[PS: I'm very sorry. There was a power outage at my house today. The electricity only came back at eight o 'clock in the evening. In the end, I only managed to write two chapters. I'll make up for it in the next two days. I'm very sorry!]
The Oscar organizing committee also wanted to save face. After the first invitation was rejected, they certainly could not invite the other party again. The Oscar organizing committee could not afford to lose face again.
Therefore, the audience witnessed the dimmest Oscar party since 1951. Almost one-third of the world's A-list stars did not attend.
On the other hand, only 13% of the top celebrities were present. This was because top celebrities were bound to film commercial blockbusters, and commercial blockbusters had a high chance of winning the Golden Dragon Award. In the face of tens of millions of dollars in prize money, top celebrities simply could not resist this temptation.
Even if these stars could refuse, the companies behind them and the crew behind them could not. In short, no one would say no to money.
However, the entire Oscar auditorium was still full of people. The Oscar organizing committee could not sit back and watch there be an empty seat in the auditorium.
Since these stars were unwilling to attend, the Oscar organizing committee had to be a little humble and invite some stars that they did not think highly of in the first place.
As for those second-tier or third-tier stars who did not think highly of them, of course, they would not miss the opportunity to appear on the Oscar stage. After all, they had no chance of winning the Golden Dragon Award.
All in all, the 1999 Oscar party and award ceremony were very lively. In order to show the liveliness, the organizing committee told those stars who refused to accept the award that they could have a better life if they did not attend. Therefore, the organizing committee raised the standards of the party, which was rare.
Even the final Oscar banquet was raised to 1000 USD per table. In terms of hardware, this was indeed the most expensive Oscar banquet in history.
However, some smart people still sensed a lot of danger. After all, no matter how good the hardware of the Oscar party was, it was not as important as the stars who attended the party.
Most importantly, when the Oscar awards were all given out this year, greater dissatisfaction and suspicion began to spread among the audience and professional filmmakers.
This was because the final result of this year's Oscar was unbelievable to many people. It was a little ridiculous.
Among them, the most prominent was "Saving Private Ryan" and the Academy Award for Best Picture. After all the movies were released in 1998, all the filmmakers knew very well that only two movies were qualified to compete for the Academy Award for Best Picture. One was "Life is Beautiful," and the other was "Saving Private Ryan."
Although from the perspective of later generations, one was a pitiful movie with Jewish investment, and the other was a great theme movie of the United States. If such a movie was placed in Hua Xia, it would be considered very awesome if it didn't give you a 7.0 Douban.
But in 1999, this was definitely the most admired film in all of Hollywood. At the same time, it was also the film with the highest artistic achievement. It was one of the only two contenders for the Best Picture Oscar.
However, when the 1999 Oscar nominations were announced, everyone was shocked. Because the film "Saving Private Ryan," which had received a lot of attention and was regarded as the uncrowned king, did not receive a single nomination.
Even the biggest flop of that year, "Titanic", although it only won one award in the end, it was still nominated for more than a dozen film awards.
But this time, "Saving Private Ryan" did not receive a single nomination.
In fact, not only "Saving Private Ryan," but also "The Truman Show," "The Ultimate Disaster," "The Prime," "The Clash of Heaven and Earth," and "Godzilla" were all quite popular movies.
These movies did not receive a single Oscar nomination. Therefore, when the nominees were announced, the industry was shocked.
Of course, later on, they all found out that the reason why these movies were not even eligible for a nomination was that the main actors of these movies had all attended the awards ceremony of the Imperial Capital International Film Festival.
Therefore, it seemed very reasonable that the Academy Awards directly erased the nominations. After all, they were competitors.
But this still made many filmmakers curse in their hearts.
Because the Imperial Capital International Film Festival, as a competitor, although they also directly regarded the Oscars as competitors, they were very generous. Even if they did not attend the ceremony, whether it was the nominations or the final awards, they were strictly based on the results of the audience's voting. There was no intention of not giving an award just because you attended the Oscars.
Of course, although the prize money would not be given to them, the prize money did not represent honor. The real honor, the Golden Dragon Award trophy, was always given to the real winners.
From this point of view, the Imperial Capital International Film Festival surpassed the Oscars in terms of generosity and fairness.
Regarding this, the Oscar organizing committee was actually very regretful because they were not as generous as the Daqian, who could take out a huge sum of money and then give the trophy and the prize money separately. This way, not only ensured fairness, but also made it impossible for the winners to refuse.
However, the Oscars only had one trophy, and the prize money had never been given. Moreover, even if the Oscar organizing committee wanted to give out a prize money, it would at most be a few hundred thousand US dollars. Compared to the Daqian's prize money of at least ten million US dollars, it was simply a complete joke.
If they gave out a prize money, they would be ridiculed by everyone, so they might as well not give it out. But in this way, they would lose both fairness and the threat to the stars.
If it was understandable that all the movies that participated in the Imperial Capital International Film Festival were banned, then the appearance of "The Love Story of the Sand Emperor" was unacceptable.
After 'Saving Private Ryan' was banned from the Oscars, in everyone's mind, 'Life is Beautiful' was the only film that could win the Best Picture award.
Even if "Life is Beautiful" unexpectedly failed, excellent movies like "The Thin Red Line", "The Truman Show", and "Elizabeth" should win.
But in the end, "The Love Story of the Sand Emperor" won the Best Picture award.
Although this movie was not too bad, at least it was much better than "Small Times" or "The Traces of the Sand Emperor", it was only better than those movies. At most, it was an above average film, and could not be compared with other competitors at all.
But it was such a film that won the Best Picture award in the end. Moreover, this film was nominated for 13 awards and won 9 awards in the end, becoming the undisputed winner of the 1999 Oscars.
But after such a big winner was announced, it brought endless mockery to the Oscars.
"Back then, 'Titanic' was nominated for 16 awards but did not win a single award. Today, 'The Love Story of the Sand Emperor' won 9 awards. This fully proves that 'The Love Story of the Sand Emperor' is far better than 'Titanic'."
"If Mr. Shakespeare knew in the afterlife that a made-up movie that arranged all kinds of lovers for him won the Best Picture Oscar, he would be very happy!"
"The result made me feel extremely disgusted. I swear that I will never pay attention to any news related to the Oscars again!"
"At first, I sympathized with the Oscars for being tortured by a rich man. But now, I only feel that the Oscars are disgusting. When they are being treated unfairly, they should announce a fairer result. That is what the Oscars should do, instead of treating us like fools! "
Such comments were fermenting in all the media. In an instant, the Oscars' reputation began to stink.
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