Golden Horse Awards have not been flattened. Since most of the sponsors have withdrawn, even the chairman of the jury Du Qifeng has also resigned. When everyone thought that the Golden Horse Awards had ceased, there was another disgusting scene. .
Director Zhang Zuoji, who was sentenced to 3 years and 10 months in prison for sexually assaulting a female screenwriter, was once again nominated for the Golden Horse Award for Best Director. This is the fifth time that Zhang Zuoji was nominated in 1999, 2002, 2010, and 2015. Nominated for four Golden Horse Awards for Best Director. The last time he was shortlisted was when Zhang Zuoji was serving his sentence in prison. It seemed that the Golden Horse Awards had a special preference for Zhang Zuoji.
Zhang Zuoji is a talented director. In 1994, he directed the first film "The Gunshots in the Dark" and started a brilliant career as a director. The Golden Horse Awards "Best Original Screenplay Award" and "Best Director Award" nominations are all in his pocket. His talent has even been recognized by director Zhu Yanping, and industry insiders believe that Zhang Zuoji will soar into the sky.
However, in 2015, Zhang Zuoji was accused of sexually assaulting a drunk female screenwriter. Even though Zhang Zuoji never admitted to the facts of sexual assault, he could not argue with the evidence. Zhang Zuoji was sentenced to 3 years and 10 months. What makes people laugh is that his work "Drunk, Dreams and Death" was nominated for the Golden Horse Award for Best Director, while Zhang Zuoji is serving his sentence in prison.
I want to say that Zhang Zuoji is really talented. When he was serving his sentence in prison, he did not forget his old career as a director. He wrote the script himself and asked his inmates to act together. Under such a difficult environment, he completed the movie The short film "The Taste of Saltwater Chicken", with which Zhang Zuoji won the Best Short Film Award at the 2017 Taipei Film Festival, no wonder the director Zhu Yanping would say to him when Zhang Zuoji was imprisoned, "When you come back, you are all The director who knows the most about shooting prison themes in Asia!” Although
is just a joke, Zhang Zuoji has indeed completed works that ordinary people can’t do. After all, few directors can come out and continue filming after being in prison. Remember the stain, but it is not easy to wash away the stain and make people forget the stain.
At the 56th Golden Horse Awards, Zhang Zuoji was nominated for the Best Director Award again with his new work "That My Dearest Stranger" after he was released. The last time he was shortlisted, Zhang Zuoji was serving his sentence in prison, and the award was before the award. No one said anything. But this time is different. Netizens have complained on social platforms and questioned whether the threshold of the Golden Horse Award is too low. Can such a character be shortlisted?
Some netizens have proposed to impose sanctions on Zhang Zuoji. Although Zhang Zuoji has served his sentence, he is a public figure and a well-known director. His words and deeds are visible to the public. If such a person can still be nominated for the Golden Horse Awards, it would be really disgusting.
No matter what the netizens say, Zhang Zuoji has been shortlisted. This is an unchangeable fact. As a public figure, it is unique that he can make such a big mistake and be nominated for the Golden Horse Awards.
Golden Horse Awards, after missing works from mainland and Hong Kong, with the withdrawal of sponsors and Johnnie To, it has stepped to the brink of collapse. Nowadays, in the case of public suspicion, inferior directors can be selected for the Golden Horse Awards. It looks like the Golden Horse Awards The authority has been lost, and the name is not true.
