Movie Master

The silver-clad Park City ushered in the first ray of sunshine in the morning, the cold air slowly faded in the golden light, and the chirping and chattering sound opened up another lively day of the Sundance Film Festival.

Lance still got up at eight o'clock in the morning as usual to prepare for the premiere of "Whale Rider". After bathing, he put on a light blue vertical striped shirt, and then went to the restaurant on the third floor of the hotel, ready to have his own breakfast. After being seated, the waiter came over, "Good morning, Mr. Strelo, do you need coffee or milk?"

"Yes, please give me a cup of black coffee, thank you." Lance said with a smile, "Then give me two croissants, plus a fried egg, five ripe."

"Today's blueberry cheese cake is very fresh, do you want it?" The waiter politely recommended it, and Lance nodded with a smile, "Then give me a corner."

When the waiter came back again, he brought a pot of black coffee and a stack of fresh newspapers smelling like ink. Lance selected three newspapers from them—"Salt Lake City Tribune", "Denver Post" and "Los Angeles Times". With his fingertips, he could even feel the residual temperature from the iron on the surface of the newspapers. After pouring milk and sugar cubes into the bottle, I began to flip through the newspaper.

The breakfast hall soon became lively, and people who participated in the Sundance Film Festival in Salt Lake City began to wake up one after another, accumulating energy for today's carnival.

Percy walked into the restaurant quickly, and then saw the hall that was almost full, but after just scanning around, he easily found where Lance was, so he strode over. Then I heard the brisk voice of Jonathan-Karsh, "I've heard at least five people recommend it to me, so, believe me, I will definitely go to see it this afternoon." This "my The director of "Flesh and Blood" seemed to be in a very happy mood, and Jonathan also noticed Percy's approach, so he greeted politely, said to Lance, "I'll talk to you after I finish watching", and then left straight away .

Percy saw the newspaper spread out on Lance's desk and the crumbs of croissant on the plate next to him, and couldn't help feeling a little helpless, "You know that the program will be out today, right? I'm already so nervous that my stomach is nauseated. Still eating breakfast here!" Percy pulled out a chair beside the table and sat down, and said in a rambling manner, "God, everyone's eyes have shifted to 'Whale Rider' today, and our movie seems to have become It's too bad, this situation is really bad..."

Without interrupting Percy, Lance cut a piece of cheesecake with a fork and put it in his mouth. Feeling the delicate and soft touch, the corner of his mouth revealed a sense of satisfaction. Finally, Percy finally stopped, so he raised his eyes and looked over, "This is a film festival, and we are not the only participating films."

On top of the film festival, there are new movies released every day, and every film crew comes to attend with great ambitions. The media competition is naturally fierce, so there are new topics every day, which is inevitable. However, the media is not the only way to understand the situation. Lance also learned a lot of information from the conversation with Jonathan just now-it can be felt that among independent directors, many people have developed a strong interest in "City of God" .

In moments like these, nervousness doesn't help, it just makes things more confusing, as Lance knows all too well. However, Lance was also nervous, which is human nature, but he didn't show it. A cup of coffee with a piece of cheesecake really helps a lot.

Satisfied, he put down the fork, and wiped the corners of his mouth with a square towel. That slow and unhurried action made Percy's face full of depression, and his breath was blocked in his chest, unable to vent it. Lance looked up and saw Percy's powerless expression, he laughed dumbly, "So, where's the program?"

Percy originally wanted to whet Lance's appetite, but under Lance's gaze, he held on for less than two seconds before being defeated, and took out the Sundance movie from his briefcase The festival's official brochure was handed over to Lance.

After receiving the brochure, Lance did not start reading immediately, but carefully read the table of contents. For ordinary people, the brochure is one of the ways to understand the film festival; but for professionals, through the brochure, you can see more information, such as emerging directors worthy of attention, such as works with commercial value , such as the important people who came to participate in the film festival.

Lance noticed a name, Brad-Grey (Brad-Grey). Here's an interview titled "Paramount Pictures First Sundance Present."

If Lance remembers correctly, the current helm of Paramount Pictures is Sherry-Lansing (Sherry-Lansing). This wise and decisive woman led Paramount ushered in the decade of the 1990s However, after entering the 21st century, Paramount fell into a dilemma again. In 2005, Shirley dismissed get out of class and was replaced by Brad, who had no experience at the helm of a film company. The young and energetic Brad led Paramount to regain its glory.

