Chapter 375

From Emmy to Toronto, from triliuride to Sundance, from "the Pacific War" to "buried alive" to "crazy love", within a short period of six months, Langley completed an incredible triple jump, just like a comet hitting the earth, and was born in a dazzling manner. Among the praise, Langley received his first Oscar nomination in his career!

At this time, Lan Li was only 21 years old.

When people re-examine the nomination list of the actor Department of this year's Oscar, they find that the collective advantage of "generation Y" has arrived, but it is far less powerful than the media's rendering. The strong rising momentum of the new generation has encountered a dull blow from the Academy of film arts and Sciences, just like an autumn wind.

Haley Stanfield, 14, Jennifer Lawrence, 20, Michelle Williams, 30, and Natalie Portman, 29, are the four nominees for the actress department.

Jesse carsenberg, 27, and lenley hall, 21, are the two nominees for the actor division.

Among the 20 nominations for leading role and supporting role, "generation Y" occupies six seats. Such momentum has created the best record in the 21st century, but it is still slightly inferior to the Golden Globe Award.

Even the actress department is no exception.

Haili is the only one in the supporting actress department who likes to award young actresses; The average age of winning the award is 37, not to mention that three actresses under the age of 30 have won the nomination this year, which is the lowest average age in the past decade.

Then, the average winning age of the leading actor is 43 years old, and the supporting actor who has become a home for the aged, let alone. After entering the Oscar nomination list, only two "generation Y" actors appeared on the list, which is far from the strong momentum throughout the award season.

It's like a pot of boiling water splashed into the thick snow. Such a result is really disappointing.

In fact, for the real professionals, they are not surprised at all, or even take it for granted, which is completely expected.

Where there are people, there is a tendency. Even the Oscar is no exception. With more than 6000 academy judges, the Oscar has been as fair and authoritative as possible, but bias is still inevitable. Oscar, after all, is still a Hollywood award ceremony.

In history, the controversy about Oscar has never stopped.

For example, white people play an absolute leading role, and the minorities represented by black people, Latinos and Asians are always disadvantaged groups, not to mention the Chinese Americans who have not won the nominations of major departments so far.

For another example, women are at an absolute disadvantage, and the dilemma that no female director has won the best director award in history did not end until 2010.

For example, young actors are almost ignored, and the nomination stage is extremely difficult. When it comes to actresses, it is the older practitioners who are faced with a similar dilemma, even if they are strong.

Not long after "artist" won the best picture Oscar in 2012, the Academy awarded the best picture to the works of conservative and introverted, stable and honoring the golden age for two years in a row, which triggered a wave of public questioning, disappointment at the Oscar and even complaints from many employees in the industry.

Against this background, the Los Angeles Times stepped forward and conducted a professional investigation.

In fact, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has never officially announced its membership list. Because its membership is lifelong, there are not a few members who are no longer in the film industry. Among the voters are nannies, bookstores and retired recruiters of peacekeeping forces, which makes people laugh and cry.

The Los Angeles Times went deep into the industry, through telephone, e-mail, subscription to "variety show" and "Hollywood Reporter" and other diversified ways, and also read Oscar publications, resumes and autobiographies, and sent a large number of reporters to conduct in-depth interviews. Finally, it was able to confirm the true identities of more than 5100 judges.

After the end of the statistics, the results caused a shock to the media. Since 2004, the college began to publish the list of people who were invited to join the association. However, who joined and who refused will not be further announced.

After ten years of precipitation, the composition of the college's judges has changed slightly, with 89% white and 73% male. However, ethnic minorities and female members are still vulnerable groups.

The single nature of the members leads to a single perspective and a single point of view. It also makes the Oscar Awards have a track to follow every year, and then there are "little golden snipers" like Weinstein brothers.

In 2005, "Brokeback Mountain" lost to "crash", which is not surprising at all; So far, only four female directors have won the best director nomination, which is not unusual; This year, with 20 seats in the actor department and five seats in the director department, all white people and black people are absent, which is no surprise.

Every once in a while, Oscar will face the accusation of "too white", or the cold of such bold and innovative works as "social network", which have traces to follow. Changing history can not be accomplished by relying on the power of a single work. Even if the Oscar is the highest attention and authority award ceremony in the world, it does not mean that it is the most fair, it still has its own attributes.

This year is no exception.

"Generation Y" actors are rising in an all-round way. The so-called Generation Y refers to the generation born from 1977 to 1990. Now the oldest is only 33 years old. In the eyes of judges with an average age of 62, they are just grandchildren. For example, Haili, 14, is completely grandchildren.

They always think that these actors can be polished, they still have a lot of time to grow up, they are far from being the pillar, they need to continue to prove themselves, they don't deserve the recognition of Oscar, and they need to follow them and study hard.

As a result, only four actresses and two actors won the nomination. This is Oscar.

Among them, Michelle and Natalie, who had proved themselves before, won the nomination again and successfully gained a firm foothold in the eyes of the college judges; Haili and Jesse are more or less benefited from the strength of the work, received more attention, riding the east wind, strong into the decisive stage, the future development is still to be seen.

But Jennifer and Langley are different.

The two actors almost did not get any bonus advantage, completely relying on their own strength, down-to-earth to fight a bloody road; Especially when they were only 20 and 21 years old respectively, they seemed to be the "sun" generation of actors. They were able to overcome all the disadvantageous conditions and win the nomination. This is really commendable, enough to make people stand up and applaud!

The 2010 awards season, with the announcement of the Oscar nomination list as the dividing line, was divided into two distinct regions, and the form suddenly began to change.

In particular, the best actor department, which used to be young people's encirclement and suppression of Colin Firth, has now become a close match, with three veteran actors playing against two young forces, and the form immediately becomes playful.

Besides Colin, the other four candidates' winning momentum suddenly increased, and the threat of Jeff and Javier Colin should not be underestimated; Jesse, who holds the sword of "social network", has always been a strong backup. No one knows whether the film will counter attack in the next month and a half; However, Lan Li, who had thrown off his hands and feet, carried the momentum of Sundance and came fiercely.

It is worth mentioning that the focus film industry has suffered a heavy loss in the nomination stage, and "children are all very good" has only received four nominations, including best picture, best actress, best supporting actor and best original script. It has lost all its advantages and has been left behind by many competitors“ "Buried alive" alone to enter the best actor battle, other departments have no chance.

Under such circumstances, the focus film industry focuses on fighting for the best actress and best actor, and all public relations resources begin to tilt here. Whether it's Annette or Langley, they all have their own disadvantages, but they also have obvious advantages. It's not known who will win.

This year's award season has entered the second stage with great vigour!