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When a layman mentions the best foreign language film, the first reaction is "what?" Since the current mainstream films around the world are still English works, it is more difficult to further promote foreign language films. For most ordinary For most moviegoers, it may not be necessary to watch a foreign language movie every year.

But when an insider mentions the best foreign language film, their eyes will be dazzled, and they will start to count the treasures with difficulty. Even professional movie fans who are dissatisfied with the increasingly commercialized Oscars are no exception. Because they all know very well that the competition for the best foreign language film is ten times, a hundred times more intense than the best film in which American and British films occupy the leading roles.

Every year, the best foreign language film will gather works selected by more than 100 countries around the world, especially the European continent, which is a natural hotbed of art films. The domestic competition in European countries is already extremely fierce. After entering the Golden Globe Awards, British Academy Awards or Oscars, there are more than a hundred works with different styles and high quality, but only five works are selected as finalists, and then the final winners are selected. It can be said that the best foreign language film is truly one in a million.

In the eyes of truly experienced professional movie fans, the best foreign language film not only has higher gold content, but also has almost impeccable quality. Maybe there will be a controversy like "Shakespeare in Love" for best picture, but there will never be for best foreign language film. Therefore, those directors who can win the best foreign language film are definitely real and their names go down in history.

Ingmar-Bergman, as a Swedish national treasure director, has won numerous international awards, but it is inexplicable that he has always missed the highest award, and only won the It's just a Golden Bear Award, but on top of the Oscars where the English film is the leading role, he has won three Best Foreign Language Film Awards, and his status as a master is unshakable.

Federico-Fellini (Federico-Fellini) is an absolute master in Italy, who has created many classics that have been recorded in history. Although he has never won the Golden Bear Award, he is a four-time Oscar winner for best foreign language film. Winning the Palme d'Or and two Silver Lions has become the brightest stroke of his career, which no one can surpass so far.

It can be said that although the best foreign language film is only an award, its weight is enough to compete with the best film and best director. This award is often the most competitive department. Even winning a nomination is a huge win.

"City of God" has won critical acclaim since it came out at the Sundance Film Festival. The outstanding performance at the box office, coupled with the unique way of blog promotion, has become the best foreign language in the year-end awards season early in the first half of the year. Slice of seeded players. Although entering the second half of the year, the award season is full of hustle and bustle, the name of "City of God" has gradually been forgotten, and the comments of Roger Ebert and Lawrence Topman seem to be a step too slow, failing to awaken people in time But even so, "City of God" still successfully won the Golden Globe nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.

As a newcomer director, Lance achieved the biggest breakthrough in Brazilian cinema since "Central Station" and caused an instant sensation.

"City of God" will top the Golden Globes, competing with Germany's "Goodbye Lenin," Canada's "Barbaric Invasion," "Russia"'s "Return," and Afghanistan's "Maiden Osama." Among these five works, there is no weak one.

"Goodbye Lenin" is the biggest winner of this year's European Film Festival and the German Film Award, sweeping Europe; "Return" is the winner of the Venice Golden Lion; Best Actress Award, and then won trophies at the French Cesar Awards and the Toronto Film Festival; "Girl Osama" also won three awards at the Cannes Film Festival.

Relatively speaking, "City of God", which only won the Sundance Jury Award, is the weakest.

Of course, the competition for the best foreign language film is extremely fierce every year, sparks are everywhere, and the nomination of "City of God" is still well deserved.

However, although "City of God" still won a place for best foreign language film, this is the only nomination for "City of God" at the Golden Globes. More importantly, the best foreign language film of the Golden Globe Awards does not have a high gold content, and the degree of focus and attention is generally not high every year. One of the important reasons that has been criticized all the time, this also made the news that "City of God" won the nomination not get enough attention, and was quickly submerged in the waves of "Cold Mountain", "Lord of the Rings" and "Lost in Translation" middle.

If Roger and Lawrence fans hadn't reawakened the admiration for "City of God," many people seem to be unaware that "City of God" actually won a Golden Globe nomination for best foreign language film.

This is also the most interesting part - when people's discussion about the nomination list of the Golden Globes slowly cooled down, "City of God" unexpectedly occupied the attention of many people, especially the academy judges who are interested in the awards season and veteran fans. Roger and Lawrence's film review may seem a bit slow, but is it really the case?

