Chapter 616 Technical Achievement Award and Honorary Award
"For years, the rumor about Hollywood has been that Oscar judges have some kind of resentment towards Steven Spielberg. He makes films that are both artistically good and popular with audiences, sometimes both in the same movie.
Do two things.
But the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has never awarded the Academy Award for Best Director to perhaps the most successful director in history.
In the past decade or so, two other young but rapidly rising directors, Ronald Lee and James Cameron, have also had this problem. They may also face being judged for a long time for some inexplicable reason.
Neglected situation.
This year, though, the Academy is going to be different, at least in Spielberg's case. The 66th Academy Awards will be Spielberg's night. He's made a movie they can't turn down. 'Schindler'
"The List' is clearly the best film released in 1993, so far ahead of the other nominees in artistry, ambition and importance that it's impossible to imagine it not winning the Oscars for Best Picture and Best Director."
In the week before the awards, various media predictions have also begun. Among them, the one that fans are most concerned about is Chicago film critic Roger Ebert.
At the 65th Oscars last year, Ebert predicted ten out of the eleven major nominations correctly and was called the master of prediction. Everyone is also interested in hearing his opinion this year.
Roger Ebert is well-informed in the industry and knows that Spielberg is actually participating in two movies this year. His "Jurassic Park" has become a battering ram for Hollywood to conquer territory and expand markets everywhere.
Released last June, it has become the most commercially successful film of all time. For most directors, this is a year's worth of work in itself.
But then "Schindler's List" was released at the end of the year, another three-hour black-and-white film about the Holocaust, and the audience was shocked by its power. Whether it is the subject or the artistic height, it is more powerful than any other director.
It can be called the peak of my career.
So this year, only one of the two movies was nominated for an award, which means that all the goodwill gained by Jurassic Park was put on Schindler's List.
"Perhaps Hollywood has been waiting all these years for Spielberg to really shine. He somehow makes his movies look like a breeze, and maybe Academy voters are dismissive of that, or jealous. But 'Sheen
Dele's list' looks anything but easy.
Spielberg's efforts should not be ignored by Academy voters, and this year it is finally time for the Oscar judges to finally pay tribute to Spielberg."
Roger Ebert attributed the reason why Spielberg's previous films Raiders of the Lost Ark, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and E.T.
No matter how hard he worked in the movie.
This is just to put people down and praise Spielberg one more time. This statement cannot explain the accident that his "The Color Purple" was nominated for Best Picture but failed to win Best Director.
After that, Spielberg increased his budget investment in public relations. This situation can never happen again. All the previous disappointments have become a reality when two movies a year have reached the peak of business and art respectively.
He had to win the best director reason.
Then Roger Ebert started predicting acting awards.
"I believe Tom Hanks will win Best Actor for 'Philadelphia,' in which he plays a lawyer who dies... Voters will vote for him because of his
The performances were outstanding and powerful - but also because it gave them the opportunity to support the first big-budget, major-star movie on a Hollywood-related theme.
They'll also realize that Hanks, a brilliant comedian, crosses into serious territory here and does some of the best work of his career.
Anthony Hopkins from The Last of Us would come in second place. This was another great performance and the competition was fierce, but Hopkins just won the Best Actor award two years ago and the voters were not convinced.
Would choose him again in a heartbeat.
Liam Neeson was perfect in Schindler's List, but it was the film that was outstanding rather than the character. It doesn't matter that Daniel Day-Lewis was good in In the Name of the Father, as a British actor he was
It is destined not to win, because Anthony Hopkins ran out of luck as a British actor two years ago."
Seeing this, Ronald was very satisfied. This reason was perfect, and people could accept it. After all, the Oscars are Hollywood awards, and it is always inappropriate for foreigners to take away the Best Actor and Best Actress.
Of course, the real reasons are hidden in these predictions, and not many people in the industry know about it. Only the top executives of some major studios will be vaguely aware of the public relations strategy of Ronald and Spielberg and deliberately target them.
