六年前，时髦的电影工作室A24凭借《月光男孩》获得奥斯卡最佳影片，在2023年的奥斯卡颁奖典礼上，他们再次大获成功。
Six years after nabbing the best picture Oscar for "Moonlight," the hip, art-house studio A24 succeeded at Sunday night’s Academy Awards.
在奥斯卡95年的历史中，A24是首个同时获得六个最高奖项的电影工作室，囊括了四大演技奖（最佳男演员、女演员、男配角、女配角）、最佳导演、最佳影片。提名18项，获奖9项，《瞬息全宇宙》斩获包括最佳影片在内的7项大奖。
The studio became the first in the 95-year history of the Oscars to capture the top six awards at once: the four acting categories, director and picture. It won nine trophies in all — out of 18 nominations — with seven, including best picture, going to "Everything Everywhere All at Once."
杨紫琼成为首位亚裔奥斯卡影后
图源：The New York Times
电影行业正陷入一片混乱之际，A24的成功之夜尤其熠熠生辉。在疫情期间，专门放映小成本独立电影或文艺片的电影院大量关闭，这种电影的观众也正在减少。导演们更愿意转向提供更多的资金、带来更少的压力的流媒体服务。同时，大型电影公司变得更加注重商业利益，不愿意冒险投资新主题和新题材的电影，只是一直在制作那些被证明可以迎合主流大众口味、票房较稳定的续集和超级英雄类电影，以避免商业上的损失。
Making A24’s glittering night all the more notable is that it comes as the movie business is in disarray. Art-house theaters shut down at a rapid clip during the pandemic and the audience for adult-minded films is shrinking. Auteurs are increasingly turning to streaming services that offer more money and less stress. And the big studios are becoming even more risk-averse in what they are willing to put in theaters, churning out a steady stream of sequels and superhero films.
编剧保罗·罗杰斯（Paul Rogers）凭借《瞬息全宇宙》获得奥斯卡最佳原创剧本，他在州长舞会上这样评价24：“我很高兴有A24的存在，因为没有其他人在做这些奇怪另类的内容，但我们需要这些内容。”
"I’m just so glad they exist because no one else is making the weird stuff that they are, and we all need that," Paul Rogers, who won the editing Oscar for "Everything Everywhere All at Once," said of A24 after entering the Governor’s Ball.
《月光男孩》在2017年为A24赢得奥斯卡最佳影片
A24工作室由三位独立电影高管2012年在纽约创立，它以1000万没有买下了樱桃巷剧院（Cherry LaneTheater），专注于制作电影、电视和播客节目。
这家工作室拥有约180名员工，经常冒险启用有原创想法的年轻电影制作人。而前往剧院的观众主要是18至34岁的人群，他们渴望这样有吸引力的原创想法。
This studio employs about 180 people, routinely takes chances on younger filmmakers with original ideas that are compelling to audiences, many of them in the coveted 18-to-34-year-old demographic, to head to the theater.
《鲸（The Whale）》的导演达伦·阿罗诺夫斯基（Darren Aronofsky）表示，他曾有机会把自己的电影卖给流媒体平台，获利更高。但他选择A24是因为觉得他们专注于影院发行，即便是在疫情期间，电影院的未来尚不明了的时候，他们也坚持如此。
Darren Aronofsky, director of "The Whale," said he had the opportunity to sell his film to a streaming service for more money. He opted for A24 because of the company’s commitment to theatrical distribution, even during the middle of the pandemic, when the future of movie theaters was uncertain.
《鲸（The Whale）》：A24于2022 年出品的一部心理剧情片，剧情讲述了一位隐居、病态肥胖的英语老师试图恢复与十几岁女儿的关系。男主角布兰登•费舍（Brendan Fraser）凭借该电影斩获今年奥斯卡最佳男主角。
布兰登·费舍（Brendan Fraser）凭借《鲸》（The Whale）获得最佳男主角，这是A24横扫表演类别奖项的一部分。
来源：The New York Times
阿罗诺夫斯基说，A24的突出之处在于工作室“对细节的关注”。
Mr. Aronofsky said what stood out about A24’s approach was the studio’s "attention to detail."
他说：“很明显，他们热爱自己的电影，为之自豪，我认为这就是他们选择电影的方式。”阿罗诺夫斯基目前正在与A24合作，重新发行他的电影处女作《圆周率（Pi）》
"It’s clear that they love their movies and they’re proud of their movies and I think that’s how they choose their movies," he said. Mr. Aronofsky is currently partnered with A24 on the rerelease of his first film, "Pi.
