The 44th Annual Golden Horse Awards (basically the Chinese language Oscars) were handed out this weekend and Ang Lee's
Lust Caution took home the top prize (and six others). I love seeing Ang Lee smiling with golden loot, don't you? Here's two clips from the ceremony --
thanks Tony! To your left is the Best Picture win presented by
Joan Chen (one of
Lust, Caution's stars but most famous stateside for
Twin Peaks) and director Lee Shing. To your right Ang Lee winning best director, presented by the über lovely
Shu Qi (how great is her dress? also:
previous post) and
Aaron Kwok.
Scientists everywhere may want to start studying Ang Lee's DNA. Gold statues are magnetized to him. Could be a windfall, I'm just saying...
Focus Features Lust, Caution team. Tony Leung Chiu Wai is absent *sniffle*
but you'll notice that Alexandre Desplat (second from right) picked up a
trophy for his gorgeous original score --his is the Oscar nomination
most likely to happen from that film I think.
I love that even in a foreign language you can't understand you can tell that the stars still have to go through dismal scripted "banter" before each prize. Taipei has its own Bruce Vilanch I'm sure. Banter, the curse of awards shows. In best actress news, Tang Wei's smashing debut in
Lust, Caution lost out to Joan Chen's star turn in
Home Song Stories which is, incidentally,
Australia's submission to the Oscar Foreign Film race this year.
Update:
Twitch Film has a complete list of winners
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Focus Features Lust, Caution team. Tony Leung Chiu Wai is absent *sniffle*