The suppression of Miramax.
For example, this prediction by Roger Ebert completely abandoned objectivity and completely belittled the works released by Miramax.
The advantage of Holly Hunter in the Best Actress category is too obvious. People have been discussing why her acting skills are so good since last year's Cannes award. However, Roger Ebert still made a nomination that may be an upset.
That person is Angela Bassett.
She played Tina Turner in "What's Love Got to Do with It", and she excelled in the singing scenes and the domestic violence scenes, which require completely different acting skills, and she may be an unexpected winner.
For example, for Best Supporting Actor, he was always discussing Tommy Lee Jones in The Fugitive and Ralph Fiennes in Schindler's List. Pete Postwell was nominated for In the Name of the Father.
Special, he and Leonardo DiCaprio have been included in the final round of nominees.
The same goes for Best Supporting Actress, with Roger Ebert talking about Winona Ryder's performance in Days of Innocence and Rosie Perez in Fearless.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The little girl actress Anna Paquin in Piano Lesson and Emma Thompson in In the Name of the Father were also swept into the running ranks.
Ronald is very satisfied with this timely prediction. The final judges who have not yet voted can also use this report to influence them before the deadline. Follow the herd and follow the crowd, and the votes will be consistent with the final award.
It is also something that many judges like to do. Roger Ebert, who correctly guessed ten of the eleven events last year, has a pretty good reputation here.
"Call Roger. We are going to syndicate his and Mr. Sisko's weekly film reviews on the DDH TV network, and also invite him to come to New York to do a special program every year..."
Giving Albert some win-win cooperation ideas, Ronald has done a lot for Spielberg this year, and I hope he will reciprocate the favor in the future.
"let's go?"
Today, Diane wore a black sleeveless dress, paired with red high-heeled shoes, which made her look very sexy. Her hairstyle was relaxed and casual, giving her the style of a mature Los Angeles woman.
"Yeah, let's go..." Ronald stretched out his arm for her to hold, and the two of them took a car to the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel, where the annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony was held, and to attend the annual Oscar Technical Achievement Awards.
Awards.
This award was originally awarded together with other performance awards. Later, because the awards ceremony was getting longer and longer, these awards were canceled from the live broadcast that night and were held in advance one to two weeks before the awards.
Some of the awards shots here will also be inserted into the footage for tens of seconds on the day of the Oscars. So the awards and the people attending the ceremony are not so formal.
This Technical Achievement Award is generally awarded to winners who have made important contributions to the invention or improvement of equipment for film shooting.
This year, for example, there are the inventors of the Cinemills lighting protection system that prevents bulbs from exploding, the Unilux H3000 flash system, the Ronford-Baker metal tripod for cameras, and the inventor of the Doro audio level meter, a composite electric meter.
Of course, all the winners still have to wear tuxedos and bow ties. The female stars who present the awards also have to wear decent evening clothes. After all, this is still theoretically part of the Oscars. It’s just that starting from the late 1980s, the winners of the Technical Achievement Award,
There is only a certificate, no statuette.
"We know that movies cannot be separated from film, and film cannot be separated from the magical silver iodide as a photosensitive material, which has created many immortal screen images. However, the health risks of silver ions to operators and the harm to the environment have always been an urgent need in Hollywood.
problem solved.
What I want to introduce today is Mr. David Degenkolb. The silver ion recovery system he invented eliminated hazardous waste silver ions in the water used for development and fixation, and made it possible to recycle expensive silver ions...
Let us applaud the inventor who made me look good on the screen to the stage to receive the award..."
"Thank you, it makes me very happy to know that major studios in Hollywood and other parts of the world are using this recycling technology..."
After the five awards were presented, Diane and Laura Dern, another award presenter, also met to catch up with each other in the banquet hall of the Hilton Hotel. The two of them had not had a good chat among besties for a long time (showing off their careers and status to each other).
The success of the love family...).
