Hollywood Hunter

The subtitles fell and the lights came on again, and many people in the theater had a feeling of waking up from a dream.

After a short silence, clapping applause sounded in the projection hall. Because there were few people, the applause was not enthusiastic, but it seemed uniform.

Due to budget and other factors, those who joined the crew at the beginning were basically only the people behind the scenes who have been in the low-cost independent film circle all year round.

As a film practitioner, I am naturally very caring about the films I make. However, I have watched several movies in the past, and gradually lost any expectations.

Although there are people like Brian de Palma backing up, most of the crew did not think that a young man like Simon could make a great movie. The reason why many people came to participate in the screening this time was also because several big celebrities would also attend.

Unexpectedly, the ending was far beyond expectations.

For the same cost of hundreds of thousands of dollars, compared to the B-level films that they have participated in in the past that can only rely on selling meat and selling gimmicks, "Run Lola" is also not a mainstream commercial film, but it is definitely a gap between heaven and earth.

Even, many people can't help but come up with an idea: This is a movie.

In the front row of the screening hall, although Simon’s talent in film has been amazed more than once, he has seen samples of "Lola Run" more than once before, but at this time, recalling the top soundtrack in the film just now, David Giller was surprised again.

Director, screenwriter, photography, lighting, editing...

Now it's the soundtrack again.

Only curiosity remained in David Giller's heart, the kid sitting not far from him, what else could not.

Next to David Giller, Brian de Palma was also emotional.

A movie has to go through too many steps from the creation of an idea to the final completion of the film. Any deviation in any of these may cause the final outcome of the film to be very different from the creator's vision.

Many viewers always criticize some bad movies for blunt plots and lack of logic.

However, these bad films will definitely have a very complete idea or script at the beginning, otherwise, any film company will not easily come up with tens of millions of dollars in investment.

The perfect screenplay has got incomplete bad films, which involves the question of the degree of completion of a movie.

The degree of completion of a movie includes not only whether a movie fully shows the content of the story that the script wants to express, but also the quality of the special effects of the movie, the quality of the editing, and the quality of the soundtrack.

After watching the final film and comparing it to the scripts he had seen in his memory, Brian de Palma realized that "Run Lola Run" is definitely a highly completed movie.

If "Lola Run" is a commercial film, Brian de Palma is sure that this film will definitely get a very good box office.

However, although it is not a commercial film and the subject matter deviates from the mainstream, as long as you have watched a movie, even if you are not interested in the whole story, most viewers will definitely give a very positive evaluation.

This is the advantage of "Lola Run".

Inside the theater.

After watching the film, everyone was full of thoughts.

However, if it is said that the one who has been the most shocked, it is definitely Fox Vice President Peter Sanders.

A few months ago, when he happened to learn about the amazing effects of Simon’s shooting, Peter Sanders was a little disapproved.

Even if he has a higher talent in photography, he is just a little boy who has just entered Hollywood. Peter Sanders does not think that a young man like Simon can make a movie that he can barely watch.

I heard that this kid also took care of the editing and soundtrack work.

This is even more unreliable.

It's a mess.

It's just a pity that it is said that 650,000 US dollars of investment.

He, the vice president of Fox, can barely get this figure only when his years are better and he counts a lot of salary bonuses.

Having been in the circle for decades, Peter Sanders deeply understands that talent is important in the film industry, but the most important thing is experience and experience. It is impossible to make a film that is recognized by people without the tempering of several films for ten or eight years.

Then, just eighty minutes ago, he completely subverted his previous cognition.

The disapproval at the time was also turned into a deep shock.

Although his ability is not excellent, Peter Sanders definitely does not lack the insight to judge the pros and cons of a movie to be able to achieve his current position.

Like Brian de Palma, Peter Sanders also realized that "Lola Run" is definitely a highly completed movie.

Such a movie, even if the audience is limited, but as long as it operates properly, it is absolutely easy to achieve commercial success.

After all, human nature is the pursuit of perfection.

A highly completed movie is like a piece of jade carefully carved by a sculptor. Compared with those crudely crafted products, even if consumers don't like the variety of jade, they obviously prefer the more delicate and delicate one.

Thinking in my mind, everyone got up and talked to Simon Westero eagerly. Peter Sanders also stepped forward, but with an absent-minded expression, he said: "Simon, I still have something to get back. Office, let’s do that, at half past four, you can come over and let’s talk."

Simon heard what Peter Sanders said, nodded with a smile, and politely sent him out of the screening room.

Afterwards, everyone chatted enthusiastically for a while, and everyone from the crew who participated in the trial screening left.

As the male and female protagonists, Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves also specially apologized to Simon. Both of them have a new appointment and cannot rush to Sundance with him in the next few days.

Simon naturally understands that not to mention the Oscars, even those traditional old film festivals, are far from what Sundance now can compare. What's more, the Sundance Film Festival does not have performance awards, and the leading actors of the participating films have little motivation to rush to Park City.

Everyone was sent away one after another, but David Giller and Brian de Palma accidentally stayed until the end this time.

Seeing that there were only two women left beside Simon again, David Giller did not shy away and said to Simon: "Saunders just made a stance, you must feel that he is such a person. So, wait. Don’t agree to his terms immediately. If you can, it’s better to be behind Sundance. In fact, Simon, I think you should take "Run Laura" to participate in some more influential film festivals, Cannes, Berlin , Venice, these are much better than Sundance. With the quality of your movie, they will definitely accept it."

"I understand, David," Simon nodded, and added: "Actually, I also thought about participating in the Cannes Film Festival, but the film has just been completed recently. I missed the registration for the recent Berlin Film Festival. The other two It’s too far. Moreover, I actually hope that "Rola Run" can focus on the domestic American market."

David Giller nodded in understanding. He actually knew that Simon gave up participating in overseas film festivals for more than these reasons. Funding is also a very important factor.

Moreover, even if you rush to participate, with the quality of "Lola Run", it is certainly not a problem to attract attention, but the chance of winning is very slim, and the possibility of returning empty-handed is greater.

Several people chatted for a while, and David Giller and Brian de Palma left.

Simon retrieved the copy of "Lola Run" and left the theater with the two women.