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Roger's praise for "City of God" wasn't a surprise, but the choice to do so at a time when awards season is in full swing is intriguing. Not only Roger, but Lawrence Topman of "The New Yorker" also once again wrote a feature film review. The magazine generously gave Lawrence a full two pages of space to review the film "City of God". in-depth analysis and discussion.

Lawrence's admiration for "City of God" is also beyond doubt. He not only gave a 100-point evaluation, but also firmly believes that this work should win more respectful treatment. Not only because this work itself is so excellent, but also because this work tells a story that no one can ignore: around us, in our lives, there are a group of people who are keeping the suffering and torture of poverty.

"From conception to depth, from characters to ideas, 'City of God' meets all the requirements we need for a movie. In this regard, it is better than 'Gangs of New York' and reaches the height of 'Goodfellas'. Martin Scorsese is trailing rookie director Lancelot Strelo in this contest."

"Gangs of New York" was the hottest work of last year's awards season, and eventually won Oscar nominations for best picture, best director, etc., but film critics generally believed that this work did not reach Martin's average level.

The in-depth reviews of the two media, "Chicago Sun" and "New Yorker", once again brought "City of God" into people's sight. People suddenly recalled that in the first half of this year, there was a Portuguese-language work that was so popular that it almost took all the advantages, and even achieved good results in the box office.

In the next month, the box office of the second round of screenings of "City of God" rose slowly and steadily to about 10,000 US dollars. The box office performance once again raised eyebrows, and the discussion heat remained high. .

However, when Roger and Lawrence's comments were published, there were not a few days left in 2004, and this round of enthusiasm seemed to have not caught up with the last train of the Golden Globe nomination stage-December 10, 2003 On the 8th, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the nomination list for the 61st Golden Globe Awards.

Some people once called the Oscars, Grammys, Tony Awards and Emmys the four major art awards in the United States, and their status is unrivaled. However, the commercial achievements and influence of these four award ceremonies are not comparable to the Golden Globes . The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which consists of less than 100 people, has built the Golden Globes into the year-end party with the most gossip, the most controversial topics, the most guests, and the most attention in the United States during its 60-year development.

Perhaps the Oscars are the most authoritative, but the Golden Globes are less serious and more playful. More than one-third of Hollywood practitioners will join this grand event. This makes the Golden Globes not only as simple as an Oscar vane, but also the best place for transactions in the circle every year.

You can dislike the Golden Globes, but you can't ignore the Golden Globes. Even if it's jokes, jokes, or sarcasm, people's eyes still involuntarily gather towards the Golden Globes.

After a rather underwhelming 60th birthday in the gloom of war, this year's Golden Globes ushered in an explosive year. The war epic blockbuster "Cold Mountain" and the finale of the magical epic masterpiece "The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: The Return of the King" jointly ignited the topic and became the biggest winner in the nomination stage.

"Cold Mountain" is the target of the Weinstein brothers of Miramax Films this year. From the preparation stage to the screening stage, from the film festival journey to the award season debut, it can be described as the most anticipated, and it is known as this year's "The English Patient" finally lived up to expectations at the Golden Globe Awards, and won the Best Drama, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, and Best Screenplay Waiting for eight nominations, he is proud of the crowd and leads the nomination list.

Compared with "Cold Mountain", "The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: The Return of the King" is truly popular. The Middle-earth world opened up by the "Lord of the Rings" series has created a record in the history of movies in the past few years. There is a miracle that not only became one of the best-selling trilogy in film history, but also ignited the craziest fan frenzy since "Star Wars", and together with "Harry Potter" became the most sensational movie in the 21st century. s work.

The previous two works of "The Lord of the Rings" both won word of mouth and nominations, but they never really won awards. Now that the trilogy has reached its finale, the enthusiasm of fans cannot be underestimated. As the double champion of the North American and global box office at the end of 2003, whether this year's "Lord of the Rings Trilogy: The Return of the King" can replicate the miracle of "Titanic" has become the biggest attraction. All-American Topics.

On top of the Golden Globes, due to the lack of technical support, "The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: The Return of the King" ended up winning four nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Song and Best Drama. Movie Soundtrack.

