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The end of the year always seems to make people extremely excited, parties, previews, charity evenings, major award ceremonies...Christmas, New Year's Day, New Year's Day... It is not only a moment to summarize the year, but also a moment to welcome the new year, saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new Even the Namibian desert as far away as the African continent can feel the joy of the New Year, not to mention the North American continent, which is the entertainment center of the world. Drinking and singing, singing and dancing to promote peace, drunkenness and dreaming, time The passage of time begins to lose importance, and the only measure is the dates of parties and galas.

Of course, for Hollywood studios big and small, this is the moment of harvest. The only measure of time is the Oscars—there are still two months before the Oscars. The list will be announced tomorrow, and there are still ten days to count down the nomination list of the Producers Guild of America ... and so on.

The Oscar statuette may not be the most authoritative awards ceremony in the world, because it cannot represent everyone's aesthetic taste, but there is no doubt that it is the most influential film awards ceremony in the world. A statuette represents not only honor, but also commercial value and additional benefits. Therefore, every film practitioner is willing to go through fire and water just to win a statuette.

The end of the year is extraordinarily noisy.

The reason is simple, but also complex. It can be summed up simply as a dispute of interests; the specific explanation is more complicated, and it can be summed up that one person messed up the entire chess game, and the major film companies were restrained.

Lancelot Strelo, this name really makes many people hate it.

Not long ago, the major film companies joined forces to squeeze the living space of Chaos Films. It seemed that the entire Hollywood was united, so that Chaos Films had to go to Africa and flee in embarrassment. But in the awards season, the situation is quite delicate. On the one hand, Chaos Films is everyone’s common opponent. No one wants to see the continuous rise of this medium-sized film company, or even continue to challenge their rule; People underestimate Lance's strong strength in artistic creation, which has been fully demonstrated in the past two Oscars.

On the other hand, they have to be careful of each other's opponents, suppressing Chaos Films but achieving their own opponents to stand on the podium, that is really not worth the loss. For some companies, they would rather the rise of Chaos Films than They don't want their direct competitors to win. After all, Chaos Pictures still has a long way to go to reach their level. Even DreamWorks' level is not so easy.

Another aspect that cannot be ignored is that major film companies can provide powerful public relations resources during the awards season, but what really depends on the awards is personal appeal—for example, Lance and Martin Scorsese compete for the best If he is the best director, then no matter how the power behind the two is compared, Martin will have an absolute advantage. Naturally, the academy's public relations will get twice the result with half the effort, and Lance will definitely get twice the result with half the effort if he wants to complete the counterattack. In other words, the parts that major companies can operate are really limited.

What's more, no one can ignore the pressure generated by the public opinion situation. In the public relations process of the college, it is necessary to use public opinion to build momentum, but at the same time, it has to worry about the negative impact of public opinion orientation-Lance avoids Africa, Hard Candy is silent, it seems that all signs are showing that Hollywood With so many powerful people standing behind George Clooney in Plagiarism Gate that the real victims disappear, it sounds like the true story of Goodnight and Good Luck repeated itself, how Satire. Therefore, the major film companies have temporarily stopped their efforts, and Lancelot-Strello seems to have become a sensitive topic, like a hot potato.

All of these are intricately intertwined, which cannot be described clearly in a few words at all, making this year's awards season particularly lively, but the fact is that this chaotic situation has left enough room for Chaos Films to survive, which is exactly what happened at the beginning The real reason the Weinstein Brothers were able to rise.

The pattern of the awards season, like a ball of wool, is still unclear until multiple weathervanes announce the nominations and even the awards. Even after the Golden Globes end, things are still covered in a layer of fog, which makes people shout and don't understand.

For example, Warner Bros., they were originally the biggest seeded contestants this year. Good night, good luck can almost be said to be overwhelming, and it can be called the right time, place and people. It is not impossible to take advantage of the situation to win the best picture, but in the end, this work not only failed to lead the awards season, but almost dragged Warner Bros. into the water, which forced Warner Bros. to shift their energy to Syriana, A History of Violence, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and The North and other works, but the momentum is obviously not comparable to that of Good Night and Good Luck.

