'The Grandmaster' unexpected Oscar candidate
- By Zhang Rui
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E-mail China.org.cn, January 17, 2014
Renowned Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai's much applauded kung fu epic "The Grandmaster" is out of the Foreign Language Film Oscar race, but was unexpectedly nominated in two other categories on Thursday morning.
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A poster of film "The Grandmaster" [File photo] |
The Academy has selected a total of nine Best Picture nominees, including "Captain Phillips," "American Hustle," "Gravity," "Dallas Buyers Club," "Her," "Philomena," "Wolf of Wall Street," "Nebraska" and "12 Years a Slave," but oddly not "Inside Llewyn Davis," which many critics love so much.
"Gravity" and "American Hustle" led with 10 nominations each. The nominations for "Gravity" are more on the technical side such as Best Special Effects while the nominations for "American Hustle" are more on performances. "12 Years a Slave" followed closely with nine while the Leonardo DiCaprio-Martin Scorsese collaboration "Wolf of Wall Street" got five, including a long-awaited Best Actor nomination for DiCaprio.
Wong Kar-wai's "The Grandmaster," which was picked by many critics and magazines as one of the films of the year, didn't get a nomination in the Foreign Language Film category, however, it was nominated for cinematography and costume design.
According to the rules, Academy members from each of the branches vote to determine the nominees in their respective categories -- actors nominate actors, film editors nominate film editors, etc. In the Animated Feature Film and Foreign Language Film categories, nominees are selected through a vote by multi-branch screening committees. All voting members are eligible to select the Best Picture nominees.
"The Grandmaster" tells the story of Bruce Lee's teacher -- local Wing Chun master Ip Man's life, with the hidden rationale of reflecting the spirit of Kung Fu in reality, and the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong's history over the past decades. It stars Tony Leung, Zhang Ziyi and Chang Chen, who spent years learning Kung Fu in preparation for the shooting, in spite of their fame in the industry.
The 86th Academy Awards will take place late on Sunday, March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre at the Hollywood & Highland Center and televised live on the ABC television network. The Oscars, produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide. This year's ceremony is being hosted by comedian and director Ellen DeGeneres.
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