Hollywood Road

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Park City, Utah, is well-known for skiing in the United States, but every mid-January, movies will become the unique theme of this small town. Filmmakers like Murphy who are struggling to find opportunities are like smelling blood. Like sharks, gathered here from all over the world, hoping to make a blockbuster and complete the transformation from obscurity to fame and fortune.

To put it simply, countless filmmakers regard the Saint Denis Film Festival as a starting point for their careers.

Because here is also full of various film appraisers and buyers, they may come from distribution companies, or they may come from video tape publishers.

They all have one thing in common. They can push a personal movie to a wide audience.

Put on thick clothes and walk on the streets of Park City. Murphy can see film-related content everywhere. There are professional spectators in suits and leather shoes hurrying by on the streets. They not only pay attention to the works officially shown in the theater, but sometimes also Will whisper a few words to people who promote their works on the roadside, and do everything possible to find films that can bring profit.

When passing by a square, Murphy specially called Paul Wilson to watch for a while. Although it was only half the afternoon, many people had gathered here. They brought simple projection equipment and played their own when it got dark. works.

This is also a way of selling. The works they shoot with a video recorder may be photographed and become the next "Blair the Witch".

If there is no invitation letter, Murphy may also be one of them, but if he gets the invitation letter, he only has a slightly more advanced admission ticket.

And this admission ticket also requires payment of money.

Passing through the square, and turning by another intersection, Murphy came to the office of the film festival organizing committee, inquired at the door, and quickly found the corresponding office, took out the invitation letter and the corresponding materials, and handled the related screenings. formalities.

"Mr. Stanton,"

Behind the desk is a middle-aged woman with eyes. She formulaically said, "According to the schedule, your film will be screened at the Morris Theater in the afternoon on the 20th. You need to pay the admission fee of 3,000 US dollars and the printing material fee of 200 US dollars. , The theater screening fee is 300 US dollars, and the staff salary is 300 US dollars..."

Listening to this series of fees, Murphy was a while ago, but he was helpless. If a film wants to participate in any film festival, the producer needs to submit an entrance fee to the festival, which is often expensive, and there are also Various expenses submitted, such as the cost of printing promotional materials, transportation costs, staff salaries, expenses during the screening, public relations activities...

Fortunately, this is the Saint Denis Film Festival, and the fees are relatively low. Murphy finally paid US$5,000 and completed all the procedures.

Murphy can only secretly sigh that film is an art, and money is the most basic condition to realize this art.

Most people who have been to the film festival know that holding a film festival requires a lot of space and manpower and is expensive. Although the film festival will also have sponsors to pay for it, in addition to charging basic fees, it includes the Saint Denis Film Festival and the three major European film festivals. Most of the film festivals in China will also draw a certain share from the films sold at the film festival.

After leaving the organizing committee office, Murphy had no interest in moving around. Now the most people in Park City are people who are similar to him.

The sky was shrouded in night, and I went back to the hotel room and ordered a dinner at random. Murphy sat by the window and watched outside while eating. Park City was brightly lit, and the streets were crowded with people. , I can see the slightly larger open space, all shining with the unique light of the screen, here has become a movie city that never sleeps.

After eating, he first called Bill Rossis. There are many customers under the other party. It is impossible to serve him alone. He will not come to Park City until the day of the "Fruit Hard Candies" screening, and he also I contacted professional filmmakers from several distribution companies and they will appear in the theaters.

Maybe it's far away from Los Angeles; maybe it's been busy in recent months and there are always people working together; or maybe this kind of pre-dawn waiting is the most tormented; after hanging up the phone, Murphy actually felt a kind of loneliness.

In the eyes of Bill Rossis, he is a learning-motivated person and a potential stock.

In the eyes of Paul Wilson, he was so lucky that he directed a real feature film in his early twenties.

In James Franco's eyes, he is despicable and shameless, a guy who doesn't need to draft a lie.

In the eyes of Carey Mulligan, he is empathetic and the best good person in the world.

Murphy knew roughly what they thought of themselves, but in his heart he knew that he was not anyone they thought.

I don't know why, Murphy remembered Carla Faith who went to New York. They were the real ones. But Carla Faith was funded by Fox TV and returned to his alma mater for further study. After he came out, his career would definitely be improved again. What about him?

Although he got a key, Murphy knew that his path was still chaotic.

Subconsciously touched the phone and entered Kara-Fis's number. Just as Murphy was about to press the dial button, the phone rang suddenly, showing a strange number on the screen.

He pressed the answer button, "Hello, this is Murphy Stanton."

"Hi, Murphy."

There was a crisp voice in the earpiece, "I'm Kerry."

"I heard it."

Hearing this familiar voice, Murphy's depressed mood improved a little, "Why do you call this time?"

"I just sneaked out of my house and I was calling you in public." Carrie Mulligan over there answered the question. "Murphy, is the movie show time set?"

Murphy stood up, "The 20th of this month."

"I'm looking forward to it." Kerry Mulligan's clear voice gradually turned to a low tone, "I...I miss you, Murphy."

When he changed his mobile phone in one hand, Murphy frowned slightly. Before he could say anything, Carrie Mulligan over there said again, "I have a dream of you. Okay, let’s not talk about it. My mother comes to find I am, it would be bad for her to find out that I called you."

The phone was quickly hung up, and the cute baby face suddenly jumped into Murphy's mind. He couldn't help but shook his head and smiled. He was not James Franco.

Probably it was day and night dreaming. When she went to bed at night, Murphy dreamed of Kerry Mulligan. The blonde girl in the dream was holding a sharp knife and walking step by step towards him who was tied to the chair. With a cute and innocent smile on her face, the knife slashed at him...

For two consecutive nights, Murphy was awakened by such a dream. Fortunately, as the screening of "Fruit Hard Candies" was about to come, his energy could finally be put elsewhere.