After reading the Golden Globe nominations, I was silent.
Congratulations to "Philharmonic City", which was previously well received in Venice and deserves these 7 nominations.
Congratulations also to "Moonlight Boy" not only as an independent film to get 6 nominations, but more importantly, it may change the pattern of the Oscars in recent years.
Congratulations to Hacksaw Ridge, seeing Mel Gibson's salted fish turn over and re-enter the public eye.
But why is there silence?
Not because "Captain Sully", which won both wins at the North American box office, was not a grain of success, nor because the literary and artistic science fiction film "Arrival" only received a few painless nominations.
Because Martin Scorsese's "Silence" was ignored by the jury.
Scorsese is not as deep as Eastwood in terms of seniority, and the media attention is not as deep as that of a rising star like Villeneuve.
Because there was no release of the film, we didn't even say that the quality of "Silence" must be worthy of nomination.
What is truly regrettable is that
Lao Ma's passionate creations were left out in the cold.
Why passion?
In addition to New York City, the old horse's favorite element is faith.
After the release of The Last Temptation of Christ in 1988, Scorsese's passion for making the film "Silence" was ignited, and he and screenwriter Jay Cox completed the first adaptation of "Silence" as early as the 90s. The director originally planned to start filming "Gangs of New York" after it, but then turned to making a remake of the Hong Kong film "Infernal Walker".
So the first wait is 28 years.
The devout old horse also brought this religious film to the Pope.
Although he no longer cares about outside comments, this time the old horse will still feel a little nervous.
After all, it was his passion for creation but not the only one.
For the sake of his beloved New York, Lao Ma spent 24 years writing a love letter.
The name of the love letter is "New York Gangsters."
The film had long been set up, originally scheduled to be filmed in 1980 or 1981, but due to the box office failure of "Heaven's Gate" in 1980, the producers began to have a lingering feeling about the historical theme of the work, so they shelved the filming plan of the film.
But at that time, the old horse also made a vow in his heart.
During this period, the script changed several times, and the selected actors were changed from Robert De Niro and William Dafoe to Daniel Day-Lewis and Lee Jr.
Lao Ma is obsessed with the restoration of old New York and the richness of the plot, and finally there are as many as 100 characters with lines in the film, and the background actors work a total of more than 22,000 hours. At the same time, he also built a new York city center in Rome, and his good friend George Lucas visited the Italian set and lamented to Scorsese, "The set can be generated by computer!" ”
Scorsese's passion for the film also drove the film's costs up, from $83 million to $97 million.
However, the return of full dedication is good, and after the release, the box office was double-received, and even received 10 Oscar nominations.
Unfortunately, this is the work before the old horse "Infernal Walker", so the 10 nominations have not been translated into awards.
Lao Ma at least tried his best, and some directors may not necessarily finish shooting even if they try hard.
This brings us to Terry Gilliam and his god Don Quixote.
In 2001, Gilliam began working with actors such as Johnny Depp, Vanessa Pradis and Jean Rochefort to direct Don Quixote.
But Rochester, who played Don Quixote, was injured and could not ride a horse, but "Don Quixote" could not be without horses
So the film was only started for a few days and was forced to stop, and it was more than ten years after a stop.
Embarrassingly, Gilliam's documentary "Help! Don Quixote has been released for more than a decade.
These on-set accidents Gilliam have long been commonplace:
"Fantastic Ideas" has a disagreement with the producers at the end and almost makes the film hit the street;
The Ultimate General is under-budgeted;
"Magic Fantasy Show" actor Heath Ledger died halfway through the shoot;
Terry Gilliam seems to have been born with some kind of aura,
He is not a mainstream Hollywood director, and the European critics have not rated him very highly, and the attribute of a moth that must be made in every movie has made him the most unlucky director.
But Gilliam doesn't give up, he's as tough as Don Quixote, so he's loved by fans around the world.
He said he would not give up on filming, the title was changed to "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote", and Depp may also make a cameo role in a new version to make up for the regrets of the year.
Also unpaid are Stanley Kubrick and Napoleon.
Kubrick is probably the most deserved film master in the world, his works are few but classic, and there are almost no repetitive genre films in the list, which makes the worship of him by his descendants even more mythical.
But even the god of cinema has unfinished passions.
