"The story is very simple. George Valentine was a superstar in the silent film era. His fame was unmatched and he was a guarantee of box office. However, the advent of the talkie era shattered all this. He insisted on the art of silent films and refused to

After making his own voice, he fell from the throne without any accident and became impoverished and his glory was no longer there.

He struggled hard, was full of confusion, and even wanted to commit suicide by swallowing a gun at one point. But the girl he once helped, Pepi Mi, who idolized him and became famous for being the first to speak her voice in a talkie film,

Le, tried every means for him, finally pulled him out of the haze and re-established his career.

It sounds like this is a very clichéd inspirational story, and in fact it seems to be, but Michael Hazanavicius, Sean Down, and Naomi Watts gave this clichéd movie a

A different sense of freshness.

Speaking of silent films, what everyone thinks of most are Chaplin's films. This great actor created an era. However, in the 1920s, the prosperity of silent films was not much different from today. At that time, soundtracks still needed

In the era of live performance, actors use their body language to show exciting, touching and sad pictures on the screen.

Sean Tang and Naomi Watts successfully reproduced this scene on the screen. This movie does not have rich colors or gorgeous techniques, but it has a nostalgic atmosphere and uses superb acting skills to bring back the starting point of Hollywood.

before people. "The Artist" and "Avatar" are two completely opposite extremes. The latter fully demonstrates the ultimate in modern film industry technology, while the former shows the beginning of everything. Based on this, I will give at least one

Thumbs up.”

——Roger Ebert

Ebert's film reviews came out as early as after the preview of "The Artist" and gave quite good reviews. So after it was officially released, Weinstein used it again to hype it up. After all, Ebert is the only one who has won a film review.

Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic.

Even though he has undergone surgery due to illness and can no longer speak, he is still writing and writing film reviews.

Basically, as long as they are film critics, their reviews of "The Artist" are good, especially those older film critics, who think that the film is full of beauty and full of poetry, just like "Le Figaro" said.

The older people get, the easier it is to feel nostalgic, especially those in their 70s and 80s who have not really experienced the baptism of silent films. By the time they reach the age where they can understand movies, talkies have become very popular, and silent films are usually familiar with them.

Several masters, including Chaplin, are somewhat curious about silent films.

And after being baptized by various blockbusters, such a retro movie suddenly appeared, just like a big fish and a big meat suddenly turned into a dish of small green vegetables, it is extremely refreshing.

Coupled with Sean's original targeted actions, he even insisted on making some adjustments to the script, reducing the love interaction between the male and female protagonists, making their relationship blurry and ambiguous, and highlighting the male protagonist's love for the movie.

Love - For example, after the heroine hears about the hero, she comes to the hero's house in the rainy night and wants to tell him that your movie is still wonderful. The focus here is on movies and art.

"That's a great movie, that's art, you shouldn't give up." The old subtitles read this.

Similarly, when the male protagonist drunkenly set fire to the film and wanted to burn the film, he suddenly came to his senses and hugged the copies and cried loudly. In these scenes, Sean and Naomi both performed extremely well.

Coupled with the excellent soundtrack, it impressed many critics with serious nostalgia complex.

"This is a work that pays homage to the Eighth Art."

"Sean Down brings Clark Gable to life on the big screen again."

"Although this is a silent film, it has more passion and energy than most movies."

Such comments abound, and even if there is some noise, they are quickly clicked.

Of course, there are gains and losses. Although the reputation is very good, don't count on the box office. The audience is not a critic. Even if someone wants to try some green vegetables, there won't be too much. After all, most people prefer big fish and big meat.

After all, it is commercial films that make big money, and this is no longer the era of silent films.

But that's okay. Sean didn't expect this movie to make money from the beginning. Everyone knew what the purpose of this movie was.

And "The Artist" did not live up to Sean's expectations. Although it only won the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor in the major Film Critics Association Awards, it won it again after entering 10 years.

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor!

"Thank you, thank you to the Journalists Association. I don't know what to say anymore. I really didn't expect to get another one in such a short time." Holding the Golden Globe trophy, Sean stood on the stage.

He said this, "Thank you to the crew of "Sherlock Holmes", Guy and Jude..."

He was right, because what he got was not Best Actor in a Drama Series, but Best Actor in a Musical/Comedy, which was nominated for "Sherlock Holmes".

