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Nominees for the 87th Academy Awards for Best Picture：
“The Grand Budapest Hotel," "Birdman," "Boyhood," "Selma," "The Theory of Everything," "Punch Drummer," "American Sniper," "The Imitation Game"”.
A total of eight works were successfully shortlisted, and all popular works were successfully released, with no one left behind. However, "American Sniper", which was previously ignored at the Golden Globe Awards, made a strong comeback at the last moment..
On the one hand, this proves that Clint Eastwood is still going strong, and on the other hand, it proves that the rise of American conservatives has been unstoppable - of course, the movie's incredible box office of 300 million US dollars also replaced "Interstellar" has become the most commercial work in this year's awards season. Bradley Cooper, who plays two roles as producer and starring, seems to be creating his own golden age of Hollywood..
But the accident still happened.
“"Foxcatcher" and "Saint Vincent" both fell behind, breaking the glasses.
If the latter is too light and lacks impact after all, then the former has won numerous praises throughout the awards season and has been making great progress, but was blocked from being nominated for Best Picture at the last moment. This is an earthquake. It’s such an unexpected level. The entire industry is full of questions. “What’s going on?” are popping up all over the place, but no one knows the answer - obviously the support rate is just a bubble..
Perhaps, the hacking incident is the best explanation.
“"Foxcatcher" missed the Best Picture nomination, which directly proves that the direction of the Golden Globe Awards is, after all, just a "wind direction" and cannot accurately grasp the pulse of the Academy judges-among the huge base of 6,000 Academy judges, all Guesses and estimates are, after all, just probabilities..
In addition, the nomination of "The Theory of Everything" is not a big surprise. Although this work also won a nomination at the Golden Globe Awards, the 72-point media review proved that it is not an outstanding film. For this work, more praise comes from the performance. Compared with "Foxhunter", which was rated 81 points by the media, there is a clear gap in overall quality. The entrance and exit of the two just proves the weight of the college's public relations.
That’s Harvey Weinstein’s method.
But no matter what, the popular works still won the nominations steadily. "The Grand Budapest Hotel" and "Boyhood" temporarily ranked in the first group, and "Birdman" and "Breaking Drummer" ranked in the second group. The two works "Selma March" and "The Imitation Game" showed a downward trend, occupying the third group together with "American Sniper" and "The Theory of Everything".
The division of the overall pattern is naturally not empty talk, and the nomination list for Best Director is the most direct proof..
“Richard Linklater from "Boyhood", Wes Anderson from "The Grand Budapest Hotel", Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu from "Birdman", Darius from "Crack Drummer" Mian Chazelle, "Foxcatcher"'s Bennett Miller, five directors successfully shortlisted.
clear at a glance！
Richard Linklater and Wes Anderson dominated the awards season and are still the frontrunners throughout the awards season; Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu relied on his superb skills and outstanding The control shows the ability of the director, which is somewhat similar to Alfonso Cuaron's situation last year. Although the overall momentum of "Birdman" has not surpassed its competitors, the director nomination is stable and there is basically not much suspense..
The above three directors have basically made no mistakes in the nomination list so far during the awards season. They have joined forces to form the first group and have been successfully shortlisted for the Oscar nominations. However, there are many variables in the other two seats. Later, about eight directors competed for two seats..
Golden Globe Awards, the other two seats go to David Fincher of "Gone Girl" and Ava DuVernay of "Selma".
British Academy Award, the remaining two seats belong to Damien Chazelle of "The Big Banger" and James Marsh of "The Theory of Everything"）.
Directors Guild of America Awards, Morten Tyldum of "The Imitation Game" and Clint Eastwood of "American Sniper" were among the final five.
Works that tell the story.
The nomination seats for the above three major award ceremonies are all different, and belong to six different directors respectively. No one can securely win the nomination, and similar situations can be seen in other major award ceremonies and association awards. , continuing the melee in the director’s department.
Just like the battle for best actor, the competition for best director also presents an all-out melee with a hundred flowers blooming and a hundred schools of thought contending. It’s so lively.
In previous years, the nominees and final winners of the Directors Guild of America Awards can be the best guide to the Oscars, but this year it does not apply..
“Damien Chazelle of "Breaking Drummer" suddenly emerged in the chaos. With his sharp editing and smooth scheduling, he won the votes of countless judges. At the age of only 28, he won the first place in his career. and "Foxcatcher"'s Bennett Miller was a shocking surprise. After missing out on the British Academy Awards and the Directors Guild of America Awards, he entered the top five Oscars as a dark horse..
Even the Golden Globes failed to predict Bennett Miller's rise to the top, which once again proves that academy PR is full of possibilities during the awards season..
