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826 Dance of the Blades

Lance is thinking that according to the historical process, the 78th Oscars became the biggest unjust case for the Academy Awards after the 21st century.

That year, the "Brokeback Mountain" that swept through the entire awards season and attracted a lot of attention in the world film industry, but because of the sensitive theme, many college judges even refused to watch this work and refused to review this work with a fair and objective perspective. This has become a joke. Just three years ago, the college judges presented the Best Director Award to Roman Polansky under the name of "art first", under the name of "art first", the Polish director who was still wanted by the United States for love/childhood/objectivity. However, now, these same group of judges avoided it like a snake or scorpion because of a homosexual film, and they didn't even have the courage to watch it.

In the end, the Oscar awarded the Best Picture Little Golden Man to "Crash".

Objectively speaking, "Crash" is indeed good, presenting the topic of racial discrimination in a very pleasing way, and truly showing the appearance of the melting pot of Los Angeles' culture. This work is indeed easy to win the favor of the judges of the college, especially in Los Angeles, the Oscar-based base. In addition, the work itself is quite good, and it is an unexpected and reasonable result.

But time always gives the correct answer, just as "Shapes' love history" cannot block the humanistic care of "Save Soldier Ryan", "Crash" is gradually obscured in the long river of history, but the artistic value of "Brokeback Mountain" has become more and more bright. In 2015, the industry's professional magazine "Hollywood Reporter" invited hundreds of college judges to vote on several of the most famous unjust cases in Oscar history, and "Brokeback Mountain" ranked first.

Maybe "Crash" is a masterpiece, but "Brokeback Mountain" is a classic.

At this moment, Lance sat in the Kodak Theater to watch the 78th Oscars on site, and even became one of them. This feeling is quite magical. Due to the appearance of Lance, the little butterfly, the pattern of the awards season inevitably shifted, which triggered the current strange situation. This made Lance unable to help but think, if the "crash" or the end, and compete with "Brokeback Mountain" to compete for the best film, what will be the result this time?

However, before Lance's thoughts turned around, Jessica's voice on the stage brought him back to reality, "The winner is Lancelot-Stralo, 'Fruit Hard Candy'." Did he win the prize? To be precise, he won the prize again? So what about the "crash", what about this?

The wheels of history seem to have been offset again.

Compared with Lance's surprise and doubt, the others around him seemed much calmer, and applause gathered one after another. Although they did not stand up, the thunderous applause still surged like storm. No one can deny that even under the powerful public relations situation of George Clooney, even under the joint surround of Warner Bros. and Sony Pictures, Lance still showed incredible tenacity, tearing through the blockade and fighting a bloody path. If the best supporting actor is the tragic victory of needles against Mai Mang, then the best original script is the fair and free power of the people-

In the confrontation between Lance and George, in the confrontation between Lance and Warner Bros. and Sony Pictures, in the confrontation between Lance and the Academy, the balance of public opinion quietly tilted. Perhaps it was because Lance, as an independent individual, confrontation with Wall Street, film companies, and interests, made the actors, directors and screenwriters empathize with them; perhaps it was because the moral kidnapping after the plagiarism that made everyone truly realize the uneasiness of conscience, or maybe it was because Lance's outstanding talent and won again and again, which made people yearn, longing, and admiration in their hearts... But no matter what the reason was driven, they voted in their hands and expressed their attitude in this way.

In this battle of huge differences in power, Lance stood on the stage.

Lance buttoned his suit buttons, and the rough but delicate material texture came from his fingertips. The rhythm of his heart beat violently then passed along the blood to his temples. The sense of reality came through his feet. Then Lance saw Jessica, the still beautiful Jessica Alba.

Jessica's smile was a little awkward. It was obvious that she still couldn't practice. Her stiff expression easily revealed her inner miscellaneousness. However, Lance seemed to have not noticed Jessica's tenseness, and stretched out her right hand with a smile, standing politely two steps away from Jessica.

It seemed like a different life. Looking at Lance in front of him, Jessica suddenly had the illusion that it seemed like a different life. Since the end of the "City of Sin" publicity period, they have never met again. She never expected that meeting again would be on the stage of the Oscars, an occasion where two people would never have any intersection. As the award presenter, she witnessed him create glory with her own eyes - after experiencing this turbulent awards season.