In addition to these two blockbusters, the remaining three slots for best picture in the drama category are divided between "Rage to Sea", "Mystic River" and "Rising Age", which also won other awards With strong competitiveness, especially the strength of "Mysterious River" in the acting department is generally optimistic.

In the musical comedy department, the biggest bright spot is Keira Knightley. Although the strong rising British rose did not win any nominations, her performances in "True Love Actually" and "I Love Beckham" were even better. Both joined the competition for the best picture in the musical comedy category, and her role in "Pirates of the Caribbean" as a member of the Iron Triangle brought Johnny Depp a nomination for the best actor in the musical comedy category , the three works go hand in hand, even though she herself was not nominated, she still became the most shining actress of the new generation in 2003.

In addition, a movie called "Lost in Translation" quietly emerged, bringing the diorama film industry to everyone again.

Strictly speaking, "Lost in Translation" can't be regarded as a "quiet" rise. After the premiere of this work at the Telluride Film Festival, it received praise from the media; it later won rave reviews at the Venice Film Festival. , after winning the Human Rights Film Network Award and the New Best Actress Award, returned to North America with a powerful momentum and landed in the Toronto Film Festival; Identity—not the youngest daughter of the Coppola family—was in front of everyone, and the media did everything in their power to give the 33-year-old budding director all the praise he could.

At the same time, this independent art film with an investment of only 4 million US dollars has also captured the hearts of the audience after it landed in theaters in September. Before the end of 2003, the cumulative box office of "Lost in Translation" has slowed down. Slowly crossed the $30 million threshold. Although the box office explosiveness and endurance are not as good as "City of God", it is undoubtedly another independent film that has been well-received and sold well this year.

It can be said that "Lost in Translation" came all the way with praise, support, and amazement all the way. The media review with a score of 89 points easily surpassed "City of God". Nearly thirty years of strong contacts in Hollywood, all these make it the biggest dark horse after the opening of the awards season, and the huge momentum even faintly shows the gesture of challenging "Cold Mountain".

On top of this year's Golden Globe Awards, "Lost in Translation" dominated the musical comedy department, with the best film in musical comedy, best actor in musical comedy, best actress in musical comedy, best screenplay, best Director and other five nominations even surpassed the "Lord of the Rings Trilogy: The Return of the King" in number.

It is worth mentioning that Sophia won the best director nomination, with Peter-Jackson of "Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" and Anthony-Minghella of "Cold Mountain" , Peter-Weir (Peter-Weir) of "Raging Sea", and Clint-Eastwood (Clint-Eastwood) of "Mystic River".

It can be seen that except for Sofia's "Lost in Translation", the other four works are all nominated for the best film in the drama category. "Lost in Translation", as a tasteless musical comedy work at the Golden Globe Awards, has won a place, which is really commendable ; more importantly, Sophia is a female director, and a super young female director under the age of thirty-five, this achievement is even more rare.

At present, the opinions in the circle believe that Sophia is very likely to win the Oscar nomination for best director. Once she succeeds, she will become the third female director in film history to be nominated for an Oscar.

"Lost in Translation" can definitely be said to have infinite scenery since the start of the awards season, even compared with "Lord of the Rings" and "Cold Mountain".

Focus Pictures and Diorama Pictures, which stood behind "Lost in Translation", came out overnight. The long-standing Focus Pictures and Diorama Pictures, as a second-tier film production company that has risen strongly since entering the 21st century, has once again continued its upward momentum.

If you add "Elephant", which won the Palme d'Or and the Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival in May this year, this year's diorama film industry can be said to have ushered in its peak, even compared to many first-line film production companies See clumsy. At this time, people suddenly discovered that in the high-profile "Troy" production list, Diorama Pictures stood side by side with Warner Brothers and Plan B Pictures. All these signs indicate that Diorama Pictures is about to usher in a leap forward. time developed.

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Under the absolutely strong popularity and reputation of "Lost in Translation", the performance of "City of God" has been left far behind: this work, as a competition film selected by Brazil, has no suspense in the top five of the best foreign language films. Occupy a position among the strong seats!