"Thank you to the Directors Guild for commending me. I never dreamed that one day I would be able to stand here and give an acceptance speech in front of my colleagues, such as Mr. Billy Wilder. During my short study career at New York University
, Professor Marty (Scorsese) played his movies in class as learning materials.”
Immediately following the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards Ceremony, is the 47th Directors Guild Awards. This award was founded in 1949. The Directors Guild is a relatively small union, and they are relatively united internally, so this award is equivalent to
An insider's gathering and recognition.
This year's awards ceremony was also held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, the venue for the Golden Globe Awards. However, the venue was decorated in a warm and cozy manner, with everyone's tables very close to each other and very close to the podium above.
This kind of award is not broadcast on television, so everyone comes to participate with the mentality of a gathering of friends. Ronald also brought Diane and Roger Jr. together, as if attending a director's party.
From the outside, Ronald has a high chance of winning the award this time, so he brought his family to celebrate this important moment in his life. And Ronald is even more confident. The old people in the Directors Guild, like Billy Wyle
Virtue is the representative, who has not been favored by Ronald?
Among other things, his Criterion Collection series of video tapes has included several classic films by Lubitsch and Wilder. These old guys didn't say anything, but in their hearts they were proud to be in the queue for the Criterion Collection.
Old people are afraid of being forgotten, and what Ronald did was exactly what allowed them to continue to be remembered.
Almost no one except old movie fans remember the classic movies made by many people. But with the renovation and re-publication of this collection, decades later there will be people who will remember their hard work.
Sure enough, after the Best Documentary Award was awarded to "Basketball Dreams", the Best Director of a Movie was, as expected, awarded to Ronald.
Several directors who have frequently met at awards events in recent weeks, including Quentin Tarantino for Pulp Fiction, Frank Darabont for The Shawshank Redemption, and Mike Newell for Four Weddings and a Funeral, were all disappointed.
The ground applauded.
Regardless of what happens next with the Oscars, an insider award from the Directors Guild shows that among his peers, Ronald has received the most professional recognition.
This award is not comparable to the Oscars where more than half of the actors vote. No one speaks in layman's terms. Ronald won the award because of his smooth narrative and decades of history, which he recounted without feeling lengthy.
It is also because he has led a new trend in technology, using computer special effects combined with real shooting, which has opened up a new direction for Hollywood directors. In the future, they will have another arsenal to increase expressiveness.
Apart from Ronald, Quentin, who is the most popular among the media, is actually an innovation in perspective and narrative in the eyes of insiders. His directing techniques are relatively without any eye-catching new methods.
We are all familiar with classic movies of all ages, and it is not difficult to see the reappearance of the wisdom of our predecessors.
No matter what, Ronald's speech still made everyone very happy. This situation has happened to most members of the Directors Guild. Several movies have allowed them to be together with their former idols and heroes, and they can also talk about movies.
, can be said to be one of the driving forces behind most directors entering this industry.
Moreover, Ronald did not distance himself from them because of their differences in wealth and status. He still used his identity as a director to talk to them as equals. This made these directors feel grateful and close to them. No matter what, Ronald
He is still one of us. When the time comes and there is not enough money for the new movie, maybe he can still give himself some support out of friendship with the fellow director?
However, the most popular person at this awards ceremony was not Ronald, but his and Diane’s son Roger Scorsese Jr., Coppola, Spielberg, Cameron and others, all surrounding him
Little Roger, took turns hugging him, expressing a sense of closeness.
Speaking of these Americans, in fact, their views on some families are similar to those of Chinese Americans, who put their families in a very high position. Little Roger was also dressed up beautifully by Diane, and the wives of those directors also liked it very much.
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"Look, I told you earlier, little Roger, there's nothing wrong with your daddy." It was Spielberg's turn to hug him, and Uncle Steven used this to reassure Ronald. He also came here in the same way, Oscar
It is an award that respects those who have been nominated many times. As long as they are not British, they will always get their turn based on their seniority.
"That's not necessarily the case. Nowadays, some people are very fierce in public relations. You have also seen what happened to Pauline. I have to defend myself..."
Ronald informed everyone about the various extraordinary actions at the Los Angeles Film Critics Awards. Asking Pauline, a sick old man, to say something unfavorable to Ronald, made the directors present feel disgusted.
Feel.
