336 Sundance Film Festival
The white snow spreads up along both sides of the street. Houses like Lego blocks are scattered in an orderly manner. The gentle hills gradually climb up under your footsteps..
Walking through the quiet roads of the town, the field of vision suddenly widens, and you can see a wide and gentle platform space. The steep mountains and continuous mountains behind it are like natural barriers, blocking out the world. The thick The snow has covered up the original verdant green, and has been replaced by snow-covered ski trails, winding down in the dark green forest, outlining a touch of leisure in winter..
Park City, located not far from Salt Lake City, Utah, is well-known for its skiing and world-famous for the Sundance Film Festival. All of these seem to be similar to Telluride. In fact, these two A small town, even the layout and style are somewhat similar..
The difference is that when the Telluride Film Festival is held, the end of summer is still grasped. People wear short-sleeves, hold Cokes, sunbathe on the lawn, and enjoy the leisure brought by movies; Sundance Film Festival When it was held, the winter was freezing and the wind was raging. People wore down jackets and held hot coffee, walking back and forth between major theaters to welcome this grand event of independent films..
From 1983 to the present, the Sundance Film Festival, founded by Robert Redford, has reached its 27th edition and has become the largest independent film gathering place in the United States and even the world. Hundreds of film festivals are held every year. Thousands of independent filmmakers gathered here to celebrate.
Compared with the star-studded gathering in Telluride, Park City will welcome a large number of completely unfamiliar new faces every year. Here, there is no disturbance of award season, no singing and dancing of college public relations, and no commercial atmosphere. The noise is overwhelming, some are just about movies, and they are only about movies.
Telluride can invite popular awards season movies with big-name producers and actors such as "The King's Speech", "The Social Network" and "127 Hours", allowing movie fans to truly enjoy a star-studded feast; but Sundance There are only debut directors, unheard-of independent directors, independent works that are difficult to win awards season attention, and cult films with unique and eccentric styles. Movies are all about movies and only about movies..
Of course, the movie "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Sundance" brings two unique film festivals together, Telluride and Sundance, which is another story..
This week, "Crazy" is set to hit this year's Sundance Film Festival.
For a small-budget work with an investment of less than 250,000 yuan, the situation of "Crazy in Love" is even more miserable than that of "Buried Alive".
“The production cost of "Buried Alive" was at least three million, part of which was publicity expenses, so "Buried Alive" was able to register for the Toronto Film Festival and take advantage of the east wind to join the ranks of the Telluride Film Festival; but "Love" Crazy” not having the money.
They have no way to go to small European film festivals to expand the market, and they can't even participate in some local film festivals in North America, because each film festival requires registration fees, and then the crew goes to the film festival to promote, including transportation, accommodation, and food expenses. , installation fees, etc. are also expenses.
Sundance is their only choice - in Park City, independent films enjoy certain privileges; at the same time, Sundance is also their only opportunity. If they cannot find a suitable distributor here, the crew will be trapped. In this predicament, it is very likely that even art theaters will not be able to get admission, which means that the investment of 250,000 will be wasted..
Maybe for those independent film companies with rich wealth, 250,000 yuan can still afford to lose money. But for Drake Doremus, it cannot afford to lose money..
Therefore, after the Golden Globe Awards ceremony ended, Renly ended a series of brief promotions for "Buried Alive" and then arrived in Park City non-stop, specially coming here to attend the Sundance Film Festival to watch "Crazy for Love" contribute to the publicity of.
However, before the official launch of the promotion, Renly won precious time to return to his identity as a movie fan and enjoy the wonderful time of Sundance Film Festival..
In this town, "Mulholland Drive" is more popular than "The King's Speech," and "The Social Network" isn't even as hotly discussed as "The Uninvited," "Inception" and "Synecdoche, New York." If you make a choice, the former will always be the loser; "Winter's Bone", which was a hit here last year, has been mentioned many times, but people are complaining that the mainstream market has not appreciated the excellence of this work at all.……
In front of the cinema, beside the street, in front of the cafe... In every public place, a small group of people may gather anytime and anywhere, standing together in twos and threes, intensely discussing their feelings about the movie. Sometimes, during a movie screening After that, there may be six or seven small teams gathered in front of the cinema, each expressing their opinions. The passing movie fans wander among the different teams, looking for like-minded friends..
