Chapter 768

Near ten o'clock, James Mangold and his party arrived at the Egyptian theater in park city from their hotel.

It was a real shock to see the crowd outside the theatre.

The road outside the Egyptian theater, which was not spacious, was almost completely blocked at this time, and some vehicles could only stop at the same place with dispirited flameout. Among the crowded people, the most noticeable ones were probably many signs holding high for tickets.

Seeing mangaud approaching, it seemed that he was going to go straight into the Egyptian theater. A young man in a black assault suit immediately came up and followed his girlfriend: "Hey, man, do you have tickets for this man from the earth? How about selling them to us? I'll pay $1500 for two tickets."

Hearing the young man's offer, James Mangold, who was not well off in fact, could not help feeling a little excited. He just quickly suppressed his idea and refused. He pulled his girlfriend around him and continued to move forward: "sorry, man, we don't sell tickets."

The young man seemed to notice Mangold's intention and didn't give up. He immediately said: "2000 dollars, man, this is the highest price. My girlfriend and I can only stay in park city for one weekend, so we hope to see the new film of westero today. With the 2000 dollars, you can wait until other shows on weekdays, can't you?"

James Mangold didn't stop. He just shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, man, but I really can't sell it."

Seeing that Mangold was resolute, the young man turned to the other three men who were with him. He still failed and had to look for other goals.

In a short distance of more than ten meters, James mangaud and his party finally entered the Egyptian theater.

Different from the shows a few days ago, today's Egyptian theater has also set up a security check. Audiences who enter by ticket not only have to go through the security door, but also have to be scrutinized by security personnel who are obviously not ordinary bodyguards. Moreover, the spectators with backpacks will be politely invited to one side to deposit the packages, which are not allowed to be carried in at all.

Probably in order to appease the resentment of the audience receiving the security check, today's audience can get a snack and drink for free.

James Mangold passed the security check and received free popcorn and coke. Thinking about the $2000 he had just given up, he still felt some flesh ache. However, from the details of the security check, you can be sure that Simon westrow will be present today.

It's more exciting than today's movie.

James Mangold is not a pure audience, he is a director, this time with his own works.

It's a long debut.

Before that, Mangold, 31, had been in the film circle for ten years. He graduated from the California Academy of Arts and joined Disney. He once worked as a screenwriter for the Disney animation the adventures of Olivia. A few years later, he left Disney and moved to New York. While studying in the film school of Columbia University, he continued to look for various opportunities.

In recent years, the film industry has become more and more prosperous. With the continuous expansion of danilisi entertainment, many interested entertainment industry capitals have seen opportunities to enter the market, so that many film makers with shallow qualifications can show their skills.

It was in this context that James Mangold was lucky to get the investment of his first feature film "unspeakable love words", and then all the way to the main competition unit of Sundance.

It seems that this is the beginning of fortune.

James Mangold's film won't premiere until next Wednesday, but a person in charge of gaomen film, who has seen the film in advance, has contacted them, trying to buy the distribution right of "unspeakable love words" in advance, and also directly hopes to sign three film contracts with Mangold.

If you see a new movie player in the circle, you will only carefully sign a contract for one or two movies.

Gaomen pictures is trying to sign a three-part deal with mangaode at one time, and people who have no good reaction can foresee the unusual.

Not only that, mangaud also received an invitation to Simon westrow's hilltop villa party tonight.

Although the reply to gaomen film is that he needs to think about it again, James Mangold has decided to agree. Maybe other film companies will offer higher prices after the news comes out. However, he knows that no matter from which aspect, the cooperation with Denise entertainment, which has the most momentum in recent years, is his best choice.

Because danilisi entertainment provides not only salary, but also career development prospects. The new directors discovered by danielis entertainment in recent years can be described as a rising star.

Entering the screening hall, the Egyptian theater with more than 500 seats is almost full.

