Rebirth In Hollywood

There was thunderous applause in the Sara Grande Theater. The chairman of the Venice Film Festival, Mark Muller, stood at the center of the stage and announced the winners of the Venice Film Festival's Lifetime Achievement Award. The winner is not one person, but a team , the most powerful animation film production team in the world today. ''

"Please... John Lasseter, Brad Bird, Peter Docter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Ankridge!"

Regardless of other people's reactions, Ryan stood up first and clapped his palms, and the people around him also stood up under his lead until the audience stood up.

This is an honor that belongs to Pixar Studios, an honor that belongs to Industrial Light and Magic, and an honor that belongs to Walt Disney. Pixar, which was ignored and even ridiculed at the beginning, has now become an animation giant that the whole world envies.

The five winners are the All-Star team of Pixar Studios, and in oriental terms, they are the five generals of Disney animation.

When the five people walked onto the stage, the honoree who came out from the backstage was obviously also carefully selected by the Venice Film Festival - George Lucas!

He was the true founder of Pixar Animation Studios, and no one can deny that even after selling the division to Steve Jobs.

Under the prolonged applause of the audience, George Lucas briefly talked about the first time he met John Lasseter in 1979 in the technical department of his production company, and how the latter convinced him Invest in and support animation creation throughout the development.

He then presented the team at Pixar Studios with a golden lion representing a lifetime achievement award.

"Thank you George, Pixar would not be where it is today without his full support in its inception."

After receiving the trophy, John Lasseter took the lead to stand in front of the microphone, "When Mark told me about the Lifetime Achievement Award, I thought he had made a mistake, and I was surprised. The first time in the history of the Golden Lion Award Once for the animation team. Not one person, we have thousands of people working for Pixar, which is lucky for all of us."

"Special thanks to Ryan, who completely took the Pixar studio out of trouble, he gave Pixar the greatest creative freedom, and from 1993 to the present, he gave Pixar the greatest support."

"Pixar has always insisted not only on the picture, but the emotion expressed in the story, so Pixar animation is not only for children to enjoy."

Others also said a few words one after another, and the central point of the words was naturally the Pixar animation they loved. "Technology serves the plot,

We find the best directors and tell good stories. At Disney we also maintain our own style. "

Another Hollywood award?

This result was expected by many people when "Ratatouille" participated in the screening session. It is an indisputable fact that this year's film festival is booming in Hollywood.

But after watching "Ratatouille", Ryan found some problems, some problems that Pixar has successfully accumulated continuously, but it is hard to say now. Everything will be resolved when Ratatouille is released on a massive scale.

Success always makes people overlook some problems, and Pixar is no exception.

Those from the Asian and European continents will inevitably have some opinions, and of course there are not no understanding people among them. This is a reform made by the Venice Film Festival, or a compromise to the market and the world's mainstream film culture. After all, the lack of attention of the Venice Film Festival is not news.

Before that, Brad Pitt of "The Dead Man" and Cate Blanchett of "I'm Not There" had already won best actor and best actress respectively.

If you can't pull back a city on another important award. Hollywood will rule this Venice Film Festival.

The next award is the Best Director, commonly known as the Silver Lion, which is also the one that Ryan is most worried about.

"Don't worry." Natalie suddenly took his hand and comforted him. "As long as we try our best, we'll be fine."

"Hopefully it won't be the Silver Lion." Ryan shook her hand back.

The three major European film festivals share the cake more clearly than the Oscars. If "Black Swan" wins the consoling silver lion award for best director, it will definitely miss the golden lion award.

With so much work up front, the Silver Lion was not the outcome Ryan wanted.

The applause sounded without warning, and Ryan quickly recovered, only to see Ang Lee striding onto the stage and taking over the trophy representing the Silver Lion Award for Best Director.

He smiled, and the corner of Natalie's mouth beside him also curved into a beautiful arc.

She is also very clear that Li An and Lust Caution are the biggest opponents, and now...

Although it is the Venice Film Festival, not the Oscar, but since joining the ranks of directors and coming to Venice, how many people do not want to go back with a Golden Lion Award?

The applause was accompanied by complaints. The source of these voices almost all came from European filmmakers. If they could express their opinions, they would definitely scold Mark Taylor and the jury for losing the most proud artistry of the festival. denounced the compromises they made to their worst enemy, Hollywood.

