Hollywood Secret Garden

Chapter 733 It's Not That You Care About

"Thank goodness. She is finally no longer nominated for best director!" This was the first sentence of the headline on the entertainment section of the "Los Angeles Times" after the 79 Oscar nominations came out. Thick and dark.

It's no wonder they would sigh like this, "Father" won a total of five nominations: Best Film, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Song and Best Original Screenplay.This is really not easy, you know that since 1998, those directors who have been nominated for Oscar for best director have been under tremendous pressure!

If this feeling was not too strong in 98, there were not many outstanding female directors in the world, and even fewer outstanding female directors who were frighteningly young, but after all, it was only her first nomination.But in 99, this kind of pressure made them a little at a loss. "The Pianist" caused the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to be criticized by public opinion. Can keep silent.

That pressure has only intensified as her streak of nominations mounts.The nominated directors are both happy and depressed every time - naturally very happy to have the opportunity to win the best director.But if you really get it, you feel that the trophy is not secure.This is true even for those big directors who have been nominated several times, not to mention Martin Scorsese in 03, even Robert Altman in 02, who won the Palme d'Or, Golden Lion and Golden Bear After winning the Oscar for Best Director, the big directors who won the Oscar were once said to be lucky.

So before 05, most directors would not wish to be nominated at the same time as Angela, because it is uncertain when the statuette will be handed over to her.

Even after 05, Angela has been crowned as the best director, but there are still many people who don't want to compete with her for this award.Because the record of 7 consecutive nominations puts too much pressure on them?Who knows... But it is also because of this that the media will celebrate "Miss Angel has not received any Oscar nominations for the first time since 94" after no work was released last year, and Spielberg won the best award for the third time. Only after the director said humorously, "I would like to thank Ms. Angela, thank you very much".

Now that she is no longer nominated for best director, how could the directors who have been shrouded in this pressure not be relieved, so there is the headline of "Thank God" in the "Los Angeles Times".

Of course, some people took this opportunity to make a big fuss and say: "Yes, "Father" has a high box office and has touched many people. From the perspective of director and production, this is just a work that has just passed. Very Obviously, Miss Angel has exhausted her talents, so it is completely expected that she will not be nominated this time..."

There have been many articles like this in the past, but not many people paid attention to them.But this time when this article came out, it immediately aroused the support of some people. Although the proportion is not large, it has increased significantly compared to before.

"It's very simple. In addition to being nominated for the best director seven times in a row, there is more hidden pressure. Do you know what it is?" Angela flipped through the newspaper and said in a lazy tone, with a look of indifference, obviously not Did not take these to heart.

"Invisible pressure? What is that?" Liv, who was stirring the teacup with a spoon, asked, and after taking a small sip, she showed a satisfied expression.Angela didn't answer. She obviously didn't expect to get an answer from Liv, so she turned to look at Natalie who was also flipping through the newspaper.

"She was probably talking about her age." Although Natalie was talking to Liv, her eyes were always on Angela.

Angela couldn't help but smiled and shook her head, didn't she just bring Liv home during her time, and it wasn't intentional.Besides, even if you are angry, you should include Liv, why only target me?

"This is indeed one of the invisible pressures. I have already broken several age records." Angela didn't care, and took over Natalie's words and said, "But there is one more."

"There's another one?" Natalie finally moved her gaze to Angela's face, she frowned and thought for a while, then her eyes suddenly lit up: "You mean...gender?"

"Yes, that's right, my female identity also puts a lot of pressure on them." Angela nodded.

Hollywood male directors - or simply say men - have never felt such pressure on gender. A young woman, who is only 26 years old, has dominated everyone on the Oscar stage since she was 18 years old. I dare not say that there will be no one to be nominated for the best director this time, but it is certain that there will be no one before.

Although the social atmosphere on the West Coast has always been very liberal, and the liberals in Hollywood are also in the majority, the power of conservatives should not be underestimated, not to mention that there are many male chauvinists among the liberals.This is why the glory of the best director in 99 went to other companies, but they misjudged the situation at the time and were severely criticized by feminist organizations, and at the same time, they did not get the sympathy of public opinion.

But even so, there are still some people who are not reconciled, because besides directing movies, Angela has a dazzling aura in many fields. Since 94, she has been nominated for the screenwriting award every year, and even easily earned a good fortune for herself , Since she climbed to the top three of the world's richest list in 04, she has not fallen down.

These halos really made them too depressed. It can be said that the reason why Angela was nominated for 7 consecutive times but won the best director only in the last time, besides various factors, it also has something to do with these people.