There is no seat limit for tickets in the old theater, but there are some vacancies in the front row, which obviously belongs to today's important guests. Mangaode and his party can only find the last few positions, but they are not connected. Only mangaode and his girlfriend Cathy Conrad sit together, and the other three friends can only go to other scattered positions.

After sitting down, feeling the hot atmosphere in the theater, James Mangold is inevitably looking forward to it.It's hard to expect to compete with Simon westero, but at least he hopes his movie premiere will be so popular one day.

Just a little distracted, his girlfriend Cathy patted him and reminded him, "look, westero."

In the sudden silence of the theatre, James Mangold looked up.

Simon westero and Robert Redford walked out of the backstage side by side, laughing and talking, accompanied by other celebrities who were quite familiar with each other. The remaining seats in the front row were quickly occupied by these celebrities.

His girlfriend Cathy still whispered in his ear: "that's Nicholas Cage. It's so cool. And Quentin. It's ugly. Trish Goff doesn't seem to be that tall. She's obviously suppressed by Cindy Crawford. Hey, Jim, you see, they seem to be competing with westrow. The Cohen brothers are here too. They lost so much money in the Empire last year. They didn't expect to cooperate with danielis entertainment immediately. The new film should return to the type they are good at. Whit Stillman, his metropolitan is very interesting. Last year's Barcelona was much worse. Nicole Kidman, wow, I didn't expect that she would come too. Last year, this woman was so beautiful. She made three big movies in a row. It's said that she recently joined Gus Van Sant's new film. She's very smart. She knows to take part in the art film to maintain her style, but she didn't sit next to westrow. It seems that she's out of favor. Hey, Jim, do you think that's Steven Soderberg, the director of sex, lies and video? He won't join Daniels, will he

In fact, James Mangold is also looking at a series of celebrities in the front row. When his girlfriend asks, he follows her instructions. He is not familiar with Soderberg, so he can only make a general judgment and nods: "it should be."

Cathy Conrad returned to her position and suddenly lowered her voice: "so many big names are under danielis. Jim, do you think it's a good idea to join this company again?"

It's not that James Mangold didn't think about it.

Danielis entertainment is now almost half of Hollywood, and in recent years, there have been many good movies. However, due to the large number of top filmmakers, the competition for internal resources will also be very fierce.

However, just a little loose, James Mangold once again made up his mind and said to his girlfriend, "if danielis just signed an appointment with me, maybe I would hesitate. Now it's three at a time, which shows that some people in danielis entertainment are very optimistic about me. It's silly to miss this opportunity."

Kathy Conrad listened to her boyfriend's words, thought about it, nodded her head, and said, "you say, is Simon westrow himself optimistic about you, or else he won't sign three movies at one time."

Of course, James Mangold thought about this, but he didn't dare to expect too much: "maybe there will be an answer tonight."

If a young tycoon treats Simon westrow differently at the hilltop villa party in the evening, some things may be certain. But if not, James Mangold will not change his mind.

After Simon and his party took their seats, the time soon came to ten o'clock in the morning.

Robert Redford personally took the microphone to the stage, glanced at the people in the projection hall, and said with a smile: "this is a very interesting film. I just asked Simon why he had such an idea, and it's a small film with a production cost of only 1.5 million US dollars, which is too insignificant for him now. He said, I hope you can see a possibility, a possibility that movies have unlimited creativity. As long as you play your creativity, any other external factors are negligible. So, let's enjoy this man from earth. "

Amid the applause, Robert Redford stepped down and the lights were dim in the screening hall.

Since the project was approved, Simon westero's new film has always been the focus of the media. However, before the premiere, except for all kinds of speculation caused by the name of a film, no other information has been released, and the curiosity of the media and fans has been raised to the highest level.

On the big screen, after the opening of gaomen film, the picture lights up.

At the beginning, it was a group of beautiful empty mirrors. The bleak and cool atmosphere in the mountains in winter, accompanied by the light and ethereal soundtrack, directly introduced the audience into some inexplicable emotions.