In any case, even if the topic of "City of God" is revived, there is still no comparison with "Lost in Translation". The gap between the two is like the difference between lightweight and heavyweight. One is All the attention is focused on, one is the limited attention; the other is the sudden emergence and a strong lead, and the other is the thrilling finalist and surrounded by strong enemies. Not to mention the comparison at the company level, Chaos Films is still an unknown independent production company, and Diorama Films, with the momentum of "Troy", "Elephant" and "Lost in Translation", is even more welcoming. A heyday came.

Looking back on the twists and turns that happened in the past year, first, Lance destroyed the cooperation between Diorama Pictures and Warner Bros. at the funeral, and even almost caused the "Lost in Translation" project to slip from Ryan's fingertips. In the end, Ryan spent It took a lot of effort to negotiate a cooperation with Focus Pictures; then, the interference with the "City of God" crew failed to succeed, but instead made "City of God" unexpectedly become a hot spot in the media, which was later The success of the film laid the groundwork; once again, because the post-production of "Lost in Translation" could not be completed on time, the Sundance Film Festival was missed, and "City of God" won the jury award, and it turned out...

Later, because of the quagmire of the Iraq War, Diorama Films had to be cautious, and when the whole circle was in turmoil, Ryan and the others could only watch helplessly as "City of God" won an incredible box office victory with the help of Dongfeng; And because of Lance's activeness, Diorama Pictures fell into a passive position. At one time, Lance was infinitely close to works such as "Troy" and "King Arthur". En made up his mind at the critical moment and regained control of the advantage in the hands of Diorama Films; in the end, because of the head-on conflict between Lance and Gao Wen, the entire office of Diorama Films was in a mess, but he had to swallow his anger...

Just one Lancelot Strelo disrupted the overall development plan of Diorama Films. With their absolute advantage, they encountered so many dangers and almost stumbled all the way to the present . The aggrieved heart cannot be described in words. Everyone, including Ryan and George, took a deep breath, hoping to teach Lance a good lesson, and then really straighten their backs in front of Lance , Lifting the chin, showing their dominance and arrogance.

Now, the day they've been waiting for has finally arrived. Diorama Films swept away the decline in the first half of 2003!

After the "Elephant" landed in Cannes in May, it gradually regained its advantage in the confrontation with Chaos Films, and then the huge press conference of "Troy" ignited the enthusiasm of the entire North American film market, and relied on the strength of the awards season The momentum will widen the gap. Not to mention Tucker Toure and Jason Berkley, even Ryan Kavanaugh and George Clooney showed long-lost smiles.

"Lost in Translation" and "City of God" gained a huge advantage in the head-on collision. Everyone was relieved. The strings that had been tense for more than a year can finally be loosened a little. Tucker was a little carried away. After the nomination list for the Golden Globe came out, he even proposed a bold idea, asking George to take the initiative to go to Yolans for dinner, and then they planned to pretend to be an accidental encounter and humiliate Lance face to face.

Ryan and George did not object to this move that might expose George's identity as a spy. After laughing and scolding Tucker, they acquiesced for the first time! This shows their suppressed anger and aggrieved hearts.

But unfortunately, George took the initiative to ask Lance twice, but failed. After returning from Montreal, Lance devoted himself to the post-production and trailer editing of "The Day After Tomorrow", devoting all his energy to this work without leaving home.

This really disappointed Tucker.

However, Tucker's disappointment will not last long, because on January 25, the 61st Golden Globe Awards ceremony officially kicked off. "Lost in Translation" is an award-winning hit. Ryan, Tucker and Jason were all invited to attend, not to mention George. An excellent opportunity to step forward.

"How, how?" Tucker eagerly looked at Ryan who hung up the phone. At this moment, they were sitting in a stretched Lincoln sedan, less than fifty yards away from the Hollywood Hilton Hotel where the Golden Globe Awards ceremony was held. Although the grand occasion of the red carpet cannot be seen for the time being, the long standby vehicles in front still outline the heat in the air.

Tucker's mood couldn't help rising, his eyes sparkled with excitement, "What did George say? When will Lance arrive at the scene? I've already thought about my opening remarks—" After finishing speaking, Tucker sorted out Tucking off his bow tie, with a serious expression on his face, "Congratulations to 'City of God' for being nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, the only one nominated." Then Tucker raised his head and laughed, and Jason, who was sitting across from him, was speechless. Rolling his eyes, he looked out the window.

Ryan didn't laugh this time, and his expression looked a little playful, "Lance will not be present today."