Chapter 2465

"City of love" released in 2016 is undoubtedly one of Langley's favorite movies.

This work tells the love story between Sebastian and Mia, two dreamers.

One dreams of jazz revival, the other dreams of becoming an actor, and falls in love by accident. Later, because of the pressure of life, one chooses to compromise, the other chooses to persevere in pain. They still support each other and love each other deeply, but they gradually fade away because of the differences in the definition of dreams, and the former beauty gradually disappears under the bright stars, Two people who deeply love each other also pass by regretfully.

Although both of them realized their dreams in the end, they have changed.

This is a story about dreams, about Damien chazere's own memories, about Langley's experience, about every dreamer, those struggling and suffering, those persistence and obsession, those compromising and giving up. Suddenly looking back, I can't help thinking, if I don't bow to life, can I have both dreams and happiness? Can the rosy life of fairy tales come true?

In the movie, Damien chazere gives the story a Casablanca like ending. Sebastian plays the piano in his jazz bar. Then MIA stops with a smile, turns around and goes away with her partner, ending their story, "there are so many pubs in so many cities in the world, She just walked into my room. "

The heartbreak at that moment is full of all Damien's unrealistic beautiful romance, and also embellishes Damien's heartache from real life.

The narrative of Flowing Clouds and flowing water, the colorful pictures, the aestheticism and moving emotion, and Damien's consistent rhythm control, like the melody of scheduling the camera and controlling the editing, the beauty of one go falls in the corners of the film, not only tells the story, but also makes people feel the charm of the golden age song and dance film again, the rhythm, the natural and unrestrained, the beauty of the film That kind of graceful, in the contemporary film market where the interests are supreme, has become less and less, or even extinction. Hidden in the picture is a deep love for film.

It's like a dream too beautiful to wake up.

Langley likes it very much, even more than "pop drummer" - it's not about the movie itself, but about Damien's dreams.

"Love city" is about the dream itself, about the film, about the reality of life, contains too much of Damien's own true feelings, and that kind of emotion is sincere and sincere, just like "love crazy", every frame of the picture, every line, every moment, can make people feel.

In September 2016, after the "city of love" was released at the Venice Film Festival, it not only won the best actress trophy for the heroine Emma stone, but also became the number one seed of the award season. In the endless praise and cheers, it made full progress towards the OSCA golden man.

Like "artists" and "birdmen", the "love city" focuses on Hollywood itself and presents the beauty and glory of the golden age, which is the most beautiful and moving existence for the Academy judges. Their "narcissism" makes them like this work hopelessly. With the deepening of the award season, The voice of the work is rising instead of falling, and it is surging towards a new historical record.

The same is true.

Fourteen Oscar nominations, including best film, best director, best actor, best actress, best original script, best editing, best photography and best original song, have equalled the record of the most nominated Oscars in film history. They are worthy of being the most successful Oscar works since the Titanic. Even in the long history, they can still be in the forefront, The irresistible momentum has really reached its peak.

How powerful is this momentum?

In the competition for the award season, Natalie Portman of the "first lady" and Isabelle Huppert of the "her" are always far ahead. Emma stone can only be ranked the third seed, and the gap is very obvious. The odds of the major authoritative lists can be seen from the data, So far as the golden globe.

However, after entering the second stage, the awards season has changed dramatically. Emma has gone all the way to counter attack, soar and counter surpass. With the strong momentum of "the city of love", she has continued to counter surpass two strong competitors. With an unimaginable strong voice, she finally succeeded in the Oscars, There is no doubt that he will become the third winner in history who was born after 1980.

If there is no accident, the "city of love music" will also be swept away - the best director, best actress, best photography, best original song, best original soundtrack and best art director will be far ahead on the night of the award ceremony. Except for the best editing award which was intercepted by the "bloody hacksaw ridge", there are basically no accidents in other awards, The whole audience is waiting for the moment of witnessing the "city of love and happiness" to be crowned king.