Soon, the camera stops at a white man carrying a box to a pickup truck.

Everyone recognized it as the hero George Clooney at a glance.

The actor, who has been in Hollywood for many years, has also had a good time in the past year. First, he became famous for his role in the hot "story of the emergency room". Recently, he became the leading actor in westero's own drama, and his popularity has been greatly improved again. There is a faint sign that he has entered the front-line coffee position.

A moment later, the other characters soon appeared.

A simple dialogue, the audience quickly understand the context of the matter.

John Oldman, a university professor, suddenly resigned and planned to leave. A group of colleagues came to see him off.

At the same time, foreshadowing and suspense soon appeared.Everyone was surprised by John's sudden resignation.

There is an obvious spark between John and sandy, the female colleague played by Elizabeth Perkins.

Another colleague, Edith, noticed a painting that John was planning to put on the car, thought it might be Van Gogh's real work, and recommended him to do identification.

John seems to be very concerned about the movement of will, another colleague. He seems to be a little disappointed that will doesn't appear. When he hears that the other party will arrive later, he shows a happy expression.

We chatted and went into John's cabin together.

The topic continues.

All the people were reluctant to let John go, and they all went to the bottom of the matter.

And once again leads to a suspense.

John's appearance has never changed in the past ten years, which is the talent that many female colleagues around him envy.

During the questioning and discussion, Linda, a beautiful student who talks about teacher-student relationship with her teacher, played by another colleague, ATT and Trish Goff, also appears one after another.

In the face of everyone's relentless pursuit, John finally opened a topic very carefully.

Is it possible for human beings to live forever?

All of them are university professors. Hearing this question, they began to analyze the possibility of this matter from their own professional perspective.

Until John inadvertently said that he almost had a chance to go on a grand voyage with Columbus.

The scene was silent.

In the projection Hall of the Egyptian theater, the plot has been going on for 20 minutes.

Simon has always believed that the highest standard of a good movie is to make the audience completely unable to feel the passage of time. Although there is no CG special effect of car crash and explosion in the current movie, it is just a slowly unfolding plot and a tacit performance among a group of actors, which also successfully achieves this point.

In 20 minutes, the first climax of the plot appears, and the audience's attention in the screening hall is focused again.

But also vaguely aware of the core theme of the film.

The story of an immortal.

On the big screen, there was a moment of silence, and the first reaction of everyone was that John was joking.

John also took the opportunity to let us discuss this topic in depth with a joking attitude. As the topic continues, John's argument that he is an immortal without flaws becomes more and more solid. At the same time, you begin to have more and more shock and doubt.

We are beginning to know that John is an immortal who has lived for about 14000 years.

Know that John's body has a strong ability to recover, experience all kinds of diseases are safe, even without scars.

At the same time, I also know the reason why John is different from ordinary people. This is the accumulation of endless time.

50 minutes, the plot comes to the second climax.

In everyone's shock, John easily opened a simple bow and accurately shot the arrow at a tree trunk outside the hut.

The original version of the film appeared in a reverse bow is just a pure prop, you colleagues failed to open, John also did not start. Simon made a change to this detail, gave up the original version of the bow, and specially found a strong bow from China, which was about three stones according to ancient standards.

To pull the bow, according to Western standards, it takes 300 pounds of arm strength.

At that time, no one in the crew was able to pull it apart, including many of the doubles they found could not be successfully completed. Therefore, this scene was actually completed by Simon himself as a stand in during his last visit.

Because of his good exercise habits, Simon's physical fitness did not fade because of his excellent life.

Although the 300 pound strong bow was a bit difficult for Simon, he only tried it five times, and then he shot the arrow on the target tree.

Because of Simon's special guest appearance, a group of creators who participated in the shooting of this man from the earth once again feel that this film is probably Simon westero's "biography" to some extent.