"Napoleon" may also be a more regrettable work than "Artificial Intelligence",
Kubrick took on "2001: A Space Odyssey" to start the Napoleon project, and completed the first version of the script.
In order to restore history, Kubrick and his assistants did meticulous research and read more than 500 books of Napoleon' historical materials.
And Kubrick also has the temperament to shoot "Napoleon", and the experience of "Barry Linden" and "Spartacus" also meets the big scenes of this epic film that is destined to run through the rainbow. Kubrick vowed, "To make the best film about Napoleon." He even envisioned war scenes with 50,000 extras scheduled.
But the director still needs to bow to reality.
In order to complete such a huge production, a person's financial resources are unsustainable.
To raise money, Kubrick took over other films, and Kubrick died four days after the 70-year-old handed over the final cut of "Eye Opener" to Warner.
This "Napoleon" has also become an unattainable dream for fans.
But even if there are regrets, the big directors will continue to pursue their dreams, right?
So they succeeded.
Case 1: Time will eventually prove Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola, whose name is a literary young man, would not have directed the best-selling novel adaptation of The Godfather if it were not for money.
When filming "The Godfather 2", he made an easily overlooked "Dialogue" to know how determined Coppola's pursuit of film was.
He loves Apocalypse Now, but George Lucas has already won the filming rights and plans to make a documentary in Vietnam. Coppola retreated to the second place, even as an executive producer.
However, after the fall of Saigon in 1977, Lucas was already busy shooting his Star Wars film, so he gave the power to direct the film to the coveted Coppola.
It's a struggle to dream.
Coppola shot nearly 200 hours of film for the film. The original shooting was planned for six weeks, and the results lasted for 16 months. It took another three years to edit after the shooting, and Coppola, who experienced both physical and mental torture during filming, lost 100 pounds.
In May 1979, the film won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, becoming the first film in history to win the award but was not yet completed. Because the Cannes jury could not agree, they shared the best picture award with Schlöndorfer's "Tin Drum". However, with the passage of time, "Tin Drum" has lost the popularity of the time, and "Apocalypse Now" has endured for a long time.
Case 2: James Cameron, creator of Pandora's star
In 1977, James Cameron saw Star Wars and decided to become a director.
In 1998, when Titanic topped the Oscars, Cameron said he was the king of the world.
From the old driver to the old driver of the movie, he used it for 20 years.
Then he retreated from the rapids, delving into film technology, and only made a few deep-sea documentaries in 12 years.
In 2009, Cameron spent $280 million on Avatar to create a world of his own, and that's when people knew where movie technology had gone over the years.
After the global storm of 2.78 billion US dollars at the box office, Cameron once again chose to disappear, and audiences are also looking forward to the sequel to "Avatar".
Case 3: It is not too late for the leper to realize his dream for ten years
Quentin Tarantino is the best example of cinematic dreams, having been a movie enthusiast before he became famous.
Many of the later movie scenes were already brewing in his mind.
Quentin was extremely fond of B-movies in his early years (and has always been), and after watching "Blood Stained Snow Castle", he became interested in secret agent films and decided to make one in the future.
After many years, after successes and failures, Shameless Bastard was born.
Over the history, have fun, and shoot a lively anti-German drama.
This movie leper personally said that all the words said in the past were fulfilled.
He also said that he would only make ten films in his lifetime (not just Luc Besson), but we hope he doesn't make it in.
Case 4: Nolan uses willfulness to carry out passion
Christopher Nolan entered Hollywood's attention with the low-budget brain-burning work "Memory Fragments", and he and Bell resurrected the biggest IP of DC Comics.
The Dark Knight has brought the anti-hero momentum to unprecedented heights.
When the world is looking forward to nolan's batman third episode, but Nolan says no to the world.
With the third episode as a chip to get a budget of 160 million to shoot a "Inception" that he really wanted, the trailer came out and everyone was confused, what the hell?
Watching the whole film everyone is still confused,
Did the gyro stop?
Knowing that Nolan was mysterious, he still couldn't help himself from his work.
The film was a great success, and Nolan willfully proved himself.
So the later "Interstellar" and "Dunkirk" were also a matter of course.
Now Nolan only makes the movies he wants to make.
In this utilitarian society, dreams and passions have become luxuries.
Whether successful or not, we are thrilled by the persistence and passion of these directors.