Snow spreads up the sides of the street, and houses like Lego bricks are scattered in a patchwork pattern, and the gentle hills gradually climb up under the footsteps. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Walking through the quiet roads of the town, the view suddenly opens up to a large, gentle platform space, and the steep mountains and mountains behind it act as a natural barrier to the world. Thick snow hides the verdant greenery and replaces it with snow-covered pistes that wind their way down the dark green forest, outlining a laid-back winter experience.

Park City, not far from Salt Lake City, Utah, is known for its skiing and is world-famous for the Sundance Film Festival. All of this seems to have the same effect as Telluride. In fact, the two towns are somewhat similar even in layout and style.

The difference is that when the Telluride Film Festival is held, people still grasp the tail of summer, wearing short sleeves and holding Cokes, sunbathing on the lawn and enjoying the leisurely leisure brought by movies, while the Sundance Film Festival is held in the cold winter and strong winds, people wear down jackets and hold hot coffee, and walk back and forth between the major theaters to welcome the festival of independent films.

Since 1983, 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 the world, with hundreds of independent filmmakers gathering here every year to celebrate.

In contrast to Telluride's star-studded star-studded scene, Park City welcomes a whole host of new faces every year, where there's no awards season hustle and bustle, no college PR buzz, no commercial buzz, and nothing more than movies.

Telluride can invite "The King's Speech", "The Social Network", "127 Hours" and other blockbuster films of the awards season with the participation of big-name producers and actors, so that fans can really enjoy a feast of stars, but Sundance has only a debut director, unheard of independent directors, indie films that are difficult to win awards season attention, cult films with a unique style, movies, all about movies, and only about movies.

Of course, the film "Haw Par Bully" connects Telluride and Sundance, two different film festivals, and that's another story.

This week, "Love Crazy" will be at this year's Sundance Film Festival.

For a small-budget work with an investment of less than 250,000 yuan, the situation of "Love is Crazy" is even more bleak than "buried alive".

The production cost of "Buried Alive" is at least 3 million, and some of it is publicity costs, so "Buried Alive" can apply for the Toronto Film Festival and ride the east wind to join the ranks of the Telluride Film Festival, but "Love Crazy" does not have this money.

They can't go to small film festivals in Europe to open up the market, and they can't even participate in some film festivals in North America, because each film festival requires registration fees, and then the crew goes to the film festival to promote, and the fares, accommodation, food, decoration, etc. are also expenses.

Sundance is their only choice - in Park City, independent films have certain privileges, and at the same time, Sundance is also their only chance, if they can't find a suitable distributor here, the crew will be in trouble, and it is very likely that they will not even be able to get on the art theater, which means that the investment of 250,000 yuan will be wasted.

Maybe for those independent film companies with a lot of money, 250,000 is still worth it. But for Drake Doremus, it can't afford to lose.

Therefore, after the Golden Globe Awards ceremony, Lan Li ended a series of brief promotions of "buried alive", and then arrived in Park City non-stop, and made a special trip here to participate in the Sundance Film Festival to contribute to the promotion of "Love is Crazy".

However, before the official promotion, Lan Li gained precious time to return to his fan status and enjoy the Sundance Film Festival.

In this town, "Mulholland Drive" is more popular than "The King's Speech", "social networks" is not even as popular as "Uninvited Guest", "Inception" and "New York Tropics" are always the losers, and "Winter's Bones", which shone here last year, is repeatedly mentioned, but people complain that the mainstream market has not appreciated the work's excellence......

In front of the cinema, next to the street, in front of the café...... In every public place, a small group of people may gather anytime and anywhere, standing together in twos and threes, discussing the feelings of watching the movie just now. Sometimes, after a movie is shown, there may be six or seven small teams gathered at the entrance of the cinema, each expressing their opinions, and passing fans wander between the different teams, looking for their like-minded friends.

There is no self-introduction, no greetings, and the only way to communicate is your own opinions and opinions. This wonderful and unique way of making friends is arguably the most beautiful part of the Sundance Film Festival.