It is precisely because of such a role model that the women's rights movement—especially on the West Coast—is much more active than ever before, not to mention that she sympathizes with and supports homosexuality, and even herself has always been surrounded by same-sex scandals.

Depression is depression, but they have nothing to do with her, just like the best director has to be awarded to her in the end.So if there is such an opportunity now, even if it can't hit her, it can always be disgusting.

"Actually, the reports of these major newspapers also have such meanings, but they hide this meaning between the lines, and people who don't care about it can't see it at all." Angela continued to explain.

"It sounds like...some people can't afford to lose?" Natalie asked after thinking about it.

"You can't say that, I can only say that it's inertia. Some things can't be changed just because they can be changed, and there are indeed differences between men and women." Angela shrugged and said indifferently.

Listening to her tone of voice, Natalie couldn't help squinting her eyes, and after rubbing her chin for a few seconds, she opened her mouth again: "You know, Angie, every time you say something like this, I feel kind of like Weird feeling."

"Strange feeling? What is that?" Angela picked up the teacup in confusion.

"You seem to be... mocking and teasing these things from both male and female perspectives." Natalie spread her hands.

Angela almost spit out the black tea in her mouth, Natalie's intuition is too sensitive, right?

"Are you trying to say that the soul in my body is actually male?" She asked calmly.

Before Natalie could speak, Liv hugged Angela into her arms and said happily, "How is it possible? With such a cute and fun girl, how could it be possible for her to have a male soul."

She was still rubbing Angela's face while talking, and turned a blind eye to the depression and resentment on that face.

"That's true..." Natalie chuckled as she thought of something, and her expression became a little depressed.

"That's because I've been assimilated by decades of life, so now I'm in the awkward position of being neither a man nor a woman." Angela, who let Liv do her best, rolled her eyes and muttered in a voice that only she could hear road.

Fortunately, at least some things have never changed.She thought sadly and comforted herself in her heart.However, just when Angela's mood improved, the conversation between Natalie and Liv made her feel like she wanted to hit a wall.

"Okay, Liv, it's time to change after you've been playing for so long. Don't forget that this toy is mine now."

"Hey, don't be so stingy, let me play for a while without breaking it."

"Of course, but we have an agreement, don't we?"

"Oh, don't be like this, a small adjustment is not a violation of the agreement, right?"

Angela rolled her eyes and struggled out of Liv's arms, stood up and walked upstairs without saying a word.

"Hey Angie, where are you going?" Liv called from behind.

"Your toys are going to practice piano now." Angela replied without looking back.

"Can we see our toy to practice the piano?" Natalie's voice followed, and the ridicule in it sounded so hateful that Angela almost lost her foot.

"No! I need to be quiet during piano practice!" Angela turned her head and waved her arms threateningly, "If anyone dares to disturb me without permission, I will definitely show her a good look!"

Liv tilted her head and looked at her for a while, then suddenly asked Natalie, "Nat, is this 'Aijiao' or 'Selling the Door'?"

Listening to her weird pronunciation, Angela twitched the corners of her mouth and rolled her eyes in addition to twitching the corners of her mouth and rolling her eyes. When did Nat get such a big mouth?I am afraid that these two words are not completely common in China, right?damn it!If I knew it earlier, I would let her take the dictionary and put it on the Chinese website!

Glaring at Natalie, who was covering her mouth and giggling, Angela turned around and continued walking up with her buttocks twisted. After less than two steps, Natalie stopped her again: "By the way, Angie."

"Is there anything else, Miss Hessler?" Angela turned her head and asked in a muffled voice.

"Should I congratulate you for not nominating the best director, or regret that you didn't nominate the best director?" Natalie asked with her hands open, her serious expression did not seem to be teasing or teasing.

"It doesn't matter," Angela shrugged after thinking for a few seconds, "I don't care."

Of course she didn't care, in fact she didn't even think about reporting "Father" to Oscar in the first place.However, as the CEO of the company, Ed naturally hoped to maximize the benefits. Under his persuasion, Angela still let go, but it was Angela's expectation that he did not get nominated for the best director.

As many film critics have said, the plot of "Father" is a bit clichéd. Although the film's use of color, camera switching, and rhythm control are all excellent, unconventionalism is also one of the important factors for judging whether a director is good.In addition, there were many outstanding directors who emerged last year, and Angela had been nominated too many times before, so it is normal that he did not get it.It can be seen from the fact that "Father" was nominated as the best film, this film that tells family stories along the mainstream consciousness has received considerable recognition.