"Ah, Roger, come on, let's see, what kind of person do you want to be in the future? Is it a director like your dad, or a director of photography, or do you like to be an actor in front of the camera... huh?"
Spielberg didn't quite feel that Quentin was a threat to Ronald, so he went on to make Roger laugh. Now Roger could understand some complicated things, such as the fact that the movie was filmed and not real.
Everyone watched with great interest. Little Roger turned his head left and right, looking at the photographer and director at the scene, not knowing what he was thinking.
"He, of course he wants to be an animator. He watches those cartoons every day and thinks that is the most genius creation." Diane added.
"Hahahaha..." Everyone was so happy... Ronald's son went to engage in animation, which is very interesting to think about. Now you can't inherit any of Ronald's resources.
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"Invite this year's New York Film Critics Association Best Actor, Paul Newman"
A few days later, another film critics award, the New York Film Critics Circle Award, also began to be awarded. Unsurprisingly, the Best Director of this award was not given to Ronald, but to Quentin.
On the one hand, most film critics are left-wing, and everyone has a natural gap between Forrest Gump. On the other hand, Harvey Weinstein's public relations work has also been done very well.
However, as the spiritual leader of New York film critics, Pauline Carr's series of encounters in Los Angeles were also reported back to New York film critics. Everyone found out the things behind some of her remarks and felt a little disgusted.
Pauline Carr actually had cognitive impairment from time to time. Harvey Weinstein took advantage of this problem and cleverly arranged some guiding questions, and then expanded Pauline's short answers into a paragraph of one hundred words.
Li Zi's criticism of Forrest Gump.
What film critics are actually most afraid of is being quoted out of context and causing unnecessary trouble. After all, they are journalists. Although their opinions are well protected, after all, their producers are the source that can give them a higher status.
.No one wants to completely offend a big boss like Ronald.
If the winners of the Film Critics Association were not determined and announced in advance, many film critic members would want to change the winners and let Ronald win the best director. After all, in response to Pauline Carr's public criticism of his film,
Ronald, a retired film critic with no influence, did not retaliate. Instead, he helped Pauline's daughter with some help, and a charitable foundation provided her with free nursing services.
Besides, Ronald, like Paul Newman, is a native of Staten Island. If he prefers to be a fellow countryman, others can't say much about him.
"I am very grateful to the film critics in my hometown for recognizing me. What I want to say is that although Hollywood is the center of film in everyone's heart, there will always be a place for New York movies in my heart. My wife and I filmed on Staten Island.
The first house holds so many beautiful memories for us.
Although Staten Island has to wait several months to see a new Hollywood film, it has produced a master of cinema, and I am not talking about my wife and I..."
Compared with Quentin Tarantino's usual hippie-style speech style of laughing and scolding, Paul Newman has become famous all over the world. He even won the Oscar winner a few years ago and his life is perfect. So this time it is mainly a review.
and thank you, and raise your profile for the declining New York film industry.
Symbols of New York cinema like John Cassavetes have passed away. Now the representative of New York cinema is actually a black director like Spike Lee who specializes in making black films.
Therefore, Paul Newman attended the award ceremony with his wife, Oscar-winning actress Joanna Woodward, and said a lot of good things about his fellow countryman Ronald. He openly and secretly complained about Ronald.
However, Paul Newman is, after all, a symbolic figure of the old era. He will not criticize directly by name. This makes Harvey Weinstein and others complacent. If you say what you say, then the media will only report that it is Kun.
Ting won a film critics award from Ronald's hometown.
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"Winner of the Chicago Film Critics Circle Award for Best Picture is Hoops..."
Among the three most influential film awards, Chicago is the latest to be awarded. Roger Ebert and Gene Sisco are the two most influential stars in this award. They are America's most famous actors.
Two famous film critics have their own TV film review programs.
Therefore, the two of them are also the most aware of some turbulent trends in the industry.
Ronald invested a lot of resources to win the Oscar in an invisible place; Harvey Weinstein also invested a lot of money in a visible place to win the Oscar judges. Although the battle between the two was disproportionate in terms of strength,
, but judging awards is like voting for a leader. Having money does not necessarily mean you will win.
Therefore, they also used their influence to avoid offending both. The Best Actor was chosen by Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump, and the Best Director was awarded to Quentin Tarantino in Pulp Fiction.
But Best Picture is not easy to distinguish. If you reluctantly award it to one, you will offend the other. If the two are tied, it will have an impact on their reputations. You are too "aware of current affairs".