That's right, in their eyes, Ang Lee is still an authentic Hollywood director even if he takes a Chinese film to the competition.

Will the Golden Lion be taken away by Hollywood?

Many people have come up with the idea that as long as Europe and Asia can keep the Golden Lions, the awards that Hollywood has won in the past will not matter at all, and the Venice Film Festival will maintain its own sexuality...

only……

These people unconsciously looked at where Ryan and Natalie were. No matter how they covered it up, it was impossible to hide some publicity, marketing and public relations from these industry insiders. After all, as long as you participate in the competition, you want to share To the cake, or light or dark outside the plate means essential.

Even if the art advertised by the film festival is used as a measure, "Black Swan" has enough qualifications to win.

When Hollywood's most famous Italian actress, Sophia Loren, took to the stage, many people had stopped muttering and speculating.

After listening to Sophia Roland's brief words, Ryan felt Natalie's slight nervousness. When he looked over, she gave him a smile...

"The winner of the Golden Lion Award for Best Picture is..." Sophia Roland said the answer without pausing, "Black Swan, Natalie Portman!"

"Congratulations, Nat."

Ryan sent congratulations for the first time. After Natalie stood up, she gave him a strong hug, and then hugged Gal Gadot on the other side to celebrate. Then she slightly rolled up her long dress that was mopping the floor and looked towards him. Go on stage.

The applause sounded like a tidal wave. No matter what kind of discussion there will be in the future, Natalie has become the biggest winner of this Venice Film Festival.

Besides, after the press conference later, Ryan will return to North America with Natalie. How do European filmmakers and European media comment? who cares about them.

"thanks!"

Taking over the golden lion, Natalie stood in front of the microphone, "It's an incredible journey, I'm surprised that I can get this award, thank you Mark Muller for showing up, and thank the jury."

"This is my first Golden Lion and my first heavyweight award as a director, it's an amazing experience, here I would like to thank Scarlett Johansson, Gail Gadot, etc. To everyone involved in the making of the film, to all the crew members, to Disney for their full support, and…”

She looked this way, "Thanks to Ryan Jenkins for the script."

Natalie held up the golden lion, "This award belongs to all of them, thank you!"

Before the film festival, it was as if European films were not entertained in North America. Not many European filmmakers were optimistic about Hollywood films. They always said sourly that Hollywood films were just vain names, and they were just chasing stars to be 'strong men', but the truth is However, it has proved one thing, Hollywood films, from quality to commercial operation to public relations marketing, can completely explode more than a dozen streets of European films.

Generally speaking, Hollywood movies have won two awards for best actor and best actress, and it is no longer possible to make a big difference, but like the Oscars, the quality of the film is only the basic condition to guarantee the award, and the rest are more from various aspects of the game and compromise.

For example, Ryan made a secret promise to the new picture that he would guarantee an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film if the quality of the film passed.

Any award is the result of a combination of many factors.

After the awards ceremony, Ryan and Natalie both attended a press conference, and he was also interviewed by reporters.

"Miss Portman would make a great director, she's smart, cool and talented."

When asked by reporters about her views on Natalie's directorship, Ryan did not hesitate to praise, "The most important thing is that no matter what kind of achievements she has achieved, she has always kept a clear head and knows what she wants. What is it, and what kind of effort must be put into it, the success of "Black Swan" is the result of her more than ten years of learning and accumulation."

If it weren't for the long-term accumulation of learning and practice, even with the script of "Black Swan", Natalie could not have made this film.

The Venice Film Festival came to an end. Gael Gadot wanted to go back to Israel with Natalie, but she politely refused. He and Ryan got on a private plane and returned to their home base, Hollywood.

"How would you like me to thank you?"

In the master bedroom of the cabin, Natalie straddled Ryan and pressed him down firmly, "A passionate kiss, or a fierce release?"

Without waiting for Ryan to answer, Natalie covered his mouth, her brown eyes narrowed into thin long lines, and she wiggled her waist and said, "I feel it, dear, don't move, just lie down Just enjoy it."

After she finished speaking, she reached down with her other hand under her body, rubbed her to find the exact position, and then lowered her waist.

Strictly speaking, the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival does not have too much weight in the mainstream Hollywood film circle, even the Palme d'Or in Cannes, but it is always a heavyweight award. After returning to Los Angeles, Ryan and Natalie still invited a lot of friends and partners to hold a celebratory party. (To be continued..)

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