Who are you calling "little fresh meat"? I'm the king.

Chapter 653 The Golden Globe Award (Part 2) (24)

The Golden Globe Awards are just a social occasion…

It was an event in the form of a dinner party, much more relaxed than the Oscars. Each film crew sat at a table, and those who knew each other could switch seats.

The space was very small, filled with dozens of round tables, and even the aisles were narrow.

The stage in front was quite simple, not even as grand as some companies' annual meetings.

The crew of "Burning" was placed in a more back, edge position.

Emma Stone is the supporting actress in the hit movie "Birdman"...

By the way, the PR work for *Birdman* was basically all handled by Emma Stone—the director was filming *The Revenant*, and lead actor Michael Keaton was also filming his new movie *Spotlight*…

Emma Stone is arguably the only person from Birdman who is active during awards season.

She participated in a bunch of variety shows and talk shows…

This thing greatly boosted her popularity!

She embodies the stereotypical American goofy girl—in her early works such as *The School Bunny*, *The King of Rock*, *Paper Man*, *Ghosts of My Ex-Girls*, and *Zombieland*, she played the role of a naive and silly girl. Even in *Easy A*, she still played a typical American goofy girl character, directing and starring in "Easy A" to help her best friend clear her name of lesbian suspicions…

These kinds of characters are very likable!
Sandra Bullock, Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Aniston are all on this track…

But they've gotten old!

Emma Stone taking over would have been a natural progression, but then Jennifer Lawrence suddenly appeared out of nowhere…

Jennifer Lawrence really did win an Oscar because Harvey Williams protected her!

—Silver Linings Playbook, huh…

After Harvey's downfall, she never received another Oscar nomination...

On the contrary, Emma Stone won two Oscars for Best Actress.

Shen Yan chatted with her for a few minutes, then Emma Stone left…

"She's the female lead in my next film!"

"...You're aiming for Hollywood?"

"No, it's just that this movie takes place in Los Angeles..."

……

At this time, several domestic portal websites, especially Weibo…

Many people are waiting for the Best Foreign Language Film award to be announced.

To be honest, most of the films nominated for the Golden Globes aren't of much interest to people…

Birdman, Boyhood, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Imitation Game, The Theory of Everything...

Which movies were released in the country?

There was only one film, "The Imitation Game," and that was only because Benedict Cumberbatch starred in it. Even so, it was released six months later, and its box office was only a little over 50 million...

As for the star-studded lineup...

Without Leonardo DiCaprio, without Johnny Depp, without Brad Pitt…

None of the familiar celebrities showed up at the event!
Where are there so many people who genuinely care about movies?
However, the Best Supporting Actor award went to J.K. Simmons for *Whiplash*. In his acceptance speech, he said, "Thank you to our producer Shen!", and then gave Shen Yan a brief shot…

That was also Shen Yan's only scene in the previous hour!
"The Golden Globe Awards are American film and television awards, definitely a haven for Hollywood stars. How could they possibly give a shot to an Asian person?"

“Shen Yan isn’t good enough!” Then Matt went on stage to introduce the films nominated for Best Director, including Shen Yan’s “Burning”: “The use of negative space gives the story multiple layers of interpretation, the cinematography is elegant and charming, and the staging is smooth and sophisticated. Everything is impeccably perfect… I talked to Ben Affleck about “Burning” the other day, and I was still shocked by the final scene that was both real and surreal!”

The camera focused on Shen Yan, who casually waved at the camera...

However, there's still half an hour until the Best Foreign Language Film awards ceremony...

Shen Yan, Dilraba, and even Wang Kai were all annoyed. Shen Yan simply went to the bathroom and smoked a cigarette...

When I got back, I overheard a black guy announcing, "Let's take a look, oh, the winner of the 72nd Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film is... Burning!"

Shen Yan sat down, then stood up again, and went on stage to accept the award…

To be honest, the cheers weren't very enthusiastic...

Many people were staring at Shen Yan—wanting to know what he looked like!

Like monkeys in a zoo...

"Once you overcome that one-centimeter-sized obstacle—the subtitles—you'll discover that there are so many excellent films in the world!"

"Thank you to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, thank you to the Golden Globes... thank you! It's amazing to be nominated alongside Ruben Östlund and some great world film directors; it's an honor in itself."

“I know people don’t pay much attention to foreign language films, but I want to say that we, like all filmmakers, only use one language, and that language is ‘film.’ Thank you!”

As Shen Yan raised the trophy, preparing to leave the stage, a staff member led him to the interview area…

A group of reporters surrounded the interview area, and as soon as they saw Shen Yan, they started asking questions all at once…

Shen Yan quickly answered the Chinese media's questions first: "I'm still quite happy, at least I didn't go home empty-handed!"

"It's not the first one. Farewell My Concubine won the Best Foreign Language Film award at the 51st Golden Globe Awards... and then Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon also won it once!"

"The reason why 'Burning' might win is that the plot is relatively clear, which is to expose class contradictions!"

"I feel like I don't have much of a chance at other awards..."

……

The major domestic portal websites are quite excited; Best Foreign Language Film is an award after all!
This is an award that Zhang Yimou has strived for his entire life but never received.

Tencent Video made the right bet!
Oh, Shen Yan didn't win Best Director in the end.

The Best Director award was ultimately given to Richard Linklater, director of "Boyhood".

In addition, "Boyhood" won Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, making it the biggest winner.

Birdman won Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy and Best Screenplay.

Eddie Redmayne and Julianne Moore won the Best Actor and Best Actress awards in a Drama Series, respectively.

The former is thanks to the film "The Theory of Everything", while the latter is thanks to "Still Alice"!
Shen Yan is most familiar with Julianne Moore's role in the sequel to "The Silence of the Lambs," where she succeeded Jodie Foster...

In fact, Julianne Moore is the only actress in the world to have won a grand slam of awards:

Julianne Moore won her first Best Actress award at the Venice Film Festival for her outstanding performance in *Far From Heaven*. Just one year later, she won Best Actress at the Berlin Film Festival for *The Hours*. In 2014, Julianne Moore achieved another breakthrough, winning Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival for *Maps to the Stars*.

Successfully won all three major European awards: the Golden Globe and the Oscar!
Benedict Cumberbatch, including his film "The Imitation Game," has not won a single award!
The Imitation Game is an awards season film promoted by Harvey Weinstein!
Harvey's magic is over!

The main reason is the rise of streaming media.

Harvey was known for discovering high-quality, low-budget independent films, but his relatively fixed formulas and conservative vision have caused Weinstein to gradually lose those talented young directors who are unwilling to conform—which is exactly what Netflix and Amazon are trying to compete for.

Are you competing with platforms for talent?

(End of this chapter)