to Ryan, but Ryan deserved it.