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

After a brief silence, there was a round of applause in the screening room. Due to the small number of people, the applause was not enthusiastic, but it was uniform.

Due to budget and other constraints, the people who joined the crew at the beginning were basically just behind-the-scenes personnel in the low-cost solo film circle all year round.

As a film practitioner, I am naturally very concerned about the movies I make. However, after watching a few movies in the past, I gradually lost any expectations.

Although there is the support of Brian de Palma, most of the crew did not think that a young man like Simon could make a good movie. The reason why many people came to participate in the test screening this time is also because several big names will also attend.

Unexpectedly, the ending was far from expected.

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

Even, many people can't help but have a thought in their minds: this is a movie.

In the front row of the screening room, although he has been amazed by Simon's talent in film more than once, and has seen the sample film of "Lola Run" more than once before, at this time, David Giller is still surprised again when he looks back on the perfect soundtrack that can be called the top in the film just now.

Director, Screenwriter, Cinematography, Lighting, Editing......

Now it's the soundtrack again.

David Giller's heart was only curious, what else would not be able to be done by the kid sitting not far from him.

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

There are too many steps in the whole process of a film from the generation of an idea to the final film, and any deviation in any one of these can lead to the final result of the film being very different from the creator's vision.

Many viewers always criticize some bad movies, the plot is blunt and lacks logic, and so on.

However, these bad movies will definitely have a very good idea or script at the beginning, otherwise, no film company will easily come up with tens of millions of dollars of investment.

The perfect script gets a broken bad movie, which involves the completion of a movie.

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

After watching the final film, comparing the script he remembered reading, Brian De Palma realized that "Lola Run" was definitely a very finished movie.

If "Lola Run" were a commercial film, Brian de Palma was sure that it would definitely do a very good job at the box office.

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

That's the advantage of Lola Run.

Inside the screening room.

After watching the film, everyone was in a lot of thoughts.

However, if there is one who was most shocked, it is definitely Peter Saunders, vice president of Fox.

A few months ago, when he happened to learn of Simon's stunning performance of a dailies, Peter Sanders was a little unimpressed.

Even if he is more talented in photography, he is only a hairy boy who has just entered Hollywood, and Peter Saunders does not think that a young man like Simon can make even a barely able movie.

I heard that this kid also takes care of a lot of editing and soundtrack.

This is even more unreliable.

It's just a mess.

It's just a pity that it was said that the investment of $650,000.

He, the vice president of Fox, was barely able to get this figure only when the year was better, counting a lot of salary and bonuses.

has been in the circle for decades, Peter Saunders deeply understands that in the film industry, talent is also needed, and the most important thing is experience. Without ten or eight years of tempering several films, it is impossible to make a movie that is recognized.

Then, the eighty minutes just now completely subverted what he had always known.

I didn't think so at the beginning, but at this time it turned into a deep shock.

Although his ability is not outstanding, but to be able to get to his current position, Peter Sanders definitely has no shortage of eyes to judge the merits of a movie.

Like Brian de Palma, Peter Saunders also realized that "Lola Run" was definitely a very finished film.

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

After all, it's human nature to strive for perfection.

A film with a high degree of completion is like a piece of jade that has been carefully carved by a carver, and consumers are obviously more inclined to the more delicate and delicate one even if they don't like the jade varieties compared to those shoddy works.

Thinking in his heart, seeing that everyone got up one after another, he talked enthusiastically with Simon Westeros, and Peter Sanders also stepped forward, but with an absent-minded expression, he said: "Simon, I still have some things to go back to the office, so let's do it, at half past four, you can come over and let's talk." ”

Simon heard Peter Saunders' words, smiled and nodded, and politely sent the other person out of the screening room.

Subsequently, everyone chatted enthusiastically for a while, and everyone in the crew who participated in the audition left one after another.

As the hero and heroine, Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves also made a point of apologizing to Simon, both of whom already have film appointments and can't go 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 being comparable to the current Sundance. What's more, the Sundance Film Festival doesn't have acting awards, so the stars of the participating films don't have much incentive to make it to Park City.

Gradually sending everyone away, David Giller and Brian de Palma unexpectedly stayed until the end this time.

Seeing that there were only two women left by Simon's side again, David Giller did not shy away from it, and said to Simon: "Sanders was just holding a gesture just now, you must feel it, he is such a person." So, don't agree to Peter's terms right away, and if you can, it's better to delay it until after Sundance. Actually, Simon, I think you should take Lola Run to some of the more influential film festivals, Cannes, Berlin, Venice, which are much better than Sundance, and with the quality of your film, they will definitely accept it. ”

"I understand, David, thank you," Simon nodded, and added: "Actually, I also thought about participating in the Cannes Film Festival and the like, but the film has just been completed recently, and the recent Berlin Film Festival has long missed the registration, and the other two are too far away, and I actually hope that "Lola Run" can focus on the domestic market in the United States." ”

David Giller nodded understandingly, he actually understood that Simon's reasons for giving up participating in overseas film festivals were not only these, financial resources were also on the one hand, and even if he rushed to participate, with the quality of "Lola Run", it would definitely attract attention, but it was basically impossible to win an award, and it was more likely that he would return empty-handed.

After a few more conversations, David Giller and Brian de Palma took their leave.

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