The short acceptance speech is full of Renly's love for movies and the emotion of not forgetting the original intention.
In this moment, Renly finally has a real sense of reality, this is Sundance, the unique Sundance.
More important than the trophy is that his dream has finally been affirmed, not because of his acting skills, but because here, he can find countless dreamers, abandoned by society, denied by others, Dreamers who are tortured by life and hit by reality are all walking alone on the road of their dreams, but they are not afraid of failure, loneliness, or injury, but they just sprint forward unswervingly.
No one knows when the footsteps will stop, and no one knows what the scenery will be at the end, but before they are exhausted, they must do their best to shed every drop of sweat and blood in their bodies. We work hard, not to change this society, but to prevent this society from changing us, and every dream should be respected.
On this path, he is not alone.
Walking off the stage, the applause broke out again, this time, not for Renly, but for Robert Redford. The venerable director and actor—and founder of Sundance—is always in the highest esteem every year in Park City. Tonight is no exception.
Renly returned to his seat, and the members of the "Crazy in Love" crew were all watching him with burning eyes, with excited smiles on their faces, looking even more excited than Renly.
Jennifer looked enviously at the trophy in Renly's hand, then raised her chin stubbornly, and said stubbornly, "I don't envy it, I don't envy it at all."
That look made Renly laugh, "I'm sure you'll win your own trophy, soon."
Jennifer nodded earnestly and said without hesitation, "Of course!" There was a confident and unshakable light in her eyes, her spirits were high, and her whole body became brighter.
During the speech, the applause gradually subsided, and Robert said into the microphone, "When the curtain comes to an end every year, every time, the mood is always very complicated. On the one hand, I am looking forward to the emergence of more excellent works next year. ; On the one hand, it is lost, and this year's carnival is over."
"I like what Renly Hall said just now." Robert unexpectedly named his name, causing the audience to applaud again, and the "Crazy Love" crew even whistled, "Thank you to everyone who loves The filmmakers. Yes, thanks to everyone who still perseveres in their creations, and to everyone who still tirelessly supports the film, it is our honor to gather here to discuss the films we love."
"Next, it's time to present the awards." Robert raised the envelope in his hand and waved it gently. The atmosphere at the scene slowly subsided, and behind the noise, it began to become tense. "It's been dizzying to see a lot of good work coming out this year, I personally have at least five that I really like. Luckily, I'm not the one who needs to make a decision."
Like the three major European film festivals, the Sundance Film Festival has a jury composed of six judges to select the final award. The jury will be replaced every year to ensure fairness.
After the simple opening, Robert did not continue to sell the key, and directly revealed the answer. In the world unit, "Happy Housewives" won the grand prize of the feature film, while "Forever Car God" achieved the feat of three crowns - sweeping the three trophies of the Jury Award, the Director Award and the Audience Award, there is no doubt Land became the biggest winner in the documentary sector.
In 2009, "Cherish" took away the three trophies of the Jury Prize, the Jury Special Award and the Audience Award. Since then, it has made great progress and won the Toronto People's Choice Award in one go, and finally successfully won it at the Oscars ceremony. He won two Golden Man trophies for Best Supporting Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay.
Now, "Eternal Car God" seems to be about to replicate the original development trajectory of "Cherish Love", which is expected.
Later, in the local unit, "Returner from Hell" won the documentary award of the Jury Prize, which also made people realize that Sundance is really close to the end, and now only the last award is left: Grand Jury Prize, Drama Division.
Although the development of the Sundance Film Festival is getting better and better and the awards are getting more and more, the top priority has never changed. When people mention Sundance, the feature film department of the Jury Prize It's the only focus, which is the same as Toronto's People's Choice Awards, which represents the highest level of Sundance that year. Needless to say.
The so-called "Jury Award" refers to the Jury Award in the feature film department!
If the award can be won, it will only be regarded as one of the additional effects to continue the momentum of the previous three years of award winners entering the Oscar sprint stage; more importantly, the award winner will win more attention and gain more space. Whether it's taking this as a starting point to enter the vision of a large film company, or relying on the advantage of a halo to get more sponsorships and complete your ideal works, it will be more effective with less effort.
This is an affirmation from Sundance.