There is no self-introduction, no pleasantries, the only way to communicate is your own opinions and opinions. This wonderful and unique way of making friends can be said to be the most beautiful scenery at the Sundance Film Festival..
At this time, Renly was standing next to a small team. He did not speak easily, but listened carefully to their opinions, and then confirmed each other's ideas with his own..
“No, I don’t think the science fiction element is the most important. It explores our attitude towards mistakes, which in turn extends to our attitude towards life.……”
“This is a science fiction movie! You actually said that science fiction elements are not important? So what is most important? There is another Earth hanging in the sky, are you just turning a blind eye?？”
What they were discussing was the movie that had just finished screening, "Another Earth". This low-cost science fiction work was released in a way that stunned the audience. Almost everyone couldn't wait to express their opinions and opinions..
Different from Toronto, where every film is enthusiastically received, and different from Toronto, which is more or less influenced by the reputation of film critics, at Sundance, everyone has their own unique ideas, whether they are right or wrong, or profound. Or superficial, but what is certain is that everyone is willing to express their own opinions and share their own opinions.
Seizing the opportunity, Renly broke into their conversation..
“Both of you have misunderstandings. That's just the first meaning of the movie. The real idea hidden in the core of the script is that in parallel spaces and parallel universes, different factors lead to different results, but the same person always makes the choice. personal.”
Unconsciously, everyone was listening to Renly's point of view..
“So, when this person's ideology changes, are his clones in different parallel spaces still the same person? Or can it be said that it has split into completely different personalities? But if it is split, is there any point in discussing parallel space? Because you are a stranger in another space and no longer yourself. We can think of it as another person with similar experiences in the same world, in a different country or region, who made different choices. Parallel space The concept itself has lost its meaning.”
The discussion that was originally a heated exchange suddenly came to a halt because of Renly's words. The sudden silence seemed a bit jerky. Surprisingly, no one interrupted such a long discussion, and everyone fell into their own thoughts. While thinking, it can be seen that they are struggling to find loopholes in Renly's words, and then prepare to refute them..
At a time when science fiction movies are becoming more and more stereotyped and stereotyped, it is difficult to find a science fiction work with solid basic skills, excellent theory, and the ability to bring surprises. Who would have thought that this year's Sundance Film Festival I actually found a treasure! The emergence of "Another Earth" is indeed exciting.
What’s even more rare is that the heroine of this work, Brit-Marling, is also one of the screenwriters. She has a striking appearance, good acting skills, and talent. It is definitely the biggest gain in the three days since the opening of Sundance. .Moreover, she is only twenty-eight years old this year.
After watching the movie, it was a time when ideas exploded. The audience couldn't wait to start discussions - and even disputes. Everyone was eager to express their opinions and exchange their thoughts. Suddenly, Renly gave up A bomb was released, causing everyone to chew carefully and think over and over again..
It can also be seen from another aspect that "Another Earth" is indeed an excellent work worth pondering..
“So how do you define parallel space? What you mean is that everyone’s personality is the same, so when faced with the same situation, we will still make the same choice. Does this mean that the results in different parallel spaces are the same? In this way, parallel The meaning of space no longer exists.”
Suddenly, a voice interjected from the side, but no one thought it was strange. This was a grand event open to everyone to participate in the discussion..
The speaker was a "newcomer" who just passed by. After stopping, he directly joined the discussion, got into the topic loudly, and successfully attracted everyone's attention..
Renly followed the voice and looked over. It was a female audience member..
Science fiction movies undoubtedly have a huge fan base, and there are many women among them. However, considering the huge base, women are still a small minority after all. Therefore, among otakus and geeks, if a female audience appears, they will immediately He was treated like a star, and everyone regarded him as a rare treasure..
But at this moment, everyone was caught up in the debate between the two people. For a moment, no one looked up and noticed the female audience member. A typical geek, isn't she?？
What surprised Renly was not the gender of the audience in front of him, but her identity..
She has skin as good as snow, long red hair, and strong facial features. She is not a beauty at first sight, but she has a strong and heroic spirit. Even the few freckles on the tip of her nose leave a deep impression on people. It is Jessica- Jessica-Chastain）！
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