Domination in America, Starting from being a Boxing Champion-Chapter 764 - 554 Golden Globes_2
"The Great Beauty" won the award for Best Foreign Language Film.
"Everything Lost" won the award for Best Original Score, while "Mandela" theme song "Ordinary Love" received Best Original Song.
Lionsgate Films garnered seven awards in total, including Best Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical, Best Actor/Actress in a Comedy/Musical, Best Actor in a Drama, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Screenplay.
Additionally, the television series "House of Cards" won Best Actor/Actress in a Drama.
After the award ceremony, the results of the Golden Globes were hotly discussed in the media primarily because Lionsgate Films won too many awards. Out of the total of 14 film awards at the Golden Globes, 15 if you include the lifetime achievement award, movies distributed by Lionsgate took half. Saying they monopolized the awards is no overstatement.
Many who are envious of Lionsgate Films' success began to stir trouble, claiming that Lionsgate's dominance of the Golden Globes is highly unfair and is a form of alternative film imperialism.
Some film critics even sarcastically suggested that, given their advantage in public relations with the Oscars, maybe after monopolizing the Golden Globes, Lionsgate might continue to monopolize the Oscars. In a few years' time, it might be more appropriate to rename the Golden Globes to Lionsgate Films - Golden Globe Awards and the Academy Awards to Lionsgate Films - Oscars.
In response to such views, Lionsgate Films wasn't willing to back down during their publicity.
Vice President Goldsmith of the publicity department, during an interview with CBS, stated that the main reason why Lionsgate's movies could win over the jurors of both the Golden Globes and the Oscars is that Lionsgate invests more money, effort, and time on the path of artistic pursuit of film. They strive for excellence, allowing non-blockbusters to emerge, never tolerating the release of poor quality films.
From the past three years' films, Lionsgate has done well in this respect.
It is Lionsgate Films' attitude towards valuing the development of art films that is the main reason why the films they distribute win so many awards.
Further, in an era of commercial film overabundance, many film companies, in an effort to pander to the market and chase high box office returns, will actively reduce the film production costs and decrease their quality. It's like gambling on films, hoping to make multiples of the box office returns with minimal investment. The idea is appealing but it lacks respect for the art of film and may ultimately lead to disappointing results.
If a movie is of low quality, it will naturally not gain the recognition of the juries of major film awards, and thus not win any awards.
In a nutshell, the numerous accolades received by Lionsgate Films movies are all due to the contrast provided by their peers.
Another factor is that Lionsgate Films chooses like-minded partners when distributing films.
For instance, Palm Beach Films, Annapurna Pictures, Archaia Entertainment, and Plan B Entertainment are all well-reputed independent film companies in the industry, dedicated to crafting high-quality films.
This year's winners, "Her" and "August: Osage County", were completed in collaboration with Palm Beach Films and Annapurna, while "The Wolf of Wall Street" was a collaboration with Archaia Entertainment and Martin Scorsese Studio.
Choosing the right partners is also key to the films distributed by Lionsgate receiving recognition from fans and film professionals after release.
When the CBS host brought up the issue of awards PR, rumors were mentioned of Lionsgate spending over 50 million US Dollars annually on awards campaigning.
Goldsmith claimed that PR for film awards is indispensable. It is similar to the Olympics where any athlete who believes in their ability can sign up. Once qualified for the Olympics, athletes obtain financial support from sponsors. If they demonstrate strength, they can win awards, and sponsors also reap significant benefits.
Investment in film PR has its parallels; the reason Lionsgate spends so much money each year on publicity, gaining favor from awards juries, is primarily because of the high quality of their films and the confidence in beating numerous nominees to win the awards. Such investments are worthwhile.
Therefore, the focus of film awards PR isn't how much money is spent but the quality of the film, how much support it receives from the juries, and whether it can be convincing and gain recognition from fans following the awards.
Looking at the recent awards received by Lionsgate Films, their accolades are well-deserved despite minor controversies, which is within the range of normalcy.
Goldsmith ended with a joke, saying that if film awards could be won on public relations alone, Lionsgate's boss Link wouldn't have been nominated three times for Best Actor and come away empty-handed three times. This clearly demonstrates that PR is necessary, but it's certainly not the main reason for winning awards or for an actor's success.
The CBS host immediately followed up, asking what the key to winning an award was. Is it acting skill? According to this logic, since Link had 3 nominations and 0 wins, does it imply that Link's acting is not up to par? freēwēbnovel.com
Goldsmith was momentarily taken aback and hurriedly explained that it's not just acting skill, but also the strength of other nominees, luck, overall movie quality and other factors that are important. Link was nominated for Best Actor with "Midnight in Paris," "Buried," and "Rust and Bone," which fully demonstrates his superb acting abilities, but he just lacked a bit of luck.
After this interview was broadcast on CBS's midday news, it sparked a lot of discussions, but what was talked about the most was Goldsmith's praise of Link's acting on the show, which was regarded as 'having a strong will to survive.'
In addition, news about Link's three nominations and zero wins for the Golden Globes Best Actor became a hot search topic immediately after the Golden Globes ceremony.
This news also significantly reduced the rumors on the Internet about Lionsgate Films excessively relying on PR for awards.
Because of Link's example, whenever someone says Lionsgate Films wins awards through PR, opponents can point to Link and say if one could really win the Golden Globes through PR, why hasn't Link won a single one in the five years since his debut.
Inspired by this news, Link's fans have been defending him on various platforms, arguing that if Link can conquer the Berlin Film Festival and Cannes Film Festival with his acting, why can he not win any awards in the United States.
The fans believe that the Golden Globes and Oscar jury are targeting Link because he is too outstanding.
If Link were just a plain actor instead of the owner of Lionsgate Films, a billionaire, a music superstar, a sports superstar, with his talent, he would have won the Best Actor award for "Midnight in Paris."
The fact that Link still hasn't won is very unfair to him.
The fans have left messages on the official websites of the Golden Globes and the Oscars, demanding fair treatment of Link and equal consideration.
This kind of fan circle behavior puts a lot of pressure on Link, who had to step forward and say that acting is a hobby, winning the Golden Globes and Oscars is a long-term goal, and winning too early would lack challenge, so he doesn't mind getting nominated for Best Actor a few more times.
Seeing his statement, the fans suddenly did a 180-degree turn in attitude.
Fans who initially left messages on the Golden Globes and Oscar websites began to delete their messages and strongly demanded the juries not to give the Best Actor award to Link.
The reason being that after Link has won enough music awards, he announced his withdrawal from music awards consideration and later declared he would not release new albums.
If the Best Actor award is given to him too early, he may decide to give up acting due to a lack of goals, which is not good news for the fans.
Thus, Link who tried to be smart ended up increasing the difficulty for himself to win the Best Actor Oscar.
Link doesn't mind this.
With his net worth growing to over a hundred billion, possessing countless honors, his attitude towards winning an Oscar is indeed quite casual; it doesn't really matter to him whether he wins or not.
What he cares more about is the process of making movies, and making money through films, increasing his own fame, which indirectly increases his boxing match appearance fees.
However, the reaction of the fans has led to some teasing from his acquaintances, calling him the actor who is the hardest in the world to win the Best Actor Oscar. Even the hard-luck case at the Oscars, Leonardo, wanted to bet with him at a card game, saying that he wouldn't expect to win this award within thirty years.
Link agreed to bet a million US dollars with him.
