On March 1, this year's Oscar for Best Picture" "Green Book" was released in Chinese mainland, which is based on true events.
It tells the story of an elegant black musician, and a vulgar white driver, who forges a sincere friendship.
Among them, the Green Paper refers to the fact that in the era of apartheid, this green-skinned pamphlet recorded all the hostels and hotels that "could accommodate blacks".
The film grossed 116 million yuan in the first weekend of the mainland, far exceeding the total box office performance of 105 million yuan for last year's Oscar for best picture "The Shape of Water".
The emotions of this film are simple and moving, the story is smooth and natural, and the connotation is profound and rich. People who have seen it have given it a high evaluation.
The performance of the black musicians in "Green Book" is even more surprising.
A gentleman and calm on the outside, full of enthusiasm and humanistic care on the inside. The black figure whose door of the heart slowly opens during the journey jumps above the screen.
▲ This scene definitely makes many people's eyes sour
The black actor also appears in another movie that is now released, that is, Victor in Alita: Battle Angel.
Victor is very cowardly and greedy on the one hand, and on the other hand, after the big boss Nova is on the body, he looks calm and calm but his eyes are light.
The black actor switched freely between one of the two forms of the Community and had to admire his acting prowess.
▲ Victor, who is on the upper body of Nova, has a temperament that is not angry
At the same time, there were two main characters in the field of vision of mainland audiences, and there were only a few such black actors.
The most popular black actor recently is Mahsalla Ali
He won this year's Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a musician in "Green Book."
▲ Ali won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor this year
Although it is a supporting actor, there are basically as many black and white scenes in this movie, and becoming a supporting actor is only a public relations strategy of the film's competition.
Ali actually won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for the second time, the last time playing a drug dealer in "Moonlight Boy".
An outgoing and cheerful drug dealer and a lonely musician, Ali has the ability to play these two characters with completely different personalities to perfection.
▲ Ali's most moving scene in "Moonlight Boy"
Winning two Oscars in three years is a rare achievement in history, let alone a black actor.
Ali don't look like a fledgling, just entered the public eye. But in fact, he was born in 74 years, and he is 45 years old this year.
His previous acting path was full of setbacks, and Ali can be said to be really late.
▲ Recently, the popular American drama "True Detective" also has Ali's superb performance
"I've had the spirit of an artist since I was a child, but I also have the spirit of an athlete."
Mahershala Ali, who is 187 centimeters tall and has a strong body, Ali was fascinated by sports as a child and played basketball for school for four years in high school.
Although the results are difficult to match the NBA, it is not difficult to become a professional basketball player. He also wanted to be a basketball player at one point.
But the death of Ali's father changed him. During college, Ali experienced acting at university theater events and then went to New York University to study for a master's degree in acting.
▲ Ali in the basketball team
Ali graduated, although he soon had roles to perform. But all of them are supporting characters.
It was not until 2014 that Ali starred in the first season of "True Detective". Ali has come a long way to fame.
It wasn't until he met Moonlight Boy that ali's accumulated energy really began to explode.
▲ Ali in "The Hunger Games" can only stand on the side
Ali admitted, "The film 'Moonlight Boy' resonates with me more than any work."
Ali, an African Muslim, described in Moonlight Boy, is no stranger to such exclusions and discrimination because of his homosexual or colored status.
Because he was a Muslim, he was placed on the FBI watch list after 9/11 and was stopped on the street by police who thought he was pimps.
"That's still in Berkeley, the freest and most egalitarian city in the United States!" I'm still a TV actor! Think about what it would be like if you were just a nearby resident on the way to a convenience store. ”
▲ Ali's family, his wife is his college classmate
If Ali's award in "Moonlight Boy" has elements of skin color and luck. That "Green Book" Ali's performance really made everyone convinced.
Forty-five-year-old Mahershala Ali began to really reap the fruits of his youth struggles and accumulations.
Hopefully, we'll see more good actors on the screen.