Therefore, the final result was awarded to a documentary "Basketball Dreams" that no one expected. It tells the story of two teenagers in Chicago and two African-American teenagers from poor communities in Chicago-William Gates (William Gates).
Gates and Arthur Agee—striving to pursue their dreams of becoming professional basketball players.
Arthur's father ran away from home. He could not afford the tuition of a private Catholic high school, a famous basketball powerhouse, and had to return to a public high school. William injured his knee on the court, which seriously affected his performance.
The fierce competition between the two spread throughout the movie. In the end, both entered college and received basketball scholarships, but neither entered the NBA.
With such an un-American dream-like ending, and the fact that it is a local story in Chicago, it is reasonable to award the best film.
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"47th Writers Guild Award, Best Original Screenplay, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Richard Curtis..."
"ha……"
It was evenly matched in Chicago, but when it came to the Best Writers Guild Award, it became Ronald's advantage. Quentin Tarantino was accused of misappropriating the screenwriting rights of Roger Avery, who worked together in a video rental store.
, this time it didn’t even receive a nomination for Best Original Screenplay.
The right of signature is the basis for the survival of these screenwriters. Unlike directors and actors, screenwriters can reap generous residual dividends. Their income depends heavily on the income from selling scripts. If they do not sign the script, it means that they
They cannot get other orders for customized scripts, and their income is the lowest and most unstable among all types of work. As a successful director, robbing a friend of his screenwriter's signature rights is a bottom line that cannot be touched.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! This is also an award selected by industry insiders, and many people are also Oscar judges. Here, Quentin knew in advance that he would not be nominated, so he did not come to the awards ceremony.
"Best Adapted Screenplay Award, Forrest Gump, Eric Roth..."
"Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa..."
This award received satisfied applause from the screenwriters present. Eric Roth signed Forrest Gump, but in fact, like any movie script, there must be a huge contribution from the director.
Ronald himself is also a screenwriter. He must have made a lot of changes to the script before and during the filming. But as a director and producer, he will not compete with you, a small screenwriter, for this honor.
In the past few years, Ronald has also made several screenwriters famous. Everyone has a good impression of directors who adhere to tradition. Only by working with directors like them can screenwriters become famous.
In short, after this award, most of the union members with Oscar voting rights in the Screenwriters Guild came to Ronald's side.
More important than these lively Film Critics Association Awards, and more affecting the Oscar results, are actually the various union awards.
There is no other reason than that the voters for these awards have the highest degree of overlap with the list of Oscar judges.
Nominations for each award are determined by votes from people who are judges in each union. In this case, among the nominations for the director award, the films nominated for the Directors Guild Award have the highest chance of being selected. The same is true for the screenwriter award.
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However, when it comes to the final award voting, all judges have the right to vote for all awards. In this way, the actor with the largest number of Oscar judges becomes the decisive force.
It is actually quite difficult to understand their orientation. Unlike the Directors Guild and the Writers Guild, both of which began awarding guild awards in 1949, the Screen Actors Guild has never created an award of its own.
The main reason for this is actually because the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) is a relatively niche union. The biggest actors among actors actually belong to another union, AFTRA (American Federation of Television and Radio Artists).
The members of SAG are all actors who have participated in film shootings or high-budget TV series shootings. A large number of low-level actors are actually members of AFTRA. Although there is overlap between the two, the number of people in AFTRA is much larger than that of SAG.
Therefore, to hold a trade union award, two trade unions need to unite, otherwise it will be difficult to be representative. So it has been difficult to give birth.
Until this year, SAG finally put aside AFTRA and held a separate Screen Actors Guild Awards to recognize actors who have performed outstandingly in movies and major TV series in the past year.
The establishment of this award is actually a move by SAG to expand its influence. If this award also includes TV drama actors, and there are TV stations willing to broadcast it, then SAG will definitely surpass AFTRA in the future...
But how can a Screen Actors Guild Award win a TV broadcast contract? This is actually highly overlapped with the previous Golden Globe Awards. TV stations are generally unwilling to broadcast such an award, and everyone has always thought it could not be done.
However, just when everyone was not optimistic, NBC's local TV station in New York, NBC-12, suddenly announced that it would broadcast the first Screen Actors Guild Awards. This naturally attracted dissatisfaction and resistance from AFTRA...
For a time, how many famous actors can participate in the first Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony has become the key to the success of this award.