Legendary Hollywood Director

The driving distance from the Firefly Building to the Kodak Theater is not far, about 40 minutes.

Oh, by the way, today is February 23, the day the 81st Academy Awards will be held.

To be honest, every time Lehman participates, he feels that it is more magical every year. Of course, the future is no longer called magic, it is called stacking labels.

So instead of focusing on it, it is better to focus on the people around you.

But Lyman finally persuaded Eva to leave the Crescent Moon crew and temporarily stop work, to sit with him, endure hunger and exhaustion to accompany him.

in the car.

Eva wore a dark purple woolen skirt with a waist and stiletto high heels. Her makeup was also her favorite purple eyeshadow fairy line. It was very different from the lazy look that was not so particular on weekdays, and looked more pleasing and sexy.

Especially the slender calf was tightly wrapped in black stockings, which made Lehmann's thoughts drift too far. He should not pay attention to the red carpet, the catwalk or the academy selection.

Eva noticed this fiery gaze, and felt a little satisfied. After dressing up for a long time, she should have a role to play. Not to mention anything else, when she gradually focused on the field of production, she seldom cared about the appearance of the film every day. Actors and stars who have to face the camera at any time are as delicate. After all, behind the scenes, there is a lot of power and little spotlight.

Coming to the venue, waiting for the announcement of the ceremony planning, the nominated crew entered the internal auditorium through the red carpet in an orderly manner.

There is still so much media, and it is still such a lively scene.

After everyone who should have entered, Lehman greeted the filmmaker he knew a few times, and took Eva to sit in the seat to rest.

This kind of social interaction has no effect on Lehmann. Few of the top executives of the studio will come. It may be that when the results are summarized the next day, when you know that a certain movie has won an award, you can pay attention to the award-winning director.

After all, through the Oscar, there are too many directors who have won big projects. There is at least one guarantee in the academy voting. Those who can win the best director will at least not have poor directing ability and have solid basic skills.

So, when Lehmann was less eager, everyone didn't dare to bother him. After all, identities are different.

About half an hour later, Edward Norton, who had finished socializing, sat on his right, looking a little nervous, and he revealed some expectations under the tension.

The public relations team arranged for him by the brokerage company told him that this time, he is very likely to win the best male protagonist, because the previous Fight Club and Kingdom of Heaven have already accumulated a lot of points for him.

And there is a gap between Sean Penn's Milk, Brad Pitt's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Frank Langella's Conversation with Nixon, and Richard Jenkins' Visitor of Life in the same period. Yes, if the judges are politically inclined, maybe Conversation with Nixon will have an advantage. He and Sean Penn's more breakthrough performances are very appetizing to the judges.

In other words, as long as he doesn't do anything wrong and just relies on his expressiveness, he does have great hopes. The advantage is that the word-of-mouth of The Ninth District is stronger than that of Milk. Whether it is the media critics or the audience, it has been praised by the audience. The title is classic; the disadvantage is that the box office is too high, which may slightly suppress the impression.

It's been a day or two since the Oscars rejected grade theory.

But tonight, it was destined to be surprising.

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After the song and dance show, as usual, some awards that are not so cared by fans are given out.

Among them, after Iron Man won the best visual effects, Scott Ross, who had already received too many honors in the digital field, simply did not come, and let his deputy go up to do a wave of publicity for the company.

Anyway, when Cameron was still around, the digital field often won the Oscar technology award, and won many times.

It is really difficult to pay attention to it. It feels like wholesale. It is not in the digital field, it is Industrial Light and Magic or Weta Digital.

During the boring waiting time, the ceremony went on like this for more than 20 minutes, which made people feel a little refreshed.

When the best foreign language statuette was taken away by The Undertaker, Yojiro Takita's excited gesture seemed to put some seriousness on the 81st Oscars.

It has value, weight, and hope.

When it was the turn of the best actress to be taken away by Kate Winslet, Edward Norton, who was in a complicated mood, didn't know how to place his hands.

Lyman shook his head, feeling that his appearance was too different from the face that was constantly arguing over the performances during filming.

It seems that some people do not regard actors as their only choice, and they cannot escape the temptation of Oscar statuettes.

Then Edward, who is not calm, is easy to understand. He is 39 years old, and he is the pinnacle of male actors. Whether it is acting or screen charm, if he misses it again, when will he not regret it?

Then, he boiled.

Hearing his name from the envelope, Edward stood up immediately and hugged Lyman fiercely, with a lot of strength.

For a time, applause erupted and surrounded him on the podium.

Yes, Edward successfully took away the best male protagonist among his competitors.

In fact, there is no suspense. After having been shortlisted for many Oscars for actor awards, he has won him in the queue. Not to mention the great change in the central road of The Ninth District and the contrast between the characters before and after are all plus points.

It's not just the appearance that is deformed.

Moreover, everyone generally agreed that Edward showed his strength and endowed the role with extra charm, which won the appreciation of the judges and took over the honor.

At this moment, apart from some scenes, Edward is most grateful for the director Lyman Rust who gave him the opportunity and space to interpret. District 9 is undoubtedly an excellent movie, and he is also worthy of the best actor. Lord Little Golden Man.

But even so, apart from such a small episode that paid off for The Ninth District, Slumdog Millionaire is basically the only one.

Best Cinematography, Best Original Music, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Sound Mixing... 8 nominations and 5 were taken away, which is enough to show how much the judges like this American expression The romance of his works has a large pattern, European humanistic care, and exotic style, and has both sharp and thorough works in image and thought.

More importantly, the crisis in 2008 has not yet dissipated, and everyone hopes that there will be such a slightly inspiring theme to boost morale, which undoubtedly further implements the results of the Ninth District running with it.

However, Oscar doesn't always play cards according to common sense. You think he is praising, but in fact, it may be compensating. If you think it is compensation, he is really praising.

on the seat.

Danny Ball's mood has not calmed down for a long time. He thought that the long-awaited golden man was waving to him, but now, everything has changed, it is a dream.

Receiving 5 awards in a row, isn't it a re-entry to the top? Why did you go to the bottom of the valley...