The disorder of breathing and the scorching skin made her a little embarrassed. She didn't know what she was thinking. To be more precise, her head was blank, not nervous, not expecting, not excited, not shy, not disgust, not hatred, not like, maybe all, maybe not, just all emotions were mixed in the tip of her tongue, making her at a loss.

The azure blue eyes flashed slightly, and Jessica shook her mind, and then she realized that she was actually holding the Little Golden Man and had not given it to Lance. Jessica handed the Little Golden Man to Lance in panic. Her fingertips touched the wide palm, which was a little cold and a little wet, but she seemed to be burned by the flames, quickly shrank back and raised her head, but she only saw Lance's side face. He did not pause at all. After taking the Little Golden Man, he politely moved away from half of his body and turned to face the audience.

Before Jessica had time to calm down her emotions, subconsciously squeezed a smile at Lance, then politely pushed to the side and moved away from her position. After standing again, Jessica looked at the dark audience under the stage, but her eyes saw the alienated and cold back, which was still a distance that could never be reached. Take a deep breath, then take a deep breath again, and her mood was still messy, but her beating heart gradually calmed down.

"Huh, this is a huge surprise. I almost swung my fist on Noah's face, so, sorry, man." A light joke started with a joke. Noah Baumbach, who was sitting under the stage, raised his hands high and responded with applause. The other audience members couldn't help laughing. "It's not easy to create this script. Although I really want to take all the credits, I still reluctantly admit it. Brian Nelson, thank you for writing the first version of the script. I regret that you were not able to arrive at the scene and receive the award with me. Don't worry, I will send you a check after I go back..."

Applause was thunderous, and even whistles and cheers joined in. This was not only because of Lance's humorous tone, but also because of the profound meaning contained in this sentence - it seems that everyone has forgotten "Good night, good luck", but in fact no one has ever forgotten it. The reason why there were so many surprises in the awards season was that the plagiarism door was an important turning point; the reason why "Fruit Hard Candy" was able to defeat "Crash" and win the Best Original Screenplay Award, "Good night, good luck" was a great contribution to the script that won the nomination, because "Good night, good luck" was artificially forgotten after encountering the plagiarism door, but no one should forget the talent Lance showed in this script and the harm caused to him.

At this time, Lance specifically mentioned in his speech about the award, Brian, the author of the first draft of the script "Fruit Hard Candy", which is obviously of far-reaching significance.

George Clooney, who was sitting under the stage, had a cold sweat behind him. He wanted to tear Lance's throat, gnaw Lance's bones, and drink Lance's blood. Lance had already stood on the podium and had won the showdown, but Lance was still unsatisfied and wanted to kill all the money, awakening people's memory of the plagiarism door and truly punching him into dust. George only felt a series of burning eyes constantly pulling his soul, tearing it into countless pieces. The pain that penetrated the bone marrow made the muscles tense to the extreme, and it began to tremble, but he had to grit his teeth and keep smiling.

The more such a moment, the more he must maintain a calm demeanor, just like dancing wildly at the tip of a knife.

"And Alan Paige, I haven't forgotten your contribution. Thank you for not giving up during the filming process, but put forward your own ideas to make the script more complete." Lance's smile was like a sharp dagger, stabbing George hard in the chest, one after another, "I still remember the first time I created the script, using my own hands to create a real world, and then create vivid characters, watching them gradually possess their own personality, become vivid, and experience the life I have experienced, the longing, the fear, the forgetful life I have. I am very lucky that all the stories I have created have met excellent directors and made..."

Before he could finish his speech, the applause and laughter broke out. The only director of the script Lance currently created was himself. By the way, everyone seemed to have forgotten "Good night, good luck" again. Lance himself couldn't help but smile, but continued to say, "It was made into a work that everyone likes. So, I think I will continue to create until I meet the 'Magnolia'."

After saying that, Lance nodded to everyone with a smile, pushed back, and politely sent an invitation to Jessica, and the two left the stage - exactly the same as when they received the Best Supporting Actor Award just now, gentlemanly and politely and calmly.

The audience was stunned for a moment before they realized what "Magnolia" meant. In the "Adapted Screen" genius script created by Charlie Kaufman based on Hollywood screenwriter, the male protagonist fell into a madness because he wanted to adapt a script about Magnolia, and gradually forced himself into a maze of the dead cycle.

Obviously, Lance is paying tribute to Charlie Kaufman.
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