9 1 Oscar: between mainstream and non-mainstream

Green Book: Friendship Stories Across Race and Class

The title of the movie Green Book was inspired by a black guide. This book was published in the 1960s, when racial discrimination was very serious in southern American cities. This book shows the hotels and restaurants where blacks are allowed to enter. The two protagonists in the film also started their journey along the route marked by the Green Paper.

Adapted from a true story, the film tells the story of Italian-American bodyguard Tony being hired as the driver of the world's best jazz pianist Black Don. The pianist will begin a concert tour in new york. During the tour, the two will begin a friendship story that spans race and class.

In terms of subject matter, warm comedies featuring blacks and reflecting racial issues are a magic weapon of Hollywood comedies in recent years, and they are almost evergreen trees in the annual Oscar season. From "Help" to "Hidden Man", and then to this year's "Sorry to disturb" and "Black Party", it can be described as a double harvest of box office and awards. In Green Book, the screenwriter injected new vitality into the comedy of this theme in the form of road films. Compared with some movies with similar themes, Green Book discussed a broader theme, about prejudice, which is "stereotype". This film is not only about the prejudice of whites against blacks, but also about the prejudice of blacks against whites. The differences between the two characters in skin color, social class, education level, sexual orientation and personality gradually disappeared due to friction in the tortuous journey.

Film performance is also a highlight. Mahershala Ali, the best supporting actor, has a dual identity as a black man and a musician in the film. He is not only under external social pressure, but also incompatible with race, and often struggles with his own personality. Ali well interprets the characters in the film, and the supporting actor award is well deserved. This is the second time that Ali won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. Last time, his wonderful performance in Moonlight won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. In order to play this role well, Ali began to discuss the script with Vigo nine months before starting his business. He has a piano foundation and concentrated on practicing piano three months in advance. He personally completed many piano solos in the film.

Rome: Memory through Time and Space

The Mexican film Rome won three Oscars for best foreign language film, best director and best editing. This is the second time that Alfonso Cuarón has been nominated for the best director of the 20 19 Oscar after winning the Oscar for the best director of Gravity.

The story of Rome takes place in a middle-class family named "Rome" community in Mexico City, the director's hometown. Cleo, a young maid, works in the home of her employer Sophia. Sophie's husband is away for a long time, and Cleo takes care of Sophie's four children. In an accident, Cleo lost his child, and Sophia's husband left home because of an affair. The two women supported each other in difficulties and went on living. At the same time, the film also depicts the relationship between white people and indigenous servants in the white community of Mexico.

As a black-and-white movie, the style of Rome is somewhat non-mainstream in the current movies. In fact, this is a film made by a Mexican director based on childhood memories. In order to restore the sense of the times, Alfonso Cuarón rebuilt a block. Most of the scenes in the film originated from his own memories, and quite a lot of furniture was collected by himself through Mexico. Carefully constructed scenes and exquisite lens scheduling make the whole movie full of delicate nostalgia.

The film's photography skills are outstanding, and there are many long lens fragments, most of which are fixed in one place, so that the lens can rotate left and right with the pace of the protagonist. On the surface, it is very common, but with the role scheduling, it will have a very wonderful effect. For example, in the beginning, Cleo shuttled back and forth between the yard and the house to do housework, and the camera was only fixed at one point, so she could be seen shuttling back and forth between the two scenes. At the same time, through the windows and doors, we can see her doing things in the house in the yard, and we can also see her walking across the yard when she is in the house. The square frame creates another screen in the screen. This is a very advanced and simple expression.

Director Alfonso Cuarón said, "This film describes my life history. Unforgettable society and time, like scars, have changed everyone's life. Time and space contain us as individuals, which not only defines us, but also connects us with other people in the same time and space. This is an exploration of Mexican social class, and class and race issues are intertwined; But first, this is a portrait of a woman who raised me and had a close relationship with me. It is about the identification of love, spanning time, space and memory. "

Baby baby: Love flows in food and family.

Baby, written and directed by Shi Zhiyu, won the best animated short film award. This short film, produced by Pixar Animation Studio, tells the story of a Chinese Canadian woman and a "little steamed stuffed bun" magically "coming back to life". Director Shi Zhiyu explained that the baby's English name Bao Bao not only refers to the "steamed stuffed bun" of Chinese cuisine, but also refers to the "treasure" (child) in parents' hearts. This film tells the story of an old mother in China who lives in an empty nest. When one of her steamed buns came back to life, she became a mother again.

This short film is set in Toronto Chinatown. Together with artistic director Liu Biqing, Shi Zhiyu has collected art in Chinatown for many times. From the signs of Toronto National TV Tower and Chinatown vegetable market in the background, to the calendar of the god of wealth on the wall of snack bar, the soy sauce and Chili sauce in the kitchen at home, the dishes and dishes' patterns are all obtained through observation, and the details are very realistic.

The short film of nearly 8 minutes, without dialogue, promotes the development of the story through Chinese music, either soothing, restless or brisk. Immigrant mothers see that the steamed stuffed bun they wrapped first looks like it, and then grows hands and feet; My mother's attitude changed from fear to surprise, temptation and joy ... finally, I held this little steamed stuffed bun and was infinitely satisfied. In just a few pictures, the image of a woman who is looking forward to becoming a mother is vividly portrayed. Food, affection and love, three universal languages, are linked by director Shi Zhiyu with stories full of China elements, vividly reappearing the bitterness and joy of parent-child relationship.

This animated short film is also a story about love and growth, affection and understanding, tolerance and letting go. It is an interpretation of how immigrant families in China view and accept their children's growth in a foreign land, and the cultural integration between the two generations under the cultural background of China. The story between mom and Bao seems to really exist in the real life of every family in China.

Director Shi Zhiyu was born in Chongqing, China, and immigrated to Toronto with his parents when he was young. Baobao's inspiration comes from her personal growth experience and love of food. Shi Zhiyu said: "Many people in China are not used to expressing their love with words, but with actions. So I hope this is a' visual' story, and the characters express their emotions through expressions and actions. "