So, who will be on top this year? "Love Crazy"? Or "Tyrannosaurus"? Or "Double Martha"? Or is it the "family environment" that upset the audience award? And the well-recognized "asylum seeker" that has yet to win an award
Sundance, which seems to be calm, has ushered in a climax/tide of chaos this year. Now, the answer was in the envelope in Robert's hand, and his eyes instantly became hot.
Without any hesitation, Robert opened the envelope, glanced at it, and then raised his gaze triumphantly, "Oh, it turned out to be this work." But he rarely announced the result directly, but paused for a moment. For a moment, this caused a low-pitched whine from the scene, and Robert laughed even more happily, "Don't disturb me, I'm enjoying one of the few privileges, let me digest it first."
"First Evolution"
The lighthearted and humorous tone made the sound of laughter echo in the auditorium.
"Very well, the 27th Sundance Film Festival, the winner of the Grand Jury Prize is..." After enjoying, Robert spoke again, his tone paused, he looked down at the card, and reconfirmed the answer, Then in one go, "'Love is crazy'!"
There was a second of blankness at the scene, and then the applause was like a tsunami, rising from far to near, and the roar stirred up echoes one after another in the auditorium, rushing from all directions, shaking violently. The foundation of the entire auditorium, the world began to shake; the crowds of people standing up in the line of sight were connected together in blackness, like a vast ocean, boundless.
"Crazy Love", this year's Jury Prize winner is "Crazy Love"! Like crazy.
Renly stood up, and then saw Jennifer jump up suddenly, raised her right hand high, and looked at Renly with energy, but Renly pretended not to see, passed Jennifer, and saw the trapped Drake, who was in the state of the machine, was full of unbelievable shock and astonishment, and his open jaw seemed to be dislocated and could not be closed at all.
In the corner of his eyes, he saw that Jennifer was still holding her right hand, her excited smile showed no sign of frustration at all, and she stared at Renly, which made Renly shake her head helplessly, and then raised her right hand as well, and Jennifer moved towards Renly. Qian took a sharp step, then jumped up, and slammed Renly's right hand, completing the high five.
The sound of "pop" was crisp and loud, but it was drowned in the applause of the scene in the blink of an eye.
After passing by Renly, Jennifer gave Felicity and Charlie high-fives to celebrate, and finally walked around in front of Drake, clapping with admiration and paying lofty respect.
Renly was a little dazed when he saw Drake, as if his brain had stopped working, he had to step forward, pat Drake on the shoulder, and shouted into his ear, "Drake, lead the stage. prize!"
But Drake's reaction was still a few beats slow, and finally Jennifer, Felicity, Charlie and the others all came over, joined Renly and slapped Drake on the back frantically. Li's movements made a thumping sound, and Drake was in pain, and jumped up with bared teeth and grins. He seemed to be running to the stage, and the embarrassed appearance made the audience burst into laughter.
Taking the trophy from Robert, Drake looked at it seriously and couldn't put it down. His eyes stayed on the trophy for a long time, but the audience was not in a hurry. No one urged Drake to express his acceptance speech quickly. , Everyone watched Drake quietly, and it seemed that they could clearly feel the turbulent emotions in Drake.
After a long time, Drake said, "I'm sorry, I'm a little rude. I'm just a little surprised that I will stand here and receive the jury award." Drake's words were inevitably a little sigh, and his eyes couldn't help but slightly reddened, "This is a very special and very personal film, and I sincerely hope that someone can see it, and I hope that everyone else who sees this film can seize the opportunity and seize every Moment, don't miss that person."
Unpredictable, Drake choked up, tears fell down uncontrollably, he had to take a deep breath, and then continued, "Thank you Sundance for giving me a platform to show myself, otherwise this movie will It's just an idiot rant. Thank you Ben York-Jones for writing the script with me, and thank you Felicity Jones, Jennifer Lawrence, Charlie Bray, for being with me on this work. "
After a slight pause, Drake wiped the tears from his cheeks embarrassedly, "Finally, thank you Renly Hall. Thank you for giving this movie the soul, and thank you for writing the ending song for the movie. And thank you for not having Demanding payment and risking free white labor to complete this work. Thank you."
At the end of the speech, the group burst into laughter, and Drake himself burst into laughter. He took a deep breath, and then raised the trophy in his hand high, without saying anything.
Like crazy tonight.