Domination in America, Starting from being a Boxing Champion-Chapter 675 - 489: Best Actress

Jia Zhangke nodded and replied.

"How does he manage it? An Olympic champion, world boxing champion, pop music king, Berlin Film Emperor, billionaire, and besides, he's romantically involved with Heavenly Immortal. Living like him must be great."

Director Han Jie exclaimed.

Watching Link get into a luxury car, flanked by two bodyguards, a female assistant, and a stunning beauty, Stan Wang couldn't help but feel envious.

The 84th Oscars ceremony started at five in the afternoon, and Link entered with the cast of "Midnight in Paris," including director Woody Allen and Marion Cotillard, who had recently been working in the United States on post-production recordings for "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises."

After finishing "Batman," "Rust and Bone" was also set to begin filming. Link needed to free up time in March and April to go shoot in France, but while on the red carpet, he did not chat much with Marion, not because there was nothing to talk about, but because director Allen was rambling on by their side.

"Link, media recently reported that the Oscars Academy loves to worship British films, and many old fellows haven't shed their colonial shackles, worshiping the British royal family in their souls, hence liking all films related to British celebrities and despising all American films. Did Lionsgate release this news?"

Woody Allen asked.

"How could that be, Lionsgate has absolutely never made such comments through any media."

Link categorically stated.

The statement wasn't an evasion but a fact.

Originally, Lionsgate's press releases only mentioned that the Oscars Academy judges preferred British films, especially biopics, guaranteeing attention and a few Oscars each time such films premiered in the United States to encourage them.

Compared to that, not just the British and the French, but Italians also look down on American films, considering them not artistic enough and too commercial, a sentiment shared even by professionals in the United States.

This has led to American indigenous artistic films consistently underperforming against British entries.

They also provided some examples.

Lionsgate spoke factually, never stating that Oscars Academy judges liked to idolize the British, nor did they say the part that followed.

Saying such would undoubtedly infuriate the Oscars Academy and might have the opposite effect, something Lionsgate would naturally avoid.

As for why these opinions appeared in the media, they were conclusions drawn by netizens after research and analysis.

Although Hollywood blockbusters are virtually unbeatable worldwide, impacting nearly every national film industry, the United States still falls short in artistic films.

Currently, directors skilled in artistic filmmaking mostly come from abroad, including from Britain, France, Italy, with only a few like Clint Eastwood, the Coen brothers, Steven Soderbergh, Quentin Tarantino, David Fincher from the United States.

This leads to French filmmakers ridiculing American directors as uncultured, Italian directors mocking American directors for not understanding art, and the British thinking American films are overly commercial.

And this sentiment is largely shared among American filmmakers, who thus often emulate the European film style, learning from famous directors like Hitchcock.

But the truth is, in recent years, the quality of indigenous American artistic films has been improving, and the overall quality isn't inferior to similar foreign films.

Because of this, netizens have criticized the Oscars Academy for their unwillingness to recognize the value of American art films, continually underestimating American indigenous artistic films, which hinders the development of American cinema. They suggested that the Academy reforms by incorporating more young judges and not clinging too much to the past.

Due to the high profile of this news recently, mainstream media has also carried out reports, further amplifying its impact.

Link didn't know if these opinions were independently discussed by netizens or if someone took advantage and threw mud at Lionsgate.

But now even director Allen mistook it for a press release from Lionsgate.

Link found it difficult to explain.

"You'd better not do this as it will only anger the Oscars judges. Then you'll never win an Oscar, and Lionsgate's films will also be targeted, which would not be beneficial to you."