At this year's Golden Globe Awards, Sean was nominated for two acting awards, one for Best Actor in a Drama Series and one for Best Actor in a Musical/Comedy. Although "Sherlock Holmes" is not entirely a comedy, I have to say that

That’s ok too.

Of course, this was Weinstein’s suggestion. One submitted for Best Actor in a Drama Series and the other submitted for Best Actor in a Musical/Comedy, trying to be nominated at the same time. Anyway, no one has done this at the Golden Globe Awards. And once they are reached,

This goal, with a little effort, should be achieved by all means - of course, it would be better if they can be achieved together, but unfortunately it is basically just a dream.

Now it is proven that he is right, but the award is wrong. Sean would rather be the second best actor in a drama, but it has only been a year since he last won this. The Journalists Association is also shameless, not to mention, if

Unless "The Artist" is well-received, he may not be able to win the Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy.

"This is actually better. It not only lets people know that the Journalists Association values ​​you, but also puts a certain amount of pressure on the film academy without making you too pushy." Weinstein said at the celebration party afterwards.

"Okay, just say so," Sean could only shrug, "I'll leave it all to you. I'll do whatever you want me to do."

"It sounds like I'm unemployed." Frederick immediately interjected.

"It sounds like you've never been unemployed before," Sean shot back immediately, and everyone laughed.

The party was held at Sean's mansion in Beverly Hills, so several of his closest friends were here, but some people didn't come for some reason. At this time, he could only call to say hello.

.

"Yes, I know, I understand... No problem, I'll listen to you... Okay, let the little guy answer the phone." Standing in a deserted corner, Sean made a phone call with a smile on his face.

"Dad!" Su Rui's milky voice came quickly.

"Hey, sweetheart, just hearing your voice makes me happy." Sean's smile grew wider.

"Mom said, you won a prize tonight, I want... I want... I want..." My daughter kept saying "I want" for a long time without saying "I want", and Sean could almost outline it in his head.

Show her pouting her little mouth.

But Suri finally said "I want": "I want to congratulate you!"

"Thank you, dear, I'm very happy to hear your blessing." Sean laughed.

"Then...will you come over to play with me tomorrow?" the little guy asked immediately.

"Of course, honey, we agreed to go to Disneyland together. Dad is not a man who keeps his word." Sean said immediately.

"Okay, okay!" My daughter cheered immediately.

After saying a few more words, Sean hung up the phone, breathed a sigh of relief, paused for a few minutes, and then made another call, this time to Naomi and Alexander.

The reason why they didn't attend his celebration party was naturally because they didn't want to meet each other. Although they had met before, they were very cold to each other - Katie was the most obvious - and barely spoke. What's worse, they were in

If two little guys are there at the same time, even if they are very affectionate to each other, they will become awkward.

In this case, we can only try to reduce the number of meetings between Naomi and Katie, so they basically do not come to celebration parties like this.

But, then again, even if this problem does not exist, Zoe, Emily, Camilla, and Haydn will not come to participate. Camilla and Haydn will not talk about it. They have never been with his other women.

meet, because in this way he only belongs to them. Sean has never commented on such naive or twisted thoughts.

As for Zoe, well, she can always go her own way and send Sean away with the words "I don't want to participate", even though she is still his wife and a legal wife.

Maybe I should think of a way, such as making her belly bigger. Evil thoughts came to Sean's mind, but he quickly shook his head because he thought of Kate's three things that did not belong to him but were indeed him.

's children.

After making the agreement, Sean did not inquire any more, and Kate would send a few photos of her children from time to time, not directly to him, but on Twitter. For this reason, Kate had to break the

The previous low-key style.

"It's really annoying." When he came to the yard and breathed in the cold air, Sean looked at the sky and murmured. It's a pity that he couldn't see the stars because of the light pollution, otherwise it would have been wonderful.

He has been in the entertainment industry for more than ten years, and he is about to turn thirty in this life, and may even reach the peak of his life soon. He can tell himself loudly that no matter what happens in this life, he has done what he wanted to do, but

……Then what?

This question only lasted for a few seconds, and Sean laughed. He hasn't reached the top yet, so why do he want to do so much? Moreover, even if he does reach the top, there are still higher ones that no one can do before.

Climbing to the top, isn't it?

Then, before he could breathe a sigh of relief, trouble came to his door.
Chapter completed!