Directors such as David Fincher, Ava DuVernay, Morten Tyldum, Clint Eastwood, Mike Leigh and Paul Thomas Anderson all lost their jobs. The most regrettable one is David. Fincher, and the most surprising one is Morten Tyldum - a good card in the "imitation game". I don't know how the Weinstein Films fell to this point. The most controversial one is Ava DuVernay - — "Selma Parade" has received numerous praises but still failed to get this female director shortlisted. The disadvantage of female directors is still a stubborn problem..
You can feel the smoke of this year's awards season from the final list of nominees for Best Director. The strong nominations of "Crackling Drummer" and "Foxcatcher" have undoubtedly ignited the topic..
It is precisely because of this that "Foxcatcher" was absent from the Best Picture nomination, which triggered a lot of controversy. Even the Best Director had already been nominated, but was abandoned by the Best Picture. This is really incredible. The solution; and "Crackling Drummer" also regained its momentum with two important nominations, and once again joined hands with "Birdman" to enter the chaos of the best picture competition. This has added a lot to the second stage of the Academy's public relations variable.
Both works are from Sony Classics.
In fact, a similar pattern also extends to the script department - this can still be seen as a microcosm of the next development trend in the battle for best picture..
Best Original Screenplay, "Birdman," "The Grand Budapest Hotel," "Nightcrawler," "Foxcatcher," "Boyhood"”.
With the exception of "Nightcrawler," the other four films are all strong contenders, not to mention all three favorites for Best Picture. The absence of "Foxcatcher" from a Best Picture nomination is all the more puzzling..
Best Adapted Screenplay, "The Imitation Game," "The Theory of Everything," "American Sniper," "Inherited"”.
“"Inherent Evil" is the only work that was not nominated for Best Picture. It is more of a tribute to Paul Thomas Anderson's accomplishments in scripts - this talented director should have been a popular candidate for Best Director. However, the entire awards season has not been able to really increase the momentum; as for the other four works, they are all seed contestants in this year's awards season, so there is no need to go into details..
It should be noted that of the eight works nominated for Best Picture, only "Selma Parade" did not have a screenplay nomination. In addition, Ava DuVernay lost the director nomination, which directly proves that the first stage was successful. "Selma Parade" fell behind at the last minute, which was not an unexpected upset - as a distribution company, Paramount Pictures once again ruined a good hand..
Overall, the competition for original scripts is more intense, and "Crackling Drummer" should also be an original script - this is a script written by Damien Chazelle himself, but he originally shot a short film in order to find investment. Then the feature film was developed and improved on the basis of the short film, which also made the final product recognized by the academy as an "adapted script". Otherwise, the fight in the original script department would have been even more fierce..
The nomination of another important award can be used as an indicator, that is the Best Editing Award.
In this award known as the "Little Best Picture", we can also get a glimpse of the overall trend of the judges' voting. "Boyhood" and "The Grand Budapest Hotel" were nominated without any suspense, while the remaining three seats were awarded by "Crackling Drummer" joins "American Sniper" and "The Imitation Game" in nominations.
First of all, "The Imitation Game" squeezed out "Foxcatcher" from the shortlist. One of the two works was shortlisted for editing, and the other was shortlisted for director. The balance between one and the other can also be seen as the similar attributes of biographical films consuming each other's gains. prize hope.
Secondly, "Birdman" suffered a slight upset and lost the nomination - the film used a fake one-shot to shoot the entire movie, and it is indeed uncompetitive in the editing department, but will this possibly have an impact on the competition for best picture? Then there's no way of knowing.
Once again, "Crackling Drummer" performed steadily and became the biggest favorite in the editing department, which also became an important factor in reversing the competition for the best picture..
To sum up, the overall pattern of the first stage of the best picture competition has been initially drawn - "Boyhood" and "The Grand Budapest Hotel" are leading the way, followed by "Birdman" and "Breaking Drummer" After that, the second stage will be entered, then it will be up to Fox Searchlight and Sony Classics to join forces to encircle and suppress the independent film company IFC Pictures.
Of course, another direct evidence of the overall pattern of the first stage of the awards season is the number of nominations..
The Oscars have received a large number of nominations for technical awards. In terms of the number of nominations alone, "Boyhood" will inevitably not be able to seize the advantage. This is also directly reflected in the final number of nominations..
In the end, the two popular works "The Grand Budapest Hotel" and "Birdman" both led the entire nomination list with nine nominations, followed by "Crunch" and "The Imitation Game" with seven nominations, and then " The six nominations for "Boyhood" and "American Sniper" have some surprises, but overall, they still continue the predictions from the first stage..
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