It's true that "the city of love" won the best picture winner - less than three minutes later, and then the biggest Oolong in the history of the Oscar ceremony was born. The awarding guests announced the wrong answer. The real best picture winner was "Moonlight boy". After the correction, the whole audience was in an uproar.

Why?

The reason why "Moonlight boy" is so popular is closely related to history, society and the situation. The most direct case is the 75th Oscar held in March 2003. The most popular winners are "moment" and "pianist". However, the Iraq war broke out a month ago completely changed the situation——

The Oscars ceremony, which is still held on time, has become the target of public criticism. It has been criticized by the North American media. All views insist that the Oscars should cancel the ceremony and express their strong protest against the war with practical actions. In the past four months, "anti war" has become the main theme of the awards season.

In the end, "Chicago" beat a strong opponent and won the best picture Oscar, breaking the glasses of all experts.

The same thing happened again. 2016 is the presidential election year of the United States. The topics about race, immigration, refugees and minority vulnerable groups run through the whole year. The final election results were extremely unexpected. Even the candidate himself was ready to make a speech of "declaring election defeat", but completed an incredible reversal, He was elected the new president of the United States.

The whole Hollywood is fried.

After the Golden Globe Award ended, the president successively issued the latest instructions, one is to prepare to build a wall on the Mexican border, the other is to prohibit the entry of Iranian passports. Such a closed door attitude has caused a great stir on the East and West coastlines of the North American continent, and the vast hot debate can not stop.

The award season is no exception.

So, on the night of the Oscars, in the competition for the best foreign language film, the Iranian work "salesman" suddenly reversed, and the most popular German work "Tony Erdman" reached the top; In the battle for best picture, "Moonlight boy" finally surpassed the absolutely popular "city of love" and became the first homosexual work to top the best picture in the history of Oscar.

It's complicated, but it's not complicated.

Because the Oscar season is originally a public relations war, and the "public relations" itself covers a wide range of content. Social issues are closely related to everyone, and no one can make an exception. Those issues that seem to have nothing to do with themselves are affecting their lives in all aspects every day.

Then the Oolong was born.

But from an objective point of view, after the end of the 89th Oscar, behind the controversy and unpopularity, time has proved the significance of this choice.

Just as "crash" beat "Brokeback Mountain" to the top, ten years later, no one can remember "crash", but "Brokeback Mountain" is an indelible classic; Similarly, "Moonlight boy" and "city of love" also accept the test of time, and the calm film critics also make objective evaluation

These two works are excellent and have their own advantages; Moreover, "Moonlight boy" can be ranked in the top three in the best picture series of Oscar after the millennium, and the charm and beauty of "love city" can also be gradually polished after the precipitation of time, and there is no loser in the two works.

Film critics have also corrected the name of "Moonlight boy" one after another. Although it is extremely cold, the excellent quality has been recognized.

The topic returns to "the city of love".

There is no doubt that Langley is still very fond of this work. When he first learned that Damien was preparing the script, his expectation was ready to move; But Langley also hesitated, not sure whether he should take the script, because the hero of the last life was Ryan gosling.

When he took over the film "city of love", Ryan's career was in a turbulent period, which could not be regarded as a low ebb, but it was really groping.

Since 2011, Ryan's acting career has reached a new peak. He is not short of work invitation. Unfortunately, in the past five years, all his works are small, and the quality of finished products is far lower than expected, He is just one of the supporting roles, and there is not much room for performance.

"City of love" has become the turning point of his career and reached the peak again.

Ryan is a close friend of lenley. He doesn't want to take the opportunity of Ryan's performance, but he really loves "the city of love", which makes lenley in a dilemma; However, now the problem has been solved. Langley is in the process of adjustment and recovery. He does not think he is the best choice for the film - choosing Ryan to put the film back on the right track.

Because Langley knows that Ryan's performance can make "the city of love" complete, which belongs to his role, and this also belongs to his film.

It's not his comity to Ryan, it's what Ryan deserves.