《圆周率（Pi）》：达伦•阿罗诺夫斯基执导电影，1998年在美国上映，讲述了天才数学家马斯为了解开一组数字而疯狂的故事。
福克斯探照灯（Fox Searchlight）的前联合主席斯蒂芬•吉卢拉（Stephen Gilula）说：“丹尼尔·卡茨（Daniel Katz）的可取之处在于他在金融界有丰富经验，在组建公司时在财务上做了很好的安排，既适应了独立电影的发行环境，也很理解市场规律。”
"To his credit, Daniel Katz had experience in the financial world and structured the company financially to thrive in the indie world while having a strong sense of the marketplace," said Stephen Gilula, the former co-chairman of Fox Searchlight.
福克斯探照灯（Fox Searchlight）：21世纪福克斯电影制作公司之一，于 2019 年被迪士尼收购， 2020年采用现名（Searchlight Pictures），以避免与福克斯公司混淆。
丹尼尔•卡茨（Daniel Katz）：A24联合创始人之一
在获得令人眩目的成功和更充裕的资金后，A24是否还会坚持他们的品味，还是会放弃之前的定位，转而涉足大制片厂级别的高成本商业电影？
Now, as the acclaim sets in, will the company, which is better capitalized than it has ever been, be able to maintain its taste level and its financial discipline?
A24即将推出的一系列电影印证了它仍然不忘初心。澳大利亚恐怖片《回应我》刚刚在西南偏南电影节（SXSW film festival）上映，好评如潮，并计划于今年夏天上映。其他电影包括：妮可·哈罗芬瑟（Nicole Holofcener）执导、朱莉亚·路易斯-德瑞弗斯（Julia Louis Dreyfus）主演的《你伤害了我》（You Hurt My Feelings），席琳·宋（Celine Song）担任编剧兼导演的《过往人生》（Past Lives），华金·菲尼克斯（Joaquin Phoenix）主演、阿里·艾斯特（Ari Aster）执导的《博很恐惧》（Beau Is Afraid）
The company’s upcoming slate of films indicate it is sticking to its roots. The Australian horror film "Talk to Me" was just shown to rave reviews at the SXSW film festival and is scheduled to hit theaters this summer. Other films include Nicole Holofcener’s "You Hurt My Feelings," starring Julia Louis Dreyfus; "Past Lives," from the writer-director Celine Song; and "Beau Is Afraid," starring Joaquin Phoenix and directed by Mr. Aster.
西南偏南电影节（SXSW film festival）：每年3 月中旬在美国德克萨斯奥斯汀举行的平行电影、互动媒体、音乐节和会议的联合活动。
A24还必须与苹果、亚马逊、网飞等流媒体公司竞争。这些流媒体服务公司经常与传统制片大厂竞争高预算电影，但他们也表明愿意参与更独立的电影，比如Apple TV+去年以2000万美金买下94届奥斯卡最佳影片得主《健听女孩》（CODA）。
A24 will also still have to compete with streaming companies like Apple, Amazon and Netflix. Those services regularly compete with the traditional studios for big-budget films, but they have also shown themselves willing to dabble in more independent fare, like Apple TV+ did when it paid $20 million for "CODA," which won best picture last year.
《健听女孩》（CODA）：夏安•海德执导电影，2021年上映，获第94届奥斯卡最佳影片
查普曼大学（Chapman University）电影学院院长斯蒂芬•加洛韦（Stephen Galloway）说：“他们的所作所为真是太神奇了。可能我们所有人都认为艺术电影制作已经死了，然而他们证明了事实并非如此。在这一点上，你能保证他们在任何有趣的、原创的、不同的、非主流的剧本上遥遥领先。”
"It’s actually just amazing, what they’ve done," said Stephen Galloway, the dean of Chapman University’s film school. "It’s really art-house moviemaking that all of us probably thought was dead. And yet they’re proving it is not. You can guarantee at this point that they’re getting first dibs on any interesting, original, different non-mainstream screenplays."
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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/13/business/media/a24-oscars-everything-everywhere-the-whale.html?searchResultPosition=1
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/06/theater/a24-cherry-lane.html?searchResultPosition=2
编译 | 张馨予 夏遒扬 张羽 黄培莹
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