Ronald went to the room to make a phone call. Today's Technical Achievement Award ceremony is over, and it's time for nominations for next year's Technical Achievement Award.
Of course, the Technical Achievement Award does not review this year's nominees only in the second year like other art awards. Its awards cover all previous times.
That is to say, for the 1994 Oscar Technical Achievement Award, all technologies invented before this year that did not win the Technical Achievement Award can be nominated for the awards list.
Moreover, the list of winners of the Technical Achievement Award is not selected by voting within the academy by the voting judges of the own union. It is the executive committee members (Governors) of the Hollywood Academy of Technology and Arts. They only need to approve it during the meeting.
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Therefore, the annual awards, which Hollywood big shots and stars mention them, are the most important weighing indicators. First, ensure that there are awards mentioned by many important people, and the rest are based on seniority, starting from the earliest silent film era.
, the important technological inventions that have not yet won awards are listed one by one.
"Francis, I would like to nominate my friend Yan Zhongfang's lightning special effect lighting fixture. Can you help me?"
"Of course, you just send the documents and I'll sign them."
Ronald first approached Coppola. He was resting at a winery near San Francisco. He heard that Ronald was going to nominate a technical achievement award. He called specifically because he was very interested in this news.
Treating a Hollywood tycoon and the boss of a Wall Street listed company who may invest in his own project, wouldn't such a thing be a free favor?
"I would also like to trouble you to say a few nice words..."
"That's no problem. Without your lightning lamp in Four Hundred Years of Terror, the final effect would have been much worse..." Coppola agreed, writing a letter recommending how Yan Zhongfang's lightning lamp was an epoch-making improvement compared to the previous one.
letter.
"Thank you so much, I owe you one. Also, what do you think about that matter? Is there any hope?"
"It's not a technical achievement award that we can get together. I will try my best, but it's really hard to say. The Oscar honorary award also comes every now and then. Many old Hollywood stars are still queuing up..."
What Ronald proposed was to campaign for Roger Corman's honorary Oscar. In the past few years, he had submitted motions to the Academy's executive committee, but in the end they were ignored.
This year, Ronald decided to unite all graduates of Roger Corman Film University to launch a collective motion, so that at least the executive committee members could be aware of the existence of this force.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Coppola, Scorsese, Cameron, Jonathan Demme, Ronald Lee, almost half of the famous directors of the New Hollywood movement
, I got my first directing opportunity from Roger Corman, and it was also from him that I learned the shooting techniques of real commercial films...
Save your budget, spend money where you can see it on the screen, and finally let investors make money...
Next, Ronald made another round of phone calls. People including Jonathan Demme, Martin Scorsese and others agreed to jointly sign the nomination recommendations for Yan Zhongfang and Roger Corman.
Accordingly, Ronald may be out for further additional support for Demi's "Philadelphia" best actor Tom Hanks, and Scorsese's "The Age of Innocence" best supporting actress Winona Ryder
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Both films are far away from the Best Director award. Being able to retain an acting award can be regarded as a success in the competition.
The impact of Oscar winning on the box office has been growing in recent years. If Scorsese's Age of Innocence can win the award, then hundreds of copies of the film that has been released will be reprinted to satisfy the audience who are curious about Oscar winning movies.
It is also a very common operation.
As for "Philadelphia Story", Ronald has already prepared an additional plan for a thousand copies. He is just waiting for the best actor to be announced and will work overtime to develop the printing...
Ronald and Spielberg also called and asked for a recommendation for Yan Zhongfang. In addition, he also had a lot of fondness for Roger Corman's movies, and Spielberg agreed to recommend him for an honorary award.
Finally, Ronald called Cameron, his best friend in the circle...
"Jim, I have two letters here that I want you to sign..."
"Of course, you can just send it. By the way, I heard some news. I heard that the distribution of Fugitive World in Chinese theaters was not going well? Is it still necessary for our movie to be included?"
"What happened? Let me ask..." Ronald was stunned when he heard the news. Wasn't everything agreed?