Another example is Focus Pictures under Universal Pictures. Seed candidates include Brokeback Mountain, Pride and Prejudice, The Immortal Gardener and so on. Almost every work has the ability to hit the Oscar for best picture nomination. , so they don't have time to care about Chaos Pictures, they just need to be themselves, pick the right works, and then build them with heart. Go for Warner Bros. and Sony Classics -- the latter of which has hits like Capote, Golden Producer, Memoirs of a Geisha, and more.

Another example is Chaos Pictures, a rising star that has completed the triple jump in just three years. This year, it has become a strong opponent enough to compete with Focus Pictures, Hard Candy and Squid and Whale The two works made Chaos Films firmly occupy a place in the awards season. Although the two works are both small and low-cost, their digging into the core of society and the various aspects of life are amazing. Even compared to last year's Life with a Glass of Wine, it is not inferior. It can even be said, Fruit Hard Candy is even better. This also means that Chaos Films participated in the awards season independently for the first time, and unexpectedly started to challenge the throne with a new attitude, disrupting the whole situation.

In addition to the above-mentioned works, DreamWorks' Match Point and Munich Massacre, Twentieth Century Fox's Walk with the Song, Universal Pictures' The Man with the Iron Fist and King Kong, Paramount Pictures' Currently Bustling... These works all occupy a place in the scuffle of the awards season, and amidst the turmoil, the flowers gradually become charming, making it impossible for people to see the direction of the entire awards season.

But what is certain is that Lance, who has been igniting the whole Hollywood recently, is still the enemy of the public. As long as he can suppress Lance and the chaos film industry behind him without hurting his own interests, I am afraid that every film company They are very happy to come over and step on it. Among them, Warner Bros. and Sony Pictures can definitely be said to be gnashing their teeth-showing a determination and firmness that are completely different from Universal Pictures.

Warner Bros. decisively broke their wrists and abandoned George Clooney and Good Night, Good Luck. The work known as the top seed player of this year has completely disappeared after entering the awards season. It can be said that it has been completely out of the public eye in all aspects. It has not been seen on the major award ceremonies, even for low-level players. The same is true of the Film Critics Association. The evolution from heaven to hell is embarrassing. More importantly, no one in the news media even mentioned this phenomenon, as if good night and good luck never appeared. Those once good reviews are nothing but a bunch of bubbles.

This decisiveness is unmatched in the entire Hollywood. Barry not only killed Good night, good luck and George's future and destiny, but also killed the possibility of Lance's resurgence with this work, almost completely blocking the whole work with a gesture of exterminating the roots, and implicating the entire crew—— Especially the leading actor David Strathairn, after he took off the title of best actor in Venice, many people thought that he could take advantage of the trend to be nominated for the best actor Oscar, but now... everything is over.

At the same time, Warner Bros. sent Syriana to the position, and this move implies many deep meanings.

Although Syrina has George participating in it, it is different from Good Night and Good Luck where almost every link is closely related to George. Therefore, in the Syrina crew, George is only a supporting actor. Even if people still complain about George, it's embarrassing to implicate others-Matt Damon, Chris-Cooper, Christopher-Plummer, Stephen Gaghan (Stephen-Gaghan) are all representatives of good karma in the circle, but because of the bleak situation caused by good night, good luck, they will report more sympathy to the Syriana crew, which makes Syriana Take advantage of awards season.

Once Syriana can break through the shackles and George can stand under the spotlight again, his popularity, eloquence, and demeanor will surely bring back the disadvantages bit by bit. At that time, the situation will be unpredictable.

Looking further, as a political thriller, the temperament and style of Syriana and Hard Candy have something in common, cold, awe-inspiring, bleak, cruel, and bloody. The two works are in the middle of the awards season. The main award department is also quite similar. The best picture is estimated to be a bit of a mystery, and the best director, best original screenplay, best supporting actor, and best editing will all be direct opponents. In other words, the two works will have a direct confrontation in multiple departments, or even a life-and-death confrontation between you and me.

With just one move, Warner Bros. regained control of the entire situation with just one move. The Golden Globe Awards ceremony that just ended last week proved this point.