Cover news reporter Yang Fan
On December 21, according to foreign media reports, the 2020 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards were awarded. On the same day, best actor was awarded to the late black actor Chadwick Bosman for his outstanding performance in the film "Queen of the Blues"; best actress was awarded to Carey Mulligan of "A Promising Young Woman". Zhao Ting won the Best Director Award for "The Land of No One", and in addition to her, there is a chinese who won the Grand Prize at the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, which is the Taiwanese director Hou Xiaoxian, who won the Lifetime Achievement Award.
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards began in 1975, together with the New York Film Critics Association Awards and the Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, which are called the three major film critic awards in the United States. The Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, the Oldest Of the Five Film Critics Association awards in the United States, have historically been regarded as one of the most important bellwethers of the Oscars, and last year it awarded Best Picture and Best Director to "Parasite," a South Korean film that won both at this year's Oscars.
The Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2018 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards was given to Japanese animation maestro Hayao Miyazaki, which was awarded to Hollywood gold-medal screenwriter Elaine May last year, so the weight of Hou Hyo-hyun's award this year is evident.
One of the characteristics of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards is that they are not afraid of those box office blockbusters, but especially favor high-cost films with high artistry. Hou Xiaoxian is the premier "literary and art film giant" in East Asia, and it is also expected that he can win this award this year. In fact, as early as 4 months ago, the 73-year-old Hou Xiaoxian won the "Lifetime Achievement Award" of the 57th Golden Horse Awards, and the commendation words were: "His outstanding achievements in film aesthetics and his painstaking efforts to inherit the film".
Hou Xiaoxian stepped into the film industry in 1973, accumulating experience from field notes, screenwriters and assistant directors, and after directing his first film "She Is Slippery" in 1980, he became the "darling" of major international film festivals. 31 years ago, Hou Xiaoxian's "City of Sorrows" not only won him the Best Director at the 26th Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan, but also won the Golden Lion Award at the 46th Venice International Film Festival. This is the first time in the history of Taiwanese cinema that it has won an award at three major European film festivals.
In 1993, Hou Xiaoxian's "Dream Life" won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2015, he won the Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival for "The Assassin Nie Cainniang". Hou Xiaoxian will not repeat himself, this is his first time to shoot a martial arts film, nearly ten years of preparation, filmed for five years, spent 90 million, but the reputation is mixed. The film brought him international awards, and many people said: I was dizzy to watch. Because every time he shoots a film, he challenges himself, and he is looking for a breakthrough, not the recognition of the audience. Hou Xiaoxian said: "If you have an audience in your heart, you can't make a good film." ”
In fact, Hou Xiaoxian won the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Lifetime Achievement Award at the end of the year, as early as May this year. At that time, the New York Times had a special article on Hou Xiaoxian's life of light and shadow, and the title also called him "the greatest filmmaker in Taiwan". In addition to the impact on film aesthetics, it is obvious to all that Hou Xiaoxian has spared no effort to improve the quality of film production in Taiwan and cultivate new talents.
Director Hou Xiaoxian has a good reputation in the industry evaluation, his film aesthetic style is to radiate a large number of well-known directors, such as Jia Zhangke, Kore-eda, Wong Kar-wai, Zhang Yimou and other excellent film directors The core of film art is to care for the world, which is the big pattern and intention that many directors should pursue when shooting, Hou Xiaoxian combines China's excellent traditional culture, gives the film a sense of historical heaviness and precipitation, giving people a sense of moderation, restraint and rationality, so that the audience and the director reach a tacit consensus that is self-evident.
In addition, Hou Xiaoxian is also good at taking the civilian theme as the story structure, with the help of delicate narrative techniques to penetrate the hearts of the people, the film art originates from the people's life, so many of Hou Xiaoxian's works focus on the shaping of local culture, insisting on recording characters and stories from the perspective of civilians. In recent years, this kind of silent humanistic care has also become more and more recognized and respected by mainstream Western culture, such as this year's awards season's hit "No Place" is a literary and artistic film that focuses on the life of the people at the bottom.
Hou Xiaoxian's influence on the world film industry is gradually deepening, and it is foreseeable that the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards is not his last "Lifetime Achievement Award".
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