The winning work is the animated work Dear Basketball, which Kobe participated in. Dear Basketball beat Negative Space, Garden Party, Lost and Found Building and Nauseating Nursery Rhyme to win the Best Animated Short Film Award at the 90th Academy Awards. As an editor and producer, Kobe Bryant and director Keane went on stage to receive the award.
Kobe said in an interview: "As a basketball player, many people think I should shut up and just play. But I'm glad I can do more, "Bryant said. "I am very grateful to the Oscar jury for awarding me such a high honor, to john williams for making such a wonderful soundtrack, to everyone for their trust and support in this cartoon, and to Mary Carter. Without you, I wouldn't be standing here. "
Dear Basketball was inspired by Kobe Bryant's poem of the same name written on 20 15, and was drawn by Glenn Keane, a well-known old painter of Disney Company. The legendary animator has painted classic works such as Beauty and the Beast, Mermaid and Long Hair gz. He used a pencil to draw Kobe Bryant from childhood to childhood, from obscurity to household name, from NBA to NBA. At the end of 20 15, Kobe announced through social media that he would retire after the end of the 20 15- 16 season. After that, he wrote a touching poem called Dear Basketball. At the retirement ceremony of Kobe Bryant's jersey, this animated short film "Dear Basketball" was played. Now this award-winning short film is based on Kobe Bryant's poem of the same name.
The poem reads: Dear Basketball.
From the first time I put on my father's socks and began to imagine myself in the Daxi Forum Arena (Daxi Forum Arena was originally one of the NBA venues, and from 1967 to 1999, it was the home of the Los Angeles Lakers and the longest-used home of the Lakers), I understood one thing for sure:
I love you deeply.
Deep love, I give everything for you-from my heart, my body to my spirit and soul.
When I was six years old, I fell in love with a bouncing ball, but I never saw a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel. I only saw myself running and running with all my strength in the tunnel.
So I've been running. I run back and forth on the court, chasing every landing for you. You are eager for my hard work, and I will give you back all my body and mind, because there are too many things in it.
I play with pain and sweat, not because the "challenge" is calling me, but because you are calling me. Everything I do is for you, because you can make people feel a fresh sense of life.
You gave a six-year-old boy a Lakers dream, and I will always love you for it. But I can't go on being so crazy about you. This season, I have given everything. The heart can still bear hardships, and the mind can handle difficulties well. But my body already knows when to say goodbye.
It's okay, it's okay. I'm ready to let you go. I hope you know now, so that we can enjoy every moment in the rest of the time.
For better or worse, we gave each other everything.
We both know that no matter what I do next.
I will be that child.
Wearing socks, staring at the trash can in the corner.
"Five seconds left!"
5 4 3 2 1
Love you forever
Kobe (Japanese city); Kobe Bryant (kobe bean bryant)