At this time, Lan Li stood next to a small team, did not speak easily, but listened carefully to their opinions, and then corroborated with their own ideas.

"No, I don't think the sci-fi element is the most important, it's about our attitude towards mistakes, which is derived from life......"

"It's a science fiction movie! You say science fiction isn't important? What is the most important thing? There's another earth hanging in the sky, don't you just turn a blind eye?"

What they are discussing is the film that has just finished screening, "Another Earth", a low-budget science fiction work that amazed the audience. Almost everyone can't wait to give their opinions and opinions.

Unlike Toronto, where every film is enthusiastically followed, and Toronto, which is more or less influenced by the word of mouth of film critics, at Sundance, everyone has their own unique ideas, right or wrong, profound or superficial, but what is certain is that everyone is willing to express their opinions and share their opinions.

Seizing the moment, Lan Li opened his mouth and cut into their conversation.

"Both of you have a biased understanding. That's just the first meaning of the movie, the idea that is really hidden in the core of the script is in parallel space, parallel universe, different factors lead to different results, but it is always the same person who makes the choice. ”

Unconsciously, everyone listened attentively to Lan Li's point of view.

So, when this person's ideology has changed, is his doppelganger in different parallel spaces still the same person? Or has he split into completely different personalities? But if it is, then is there any point in discussing parallel space? Because the other space is already a stranger, no longer himself, we can see it as another person with similar experiences in the same world, in different countries or different regions, making different choices. The concept of parallel space itself has lost its meaning. ”

The discussion that was originally heated and exchanged fire suddenly came to a halt because of Lan Li's words, and the abrupt silence seemed a little jerky. Surprisingly, no one interrupted such a long speech, everyone fell into their own thoughts, and it could be seen that they were struggling to find loopholes in Lan Li's words, and then prepared to wait for an opportunity to refute.

At a time when science fiction movies are becoming more and more routine and genre-oriented, it is difficult to find a science fiction work with solid basic skills, strong theories and surprises. Who would have thought that this year's Sundance Film Festival would really dig up a treasure! The appearance of "Another Earth" is indeed exciting.

What's even more rare is that Brit-Marling, the heroine of this work, is also one of the screenwriters, with a bright appearance, good acting skills, and talent, which is definitely the biggest gain since Sundance's unveiling three days ago. Moreover, she is only twenty-eight years old this year.

At the end of the movie, it was the time of the explosion of ideas, and the audience couldn't wait to start a discussion - even an argument - everyone was eager to express their opinions and exchange their own ideas. Suddenly, Lan Li threw a bomb, causing everyone to savor and chew and think about it repeatedly.

From the other side, it can also be seen that "Another Earth" is indeed an excellent work worth pondering.

"So how do you define parallel space? What do you mean is that everyone's personality is the same, so we will still make the same choice in the face of the same situation, does this mean that the result of different parallel spaces is the same, so the meaning of parallel space does not exist. ”

Abruptly, a voice was inserted next to it, but no one found it strange that this was a grand event that was open to everyone to participate in the discussion.

The person who spoke was a "newcomer" who had just passed by, and after stopping, he joined the discussion directly, cut to the topic loudly, and then succeeded in attracting everyone's attention.

Lan Li followed the voice and looked over, it was a female audience.

Sci-fi movies undoubtedly have a huge fan base, and there are many women among them, but considering the huge base, women are still a small part after all. Therefore, among otaku and geeks, if a female audience appears, she will immediately be treated by the stars, and everyone regards it as a rare treasure.

But at this moment, everyone was caught up in the topic of argument between the two people, and for a while, no one looked up and noticed the female audience. Typical geek, isn't it?

What surprised Lan Li was not the gender of the audience in front of her, but her identity.

With better skin than snow, long red hair, and tough facial features, she is not a beauty at first sight, but she has a kind of tough and sassy heroic spirit, and even a little freckles on the tip of her nose leave a deep impression. It's Jessica-Chastain!