At a time when countless movie fans are eagerly looking forward to witnessing Li Yi once again win the best director or best foreign language film.
"Cinema Paradiso" received five nominations, including Best Sound Editing, Best Score, Best Supporting Actor, Best Director, and Best Foreign Language Film.
As a result, before the Oscars, "Cinema Paradiso" actually won the Best Sound Editing and Best Score awards consecutively!
All domestic movie fans cheered.
However, Li Yi and James Dean looked at each other and smiled bitterly!
Because the Academy Awards are also divided into pork-barrels. Five nominations are actually not too many, and few can be said to be 100% winners.
Giving two music awards in a row is definitely not a good sign for "Cinema Paradiso"!
Sure enough, next, the Best Supporting Actor was directly rejected, the Best Director was also rejected, and the final Best Foreign Language Film was also rejected again.
Although Li Yi was a little disappointed, he expected it.
However, this year's Oscars are destined to be another year full of controversy.
Because the best picture and best foreign language film are all about LGBT-related themes!
Obviously, this year’s gay theme is considered the mainstream of this year’s Oscars!
Because it only won two mediocre music awards, and "Cinema Paradiso" was previously hyped as a favorite to win awards.
Therefore, Dean Pictures' plan was immediately implemented.
As a huge hit, "Cinema Paradiso" actually only won two mediocre music awards, which naturally made many domestic movie fans very dissatisfied.
But it's of no use.
And in Hollywood, as Dean Films’ award-defeating plan begins to take shape!
Therefore, after the Oscars, various media outlets began to express their displeasure for "Cinema Paradiso"!
"Hollywood Reporter" reported in a sarcastic tone: "Movies seem to be no longer just movies. Unfortunately, everyone knows that the Oscars are no longer the Oscars of the past, because the current Oscars must be politically correct! Everyone knows that "Cinema Paradiso"
" is a good movie, and its overall quality is definitely higher than all the movies nominated for the best foreign language film this time. Love ends in vain, the theater collapses and disintegrates, and it is imperfect perfection; but in the end, it only got a moderate award.
The two music awards, and Best Picture and Best Foreign Language Film, were both awarded to LGBT-themed films. Maybe "Cinema Paradiso" should add a little same-sex love, then it is a sure thing to win the award!"
"Los Angeles Times": "No wonder the ratings of the Oscars are not as good as the previous one. The Oscars have long been reduced to a stage for political correctness, LGBT, female boxing... The artistry and quality of the film itself are no longer Oscars.
The key to award evaluation, the supremacy of art has become a joke. When the Oscars, which claim the supremacy of art, repeatedly let art lose to politics, the Oscars have also lost their past glory. This is the tragedy of an era!"
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In fact, there is a publicity method for winning an award, but there is a publicity method for not winning an award.
To put it bluntly, this is a business, and the Academy Awards are also a business.
If "Cinema Paradiso" wins the award, then it will be the turn of those failed films to have the media complain about them.
This is already a routine that everyone has played through.
But you really don’t have to worry about old tricks, as long as they work!
Even though "Cinema Paradiso" didn't win any awards, the Oscar effect was still reflected.
Originally, "Cinema Paradiso" had a daily box office of only a few hundred thousand dollars and only about 100 screening screens. After the Oscars, it quickly expanded to more than 700 screens.
The box office has also seen a sharp increase.
The daily box office rose to more than three million US dollars!
It can be said that don't listen to what the media says about the Oscar's influence declining, but in fact, they are the top.
Just someone paying the bill!
Li Yi returned to China after the Oscar.
Different from the excitement of the Oscars, the Hong Kong Film Awards are becoming increasingly deserted and their gold content is getting lower and lower.
It can even be said that the attention of the Hong Kong Film Awards has hit rock bottom.
There was once a chance for the Hong Kong Island Film Awards to regain its glory, that is, to accept mainland films and mainland filmmakers.
It is a pity that a group of Hong Kong filmmakers who live in the glorious history of Hong Kong films in the past control the Hong Kong Island Film Awards, causing the Hong Kong Island Film Awards to completely lose its opportunity.
Nowadays, even though there are top directors from Hong Kong like Li Yi, Hong Kong filmmakers and Hong Kong movie fans have mixed feelings about Li Yi.
On the one hand, although many of Li Yi's movies are set in Hong Kong Island, everyone knows what's going on.
It can be said that so far, except for "The King of Comedy", Li Yi has made almost no other real Hong Kong films!
However, no matter what, Li Yi's achievements and achievements are there.
It is natural that Li Yi would not be absent from this year's Hong Kong Film Awards. After all, he is indeed a Hong Kong filmmaker, and "The Gift of Room No. 7" can indeed be said to have won a number of veteran filmmakers from Hong Kong Island.
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However, even with the addition of Li Yi, this year's Hong Kong Island Film Awards became a lot more lively. At the same time, because of Li Yi's stance, mainland films accounted for half of this year's Hong Kong Film Awards.
This is also a compromise made by Hong Kong Island filmmakers. Unfortunately, Li Yi has seen the films shortlisted for this year's Hong Kong Island Films, and to be honest, they are really lackluster.
When chatting, naturally the topic will inevitably come up: "Is there really no possibility of a revival of Hong Kong movies?"
A group of Hong Kong film directors expressed their opinions. When it was Li Yi's turn to speak, everyone's eyes were focused on him.
There is no way, it can be said that Li Yi's current celebrity status can really defeat everyone present.
In terms of box office, Li Yi alone has created more box office than the dozen or so Hong Kong directors present combined.
In terms of awards, Li Yi is only one short of the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival to achieve a grand slam.
And the most important thing is that the scary thing about Li Yi is that his movies have never failed. This is the most terrifying thing.
Even a truly artistic film like "Cinema Paradiso" can actually earn 200 million at the box office, which is outrageous anyway!
In fact, Li Yi did have some ideas.
"When it comes to this point, I have actually thought about it deeply. First of all, we need to know what advantages Hong Kong films have over mainland films?" Li Yi asked after pondering for a moment.
"What are the advantages?" Many Hong Kong film directors and movie stars have fallen into thinking.
"For example, the lack of genre films in the Mainland!" Li Yi said directly without trying to make excuses.
"The missing genre film in the Mainland?" Everyone had different reactions. Some people's eyes lit up, while others frowned.
"Yes, you have found that what types of films are most lacking in the mainland market? Of course, I am talking about commercial films!" Li Yi asked.