Of course, just because of the clichéd plot, it’s almost enough for this movie to be nominated for best movie. Don’t worry about whether you get it or not. You must know that there are 6 best movie statuettes in Pixar’s trophy showroom.In fact, in Angela's original guess, not only was there no best director, but also no best movie.

So she doesn't care about these nominations, Best Actor?Al's acting skills are undoubtedly superb, but this year there have been no good roles, and this time he has performed well, and he is definitely qualified to be on the throne of Best Actor again; Best Supporting Actress?Well, there are already two Best Supporting Actress trophies at home, it doesn't matter if there is one more or one less; it doesn't matter if the best song is awarded to her and not awarded to her.

What Angela really cared about was the nomination for Best Original Screenplay, because it was Best Original Screenplay!Although she has been shortlisted for best screenplay every year since 94, she is best adapted screenplay most of the time.There have been several nominations for the best original screenplay, but because of various factors, they missed it, and all of them got the best adapted screenplay.But because of this, Angela was very happy to be nominated for the best original screenplay this time.For her, what is more worthy of celebration than "Father" receiving this award?

"I'll definitely get it." Angela murmured, looking away from the balcony, raised her hands, and started playing on the piano in front of her.

A passionate and grand piece of music flowed from her fingertips, it was Maxim's "Exodus".This piano piece was adapted by Maxim based on the ending song of the movie "Exodus", adding a more modern rhythm to it, which makes this piano piece more famous than the original movie.

However, the "Exodus" played by Angela now is less magnificent than Maxim's version, but more romantic and lyrical. It has the feeling of Clayderman's "Exodus", but it is still generally Biased towards Maxim's version.Because Maxim's version is more like a symphony in a sense, it is not very suitable for a soloist, but Clayderman's version is too lyrical and lacks a little high-spirited feeling, so Angela combined the characteristics of the two people and revised the score into own version.

"Angie?" The door was opened at this moment, and Natalie appeared at the door.

""Exodus"?" It took only a few seconds for her to recognize the name of the music, "Which version?"

Angela didn't answer, but glanced at her with a smile, and continued to play.Natalie didn't say much. After closing the door, she closed her eyes and leaned against the wall to listen quietly.

It wasn't until the last note stopped that Natalie opened her eyes.She tapped her cheek with her finger, and after thinking for a while, she asked tentatively, "Maxim's version?"

But she immediately denied her answer: "No, no, the intense feeling is not the same as Maxim's version..."

"Why not Angela's version?" Angela asked with a smile.

"It's almost the same as Maxim's." Natalie rolled her eyes. "Or do you want to tell me that you adapted this piece of music for Maxim?"

"I didn't say that." Angela shook her finger, then asked again: "Haven't you heard of Clayderman's version?"

"Clayderman also played "Exodus"?" Natalie asked with some surprise.

"Of course, you haven't heard of it?" Angela was surprised now.

"I'm not you, I can do all these things." Natalie shrugged.

"Well, you can listen to it when you have time. It's not bad, but it's too lyrical and romantic, and it lacks magnificence." Angela took off the score and shook it, "You should know that although Maxim's is intense and high-spirited, it's not Good for solos, so I combined the best of both worlds—it sounded pretty good."

Natalie blinked, reached out and took the sheet music over and flipped through it. She sighed softly and looked at Angela without speaking for a while.

"What's wrong? Is there something on my face?" Angela couldn't help touching her face.

"Oh, no, it's nothing." Natalie smiled and shook her head when she came back to her senses.

"So what's the matter with you?" Angela changed the subject although she could see that there seemed to be something else in her smile, "I remember telling you before that if I didn't get permission to break in, I would Unkind."

"Then why are you going to be rude to me?" Natalie immediately put her hands on her hips.

"Hmm... well..." Angela rubbed her chin, glanced at Natalie with a smirk, "You'll know... oh!"

Before she could finish speaking, Natalie had already slapped her on the head with the score in her hand.

"What is this for! How could you do this!" Angela said angrily, holding her head.

"I'm just driving mosquitoes away for you." Natalie said without changing her expression.

"Kill mosquitoes? Now?" Angela gritted her teeth and wanted to ask, "It's only February now", but seeing Natalie's dangerous eyes, she swallowed the words back.

"So, honey, what's the matter with you here now?" Angela said in a low voice on purpose.

"I just wanted to tell you that Liv is gone," Natalie said.

Then, what follows, is a long 5 minute silence.