Brad's biggest reform to Paramount is the establishment of an international distribution channel for independent films, and the emphasis on the right to adapt novels.

Perhaps, the distribution rights of "City of God" can make a breakthrough on Brad.

Seeing that Lance was lost in thought and hadn't read the show brochure for a long time, Percy finally couldn't help it anymore, and blurted out, "Our movie got a 3.5 points rating! It's only behind 'Glorious America' 'It's 3:6!" There was no concealment of the joy and joy between the brows, and the enthusiasm in his heart could be clearly felt.

The scoring system of the Sundance Film Festival is a full score of four points, and generally more than three points can be regarded as a work that has been unanimously affirmed by film critics.

Lance raised his head, and then saw Percy's extremely excited eyebrows and eyes, and the smile on the corner of his mouth bloomed in an instant, "We succeeded." The extremely simple words concealed too many complexities Emotions, so that Lance's brain fell into a blank for a second.

In this second, he doesn't need to think about the confrontation with Diorama Pictures, the betrayal of Ryan and George, the current weakness and hardship of Chaos Pictures, or the "City of God" For future distribution issues, there is no need to think about the next obstacles and developments.

He is just purely happy, purely happy because his directorial debut and screenwriter debut have been recognized - from audiences and film critics, purely happy because the work he has spent countless efforts on has been praised, I am simply happy because I have won applause as an art creator.

This happiness is so simple, so pure, and so beautiful.

Opening the catalogue, I saw the comments on "City of God" without spending any effort. This is obviously the highlight of today's catalogue, occupying two full pages. On the left is the black title of "City of God". Just to the right of the title, the huge red font "3.5/4" immediately attracts attention. After scoring, "City of God" received an average score of 3.5 - as Percy puts it.

If it doesn't sing, it's a blockbuster. Lance almost appeared on the stage of Sundance with a posture of turning out of nowhere!

On the left is the official film review of the Sundance Film Festival. The title of "A Poetic Modern Epic, Sad and Desperate Essays, and Magnificent Vintage Oil Paintings" is large and conspicuous, plus the subtitle "A Song from Lancelot ter-Strello's Samba Rhapsody", the official Sundance score can be seen in the lower right corner, "4/4".

They actually gave incredible full marks!

"This is a story that is almost impossible to adapt successfully, but the fledgling Lancelot-Strrelo is perfectly displayed in front of us, with realistic and sharp shooting techniques, and the rapid switching of the camera is like a hand that has been sharpened repeatedly. The dagger shines with a dazzling cold light. It expresses every detail and the whole neatly, simply, directly and decisively, without the slightest muddle. Bring this city of God, which is so real to cruel, cruel to terrible, terrible to ridiculous, and ridiculous to ridiculous, to us.

It is hard to imagine that this is only the first work of Lancelot as a director and screenwriter. The crisp documentary technique is combined with the drama and satire. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com perfectly integrates entertainment effects and artistic reflections , Mature and sophisticated handling methods, proper exploration and excavation, distinctive camera images... Lancelot showed us all of a genius.

This is a very special movie, any one of the characters can be taken alone to make a good movie, but Lancelot has jumped out of Hollywood's routine of seeing the big from the small and giving up the individual humanity To impress the audience, he showed the audience a collapsed Ukiyo-e of Latin American slums, everyone lives in impermanence and disorder, and each person's story is an organic composition of the whole story, cleverly and interestingly connected together.

However, the finished product we saw did not lose the individual personality because of the overall display. Benny who is naturally romantic, Ned who pursues ordinary, bully who has a strong will for power, and Pao who is naturally timid but determined... The characters appear vividly and vividly, and their stories are staged.

"City of God", is this a city favored by God, or a city abandoned by God, or a city forgotten by God. This is the thinking that Lancelot left us. "

It is conceivable that the official Sundance Film Festival magazine has almost exhausted all the words of praise and sent praise to "City of God". They believe that this film is the best work since the opening of Sundance this year, It is better than "Glorious America", so they gave the only official full-score evaluation at present, expressing their position clearly.

And it's not just Sundance itself that upholds this idea.

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