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

Chapter 953 Awarded? (33)

About 21st Century Fox…

In fact, 21st Century Fox owns numerous assets, including Fox Film Corporation, Fox Television, Fox Cable Networks, and National Geographic, as well as Fox's 30% stake in Hulu, a 39% stake in European television giant Sky, and Star India, among others…

And $137 billion in debt.

Disney had originally offered $524 billion to acquire the company…

Then Comcast jumped out!

Comcast is the second-largest pay-TV provider, the largest cable TV and home internet access provider, and the third-largest home telephone provider in the United States.

It owns NBC, CNBC, and MSNBC.

Many people don't really understand what pay-TV service providers, cable TV, and home internet access providers mean...

To put it simply, it's equivalent to China Unicom!
Moreover, Comcast's global footprint...

In fact, Comcast has already acquired Universal...

They might think that creating content is a promising career path...

Comcast offered $650 billion…

This is definitely a big deal.

Shen Yan scratched his head: "I don't know much... but it is indeed for sale..."

It is said that Fox executives believe that with advertising revenue shrinking year by year and Fox's box office revenue hitting record lows in recent years, Fox, with its single business focus, is destined to be no match for Disney in future market competition, so it is better to cut its losses and survive.

Furthermore, upon completion of the acquisition, Fox will acquire a 25% stake in Disney, of which the Murdoch family will own 4.25%...

Fox remains an independent label!

Fox Film's brand identity, classic IPs (such as Titanic), and production system have been retained, and the Avatar sequel will still be released under the Fox Film Studios brand…

However, these were not Maoyan's concerns. He asked, "Will that affect the release of 'Parasite'?"

“Probably not…” Shen Yan waved his hand: “After Parasite’s debut in Cannes, it will participate in a series of film festivals and is expected to be officially released in October… We all think that’s a good release date!”

So, is Parasite aiming for an Oscar?

“Yeah,” Shen Yan nodded, “I felt pretty bad about not winning Best Picture last time…”

"...Have you thought about the Palme d'Or?"

"Of course I've thought about it!" Shen Yan asked with a smile. "I'm coming to the film festival... do you think I have any thoughts about the top prize?"

"So...did you receive an invitation to the closing ceremony?"

"Received!"

"Well... I wish you all your dreams come true!" After a pause, the reporter said, "We didn't receive an invitation to the closing ceremony for 'Ash Is Purest White'!"

"Maybe... the judges didn't like it!"

……

The Cannes Film Festival does not have a nomination award for its main competition section; the Best Actor award is selected from all the actors nominated for the main competition.

If a film doesn't receive any nominations or awards, the organizing committee won't notify the crew to participate. So, having missed the deadline and not been notified, I packed my bags and prepared to return home…

On the contrary, if we notify you, there will be a reward!
"Ash Is Purest White" ended in failure...

Here's the thing: Jia Zhangke's *Ash Is Purest White* received a high score of 2.9 in the festival's daily publication, and boasts a 100% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes with all 15 reviews being positive. Furthermore, the French gave *Ash Is Purest White* a premiere during prime time on the first weekend of the film festival, with tickets selling out quickly and applause continuing for over ten minutes after the screening. The festival's daily publication showered praise on Zhao Tao's performance—she was undoubtedly deserving of the Best Actress award!
Unfortunately, the jury chair for this year's competition is American actress Cate Blanchett…

She really disliked the female character in "Ash Is Purest White"—Qiao Jie, played by Zhao Tao, who was Bin Ge's woman her whole life…

She initially took the blame for Brother Bin and served five years in prison. After her release, Brother Bin abandoned her…

Later, Bin suffered a brain hemorrhage due to alcoholism and was brought back in a wheelchair. Qiao took him back and cared for him without complaint.

Jia Zhangke may be trying to express that 'from the moment Qiao Jie stepped into the world of gangsters, what she did was genderless. She shed the 'shackles' of being a woman. If she were a woman, she would be a failure—no marriage, no lover, no children—but she doesn't care!'

The Rise of Feminist Consciousness!
Unfortunately, it's useless...

Think about it, even the original "Burning" was criticized for "exploiting women"...

Not to mention "Ash Is Purest White"!
Jia Zhangke remained calm and held a press conference after returning. Regarding the disappointing performance at Cannes, he said, "I think the performances of the two lead actors, Zhao Tao and Liao Fan, were outstanding, and they truly received rave reviews worldwide!"

“Over the years, every film we've made has entered the competition at the Cannes and Venice Film Festivals, and naturally there have been wins and losses. I joked with them, saying, ‘We've been dominating the scene for so many years, so let’s do it next time! The honors will definitely come in the future.’”

He was quite confident…

"So what do you think about Parasite receiving an invitation to the closing ceremony?"

“It’s not like he’s going to win the Palme d’Or…” Jia Zhangke smiled and then said, “Shen Yan once made history at the Venice Film Festival by winning the Golden Lion twice. If he’s willing to focus on art films, I think he can achieve even greater success!”

Well, Lao Jia believes that Parasite is unlikely to win any major awards—it's a genre film!

Genre films are commercial films!

A commercial film won the Palme d'Or?
is it possible?
In fact, there has been quite a bit of discussion about this year's film festival in the Cannes Film Festival's official publication and among other French media outlets...

This year's Cannes Film Festival is undoubtedly a banner year!

Films such as Parasite, Shoplifters, Happy Life of Lazzaro, Heart Piercing, and Wild Pear Tree, including Ryusuke Hamaguchi's Asako I & II, have all received critical acclaim.

Oh, and there's also "Capernaum," which Shen Yan had Maoyan buy the Chinese regional rights for—$300 million!
This movie is "Capernaum," and it's of quite high quality, ultimately grossing 3.7 million yuan at the box office...

As an aside, the film with the lowest score in the Cannes Film Festival's daily publication was Sean Penn's *The Last Face*—the film was so bad that boos from the audience couldn't express their anger; social media was filled with mockery, with some describing it as an "accident." Its score of 0.2 in the festival's daily publication is the lowest ever recorded.

Apart from two reviewers who gave it one star, all the others gave it zero.

As for Lou Ye's zero-point film... that was in the exhibition section...

Oh, back to the discussion…

Most people think Parasite might win Best Director or Best Screenplay... or the Grand Jury Prize, etc.

To reiterate: Parasite is a genre film!
And there are too many stars in the movie…

Most importantly: Godard also had "The Image Book" nominated for the Palme d'Or this year!
Godard is 88 years old this year!

The giants of the French New Wave cinema—Godard, Truffaut, Rohmer, Rivette, and Chabrol—are collectively known as the Five Tigers of the French New Wave!
Godard is the most brilliant among them—his directorial debut, "Breathless," was the first to use non-linear narrative and jump cuts, breaking the linear logic of cinematic time and space.

—In 2010, Godard received the Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement!
"The Image Book" is very likely to be his last work. More importantly, as a representative figure of French cinema, Godard never won the Palme d'Or!

Prior to this, he had been nominated for the Cannes Film Festival's main competition seven times, but never won the Palme d'Or, only receiving a Jury Prize in 2014 for "Goodbye Language"...

Local media are discussing whether or not to respect the elderly.

Oh, Shoplifters is out of the running—a bunch of film critics have teamed up to write, 'Hirokazu Kore-eda should take a break; Shoplifters is clearly inferior to his previous masterpieces!'

(End of this chapter)